Student Life
Penn Fashion Week hosts "Shark Tank" competition
At the Penn Fashion Week-hosted “Shark Tank” on Friday, Penn’s fashion entrepreneurs proved themselves as forces to be reckoned with when they answered difficult questions and took criticism from a panel of experts in the fashion field.
Flinging in Wonderland
SPEC plans to make the theme more integral to the Spring Fling experience this year.
SPEC brings back lottery for Spring Fling floor passes over the weekend
By Wednesday, SPEC recognized that some students were using "bots" to sign up for the Floor passes as soon as the forms opened.
?Behind the Disappearance: Who is Timothy Hamlett?
The former track athlete Timothy Hamlett went missing on Dec. 26 and was last seen near the George Washington Bridge.
Getting a tutor might take longer than you expect
With finals season looming, Penn students can seek help at the Tutoring Center — but some students say the system isn’t perfect.
Faculty and students respond to new sexual assault policies
On Feb. 1, Penn officially implemented a new set of policies regarding sexual assault. The changes led a group of Penn Law professors to write an open letter of criticism and continue to bring mixed reactions among Penn faculty and students.
The DP's annual joke issue makes headlines
The annual joke issue successfully tricked Vanity Fair into thinking Emma Watson was to attend Penn.
Bon Appetit ensures vegan food labeling after student was hospitalized last fall
Victoria Greene was hospitalized in August 2014 following a severe allergic reaction after eating food labeled as vegan at 1920 Commons.
Students to bike across country, build affordable homes this summer
As part of Bike & Build, a national nonprofit, the student volunteers will ride an average of 70 miles a day, spending days off the road building homes in at-risk communities.
Corner Bakery opens on 38th and Market
One hundred residents and students of University City will receive free coffee for a year on Wednesday morning.First of three public hearings held on medical marijuana legalization
The hearing was held at Pennsylvania Hospital, one of Penn Medicine’s medical facilities.UA candidates continue campaign season with final debate
Candidates for UA President and Vice President squared off Tuesday evening in the bottom floor conference room of 1920 Commons.
JOKE ISSUE: Penn bans hard alcohol following new policies at Dartmouth, Brown
The ban applies to campus residences and all events sponsored by the University or by student groups.
JOKE ISSUE: AirPennNet to ban Netflix
The decision was made mostly for financial reasons, Penn President Amy Gutmann said.
Student groups serve as resources for mental health
Counseling and Psychological Services Director Bill Alexander said the “volume and intensity” of student focus on mental health has grown in the time since he became director in 1999.
Kesha leaks Fling headliner announcement
On Saturday afternoon at 3:59, fewer than twenty individuals out of the entire student body were aware that pop artist Kesha would headline this year’s Spring Fling. By 4:10, nearly all 10,000 of them knew.
The real impact of arsenic found in Franzia
A lawsuit is being filed in California accusing some of the country’s top selling wines of having up to four to five times the maximum amount of arsenic allowed by the Environmental Protection Agency for drinking water.
Penn Electric Racing Team has a need for speed (and sustainability)
While they might not be able use it on their endless trek down to the Engineering quad, a team of 35 Penn students have hand-built an electric race car that can exceed 100 miles per hour.