Student Life
Life as a Graduate Associate comes with challenges, unique opportunties
Mental health assistance, casual interactions take center stage
Rush is unfamiliar for some international students — here are their thoughts
“Where I come from there’s nothing like rush. There’s nothing like Greek life or sororities and fraternities. It was new to some extent, I didn’t get what the point of it was,” Engineering freshman Zena Kipkenda said. “When it comes to public colleges, joining clubs in Kenya is up to an individual.”
Van Pelt will soon have a new sound-proof study room
The room will have glass walls, wood ceilings, lights to mimic the stars, and a wool and silk sculpture by artist Claudy Jongstra, who is featured at the Barnes Foundation. Rogers added that the sculpture will help with sound reduction as the fabric will absorb outside noise. The room will also feature 84 seats in the main area, and 13 “soft seats.”
This GA sang for President Obama and analyzed cyber hacks
This weekend, Cohney attended his first hacker convention in Washington, D.C., where he learned physical and information security skills. “There was a room dedicated to locksport, which is competitive lock picking,” Cohney said.
Penn ranked 8th most innovative university
“There are so many opportunities on campus for innovation,” Director of Weiss Tech House Anne Stamer said. “We have a program for everybody.”
The cost of intense club elections at Penn
Long club elections are hardly unique at Penn. While club leaders see comprehensive elections as necessary to select the most suitable executive team, many acknowledge that intense elections have repercussions on students’ energy and their emotional well-being.
This College senior wants to ignite friendships with Philadelphia food
Last Wednesday, Litwin sent out a Google form to different student groups like PennQuest and Bloomers, inviting four or five students to a meal at a Philadelphia restaurant.Your guide to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day events on campus
Events around campus include a “Privilege Walk,” a screening of the film “Hidden Figures” and a lecture on social justice.
What happens at college houses during break? Some students forget to leave
As students flooded off campus to their holiday destinations, Facilities was hard at work getting the college houses ready for break.
Princeton's student government is giving out free pads and tampons
This program is not the first of its kind, and similar programs have been successful at universities like Brown, Cornell and Columbia.
Meet the new chairs of the 5B, the umbrella organization for Penn's minority student groups
The 5B groups include the Asian Pacific Student Coalition, Lambda Alliance, Latin@ Coalition, United Minorities Council and UMOJA.
What it's like to switch roommates midway through the year
Roommates are incredibly fickle — some become lifelong friends, while others quickly fade into the background.
Everything you need to know about spring fraternity rush
Affiliated fraternities begin their official spring recruiting process with rush events on Thursday, Jan. 12 and Friday, Jan. 13.
Interfaith group lets student study the scriptures of different faiths together in Houston Hall
The interfaith group “Sharing Our Scriptures” has members that practice Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity.
Meet the Spice Collective: a group celebrating gender and race in the Asian-American women's community
Previously named About APA Women, the Spice Collective aims to provide a forum for women of Asian descent to discuss social, academic, political and economic issues.
Fraternity recruitment numbers reportedly double
Despite the widespread student and administrative backlash to the suggestive OZ email outed last semester, the outgoing IFC president said Fraternity recruitment numbers have doubled.
Sigma Nu shaken after member of color complains of racist treatment
Late Thursday night, College sophomore Victor Arellano covered the LOVE statue in flyers describing what he viewed as racist treatment from the fraternity’s executive board.
Here are some winter break plans more interesting than yours
Nayef Yassin Nayef, a sophomore in Engineering, felt the two-day travel time to his home in Palestine was too long for this year's shortened winter break, so he decided to make alternative plans.
Student leaders feel Brandeis study left out nuances
While student leaders of minority groups on campus said they were not surprised with the results of a recent study by Brandeis University, which found Penn to be lacking in socio-economic diversity and “hostile” to students of color, they felt the study left out certain nuances of their experiences at Penn.