Student Life
Masala apologizes for asking applicants to name 5 hottest girls at Penn
For years, freshman boys have been asked to name the five hottest girls they've seen at Penn as part of Masala auditions.
Nursing graduate student dies 'suddenly' over the weekend
Stephanie Marchesani died in New Jersey on Sunday.
The coolest things created at PennApps this weekend
PennApps — the weekend-long hackathon at Penn that happens twice a year — drew to a close in Irvine Auditorium on Sunday.
Breaking down the cost of New Student Orientation
At the start of every year, Penn welcomes first-year students with a packed orientation filled with five days of of educational programming and elaborate festivities.
Why the Thrive at Penn module is now mandatory for all upperclassmen
It's mandatory, but only 7.9 percent of upperclassmen have completed it.
OZ members remain silent as media storm rages about 'Wild Wednesday' email
Since the protests started on Tuesday, over thirty current members of OZ have not responded to repeated, individual requests for comment.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Sen. Bob Casey voice support for campus protesters
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf tweeted early in the morning. “Stand up like these @Penn students — take the @ItsOnUs pledge to help keep students safe from sexual assault."
Sorority members shun OZ after email and distance themselves from group
Individual members of both off-campus group OAX and an affiliated sorority that asked not to be named harshly criticized OZ and said they left group chats with members of the group.
Penn students create fashion guide and time capsule on Penn culture
The first page that precedes the glossy photographs and pages of sobering text in “33 to 40”contains a dedication that reads simply, “To the spirit of creation.”
Meet Morgan Brown, a Wharton junior who vlogged the MTV Video Music Awards live from New York
Brown was selected for the gig out of a nationwide search done by MTVU, a network geared toward students.
One College student saw 'Rio unedited' during Summer Olympics after winning national award
Whitney Stewart, who was named National Youth of the Year by Boys & Girls Clubs of America last fall, was flown to Rio de Janeiro to get a behind-the-scenes tour of the programming production set for the Summer Olympics.
Clinton campaign staff swarm freshmen with call to switch their voter registration to Pa.
Clinton’s campaign has had a large presence on Penn’s campus by trying to get new students to register to vote in the influential swing state as well as to participate in the 2016 election.
Taking the road less traveled to medical school
Some students at Penn choose to major in other disciplines while still pursuing pre-med as an option. Although less common, these paths do not preclude admission to medical school as long as students fill the requirements outside of their major. In fact, on Penn’s Career Services website, it says, “medical schools do not require or even prefer a particular major.”
University says controversial email was 'offensive and has no place at Penn'
Six protesters continued flyering early Wednesday morning as well.
Third-party candidates prove attractive alternative to Trump and Clinton for students
Political science professor Dan Hopkins cited the historically sky-high unpopularity of the primary candidates as the main reason for the appeal of candidates like Johnson and Stein, but said he believes there will be a reduction in the number of people planning to vote third party as the election approaches.
A Penn professor found that just one night of sleep loss can negatively affect the memory
At Penn, many students fail to budget time for one of the most important things in life — sleep.
Flyers cover campus with suggestive email, saying, 'This is what rape culture looks like'
Hundreds of flyers featuring an email sent by an account ozyellowbrickroad1@gmail.com were posted across campus on Tuesday morning, stamped with “This is what rape culture looks like" and "We are watching."
Why Penn is shifting to fall OCR for summer internships
While tech companies have long done their on-campus recruiting for internships in the fall semester, recruitment for summer internships for other sectors will now take place in the fall.
The Faculty Senate wants to tackle faculty diversity and student mental health this year
Faculty Senate Chair Laura Perna wrote a letter explaining what the group is looking to accomplish this year.