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Guest column by Allison Schwartz | Progressing past the major bias

(08/20/15 2:22pm)

As a sophomore studying computer science, I am not the first person to acknowledge that the coursework of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is difficult. The computer science class I took first semester last year pushed me more than any class I have ever taken. On too many regrettable nights, I have found myself in the engineering quad past midnight. While I personally have yet to pull an all-nighter, I have friends who have done so multiple times in one week.

https://www.thedp.com/article/2015/08/guest-column-allison-schwartz-progressing-past-the-major-bias

Toe the Line: Penn Democrats | Personal freedoms, public conciliations and discrimination

(04/15/15 1:55am)

When the federal government passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act in 1993, the LGBTQ rights movement had hardly begun. The Defense of Marriage Act had not even been passed (1996), and same-sex marriage would not be legalized anywhere in the U.S. until 2004 in Massachusetts. Just four years later, in 1997, the Supreme Court ruled that applying RFRA to state governments overstepped Congress’ enforcement powers, and many states began drafting their own religious freedom acts. A few weeks ago, Indiana became the 20th state to pass such a law.

https://www.thedp.com/article/2015/04/toe-the-line-penn-dems-rfra-debate

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