The Government and Politics Association is Penn’s largest political organization. Devoted to non-partisan and balanced dialogue, the organization does not adopt positions on political issues; we leave it to our participants to make up their own minds. The group is divided into three main branches: the Polybian Society, the Penn Political Union, and the Spectrum. In addition, the organization conducts events with politicians and professors of all political leanings.
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The Penn Political Union is a formal political debate organization featuring caucuses representing different political ideologies: the Independents, the Conservatives, the Progressives, the Liberals, and the Libertarians. PPU meets the third Thursday of every month to debate a piece of legislation from one of the caucuses. The PPU also houses GPA's chapter of College Youth in Government, which offers participants the opportunity to interact with lawmakers, travel to Washington, and engage with the institutions of state and local government.
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speakers we have previously hosted include
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The Polybian Society, Penn GPA’s intellectual society, offers Penn students the opportunity to intellectually consider and exchange ideas. The Polybian Society was created to provide a venue for open political debate and discussion without espousing any specific political viewpoint, while simultaneously creating a fun social community in which to interact with other students of a political and philosophical inclination.
The Spectrum is GPA's non-partisan political publication. The Spectrum includes an online blog with regular columnists and is printed once per semester. The themes of columns this semester spans from comparison of historical figures and present-day politicians to upward mobility, from Middle East to Congressional updates, from socialism to libertarianism, from legal affairs to human rights.
Membership in Penn GPA is conferred through involvement in the Polybian Society, Penn Political Union, or the Spectrum. Membership in all three of these programs is open to all Penn students. Penn GPA’s general membership body meetings are open to the public. If you are interested in getting involved in Penn GPA, you are encouraged to sign up for our listserv.
Membership in Penn GPA is conferred through involvement in the Polybian Society, Penn Political Union, or the Spectrum. Membership in all three of these programs is open to all Penn students. Penn GPA’s general membership body meetings are open to the public. If you are interested in getting involved in Penn GPA, you are encouraged to sign up for our listserv.
