Also, Interim Penn President Larry Jameson will remain in his role through the 2026 academic year.
Thursday, June 13
Good morning, Penn.
Happy Thursday!
The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with several Penn community members about their reactions to 1968 Wharton graduate and former President Donald Trump’s felony convictions, and Penn’s resident advisor union unanimously ratified its first contract earlier this week.
But first, the DP conducted an in-depth analysis of Penn's temporary open expression guidelines implemented by University administration last week, revealing several contradictions, potential loopholes, and ambiguities.
Last Thursday, Penn announced the implementation of Temporary Standards and Procedures for Campus Events and Demonstrations in an email signed by Interim Penn President Larry Jameson and the deans of all 12 Penn schools.
The guidelines come after a year at Penn that saw increased protests, administrative turmoil, and rising tensions on campus, including an encampment on College Green that lasted 16 days.
The DP annotated and analyzed the Temporary Guidelines to better understand the new rules, their relationship to the previous Guidelines on Open Expression, and how protests on campus this year may have influenced them. The analysis revealed that the guidelines increase the powers of Penn’s vice provost for University Life, redefine events on campus as inherently private to the University community, and specifically prohibit many of the tactics used by demonstrators on campus in recent years.
Interim Penn President Larry Jameson will remain in his role through the 2026 academic year or until a successor is found, University Board of Trustees Chair Ramanan Raghavendran announced.
Penn's resident advisor union unanimously ratified its first contract earlier this week, marking one of the first RA union contracts in the country.
Penn Police issued trespass citations to six protesters during a demonstration protesting Ghost Robotics that occurred in two campus buildings last week.
Philadelphia's newly-approved city budget will include $14 million in funding for the redevelopment of the University City Townhomes site after the funding was excluded from Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker's initial budget proposal.
GUEST COLUMNIST NATALIA REYES raises allegations of retaliation by the graduate division of Penn's English Department.
SPORTS
Penn men's track and field brought three of their best to the biggest collegiate outdoor competition of the year, sending two pole vaulters and one 400m hurdler to the NCAA Championship meet.
Penn women's track and field showed up and showed out at the NCAA Outdoor Championships as recent graduate Isabella Whittaker earned her place in the Olympic Trials for the 400m event.
TODAY IN DP HISTORY
Photo by Kylie Cooper
In 2020, the DP reported that protesters marched from LOVE Park to College Green, demanding that Penn divest from the Philadelphia Police Department after the onset of the George Floyd protests in Philadelphia. Last week, after an academic year that featured numerous protests on Penn's campus — including the 16-day Gaza Solidarity Encampment — University administration implemented temporary open expression guidelines and initiated a review of the Guidelines on Open Expression.
Today's newsletter was copy edited by Garv Mehdiratta.
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