It is a fallacy to think that you can be apolitical in an intensely political context and an intensely political world.
While I celebrate our entrepreneurial energy as vibrant evidence that the American Dream is alive, profit-driven startups should be balanced by social enterprises guided by the public good.
If no one could run for UA without having been on campus for a semester, we’d get more nuanced, substantial pitches on what candidates planned on doing.
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Kurt Mitman
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Sept. 23, 2013
When your research begins to step into the fray of politics, your motives immediately start to come into question.
One of the rules I used to have for myself was that I’d never see a therapist. I thought that therapy was self-indulgent, excessive, the stuff of Woody Allen movies and not something you do in real life. But that changed two weeks ago.
Guest Column | Remembering Sheldon Hackney — a fine southern gentleman, a good man
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Jose V. Ciprut
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Sept. 19, 2013
I‘ll continue to think of Sheldon Hackney as a flamboyant — at times even provoking — personality, a fellow-traveler who merited my friendship and respect
Guest Column | Remembering Sheldon Hackney — a fine southern gentleman, a good man
By
Jose V. Ciprut
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Sept. 19, 2013
I‘ll continue to think of Sheldon Hackney as a flamboyant — at times even provoking — personality, a fellow-traveler who merited my friendship and respect
While I celebrate our entrepreneurial energy as vibrant evidence that the American Dream is alive, profit-driven startups should be balanced by social enterprises guided by the public good.
If no one could run for UA without having been on campus for a semester, we’d get more nuanced, substantial pitches on what candidates planned on doing.
When I came to Penn, I brought that superhero mindset with me. If anyone asked me how I was doing, I’d answer, “Good!” It’s easy to give that automatic response and move on — I mean, is Superman ever not good?
Unlike many of our peer institutions, Penn has made it a priority to promote conversations about consent.
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It’s surprising how quickly we can forget to be aware of things beyond ourselves if we don’t make a conscious effort to do so.
If we have this much dedication towards making only money, we might as well call it what it is: a religion.
Technology companies are constantly improving and refining their products, but our incessant desire for a game changer has forced them to market touch-ups as turning points.
Instead of telling you that “college flies by” or “it’s the shortest four years of your life,” I have a new tidbit of advice: Stop using the word “sometime.”
I have a theory that the student body of Penn is composed of maybe 30 percent introverts, and of that 30 percent, about half of those spend their first few years trying to pretend they’re extroverts like everyone else.
Uber brings a better, more efficient service to consumers — and that threatens the livelihood of entrenched taxi unions and the City Hall politicians and bureaucrats beholden to their interests.
It’s easy to think we need an even higher GPA and more impressive extracurriculars if we are to compete with students from HYP.
I knew Sheldon Hackney, the Penn history professor, and that man deserves to be celebrated unconditionally.
In most cases, sexting holds the same appeal as any other erotic act — the only difference is that it’s digitalized.
Perhaps in a few years, 9/11 will be yet another tragically storied day that future students can only relate to through stories, textbooks and movies. But that time hasn’t come yet.
Amidst all of the noise about Syria coming from the talking heads in Washington, a bigger point has largely been ignored.
