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.
Tomorrow, at around noon, Donald Trump will become the President of the United States. The bombastic billionaire, whose improbable promotion to power shattered every political norm from fundraising to gaffe-making, will assume the most important political office on earth.
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Claudia Li
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Jan. 22, 2017
CLAUDIA LI is a College junior from Santa Clara, Calif. Her email is claudli@sas.upenn.edu.
Few focal points of the Republican presidential cycle stood out with as much singularity and clarity as the promise to “repeal and replace” Obamacare, a rallying cry for many of the Trump electorate, regardless of class, race, gender.
Editorial | Uplifting speech can drown out hate. No leaf blower required
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The Daily Pennsylvanian
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Jan. 21, 2017
Although the University denied knowledge of any Penn staff being instructed to interfere with the protests, a FRES worker running the engine of a noisy maintenance vehicle at the site of one of the demonstrations said he had been instructed to drown out the protesters by someone from the University.
Editorial | Uplifting speech can drown out hate. No leaf blower required
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The Daily Pennsylvanian
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Jan. 21, 2017
Although the University denied knowledge of any Penn staff being instructed to interfere with the protests, a FRES worker running the engine of a noisy maintenance vehicle at the site of one of the demonstrations said he had been instructed to drown out the protesters by someone from the University.
BEN CLAAR is a College sophomore from Scarsdale, N.Y.
Tomorrow, at around noon, Donald Trump will become the President of the United States. The bombastic billionaire, whose improbable promotion to power shattered every political norm from fundraising to gaffe-making, will assume the most important political office on earth.
I once wrote an article in which I refused to give up red lipstick despite surrendering eye makeup, and, with all the misogyny to which Trump's election has set us back, I think it's about time I explained why. What got me started thinking about it was a statement my friend made to me.
Have you ever bitten into a piece of pizza in a Dining Hall that you knew was too hot and burned your tongue?
Our country faces a crisis that begins with the letter “D.” No, it is not our President-elect Donald Trump.
BRAD HONG is a College freshman from Morristown, N.J.
This semester will be my last one at Penn. I recently discovered that I have accumulated enough credits to graduate a year in advance.
Tuition at the University of Pennsylvania for the 2016-2017 academic year is $45,556. If you assume a course load of 4.0 credits, you’re spending over $100 per hour of class time.
BRYN FRIEDENBERG is a College junior from Kirtland, OH.
LANGSTON MACDIARMID is an Engineering senior from Pittsburgh, PA.
BEN CLAAR is a College sophomore from Scarsdale, N.Y. His email is bclaar@sas.upenn.edu.
James Fisher | 'Privilege' does not exist to White Penn professors — and they keep 'trying it'
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James Fisher
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Jan. 11, 2017
Last semester was honestly the worst semester I’ve had at Penn so far. And all because of one thing: the white professors I’ve had at Penn.
The shirt read “THE PUSSY GRABS BACK,” accompanied by a drawing of a kitten attacking Donald Trump’s face.
Editorial | What we'd like to see from Penn's next Provost
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The Daily Pennsylvanian
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Jan. 10, 2017
As Penn President Amy Gutmann announced on Dec. 2 of last year, Penn Provost Vincent Price will be departing the University on July 9 to assume the presidency of Duke University.
The scourge of "hands-off antagonism" has plagued Penn, where people are more likely to discuss explicit racism rather than the implicit racism that allows the former to thrive.
When I finish my last day of classes each semester, feelings of happiness and relief sweep through me when I think about how I no longer have to wake up early, no longer have to speed-walk to class and come close to twisting my ankle on the Locust cobblestones.
