Welcome to the first edition of DP Daybreak. The Daily Pennsylvanian staff will continue to bring you the same morning newsletter with essential Penn news every weekday — but under a new name.
Interim Penn President Larry Jameson is criticizing recent political cartoons that have drawn antisemitism allegations while defending Penn community members' right to open expression, and the DP has a roundup of Black History Month events organized by community groups across campus this February.
But first, the lights went out for a major section of campus last night — and more than two hours into the outage, Penn's main energy provider said it had not been alerted by the University about what it called "internal issues."
A power outage struck a section of campus on Sunday beginning at approximately 6:16 p.m. and affecting Harnwell College House, the entirety of the Quad, and 1920 Commons. As of midnight, power had been restored to Harnwell College House.
A spokesperson for PECO — the energy company that services the University — told the DP two hours into the outage that it had no teams on campus and had received no communication from Penn reporting the outage as an issue. The spokesperson also said that PECO found no issue on their end after checking the lines for Harnwell, Commons, Ware, and Fisher Hassenfeld.
Interim Penn President Larry Jameson criticized recent political cartoons as 'reprehensible' amid allegations of antisemitism against a lecturer's artwork.
The Penn community’s various student, faculty, and cultural groups have planned a variety of events for Black History Month.
Penn Admissions says that accepted Class of 2028 students will get their financial aid packages on time, despite FAFSA delays.
The region of the Delaware River by Philadelphia is often unsafe to swim in — but the Water Center at Penn has made several recommendations that could change that.
Penn groups are criticizing a new state law for undermining the Philadelphia district attorney's ability to prosecute crime in the city.
In 2009, a budget proposal from then-Pa. Gov. Ed Rendell threatened to decrease Penn's state funding by 16 percent.
The majority of the decline was attributed to support for Penn's School of Veterinary Medicine — which in December 2023 was stripped of more than $31 million in funding amid concerns over antisemitism on Penn’s campus. Penn Vet has yet to gain back this funding.
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FROM 34TH STREET MAGAZINE
Being a student at Penn for the last couple of months has meant being in the center of a sensationalist hailstorm. It seems like everyone has an opinion on free speech on our campus. Recently, "Law and Order" released an episode that contains events eerily similar to ones that have happened at Penn. Street analyzes this recent episode, grappling with the implications of one-sided representations of the campus climate.
We've got your answer to the question “What are some cool things to do around the city?” when you inevitably forget everything you've ever done in Philly. Here's Street's list of can’t-miss events in Philly this month.
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Being a student at Penn for the last couple of months has meant being in the center of a sensationalist hailstorm. It seems like everyone has an opinion on free speech on our campus. Recently, "Law and Order" released an episode that contains events 
We've got your answer to the question “What are some cool things to do around the city?” when you inevitably forget everything you've ever done in Philly. 
