The Daily Pennsylvanian has a challenging road ahead. The entire media industry is changing.
At The Daily Pennsylvanian, I aspired to share the best stories that the Penn community has to offer, to translate the hearts and souls of my peers into words on a page.
How do you say goodbye to a column that you’ve been writing for two years? How do you wrap it up, sum it up, just like that, when there is still so much more left to say, to reflect on, to think about?
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“LEAVE AND NEVER RETURN.” I would read those four words every day as I exited 4015 Walnut. Yet every day, I always returned.
On the night of Nov. 8, 2016, while the world watched the unexpected ascent of Donald Trump to the presidency, I had one mission: to put out a paper.
On the night of Nov. 8, 2016, while the world watched the unexpected ascent of Donald Trump to the presidency, I had one mission: to put out a paper.
At The Daily Pennsylvanian, I aspired to share the best stories that the Penn community has to offer, to translate the hearts and souls of my peers into words on a page.
How do you say goodbye to a column that you’ve been writing for two years? How do you wrap it up, sum it up, just like that, when there is still so much more left to say, to reflect on, to think about?
In last Wednesday’s paper Calvary Rogers argued in favor of increasing soft censorship in America and at Penn.
Emily Hoeven | It’s time to end Penn’s century-long fraternity subsidization
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Emily Hoeven
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April 27, 2017
When I took my first campus tour of Penn as a high school student, I fell in love with Locust Walk.
The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice is a nonpartisan, national research and policy hub producing and disseminating research designed to prevent errors in the criminal justice system.
BEN CLAAR is a College sophomore from Scarsdale, N.Y.
Whenever I find myself walking on campus I do my best to have an item that is related to Penn with or on me.
Our compassion is rooted in our ultimate yearning for human flourishing — the ability for each and every person to pursue happiness, to be productive, to thrive in a community and to reach their full potential.
BRAD HONG is a College freshman from Morristown, N.J.
When I first applied to be an opinion columnist, the application asked one question which will forever stick out in my mind, “What do you want your column to be known for?” I answered, “I want my column to provide a voice for Asian Americans, because we don’t often get to hear the perspective of the most silent group in America.”
BRYN FRIEDENBERG is a College junior from Kirtland, Ohio.
Cameron Dichter | Tackling the issue of sexual assault requires more than a task force
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Cameron Dichter
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April 23, 2017
The Task Force on a Safe and Responsible Campus Community finally released a list of recommendations on Wednesday, but with one important issue seemingly excluded: sexual assault.
Guest Column by Zach Rissman | The People’s Climate Movement and why it’s more about the “people” than the “climate”
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Zach Rissman
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April 23, 2017
On April 29th, as part of the People’s Climate Movement, over 100,000 people will gather to march in Washington DC to demonstrate widespread and overwhelming support for immediate and drastic climate action.
I’ve only been a columnist for a year and am not graduating, but nonetheless feel that some reflection is in order.
I have no idea what I'm doing over the summer. Everywhere I've interviewed for, ranging from animation studios to hedge funds, have either politely rejected me or not yet contacted me again.
Overall, I have had a transformative experience writing as an opinion columnist for the DP. I gained so many insights from a tremendously diverse group of individuals, and I would not trade the experiences and skills I learned at the DP for anything.
