Given the transportation problems caused by last week’s blizzard, the University should have declared a snow day to accommodate those who travel to campus.

A climate of LGBT acceptance in the Greek community can be achieved through personal efforts by fraternity members, not through a mandatory workshop.

We encourage DPS to publish guidelines that govern its decision to send alerts. DPS will be doing students and itself a favor by expressly defining when the broadcast of an alert is justified.

The DP’s new Executive Editor, Lauren Plotnick, reaffirms the 127th Board’s commitment to clarity, honesty and fairness in its writing and reporting.

After 132 issues this year alone, it’s finally time to hand over this amazing company to a new group of editors and managers and a new Executive Editor.

The fact that SAC's finances are in such a sorry state that it was compelled to institute a moratorium on new-group funding demonstrates a lack of responsibility.

Instead of suspending funding for new groups, SAC should restructure its electronic request system to make the process more transparent and develop a more judicious way to allocate funds.

Penn students should take pride in the strong national presence their school possesses and take advantage of opportunities to participate when they arise.

Now that “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” is no more, we can attempt to overcome past frictions and reconcile the LGBT and military communities.

The 'DP' presents its end-of-year cheers and jeers, recapping all the great things that happened — as well as everything that went wrong — in the past several months.

Students should call senators and voice support for two measures that failed to pass in the Senate yesterday — the DREAM Act and the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell."

The University should institutionalize student housing cooperatives, which would allow Penn to attract a group of students that would not have previously considered applying.

We encourage members of the Penn community to attend “Breaking the Taboo Silence: A Discussion on Black Homophobia,” which sheds light on a deserving issue.

For the first time in several years, Penn students held no prominent events in honor of World AIDS Day. This lack of student interest and advocacy is troubling.

The Philadelphia Pedestrian and Bicycle Plan recently moved into its second phase, which will improve the biking experience in west and southwest Philadelphia, something long overdue that will help students immensely.

A number of readers have asked me how we decide what we publish. Unfortunately, there’s no quick and dirty answer. In fact, we often debate the decision to publish a photo, story or letter to the Editor.

Academic ghostwriting — in which individuals hire others to write papers or articles for them without attribution — is not an uncommon practice. And it has no place in academia.