Rather than feeling more oriented to Penn, all of this has left me feeling a bit lost and confused.
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If other minorities can have developed characters — think Kurt from “Glee” or Sophia from “Orange is the New Black” — why can’t Asian-Americans?
Over the past week, as freshmen have become oriented (or disoriented) on campus, their sex appeal is at its peak.
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Rachel del Valle
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Sept. 2, 2013
In most situations, hugs are an inordinately intimate greeting. Sometimes I find myself in the grasp of a hug with someone who I’d never even had a one-on-one conversation with.
Over the summer, transitioning from a loud college student to a perfectly postured professional was tough.
While the boycott has succeeded in raising awareness, the philosophy of it is misguided.
While the boycott has succeeded in raising awareness, the philosophy of it is misguided.
If other minorities can have developed characters — think Kurt from “Glee” or Sophia from “Orange is the New Black” — why can’t Asian-Americans?
Over the past week, as freshmen have become oriented (or disoriented) on campus, their sex appeal is at its peak.
Originally, I wasn’t quite sure what I wanted from my time off, but now I realize that what I wanted was a renewed sense of hope and imagination. And I’m happy to say that I found that.
?Ali Kokot & Hayley Brooks | Share the toil, get more spoils
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Ali Kokot and Hayley Brooks
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Aug. 26, 2013
After New York summers spent at Nickelodeon and in the food business, we got a preview of how our two-brained efforts at Penn will soon translate into the professional world.
When I graduate at the end of this year, I’ve been promised my own sandwich printed on the Bui’s food truck menu.
I always wanted to move to New York City. Ironically, now that I’m at the age where moving to New York on my own is a possibility, I’m coming up with more cons than pros.
In elementary school, I made an unhealthy amount of lists. I was, to say the least, the opposite of an impulsive child. Earlier this week, however, I jumped out of a plane.
As I have learned, peppering racial tensions with humor combats an uncomfortable situation because it counteracts a negative vibe with the positive lightness that comes with humor.
When it comes to Penn Alexander, Penn is acting in its own self-interest. In helping create the school, which it did more than 10 years ago, the University was much more interested in creating a place of instruction for the children of its own faculty and staff than for the children of the West Philadelphia community at large.
My problem with this is that the best way to improve self-image shouldn’t be a superficial change at all. A better form of “self-improvement,” whether for others or for yourself, would be to go for a run or to read a book, instead of looking simply to erase perceived imperfections that we are told define us as people.
The potential for Facebook’s positive use is diluted by its overuse. Only if our time on social media is controlled, either by self-discipline or some direct intervention, can the good outweigh the bad.
Political scandal is no longer left to trash publications and gossip mags — the most credible news sources in the world are now in the trenches of delivering this same sub-par and, frankly, trashy coverage.
To fix a national gap in geopgraphic knowledge, perhaps we should be turning to the omniscient oracle on 21st century knowledge: Google. Utilizing Google Maps as an educational tool introduces a novel solution to the national geographic disconnect.
