Student Life
Students question mental health task force recommendations
Penn’s mental health task force recommendations have provoked students to question whether the administration is taking the right steps to promote mental wellness at all.
New Rodin House Dean announced
Ryan Keytack left to become director of Four-Year Houses & Residential Programs at Penn.
Class Board 2015 releases second two-weeks of Feb Club events
For seniors who may have regrets about their first week of college, the Class Board 2015 is letting them do it “NSOver Again.”
Mental health task force releases final report
Created in the wake of six student suicides in 15 months, the Task Force on Student Psychological Health and Welfare released its final report on Tuesday.
Contrasting Harvard policy change, Penn 'strongly discourages' student-faculty relationships
While half of the Ivy League, with Harvard most recently joining the ranks, rely on strictly defined policies to enforce sexual misconduct regulations, Penn’s 20-year-old policy lets social norms do the work.
Pope Francis may visit CHOP during September visit to Philadelphia
The Pope is likely to visit either a children's hospital or a juvenile prison while in the City of Brotherly Love.
To some students, Black History Month poses concerns
The idea of Black History Month does not sit well with some black students at Penn. While the holiday is meant to be a celebration of black history, these students contend there are negative implications of having a separate month to applaud the African-American narrative.
NEC searches for new committee members
The Nominations & Elections Committee is currently looking for mis- and/or under-represented student groups to sit on the University Council.
Vagelos gender parallels rest of STEM field
Although males outnumber females in the Vagelos Molecular Life Sciences program by 18 percent, few see need for change.
Dani Blum | Back out of black outs
We’re embarrassed to admit that we can’t handle our alcohol. No one wants to be the person who can’t go out. Nobody wants to ask for help.
'Super seniors' continue their Quaker quest
Credit requirements for dual degree programs and compensation for nontransferable credits taken abroad drive students to stay on campus past the traditional four years.
Editorial | Expanding our vision
Fraternities are not guilt-free of partaking in the culture of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct, but we cannot expect to lay sanctions on them alone and consider the issue resolved. It is all too easy to lay the blame on the highly visible Greek societies that seem to dominate the social and party scene, but they are only part of the problem, not the problem itself.
Anneka DeCaro | The Recitation Struggle Bus
ANNEKA DECARO is a College freshman from Austin, TX. Her email address is annekaxiv@gmail.com.
White House ranking calls Penn's 'No-loan' policy into question
Financial Aid Director Joel Carstens said that students borrow because "it's available to them."
Penn Benjamins will offer student-to-student counseling
This semester, Penn Benjamins will focus on training counselors through the CAPS curriculum. The group will begin counseling students next fall.
New mobile app guides Penn students around campus
Campus Maps, originally founded at the University of Maryland, uses an average of eight seconds to find directions for a campus location.
UA releases annual report for the first time since 2012
The newly published document includes information on completed projects from 2014, as well as projects that are still in the works and ideas currently under discussion.
From the Palestra to Atlantic City, Feb Club 2015 brings 22 nights of fun
Feb Club has arrived, allowing Penn seniors to celebrate their final semester with 22 nights of class bonding. To earn a spot on the plaque in Smoky Joe's Bar, seniors can't miss a single one.
Brown revamps alcohol policies in wake of sexual assaults, but Penn community remains critical
Brown's new alcohol policies restrict registered on-campus parties to public spaces like Penn's Houston Hall.