Letter II

January 26, 2025

Dear DP,

Welcome to another edition of the Letter from the Pink Palace. This week, the 141st board continued to deliver impactful stories, great print content, and breaking news.

Here are a few updates and highlights from this week…

The DP began its recruitment efforts for the semester.

We opened up applications this past Monday, and held two information sessions along with an open house event at our very lovely home, 4015 Walnut. As of Saturday night, we had 75 total applications (with A WEEK to go until the application deadline). I’m just so proud of the Strategy & Promotions team (namely Sophie-Anne Brouwers, Jack Galbraith, and Tiffany Chen) for spearheading these efforts. The enthusiasm we have from Penn students speaks volumes about the important work we’re doing on campus.

To the right are some graphics and promotional content created during this recruitment cycle (with an unnamed member of the S&P team creating a few of these in front of me during Earth Science class).

Staffers of the week

This week, the staffers of the week are Design Editor Makayla Wu and Deputy Business Strategy Manager Tiffany Chen! Makayla was such a champ working on designs for this week’s DP print issue and helping out with 34th Street’s production. Tiffany put together such solid social media content for our recruitment efforts— they are truly what helped yielded such high application numbers so far!

Pictures!

For those that would like to view the photos from the banquet photo booth from last week, click on the button below!

34th Street Magazine Update

This week, 34th Street Magazine hosted its first two production nights of the year. They’re currently working on their February issue, which is themed around love. Be on the lookout for their promos and be sure to pick up an issue when it releases :)

Hot off the presses

  • Ivy League set to opt out of House v. NCAA antitrust settlement

    Valeri Guevarra and Sean McKeown | The Daily Pennsylvanian

  • Photo Essay: A Mouse’s Tour of the High Rises

    Sylvia Erdely | Under the Button

  • In the Stacks of Last Word Bookshop

    Mariam Ali | 34th Street Magazine

  • 2020 Penn graduate, murder suspect Luigi Mangione detailed health impact of fraternity ‘hell week’

    Riana Mahtani and William Grantland | The Daily Pennsylvanian

  • Penn Medicine dean addresses ‘anxiety’ surrounding federal funding, executive actions

    Ethan Young | The Daily Pennsylvanian

Stay tuned for more stories, updates, and insights from the Pink Palace. See you next week!