Confident that I had no desire to study abroad, I planned a double major that would keep me on campus. Then I took a summer job as intern in an American law firm in Beijing, and realized I had made a huge mistake.
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In today's volatile economy, the library needs its private benefactors more than ever.
AT&T;'s recent decision to eliminate its "unlimited data plan" in favor of tiered plans fails to take into consideration the future of technology and mobile communication.
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The edupunk movement is misguided. Not all corporate influences on education are damaging.
Penn is like a giant episode of Global GUTS. Instead of physical challenges, we wade across our tidal wave pool of classes, Tarzan-swing through our acappella groups and navigate the elastic jungle of Greek life.
Social media has its uses, but also its place.
Social media has its uses, but also its place.
In today's volatile economy, the library needs its private benefactors more than ever.
AT&T;'s recent decision to eliminate its "unlimited data plan" in favor of tiered plans fails to take into consideration the future of technology and mobile communication.
Even when not the path planned Philadelphia can have a lot to offer a recent college grad.
If the world made sense, the people responsible for causing a problem would take on the responsibility for fixing it. Unfortunately, we have created a world that is too complex to easily apply the lessons of simple childhood decency.
Stephen Joel Trachtenberg's idea that undergraduate degrees could be completed in three years may save tuition, but it costs students an opportunity to learn.
Although the media credits a negative ad with Rep. Joe Sestak's recent victory in the Pennsylvania Democratic primary, this view is too simplistic.
I now present everything that I wish I had known as a freshman.
Senior Goodbye from Alyssa Schwenk | Learn to appreciate the open windows
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Alyssa Schwenk
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May 14, 2010
Somehow, in the most competitive place I’ve ever been, I quit planning and started enjoying myself.
Senior Goodbye from Ashwin Shandilya | Starting to ask the right questions
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Ashwin Shandilya
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May 14, 2010
Penn — or more precisely — the people I’ve met at Penn, have played a huge role in that process of discovery.
Senior Goodbye from Emily Babay | The real crime
May 14, 2010
You don’t have to be a reporter to make the realizations I have during my time at Penn. Pursue your passions, whatever they are.
If there’s any lesson that I could hope to impart, it’s this: Don’t shy away from the things that you love, no matter how difficult or different they seem.
When I applied to Penn, I wrote my retirement speech for my autobiography’s page 217. Today, I rewrote that speech.
I could not have expected that the past four years would unfold as they did. And the narrative of my Penn experience has been full of surprises.
I can confidently say I’m sick of the “then” and the “now” — I’m ready for the “next.”
Penn has made me a suitable candidate to be a physician; the rest of the world has made me a well-rounded human being.
Senior Goodbye from Alissa Eisenberg | Graduating is like poker
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Alissa Eisenberg
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April 29, 2010
I’m certain that graduation is a time to turn uncertainty into opportunity and experiment as individuals with different paths for our lives.
