Monday Morning: Students criticize Wharton club applications

Monday, February 12

Good morning, Penn.

I recommend that you prepare your chips, guacamole, and wings for this Monday’s edition of DP Daybreak — which will usher you through the latest updates on all things Penn from this past weekend. A new exhibit at Kelly Writers House showcasing student photography will open this Tuesday, and Penn professor Michael Mann won over $1 million in a defamation lawsuit settled last week.

But first, students describe this semester's applications for Wharton clubs as stressful, competitive, and sometimes unfair.

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TODAY'S TOP STORY

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Students face another semester of stressful club applications

Students describe feeling "panicked and puzzled" while applying for Wharton clubs, despite efforts by the Wharton Council to make the process more equitable. Several students described multi-round applications as stressful, competitive, and often unfair. This is not the first time the DP has reported on students feeling frustrated about highly competitive club applications.

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FOUR MORE BIG STORIES

Professor of Earth & Environmental Science Michael Mann won a 12-year old defamation lawsuit last Thursday, which his lawyer described as a “big victory for truth and scientists everywhere.”

Assistant Secretary for Health for the United States Department of Health and Human Services Rachel Levine spoke at a Feb. 6 policy seminar — and sat down with the DP after.

The Kelly Writers House is showcasing photography by students at Penn and other schools in the Philadelphia area in a new gallery exhibit.

After spending a month out, Penn men’s basketball senior guard Clark Slajchert made his return from an injury.

A Penn lecturer's political cartoons add fuel to the ongoing antisemitism discourse on campus

OPINION

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COLUMNIST JACK LAKIS investigates why it’s so popular to complain about the Penn experience.

SPORTS

After hanging with Princeton for much of the game, Penn men's basketball ultimately fell to its greatest rival, extending the Quakers' losing streak.

TODAY IN DP HISTORY

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On this day in 2015, former Mayor Michael Nutter announced that the 2016 Democratic National Convention would take place in Philadelphia. This marked the first time the city would host the DNC since 1948 and brought the 2016 election close to home for Penn students.

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