When I first arrived in Cambridge, I thought I would immediately integrate. I thought that I would make many British friends and that I would excel at every stereotypically British task I tried.
We want to be your elected Undergraduate Assembly President and Vice President because we have a vision for Penn’s future, and we’re the ones to make it happen.
Every year during the season of Penn Student Government elections, the student body is bombarded with signatures, platforms and the opportunity to elect a new President, Vice President and general body of the Undergraduate Assembly.
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Guest Column by Thomas Lee | Anti-intellectualism against divestment is dangerous
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Thomas Lee
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March 29, 2017
The exchange of ideas, through testing assumptions and addressing conflicting evidence, is the intellectual core of Penn’s academic mission.
Serving as a liaison between the student body and Penn administrators, the UA has the unique ability to institute change that affects the entire undergraduate population.
Serving as a liaison between the student body and Penn administrators, the UA has the unique ability to institute change that affects the entire undergraduate population.
We want to be your elected Undergraduate Assembly President and Vice President because we have a vision for Penn’s future, and we’re the ones to make it happen.
Every year during the season of Penn Student Government elections, the student body is bombarded with signatures, platforms and the opportunity to elect a new President, Vice President and general body of the Undergraduate Assembly.
BRAD HONG is a College freshman from Morristown, N.J.
Last week, my friend sent me a New York Times article about the value high school students place on leadership. Because of the perceived focus on traditional leadership in college admissions, students prioritize leadership in the vein of “political or business power” — defining leaders based on their authority and dominance.
BRYN FRIEDENBERG is a College junior from Kirtland, Ohio.
CLAUDIA LI is a College junior from Santa Clara, Calif.
Cameron Dichter | Unintended offense: dealing with racial insensitivity on campus
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Cameron Dichter
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March 26, 2017
In the fall of 1993, Jahmae Harris, a then-senior here at Penn, received a frightening phone call to her dorm, the DuBois College House.
Who is Michael Zinman? The name might sound somewhat familiar to about half of the Penn population.
BEN CLAAR is a College sophomore from Scarsdale, N.Y.
It’s been more than two weeks since my last column. I have had ample time to think about a topic, to write a rough draft, to set aside a few hours to bang out seven hundred words or so.
This past Sunday, I released my first ever episode of The Kiki Podcast Series on black excellence and self-love.
Just before spring break, I went to the Philadelphia 76ers and New York Knicks basketball game on a trip sponsored by my dorm.
If you know me you know that one thing keep me laughing every day: Twitter memes. The best part about this is that practically every month or week, a new meme dominates Twitter’s social feed.
BRAD HONG is a College freshman from Morristown, N.J.
Editorial | With off-campus groups, Penn shouldn't repeat Harvard's mistakes
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The Daily Pennsylvanian
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March 21, 2017
Although The Daily Pennsylvanian is a Penn-focused publication, we are acutely aware that the forces which shape what becomes news here on campus, like springtime snowstorms which disrupt classes, often originate elsewhere.
Guest Column by Karen Hamilton | Penn and diversity — another view
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Karen Hamilton
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March 20, 2017
I am a Penn alumna, Penn parent, and Penn staff member. I was also a low-income student in the 1980s, which is why the recent story in the DP about the difficulty that some first-generation and low-income students have experienced during Spring Break caught my attention.
