As a Central American voice on campus, we feel we must impress the gravity of an issue that continues to affect our community.
KRISTEN YEH is a College sophomore from West Covina, Calif.
BEN CLAAR is a College senior from Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Sophia DuRose
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Nov. 26, 2018
Whether an Econ major, a friend of a Penn student, a traveling poet, or a visiting family member, please feel free to stop by and pour yourself a cup of coffee, of which we always have brewed.
Isabella Simonetti | Pay up, Penn: Student tour guides deserve compensation
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Isabella Simonetti
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Nov. 25, 2018
Prospective students from underrepresented backgrounds deserve tour guides who they can relate to.
I started to fully appreciate the other part of my identity beyond boxes on the demographic section on an application.
I started to fully appreciate the other part of my identity beyond boxes on the demographic section on an application.
KRISTEN YEH is a College sophomore from West Covina, Calif.
BEN CLAAR is a College senior from Scarsdale, N.Y.
BEN CLAAR is a College senior from Scarsdale, N.Y.
Guest Column by Sabrina Qiao | With graduation looming, my dream of being a starving writer seems unrealistic
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Sabrina Qiao
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Nov. 20, 2018
Write full-time after graduation or never write at all is a melodramatic binary.
Michael A. Keshmiri | Politicians have gotten too comfortable with racially coded attacks
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Michael A. Keshmiri
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Nov. 19, 2018
We cannot let political leanings stifle our innate sense of decency.
Guest Column by Nathan A. Cockrum | International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day
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Nathan A. Cockrum
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Nov. 18, 2018
You do not need the "right words." You just need to listen with open arms, and an open heart. Love will do the rest.
Guest Column by Maeve Masterson | Penn’s investment in fossil fuels contradicts commitment to love
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Maeve Masterson
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Nov. 18, 2018
Penn’s billion-dollar endowment continues to reap returns from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and is thus funding a primary driver of climate change — no questions asked.
Christy Qiu | Sleep should be a priority from your first night at Penn
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Christy Qiu
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Nov. 14, 2018
It’s like a competition: whoever sleeps the least wins. Functioning with little to no sleep is like a badge of honor, a display of invincibility.
Kaliyah Dorsey | My truth may not be yours, but I still deserve to share it
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Kaliyah Dorsey
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Nov. 14, 2018
It is your right, and this is what Laymon teaches me, to own your life.
Joel Lee | Plenty of people think we go to Penn State — here’s why it shouldn’t bother us
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Joel Lee
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Nov. 14, 2018
If people didn’t know that I was going to a prestigious college, then what was all this work for?
Michael A. Keshmiri | Forsaken: the forgotten Americans of U.S. island territories
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Michael A. Keshmiri
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Nov. 13, 2018
Over 4 million people reside in these territories and most Americans are oblivious about their situation.
Letter to the Editor from Penn Athletics | Response to physical education editorial
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David C. Leach
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Nov. 11, 2018
Penn Campus Recreation is poised to assist in this endeavor and we look forward to the continuing dialogue regarding elective physical education classes.
Kaliyah Dorsey | ’The Hate U Give’ takes black girlhood seriously — we should all take a hint
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Kaliyah Dorsey
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Nov. 11, 2018
I’m not just saying that the people with the most power neglect the narrative of the black girl, though they do. I’m saying that we, as a society, fail to take black girlhood seriously.
Lilian Zhang | China’s education system is notoriously rigid, but is the U.S. any better?
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Lilian Zhang
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Nov. 9, 2018
I came to the United States so that I would avoid falling victim to an education system based on standardized and rigid deliverance of knowledge.
Spencer Swanson | Far-right despot or economic savior? Welcome to Bolsonaro’s Brazil
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Spencer Swanson
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Nov. 8, 2018
Considering the chaos of corruption Brazil has endured over the last few decades, he might, just might, be exactly what the country needs.
Carl-Emmanuel Fulghieri | Anti-Semitism: what it is and how to fight it
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Carl-Emmanuel Fulghieri
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Nov. 8, 2018
Jews straddle the eroded precipice of whiteness, with one hand reaching into its abyss. It is necessary to name the system of white supremacy of which anti-Semitism is one face.
