Politics
Branch of anti-Trump SuperPAC has established a chapter at Cornell
A branch of Democratic Coalition Against Trump Super Political Action Committee, Students Against Trump, established a chapter at Cornell University.
Number of registered voters increased in Philadelphia this election season
The 27th Ward, which includes Penn, is contributing 22,860 eligible voters this election.
Why 2,000-year-old Roman columns have been sitting in the Engineering Quad
Despite the Penn Museum's promise to look after the artifacts for Philadelphia, these items have been left exposed to the elements for around 40 years.
Mothers of the Movement group campaigns for Hillary Clinton in West Phila.
Hamilton and others spoke in support of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in West Philadelphia Sunday on behalf of the group Mothers of the Movement, which represents mothers who have lost sons and daughters to fatal encounters with law enforcement.
Toe the Line: Penn Democrats | Gun violence
On October 5, 2015, Penn was one of many Philadelphia-area colleges that lived under the threat of an anonymous online post foreshadowing a mass shooting.
Toe the Line: College Republicans | Gun control
It is not by accident that the right to bear arms is the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution─the founding fathers valued gun ownership highly, enumerating it just after the fundamental rights of free expression. A common misconception about the Second Amendment is that it is only referential to self-defense, to prevent other individual citizens from causing harm onto us.
Mayor's spokesperson blasts Penn as 'hypocritical' and 'morally wrong' to not make PILOT contributions
Lauren Hitt, Kenney's spokesperson and a 2013 College graduate, first tweeted a link to an Inside Higher Education article that described how Penn does not have to pay property taxes to Philadelphia due to its nonprofit status.
The Muslim Student Association is spreading knowledge of Islam to fight bigotry
In a year marked by Islamophobia nationally and locally, the Muslim Student Association spent the past week spreading awareness of their faith.
Law library exhibit shows what it's like to live in solitary confinement
An exhibit in the Biddle Law Library features images from photographer Rich Ross’s “Juvenile In Justice” series, which depicts the living conditions of teens experiencing solitary confinement.
Voter registration up for Republicans, down for Dems in Pennsylvania
According to Philly.com, the state of Pennsylvania saw a surge in new voter registrations in the weeks and days leading up to the deadline on Oct. 11.
How one Penn staffer's tweetstorm against Donald Trump went viral
On Sept. 26, after the first presidential debate, Brousse fired off 14 tweets about her family's experience in Atlantic City during Trump's construction boom there.
Inside the rush to register last-minute voters on campus
From the Compass to Van Pelt Library, campus on Tuesday was a frenzy of student groups urging students to register on the last day before the Oct. 11 deadline.
Protesters urge students to reject 'corrupt, hateful' Trump in College Green art demonstration
Close to 20 students decorated College Green with eight-feet-tall artwork and posters with the slogan, “Your body, your vote.”
Annenberg tool measures how voters learn from presidential debates
The Annenberg Public Policy Center is teaming up with Internet Archive, a digital library with access to books, movies and archived web pages, to answer how news organizations cover the issues brought up in presidential debates.
Why all those Clinton volunteers have been trying to switch your voter registration to Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is a key swing state for the 2016 election season and throughout Penn’s campus numerous advocacy groups have been registering students to vote in the Keystone State.
Campus sexual violence prevention advocates: Trump 'perpetuates' rape culture
“When someone participates in private conversations where they talk about groping women, they are normalizing the idea that women are sexual objects” College junior Amanda Silberling said.
Jon Huntsman Jr. calls on Donald Trump to drop out of race
The man whose name adorns one of Penn's most prominent buildings is none too pleased with Donald Trump's recent remarks about women.
Sanders gives 'boring' speech at University of the Arts, lets McGinty thrash Trump
In her speech, Katie McGinty focused mostly on eviscerating Republican nominee Donald Trump, a 1968 Wharton graduate.
Update: UberX and Lyft legal again
The agreement established by the Philadelphia Parking Authority to grant legality to UberX and Lyft expired on Oct. 1, placing the companies in "legal limbo," until a judge's ruling on Friday.