We believe that anyone found guilty of sexual assault should be suspended from campus for at least a semester.
Most of us were probably standouts in our high school, and now the tables have turned. Or at least, aren’t oriented so much in our favor. But when you’re at or near the top all the time, how much more can you grow?
Why have we been so slow to reboot our computing and give hard drives the boot?
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Guest Column by The Institute of Contemporary Art Student Board | Cementing the Artwork at Fisher's Footsteps
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Institute of Contemporary Art Student Board
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Oct. 31, 2013
We strongly urge the University to find Knut Äsdam’s work a permanent home so that we, as a diverse and manifold group of individuals, might weave this extraordinary sculpture into our collective fabric.
I think it is important that Penn students continue to advocate for what they care about. I just think that there needs to be a heightened sense of awareness about how the advocating is done.
The outfit you wear does not prescribe your actions for Halloween night — and maybe we should stop calling them “slutty” costumes altogether.
The outfit you wear does not prescribe your actions for Halloween night — and maybe we should stop calling them “slutty” costumes altogether.
Most of us were probably standouts in our high school, and now the tables have turned. Or at least, aren’t oriented so much in our favor. But when you’re at or near the top all the time, how much more can you grow?
Why have we been so slow to reboot our computing and give hard drives the boot?
SAC can either give out less money across the board or disenfranchise the many students who have no say in the matter.
I estimate that we exchange names and handshakes with someone once a day, but would venture to say that few, if any, of these people ever hear from us again.
Slipping into the mainstream usually means leaving our more cherished ambitions behind.
Many would consider it a travesty of justice to pay someone $5.00 per hour, but it’s fine for Penn students to work 12-hour days at an internship for $0.00 an hour.
There’s more of a symbiotic relationship between the highs and lows of temperament than most people recognize. It’s not so much a dichotomy as a continuum.
Guest Column by Jen Chaquette and Kanisha Parthasarathy | Complex problems require sophisticated solutions
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Jen Chaquette
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Oct. 24, 2013
In the wake of recent calls for increased transparency from Student Activities Council Executive Board, we wanted to give the student body an update, directly from SAC’s leadership.
We thank Facilities and Real Estate Services for bringing more retail dining options to campus that are not only in tune with student interests and preferences but also healthy, unique and local businesses.
Penn Course Review is an ingenious idea with value, but we should still be wary of using it as our primary decision-making tool.
While non-monogamy isn’t a cure-all for relationships that don’t feel salubrious to begin with, it can relieve the smothering sense of FOMO from college relationships.
Shouldn’t the point of classes be to learn the material, not learn to skim?
The funding system heavily incentivizes SAC members to vote in their own self-interests, rather than those of the entire community.
Your professor is not fooled by your seeming interest in your nether regions.
When my power was finally reconnected, I found a few similarities between the government shutdown and my earlier predicament.
I’m smart, but I still like to read mindless things every once in a while.
