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Pennsylvania needs to reform how it spends gambling-related revenue.
Is the definition of ‘femininity’ becoming just as misunderstood as ‘feminism’?
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Samantha Sharf
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Oct. 5, 2011
What does Arianna Huffington, number 31, being divorced and having two children have to do with her selling The Huffington Post to AOL for $315 million earlier this year?
Thirty years ago, innovation in residential life was possible on Penn’s campus. Next week, it will be possible once again.
A recent sex survey by 34th Street magazine left me unsatisfied. I find this kind of exploitation of sex on a campus as lauded for its intellectualism as Penn rather surprising and, frankly, disgusting.
A recent sex survey by 34th Street magazine left me unsatisfied. I find this kind of exploitation of sex on a campus as lauded for its intellectualism as Penn rather surprising and, frankly, disgusting.
Pennsylvania needs to reform how it spends gambling-related revenue.
Is the definition of ‘femininity’ becoming just as misunderstood as ‘feminism’?
If Penn is to continue on “making history,” more women should be sought after for elected student government positions. There has been no female class board president in at least a decade and counting.
The correct response to cyber-bullying tragedies doesn’t lie in punishment.
Here are 12 applications that I can’t imagine being without as a Penn student.
Michele Bachmann’s comment that the human papillomavirus vaccine causes mental retardation has done a lot of damage to America’s public health.
“Hi! My name is Bobby Frosh! Will you sign my petition for student government?” “Sure, Bobby, what exactly does student government do again?” “Uhh… we do whatever it takes to make your collegiate experience better!” “Really?
As Penn students, we like to believe we are immune to silly mistakes. You would, however, be hard pressed to find a Quaker who hasn’t accidentally replied-all to an email or booked a ticket on the wrong BoltBus.
Penn is not the best university in the world. But we can be.
Penn needs to reconfigure two of its alcohol-related policies.
This fall’s new television shows copy the style of Mad Men, but miss its substance.
I advise all future Penn leaders to not lose their minds this upcoming election.
Our society has to confront a growing problem — people are beginning to see Facebook as an accurate representation of and effective alternative to reality.
Fidel Gamboa died on August 28th. It is hard for me to explain what this means to anyone who doesn’t find the sentence striking at first glance.
Are there really some things that ethics dictate we’ll just never know? Who decides what is on- and off-limits?
Fashion has long given preference to females, with general lack of male interest. By allowing talk about men’s fashion to be a taboo, we are shutting down opportunities for the man on the street to express himself.
