August 30, 2016

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GENEVIEVE GLATSKY Staff Reporter

resident Amy Gutmann welcomed the Class of 2020 to the University of Pennsylvania on Monday. In her Convocation speech, she addressed the upcoming presidential election, encouraging members of the Class of 2020 to register and cast their votes, telling students, SEE CONVOCATION PAGE 7

CHERRY ZHI Staff Reporter

President Amy Gutmann started the year off with her Convocation address to Class of 2020. We took a look at her speeches over the past few years to find her most familiar patterns — repeated words and phrases — that highlight the ideas and themes that matter most to the school. SEE GRAPHIC PAGE 8

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UChicago denounces trigger warnings and safe spaces

New College House welcomes first residents

The letter from the U.’s Dean of Students met a divided reaction

The dorm included flatscreen TVs in each suite

M. EARL SMITH Staff Reporter

RAY POMPONIO Staff Reporter

University of Chicago students, be warned: your feelings do not override the free disbursement of knowledge at the University of Chicago. Or at least, that’s what one administrator announced last week. In a letter addressed to the incoming Class of 2020, Dean of Students John Ellison informed new students that the institution does not promote “trigger warnings,” will not cancel select speakers on the basis of popular opinion and, in general, “safe spaces” will not be used to protect students from ideas at odds with their own. Ellison’s letter joins a frenzy of heated rhetoric on both sides of the safe space debate, as critics lambast the concept as suppression of free speech at worst and “coddling” at best. Advocates note the importance of ensuring a welcome, comfortable space for students. Those feelings are shared by others in the student community. Penn LPS student Mariam Aisset did not hold back in her support of the policy. “Safe spaces, inherently, are pointless. The thought that academic freedom needs to be handcuffed in the name of

For residents of the New College House, the campus living experience will be all about building communities. “This is the first college house at Penn designed as a living, learning and playing center and you can hear how excited everyone is,” said President Amy Gutmann at a move-in ceremony on Aug. 24. Many students are excited about

WILL SNOW | SPORTS REPORTER

New College House, the latest addition to Penn’s campus, is over 198,000 square feet in size, and will house 350 residents.

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I urge each of you to engage to the fullest and make your civic engagement something that will be unforgettable in your life as well.”

living in the new building, which features a number of notable amenities, including views of Center City and 42 inch flat screen televisions in every suite. “Anyone who visits from other college houses gets really jealous,” College and Engineering freshman Joel Chacko said. While students are admiring the suite-style rooms, which range in size from three to six bedrooms, they will also be taking part in the establishment of a new community at Penn. “Our vision of this community is SEE NEW COLLEGE HOUSE PAGE 3

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