Editorials
Editorial | Penn should add an extra day to Thanksgiving break
To promote student well being and allow students greater travel flexibility, Penn must expand this break by adding the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
Editorial | Penn football has one shot to defeat Princeton. Students must show up.
Even more important than its own season, Penn football has a chance to spoil rival Princeton's year, and will need the support of Penn students to do it.
Editorial | Faculty have a responsibility to support student activism
Any faculty at Penn that are still avoiding critical debates on our campus, like the fight for a graduate student union or payments in lieu of taxes, should take a lesson from the faculty and students willing to protest for a better future, and step off the sidelines.
Editorial | Listen to student voices. Make midterm evaluations mandatory.
To better support students and promote educational practices that work for everyone, Penn should mandate that professors and TAs be evaluated in the middle of the term as well.
Editorial | Renaming Penn Law exemplifies disregard for transparency and student voices
Penn should have consulted with students and stakeholders before taking this action, and must do so when making decisions in the future.
Editorial | Penn should have publicly extended the ED deadline
Announcing an extension publicly, rather than reaching out to individuals, ensures a level of accountability and fairness to all those applying.
Editorial | College sports needs Penn's leadership on gender equity
Penn’s own athletics director, M. Grace Calhoun, is a woman and the Ivy League generally has higher percentages of female representation than the D-I average. But the Quakers and the rest of their conference have a long way to go before reaching gender equity.
Editorial | Philadelphia City Council general election endorsements
By understanding the role that students play as residents, albeit temporary, of Philadelphia, they can help make this city a better place.
Editorial | Penn must implement safeguards against recruiting and admissions fraud
Penn’s admissions process is one of the most selective in the world, but the most important principle that must be respected is fairness.
Editorial | Penn must recognize that a graduate student union will benefit everyone
Graduate students need a union, and letting them organize will make Penn a stronger learning environment and home for scholarship for everyone. Penn should recognize the union voluntarily when elections are held again.
Editorial | Academic exploration loses out under Penn's lackluster 'One University' policy
The University needs to reflect on what was promised to students in 1973.
Editorial | It's not enough to be 'troubled.' Penn must step up to address sexual assault.
It’s time to stop being "troubled," and start demonstrating some leadership.
Editorial | Penn wants more students living on campus. Lowering rent is the way to do it.
Penn believes living on campus can be an enriching part of student life. The administration would find, if they lowered room rates, that demanding students live on campus is not necessary, as many more students would do so voluntarily.
Editorial | Let Penn students take sector courses pass/fail
Allowing students to fulfill Sector Requirements with courses taken pass/fail would not only encourage an atmosphere of intellectual curiosity, it would make Penn a university that places value on learning and exploration.
Editorial | Penn's squash court fees are elitist, hurting students and the sport itself
Enforcing fees at the Ringe Squash Courts is classist and does not represent the purported values of Penn as an institution striving towards egalitarianism.
Editorial | It’s time for Penn to pay PILOTs
Penn must do what nearly every other person and institution in Philadelphia does: pay taxes.
Editorial | Dean Furda’s viral video shows us that it’s cool to care
Instead of laughing at Furda, Penn students should take a page from his book.
Editorial | Penn needs to enforce the ban on exams during religious holidays
Properly implemented, the policy on secular and religious holidays will affirm Penn’s goals of inclusion and community.
Editorial | Philadelphia schools must encourage student activism, not punish activists
Philadelphia administrators should have encouraged students to participate in the climate strike and helped to educate them to be active and caring citizens.