A message from President, Alessandra Pintado-Urbanc

It seems surreal that this will be my final letter to the DP alumni community and that soon I will become a DP alumnus myself! As I reflect on my tenure as the 138th President of the Daily Pennsylvanian, I think not only of our successes and accomplishments but also on all of the moments of learning and working together through challenges. This past year has brought on many institutional changes that were enacted to move us towards building a more secure and successful future. To highlight some of our most recent accomplishments, as an organization, we have completely transformed 34th Street Magazine which is now a monthly glossy magazine. Most recently, we have also committed ourselves to working with the University’s administration to provide a new level of coverage on the newly elected ninth President of the University, Liz Magill. The relationship we now have with the administration is one that we had lost in the past years. Moreover, we have also been committed to providing timely coverage on the many student protests that have been occurring on campus. In sum, we have had a challenging year, but we were able to learn from our mistakes and grow as an organization. In mid-November we elected the members of the 139th Board! Soon, the new President will address you and outline their goals and plans for the future of the organization We will be handing over some of our most important projects, such as the acquisition of a new home for the DP and I am excited to see this new group of leaders move this process forward and to see its realization. Moreover, the entirety of the 138th Board has been instrumental in maintaining the success of this organization in the past year and I would like to personally thank all the students who have dedicated their college lives to the DP.

I am leaving the DP with sadness and nostalgia but also with much hope and confidence in the abilities of the soon to be elected board of student leaders. I am extremely proud to have dedicated myself to this community and organization for the past four years and I know that I will cross paths with the DP in the future. Thank you to all of you who have also dedicated your time to ensuring the success of the students at the DP.

We will be handing over some of our most important projects, such as the acquisition of a new home for the DP and I am excited to see this new group of leaders move this process forward and to see its realization . “ ”