On September 10th, Charlie Kirk was fatally shot in the neck. While many rightfully condemned the violence, many members of the media and Penn students alike have responded disgracefully.
Lexi Boccuzzi | Romanticize your real life
On the Record | Find meaning in your day-to-day, not just your days off Photo credit: The Map That Leads to You, Prime Video By Lexi Boccuzzi “Live like your time is running out, and abandon your ‘real life’ for love, beauty, travel, and the existential.” That’s the message of…
Breaking News | Conservative activist, Charlie Kirk, fatally shot during Utah campus event
Conservative Activist, Charlie Kirk, was shot and killed during TPUSA event at Utah Valley University Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore By: Dillon Nittoli Editor’s Note: This article was last updated on September 11, 2025, at 11:02 AM and reflects what was known at that time. It will be updated if new…
Abraham Franchetti | Wharton’s new club rules must be repealed
Restricting merit-based interviews will increase confusion, worsen nepotism, and leave students unprepared for the real world. Photo Credit: University of Pennsylvania Facebook By: Abraham Franchetti On July 30th, Wharton administrators unveiled a set of new club regulations they claimed necessary to comply with the recently enacted Stop Campus Hazing Act.…
Breaking News | Conservative activist, Charlie Kirk, fatally shot during Utah campus event
Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist, media personality, and founder of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), was shot and killed on Wednesday, September 10th, 2025 at a TPUSA event on the campus of Utah Valley University.
Abraham Franchetti | Wharton’s new club rules must be repealed
On July 30th, Wharton administrators unveiled a set of new club regulations they claimed necessary to comply with the recently enacted Stop Campus Hazing Act. However, I’d argue these rules will undermine meritocracy and worsen an already challenging process.
Lexi Boccuzzi | Romanticize your real life
Lexi Boccuzzi, inspired by the latest end of summer book to movie adaptations argues that we should find meaning in our day-to-day not just our days off.
White House unfreezes $175 million in federal funding
The Trump administration released $175 million in previously frozen federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania. This followed a resolution agreement made earlier that day between Penn and the U.S. Department of Education to comply with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
May it please the Court | Volume VIII
This final edition of May it please the Court will cover a selection of cases from the March and April Sittings. A total of 19 cases were heard during both sittings—a relatively packed schedule.
Sarah Mester | Tips for Penn Transfer Students
I know that advice aimed at freshmen about managing your schedule, setting up a dorm room, and balancing your work and social life might not be particularly useful, since you have probably already been doing that for a year, if not two. So without further ado, here are a couple pieces of advice for new transfers.
Bo Goergen | You can’t win votes by insulting voters: How democrats lost young men
As a young male college student, I don’t feel seen or spoken to by the Democratic Party. I’m tired of being reduced to the kind of caricature Walz described. Like many of my peers, I care deeply about fairness, opportunity, and decency. But when I hear party leaders imply that men like me are misogynists by default, I start to question whether this party still wants my vote.
Department of Education finds that Penn violated Title IX; demands apology
The U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights accused the University of Pennsylvania of violating Title IX of the Federal Civil Rights Act.They released a statement on April 28, 2025, announcing that it had found that the University of Pennsylvania was not in compliance because they had violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.
May it please the Court | Volume VII
The U.S. Supreme Court heard eight cases during the February Sitting. This edition of May it please the Court covers the last four cases—including the second Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) case this term. Hungary v. Simon (Oyez) was the first one.