Editorials

Editorial | Let Penn be a part of Philadelphia. Suspend U. operations for the Eagles parade.

By not suspending University operations, Penn — Philadelphia’s single largest private employer — isolates its community from the city at large. 

Editorial | Forced drinking threatens pledges’ lives — and the future of Greek life

Penn has suffered more than its fair share of tragedy in recent years. Greek leaders and organizations should take this opportunity to reflect on their pledging processes and curtail forced drinking before it’s too late. 

Editorial | Penn should give a free semester to students affected by Hurricane Maria

In similar fashion to its peers, Penn should allow approximately 50 students from the University of Puerto Rico to enroll tuition-free at Penn for the spring semester.

Editorial | Penn administrators are finally asking students for feedback — let’s answer

We hope that administrators will take the ideas, concerns and critiques expressed through the PULSE survey and Campus Conversation seriously, but for either of these efforts to be of any use, we the students need to participate heavily.

Editorial | Moving toward a more transparent alert system

For the safety of students, faculty and staff in University City and West Philadelphia alike, DPS must expand the scope of its alert policies so that the Penn community are more frequently notified about any imminent dangers.

Editorial | The task force recommendations leave us skeptical, but hopeful

The Daily Pennsylvanian is pleased that the task force sought and used student input, and we believe the recommendations are mostly practical and well-considered.

Editorial | We shouldn't need to say it — but free speech matters

We wish to clearly reaffirm some basic principles: Violence is never, under any circumstance whatsoever, an appropriate or acceptable response to the peaceable exchange of ideas, however hateful or otherwise reprehensible they might be. 

Editorial | It's time to end Early Decision

Penn can no longer claim to be doing all it can to be assembling the highest-quality class possible each year while drawing well more than half of its admittees from less than a sixth of the applicants. It is time to do away with Early Decision.

Editorial | What potential Quakers need to know

Last week, more than two thousand applicants around the world received the news that they have been accepted for enrollment at the University of Pennsylvania.

Editorial | With off-campus groups, Penn shouldn't repeat Harvard's mistakes

Although The Daily Pennsylvanian is a Penn-focused publication, we are acutely aware that the forces which shape what becomes news here on campus, like springtime snowstorms which disrupt classes, often originate elsewhere.

Editorial | Penn Medicine's choice of 'ambassador' shows a lapse in judgment

Next Tuesday, Irvine Auditorium will host a panel forum entitled “A Formidable Foe: Cancer in the 21st Century” as part of its David and Lyn Silfen University Forum series. While the forum will notably feature Penn President Amy Gutmann and former Vice President Joe Biden, one of the other panelists has stolen some of the spotlight by virtue of being embroiled in a lawsuit over discrimination against an Iraqi family.

Editorial | The other type of diversity

In a widely-cited piece of compelling data journalism, The New York Times last month compiled a list of the 38 American colleges and universities that enroll more students from the top one percent of the U.S.

Editorial | With choice of Booker, an opportunity lost

Commencement should, in our view, aim to broaden the horizons of departing students one last time – to be one last lesson before graduates leave the academic sphere.

Editorial | Don't let the message of the marches fade away

We commend the participants of these marches, but we implore students to use these protests as an opportunity to revisit issues on our own campus, to channel this level of intensity and energy into tangible fixes within our own community.

Editorial | Amy Gutmann made a brave statement last night. We commend her for it.

Trump’s order transcends mere partisan or intellectual dispute and rather enters the realm of immoral, lawless cruelty. 

Editorial | Penn must clarify its relationship with Trump

In the wake of the inauguration of 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump to the Presidency of the United States, Penn faces an institutional dilemma.

Editorial | Uplifting speech can drown out hate. No leaf blower required

Although the University denied knowledge of any Penn staff being instructed to interfere with the protests, a FRES worker running the engine of a noisy maintenance vehicle at the site of one of the demonstrations said he had been instructed to drown out the protesters by someone from the University.

Editorial | What we'd like to see from Penn's next Provost

As Penn President Amy Gutmann announced on Dec. 2 of last year, Penn Provost Vincent Price will be departing the University on July 9 to assume the presidency of Duke University.

Editorial by the Daily Pennsylvanian Opinion Board | In response to university responses

This semester has been tumultuous. Regardless of whether you personally were affected by current events — the election, Black Lives Matter, sexual assault — those around you were.

Editorial | Making change in Trump's America

To foster a culture of productive dialogue among diverse voices on this campus, we must respect all opinions and be careful not to perpetuate the hate that has unfortunately penetrated this campus and the country at large this past week.