As you might have noticed, the news media has spent much of the past two years focused, seemingly solely, on the comings and goings of a certain Penn alum.
BRYN FRIEDENBERG is a College junior from Kirtland, Ohio.
If you type the word “expectations” into your search bar, the first suggestion that comes up is “expectations versus reality.” The search yields endless memes that attest to the vast discrepancy between what we expect the result of something to be and its actual result.
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Guest Column by Julia Lesko | Penn should reflect its value for open discourse
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Julia Lesko
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Feb. 28, 2017
Benjamin Franklin argued for the importance of free discourse by noting “that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter.” Considering the administration’s opaque decision on fossil fuel divestment, Penn is not living up to its founder’s values.
Letter from the President | Why (and how) journalism — on campus and beyond — needs your participation
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Carter Coudriet
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Feb. 28, 2017
Last year, Donald Trump began blitzing the mainstream media at an unprecedented and alarming rate following his victory in the presidential election.
Letter from the President | Why (and how) journalism — on campus and beyond — needs your participation
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Carter Coudriet
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Feb. 28, 2017
Last year, Donald Trump began blitzing the mainstream media at an unprecedented and alarming rate following his victory in the presidential election.
BRYN FRIEDENBERG is a College junior from Kirtland, Ohio.
If you type the word “expectations” into your search bar, the first suggestion that comes up is “expectations versus reality.” The search yields endless memes that attest to the vast discrepancy between what we expect the result of something to be and its actual result.
I have failed in college. A lot. I’ve been rejected from more clubs than I can remember. I’ve been turned down from countless jobs.
Much has been said and written about Penn’s pre-professional culture, but to me it seems like an inevitable and natural product of Ben Franklin’s emphasis on a practical education.
CLAUDIA LI is a College junior from Santa Clara, Calif.
Everyone one of us, no matter how smart or hardworking, will at some point face the pain of rejection during our time at Penn.
Group Think | Should Penn help students with rejection?
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Shawn Srolovitz
, Reid Jackson
, Cameron Dichter
, James Lee
, Amy Chan
, Emily Hoeven
and Taylor Becker
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Feb. 26, 2017
GROUP THINK is the DP’s round table section, where we throw a question at the columnists and see what answers stick.
BEN CLAAR is a College sophomore from Scarsdale, N.Y.
I went back to Korea over winter break, because that is what you do when you’re the daughter of Asian parents: You fly back to your country of ethnic origin so that all your relatives can exclaim to your parents “how much taller she is!” and “She looks just like you!” except in Korean, because you are, as mentioned earlier, in Korea.
James Fisher | From the bottom of the barrel to Penn: Adjusting to the immense wealth of Penn and its students
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James Fisher
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Feb. 22, 2017
Adjusting to life at Penn was a very difficult process. Many people, especially Penn students with whom I have interacted, assume that because I am on financial aid, I have everything I need to survive on Penn’s campus.
BRAD HONG is a College freshman from Morristown, N.J.
James Baldwin once said, “The paradox of education is precisely this — that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated.” From the second I started my education here I’ve constantly seen and interacted with black staff working as servers, security guards, janitors and the like.
Editorial | Penn Medicine's choice of 'ambassador' shows a lapse in judgment
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The Daily Pennsylvanian
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Feb. 21, 2017
Next Tuesday, Irvine Auditorium will host a panel forum entitled “A Formidable Foe: Cancer in the 21st Century” as part of its David and Lyn Silfen University Forum series. While the forum will notably feature Penn President Amy Gutmann and former Vice President Joe Biden, one of the other panelists has stolen some of the spotlight by virtue of being embroiled in a lawsuit over discrimination against an Iraqi family.
The state of the press is alarming. And many of the critiques of the media, echoing endlessly in the ears of the American people, are legitimate and necessary.
In high school, I used to participate in extemporaneous speaking. We were given a question on current events; something like, “How will Brexit impact the UK economy?” might be asked today.
BRYN FRIEDENBERG is a College junior from Kirtland, Ohio.
