Pennsylvanian Changes Name

After several months of deliberation, the independent student newspaper board voted to change its name to The Pennsylvanian Paper. Formerly The Daily Pennsylvanian, this change was a part of an effort to modernize the organization, which has been in operation since 1885. Other initiatives included reaching a 21,000-follower milestone on Instagram, and printing once a week instead of every day. In 2021, the 137th board pushed for a “digital first” approach, prioritizing email newsletter and social media. “Things are changing at the office,” Emi Tuyếtnhi Trần, Executive Editor at the PP, said.

The final vote to change the name was done over Slack with emoji reacts. It passed narrowly by one Chinese takeout box to pizza slice. “The Chinese takeout box symbolized rebranding, and the pizza slice was to stay as the DP. We usually vote for dinner with these emojis,” Trần explained. “It was just familiar that way.” Despite the contested vote, most expressed enthusiasm for the new name change. Staffers cited previous discomfort at ‘double penetration’ comments made at expense of the paper’s old acronym, the DP. “Thankfully, there’s nothing