Elizabeth Jacobs
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The junior and sophomore Class Board presidents describe why moving Skimmer to the fall made sense — enough to take a risk and hopefully revive the tradition.
An architect and Penn parent working on the World Trade Center reconstruction reflects on the past and future of the site.
Penn President Amy Gutmann believes that a big piece of the answer to drive hatred out of the human spirit lies in what universities do.
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Sept. 9, 2011
The day after the towers fell, this paper carried the following plea: “Please take advantage — and take care — of your university’s greatest resource: each other.”
Recent College graduate Rose Espinola wants more Penn students to buy Alta Gracia, which produces living-wage, union-made college apparel.
Former Penn President Sheldon Hackney argues that it might be appropriate to think of freedom, a communal enterprise, as our national purpose.
Elizabeth Jacobs
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Former Penn President Sheldon Hackney argues that it might be appropriate to think of freedom, a communal enterprise, as our national purpose.
Elizabeth Jacobs
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An architect and Penn parent working on the World Trade Center reconstruction reflects on the past and future of the site.
Elizabeth Jacobs
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Penn President Amy Gutmann believes that a big piece of the answer to drive hatred out of the human spirit lies in what universities do.
Elizabeth Jacobs
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Political science professor Ian Lustick argues that the terrorist threat has been overblown and the War on Terror has been wasteful and destructive.
Elizabeth Jacobs
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Wharton professor Howard Kunreuther says we must look to long-term solutions for dealing with the large-scale risks that we currently face — including terrorism, climate change and natural disasters.
Elizabeth Jacobs
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Bryn Mawr College professor Clark McCauley writes that we were unable to predict how far our overreaction to 9/11 would go.
Penn Democrats President Isabel Friedman asks how bearing witness to such profound tragedy and international unrest during the most formative years of our lives shapes the way we view our place in the world.
Former Penn Democrats President Emma Ellman-Golan writes that although the national bond formed in the aftermath of 9/11 has weakened, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be able to find other shared values or experiences that can unite us again.
Today’s average college student was between the ages of eight and 11 on Sept. 11, 2001. We were old enough to know there was a problem, to feel that something had been lost, to watch the events unfold on the news.
Columnist Brian Goldman argues that the term ‘9/11 generation,’ invoked by the national press, is a bit misleading and even confining.
In a welcome back message to students, Penn President Amy Gutmann discusses how the University is exemplified by transformation.
The curfew is an effective short-term solution to curbing crime but must soon be followed up with long-term policies that address the underlying contributors to the violence.
Many upperclassmen consider freshmen to be confused and uncertain, but I see them as risk takers. I envy the way freshmen see Penn.
The University is right to ensure that we are all aware of the dangers alcohol, drugs and sexual assault pose. But we can learn faster than PennAM gives us credit.
We commend the University’s Diversity Action Plan and hope that individual schools extend its tenets. The University should have a strong presence in the planning process for each school.
I 've had the privilege of working in the behavior service at Ryan Veterinary Hospital for 13 years. This year's celebration of the 125th anniversary of the School of Veterinary Medicine is a muted one as our school is in jeopardy of its excellence - perhaps its existence.
Jake Cassman has a dream. "I want more than anything to be in a professional rock band, although I could also see myself as a producer if I learn how to record properly." A rising sophomore and prospective music and political science major, he plays the keyboard, sings and idolizes Matt Bellamy (the frontman of the band Muse) and is currently in the late writing process of his first rock opera.
