Good morning, Penn.
Don't throw away your shot to see musician and Grammy Award-winning actor Daveed Diggs — who starred in "Hamilton" — speak in Irvine Auditorium on March 26. In addition, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker announced her budget proposal last week, which emphasizes public safety and community improvement — and discusses several ways in which the city plans to work with Penn.
But first, journalist Kara Swisher visited Penn and talked about technology, politics, and her new book in an interview with The Daily Pennsylvanian.
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Photo by Ariana Arabadjiev
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Journalist Kara Swisher sits down with the DP
Swisher, who has been described as "Silicon Valley's Most Feared and Well-Liked Journalist," spoke to the DP on March 13 after an Authors@Wharton event with Wharton professor Adam Grant. The event was the latest stop on her nationwide book tour for her new book. "Burn Book: A Tech Love Story" was published earlier this year.
In the exclusive interview, she talked about her career in journalism, predictions for the 2024 election, and 1997 College and Wharton graduate Elon Musk.
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FOUR MORE BIG STORIES
 Musician and Grammy Award-winning actor Daveed Diggs — who may be better known as Marquis de Lafayette — will be the keynote speaker at SPEC Connaissance's upcoming March 26 event at Irvine Auditorium.
 Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker's proposed $6.29 billion budget, which was announced last week, discusses the city's collaboration with Penn on multiple initiatives.
 The Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies hosted an event last Thursday that discussed the history of antisemitism in the college admissions process, specifically at elite institutions.
 Huntsman first year Gobhanu Sasankar Korisepati is one of 20 people worldwide to win an award — conferred by William, Prince of Wales — for his humanitarian work.
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Photo by Oscar Vasquez
COLUMNIST BEATRIZ BÁEZ discusses the importance of language to culture, and the need for international students to preserve it within a foreign setting such as Penn.
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SPORTS
 Penn women's basketball's season comes to an end with a heartbreaking loss to Princeton in the Ivy Madness semifinals.
 In a battle of undefeated records, No. 15 Penn women's lacrosse drops its first game of the season in nail-biting fashion to No. 6 Michigan.
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Photo by Lucia Huo
In 2018, the annual "Wharton vs. Law Fight Night" drew thousands of graduate students to the Palestra to raise money for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Philadelphia. The event was reported as the most attended Fight Night ever.
On Feb. 29 of this year, the DP reported that Wharton's graduate student government has allegedly withheld at least $90,000 in promised donations from Fight Night over the past two decades, prompting student resignations in protest and an ongoing discussion about where the money is.
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BITE-SIZED DP
Welcome to Bite-Sized! Every week, we’ll be looking at the biggest headlines you should know.
Last week, our reporters covered community updates. The Daily Pennsylvanian acquired new documents regarding the Mackenzie Fierceton case and analyzed the exchanges between Fierceton and Penn. In addition, the DP conducted an analysis of the demographics of Penn’s Board of Trustees, and a group of Penn professors filed a lawsuit to stop the University from submitting documents related to alleged antisemitism on campus to Congress.
Check out more on our reporting on our website.
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Click here to play today's DP crossword, which was constructed by Srikar Venkatesan, Katharine Peng, and Trini Feng.
And click here to play today’s DP mini crossword, which was constructed by Nina Wang.
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FROM 34TH STREET MAGAZINE
How many finance majors do you know that dream of doing fine arts? Or future consultants who really ought to be cinematographers? It's not uncommon at Penn for passion to clash with pragmatism. With the ever-growing cost of college, the decision of what to study and pursue is often a decision of economic imperatives rather than creative liberties. But as a result of the student debt crisis, fewer and fewer students have the opportunity to seriously mess around — and the art world is facing the repercussions.
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FROM UNDER THE BUTTON
Sometimes people try to make things about themselves. How frustrating! In this case, it was my uncle.
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Today's newsletter was copy edited by Asha Chawla.
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