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Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026
The Daily Pennsylvanian

Amy Gutmann

The Vision

We must realize that leaders of civil rights movements are as human as we are — that we are as capable of speaking out, resisting unlawful practices and leading movements as they were and, more importantly, that they will eventually succumb to the limitations of human life and no longer be able to march alongside future generations.


On a typical weekend, Penn students can often count on a friend talking about blacking out. One Penn researcher, who studies blackouts specifically, explained the phenomenon.

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On a typical weekend, Penn students can often count on a friend talking about blacking out. One Penn researcher, who studies blackouts specifically, explained the phenomenon.







DP Reporters and Editors Meeting with Amy Gutmann

Firstly, asking ourselves questions about free speech and its limitations as a response to the attacks lets in the idea that there could be a legitimate justification for retaliating against someone’s expression with brutality. I don’t think I’m alone in believing that this idea is ridiculous.




South African social activist Ndumie Funda

Last Thursday, a crowd of over 50 gathered in Cohen Hall to hear South African social justice activist Ndumie Fundaname talk about corrective rape — an act of violence against homosexual victims, whose perpetrators believe that rape will “cure” the victim of their nonconforming sexual orientation.