The Daily Pennsylvanian is the independent daily student newspaper of the University of Pennsylvania. It is published five days a week when the university is in session by a staff of more than 250 students. During the summer months a smaller staff produces a weekly version called the Summer Pennsylvanian. The DP, as it is commonly referred to, also publishes a weekly arts and entertainment magazine called [34th Street], which is good. A student newspaper is a newspaper run by university or high or middle school students that covers local and in particular school or university news. ... The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn or UPenn, although the former is the preferred and recognized nickname of the University) is a private, nonsectarian, research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...

The newspaper was founded in 1885 and has been published daily since 1894, except for a hiatus from May 1943 to November 1945 on account of World War II. It broke away from Penn's student government in 1962 to become an independent publication. The DP incorporated in 1984 to solidify its financial and editorial independence from the university. Today the newspaper's budget is funded primarily through the sale of advertising by a student business staff. World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe...

The Daily Pennsylvanian is sometimes called Penn's unofficial "journalism department," since many of its staff members go on to pursue careers in the print, broadcast, and electronic media. DP alumni can be found at a number of major daily newspapers and national magazines, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Time Magazine and Business Week. The University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Penn or UPenn, although the former is the preferred and recognized nickname of the University) is a private, nonsectarian, research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... The Wall Street Journal is an influential international daily newspaper published in New York City, New York with a worldwide average daily circulation of more than 2. ... The New York Times is a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr. ... The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the western United States. ... The Philadelphia Inquirer is one of a two Knight Ridder newspaper duopoly daily for the Philadelphia area. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... BusinessWeek is a business magazine published by McGraw-Hill. ...

The Daily Pennsylvanian has won many of the most prestigious awards in college journalism. In 2004, it won the Pacemaker, awarded by the Associated Collegiate Press and the Newspaper Association of America Foundation, for a record-setting fourth consecutive year. It also won the award in 1990, 1997, and 1998. Several of its writers won Gold and Silver Crowns from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. It was also ranked as the "most read" college newspaper by The Princeton Review in 1990, 1997, 1998, and 2001.

External links

• Home Page of The Daily Pennsylvanian
• Home Page of 34th Street Magazine (affiliate of The Daily Pennsylvanian)