It’s great to know that the healthcare.gov site is working for the massive 1.6 percent of the population that is running Linux.
Letter to the Editor | To the defacers of Penn Secular Society’s poster…
By
Josh Cooper
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Nov. 7, 2013
I beg the defacers of Penn Secular Society’s poster to please stop.
The Penn Secular Society wants everyone to stop believing in G-d because, well, because they don’t believe in G-d.
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By
Xavier Flory
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Nov. 10, 2013
At Penn, I am continually impressed with the accomplishments of my fellow students but often underwhelmed by their ability to justify why those accomplishments and causes are important.
It seems that, especially on a college campus, reading for pleasure has become a rare activity.
Guest Column by the University Honor Council | Disciplinary process demystified
By
University Honor Council
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Nov. 7, 2013
In light of the recent conversation on campus surrounding sexual violence, we wish to make Penn students aware of their rights and options.
Guest Column by the University Honor Council | Disciplinary process demystified
By
University Honor Council
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Nov. 7, 2013
In light of the recent conversation on campus surrounding sexual violence, we wish to make Penn students aware of their rights and options.
Letter to the Editor | To the defacers of Penn Secular Society’s poster…
By
Josh Cooper
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Nov. 7, 2013
I beg the defacers of Penn Secular Society’s poster to please stop.
The Penn Secular Society wants everyone to stop believing in G-d because, well, because they don’t believe in G-d.
Guest Column by Jai Dehadrai | Beyond the rule of law: A valuable lesson
By
Jai Dehadrai
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Nov. 7, 2013
Part-time professor and full-time trial attorney, professor Shanin Specter lays threadbare the secrets that have led him to become one of America’s finest lawyers — and perhaps the most respected as well.
To declare e-cigarettes a silver bullet to smoking simply because it is the lesser of two evils is to blatantly ignore the lessons we have learned from tobacco control.
Actively engaging, instead of the one-sided cyberstalking that we’re wont to do, can help tame the feelings of insanity, jealousy and powerlessness that come from seeing our exes all over the internet.
I fail to understand why freshmen need to be prevented from living in the high rises, as if living in the high rises were the death knell for a freshman’s college experience.
As Penn’s leaders consider ways to improve first-year housing, implementing a one-size-fits-all approach and banning freshmen from Harrison or Harnwell College House (or low-rise buildings like Stouffer College House) seems like an easy solution. But it’s the wrong one.
Guest Column by the Executive Board of ASAP | A Call to Action: Collegiate ACB Must Go
By
Executive Board of ASAP
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Nov. 5, 2013
Collegiate ACB perpetuates the culture of violence that ASAP, and so many other student groups and individuals, work to combat.
Anyone with a beating heart understands that writing these posts is mean, but it might be a whole lot more than mean. Beyond just being a jerk, you could be liable for a big legal headache.
The average American gets a new phone every 22 months. Isn’t that a little crazy?
According to the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions, which keeps track of Israel’s destruction of Palestinian property, Israel has destroyed 527 Palestinian homes in 2013.
There is no real reason Penn should be charging students to use campus space for legitimate extracurricular activities.
Two weeks ago, the Philadelphia City Council — supported by local animal advocacy nonprofit The Humane League — passed a resolution endorsing Meatless Mondays.
I used to dislike the commercialization, the overeagerness surrounding the “Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” But now I see that maybe it’s not such a bad thing.
Guest Column by Nikhil Menezes | Friendship and the allure of structure
By
Nikhil Menezes
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Nov. 3, 2013
What I find troubling is that on a campus dominated by clubs and organizations, the opportunities for arbitrary relationships are becoming increasingly rare.
Students and administrators alike need to re-evaluate how we approach, respond to and inform ourselves about sexual assault at Penn.
