Editorials
Editorials represent the majority view of members of The Daily Pennsylvanian, Inc. Editorial Board, which meets regularly to discuss issues relevant to Penn's campus. Participants in these meetings are not involved in the reporting and writing of articles on related topics.
Editorial | Why Penn students should pack the Palestra
Students should recognize the historic value of the Palestra and attend games to give support to Penn's basketball teams.
Editorial | Divesting from fossil fuels would save Penn money
Penn fails its students, faculty, staff, and alumni by investing its multi-billion endowment in ways that will likely provide a lower financial return than it could with fossil fuel divestment.
Editorial | Bernie Sanders is the best candidate to defeat Trump
Voters will have the opportunity to cast their ballots for many candidates associated with Penn in the 2020 primary and general elections. The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board recommends picking none of them.
Editorial | Penn’s general education requirements shouldn’t be so hard to fulfill
The University should offer more courses, and a variety of them, that fulfill each sector or foundational requirement to make it easier for undergraduates to explore different topics throughout their time at Penn.
Editorial | Students in Greek life must support CAFSA’s mission of stopping sexual assault
Someone can be a Greek life member and think that Locust Walk should represent more diverse interests.
Editorial | Penn’s meal swipe system is failing its students
Penn Dining should make meal swipes more useful to students by accepting them in more locations and letting them roll over from semester to semester.
Editorial | Penn, don't be embarrassed by Trump's impeachment. Instead, engage politically
Instead of passively lamenting Trump’s Penn affiliation, students should use impeachment as an opportunity to fight for policies they believe in.
Editorial | Greek life gives students a social outlet. Penn's clubs should learn from this
Campus groups should learn from Greek life and work to strengthen their internal cultures so they can provide more outlets for finding a community at Penn.
Editorial | International and LPS students deserve need-blind admissions
Penn should extend the current need-blind application process for students in the United States, Canada, and Mexico to LPS and international applicants.
Editorial | Penn security guards are not paid $15 per hour. It's time to raise their wages.
Penn must pay workers the living wage that they deserve and that is now mandated by the city.
Editorial | Penn students must boycott McKinsey in light of its work with ICE
It is incumbent upon Penn students to hold the consulting firm accountable and refuse to participate in its recruiting in the future.
Editorial | Penn students, donate unwanted items this holiday season
This holiday season, donate belongings that no longer bring you any use to not only reduce the waste we produce, but also so someone else in need can stay warm this winter.
Editorial | Penn should add an extra day to Thanksgiving break
To promote student well being and allow students greater travel flexibility, Penn must expand this break by adding the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
Editorial | Penn football has one shot to defeat Princeton. Students must show up.
Even more important than its own season, Penn football has a chance to spoil rival Princeton's year, and will need the support of Penn students to do it.
Editorial | Faculty have a responsibility to support student activism
Any faculty at Penn that are still avoiding critical debates on our campus, like the fight for a graduate student union or payments in lieu of taxes, should take a lesson from the faculty and students willing to protest for a better future, and step off the sidelines.
Editorial | Listen to student voices. Make midterm evaluations mandatory.
To better support students and promote educational practices that work for everyone, Penn should mandate that professors and TAs be evaluated in the middle of the term as well.
Editorial | Renaming Penn Law exemplifies disregard for transparency and student voices
Penn should have consulted with students and stakeholders before taking this action, and must do so when making decisions in the future.
Editorial | Penn should have publicly extended the ED deadline
Announcing an extension publicly, rather than reaching out to individuals, ensures a level of accountability and fairness to all those applying.
Editorial | College sports needs Penn's leadership on gender equity
Penn’s own athletics director, M. Grace Calhoun, is a woman and the Ivy League generally has higher percentages of female representation than the D-I average. But the Quakers and the rest of their conference have a long way to go before reaching gender equity.
