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The smokestack behind 30th Street Station was an architectural treasure that should not have been demolished.
We need some sort of notification system — via e-mail or text-message — that alerts students when a final grade has been posted on Penn InTouch.
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A pass/fail semester would allow students to acclimate themselves to Penn without the carnage such acclimations leave on your transcript.
Our state’s alcohol laws need to catch up with the rest of society — and finally enter the 21st century.
Governments shouldn’t prohibit legal, resident noncitizens from voting in the communities in which they, too, have a stake
Governments shouldn’t prohibit legal, resident noncitizens from voting in the communities in which they, too, have a stake
The smokestack behind 30th Street Station was an architectural treasure that should not have been demolished.
We need some sort of notification system — via e-mail or text-message — that alerts students when a final grade has been posted on Penn InTouch.
Airlines need to encourage college students to fly more often and more easily by offering discounts.
Long before that junk food has any effect on your BMI, it can take a serious toll on your GPA.
Using stress to get more done is effective, but more often than not it just makes life unpleasantly overwhelming.
Schools must value physical health just as much as intellectual development.
This is one of the few times in our lives when we will easily be able to branch out and explore and gain knowledge in fields previously unknown.
Penn students love tween stars. I wish we didn’t, because it’s pretty embarrassing.
Blocking content in high-school newspapers is harmful to the future of journalism.
Getting an A+ in classes is a real possibility. The process for how these grades are awarded should be better standardized.
As a community, we not only rejected Westboro Baptist Church's philosophy, but we offered our own.
Studying abroad, no matter what country, is fantastic, and more students should take advantage of this opportunity.
Currently, four Ivies permit an ROTC program on campus, and only two, Penn and Cornell University, continue to award any sort of academic credit for cadet participation. This should change.
In treating the Button like a canvas for some poorly conceived message, the vandals turned an iconic campus focal point into an eye sore that we must shield from tour groups.
All Penn students possess an awareness of academic burnout. We should make sure that we play as hard as we work.
At the end of the semester, when stress reaches a high point, we teaching assistants tend to hear a lot of griping from our students. While undergrads have their complaints, we have ours too.
