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Thanks, Zoom: Professor Swinford's Uncomfortable Jokes Now Excruciating

(04/08/20 4:00am)

Technology win! Chemistry professor Reginald Swinford is already known across campus for his strange and somewhat uncomfortable sense of humor. With instruction and office hours moving onto Zoom, students are reporting that Swinford’s mid-lecture quips have graduated from being “bad” and into the realm of “excruciating.”


Penn Should Implement Universal Fail. Here’s Why.

(03/31/20 5:01pm)

In light of complications brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, Wendell Pritchett announced that Penn would be adopting a new grading policy, allowing students to opt-in to take any class pass/fail. While these changes are welcome and are surely a step in the right direction, they simply do not go far enough. To account for the unprecedented disruption to students’ daily lives, Penn must switch immediately to a universal fail policy.






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