Columnist Ananya Shah argues that there is value to be found in the club application process, despite its flaws.
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Columnist Arshiya Pant explores what the lack of transparency about the social-professional balance in club applications says about the Penn student experience.
Columnist Diya Choksey explores the clash between her family’s enduring love stories at Penn and today’s hookup culture, reflecting on whether our quest for connection has been replaced by a pursuit of independence and social status.
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Will Kelly
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Oct. 14, 2024
Columnist Will Kelly highlights the way Penn students talk about themselves to others, and what they can do in response.
Columnist Zaid Alsubaiei highlights the contradiction between our value of diversity and reality.
Columnist Mariana Martinez questions American drinking culture and its effect on university campuses.
Columnist Mariana Martinez questions American drinking culture and its effect on university campuses.
Columnist Arshiya Pant explores what the lack of transparency about the social-professional balance in club applications says about the Penn student experience.
Columnist Diya Choksey explores the clash between her family’s enduring love stories at Penn and today’s hookup culture, reflecting on whether our quest for connection has been replaced by a pursuit of independence and social status.
Alyma Karbownik | Profile vs person: How genuine is the roommate search?
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Alyma Karbownik
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Oct. 9, 2024
Columnist Alyma Karbownik explores how our carefully curated profiles hide the authenticity vital for finding a compatible roommate.
Columnist Elijah Ramirez calls on Penn Residential Services to improve their operations to better assist first-year students.
Piper Slinka-Petka | To learn anything at Penn, believe you’re the dumbest person in the room
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Piper Slinka-Petka
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Oct. 9, 2024
Columnist Piper Slinka-Petka illustrates how Penn students can overcome imposter syndrome by using it to their advantage.
Columnist Ingrid Holmquist explores how student entitlement fuels harmful rhetoric and ideas about the West Philadelphia community.
Sophia Zhang | We deserve more: Confronting the limits of campus safety
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Sophia Zhang
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Oct. 7, 2024
Guest Columnist Sophia Zhang shares a personal account of the limitations of campus security and law enforcement following an assault on her friend, highlighting the need for systemic reform and increased legal awareness.
Columnist Ashti Tiwari calls on students to take part in many civic engagement opportunities so we can give back to the surrounding community.
Tiyya Geiger | Starting over: We need to learn how to be a first year again
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Tiyya Geiger
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Oct. 3, 2024
Columnist Tiyya Geiger emphasizes meaningful friendships over short-term acquaintances as more beneficial in the long term.
Mia Vesely | How Penn's new discourse guidelines impact clubs and students alike
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Mia Vesely
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Oct. 2, 2024
Columnist Mia Vesely expresses how Penn’s new discourse guidelines stifle student voices, on and off campus.
Guest Columnist Madeline Kohn reflects on the University’s heavy-handed response to an on-campus vigil last Friday.
Columnist Julu Nwaezeapu argues in favor of universities assuming neutral stances on political issues while contending that Penn must continue to protect historically disadvantaged students, even as it remains politically neutral.
Columnist Jack Lakis investigates the popular obsession with prestige.
Columnist Eric Najera argues that avoiding the use of laptops benefits all students.
Francesco Salamone | The beauty of not knowing what to do with your life
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Francesco Salamone
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Sept. 25, 2024
Columnist Francesco Salamone argues that the relentless pursuit of certainty robs us of one simple gift: the liberation found in embracing uncertainty.
Columnist Lindsay Muneton criticizes the University’s financial aid policies, encouraging the expansion of highly aided status.
