As college students return to campus, it may appear that young America is "over" the COVID-19 pandemic. While this shouldn't come at a surprise, it does make it more likely that long-term goals of society will be prolonged for short-term gain.
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Let’s put our money where our mouth is and make capitalism sustainable.
Varun Saraswathula | As 2020 ends, celebrate your resilience and vow to carry it forward
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Varun Saraswathula
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Dec. 10, 2020
2020 has tested each of us, forcing us to build a strong will and resilient spirit. Don't lose that in 2021.
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Jessica Gooding
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Jan. 20, 2021
Penn was one of the few universities to keep the pass/fail grading option for the spring 2021 semester, a step in the right direction for grading equity and accessibility during the pandemic.
While the students on-campus may be the subject of the headlines, there is still a substantial number of students who will be learning from home, for health, personal, or other reasons. They, too, must be factored in as the semester progresses.
Schuyler’s interpretation of free speech, which skirts culpability through an allegiance to the Constitution, is in fact representative of a broad issue that we currently face with political dialogue: a distorted view of free speech.
Schuyler’s interpretation of free speech, which skirts culpability through an allegiance to the Constitution, is in fact representative of a broad issue that we currently face with political dialogue: a distorted view of free speech.
Let’s put our money where our mouth is and make capitalism sustainable.
Varun Saraswathula | As 2020 ends, celebrate your resilience and vow to carry it forward
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Varun Saraswathula
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Dec. 10, 2020
2020 has tested each of us, forcing us to build a strong will and resilient spirit. Don't lose that in 2021.
If there’s one thing we should learn from the pandemic, it’s that alone time should be more appreciated.
Caroline Magdolen | Wait, we were supposed to be learning something?
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Caroline Magdolen
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Dec. 2, 2020
In many ways, Penn’s administration is treating this term as business as usual. It clearly isn't.
Because many students come to college with little to no understanding of what sexual assault truly entails, it is not surprising that the issue runs rampant in almost every university.
We will be the historians teaching our country’s “truth.” If the weight of that feels monumental, it’s because it should.
Caroline Magdolen | Your election week anxiety was just the tip of the iceberg
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Caroline Magdolen
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Nov. 25, 2020
It’s difficult enough for Penn students to be productive from home, and the struggle is only worsened by recent election anxiety and ongoing pandemic loneliness and uncertainty. Unfortunately, news providers are not on our side.
With the exception of those with financial or health-related problems, there is in fact a case for international students to opt into synchronous instruction.
The concerns of students must be met with transparent, decisive, and actionable responses from faculty and administration.
We must hear the alarmingly disproportionate cries of Black mothers. We must stop engaging with the disturbing ideas surrounding the strength of Black women as a waiver for their pain.
Some activists have called for toppling all controversial statues, which they believe would set the stage for achieving racial equity. But I think a blanket removal is profoundly misleading for two reasons.
Varun Saraswathula | What Kamala Harris’s vice presidential election means to me
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Varun Saraswathula
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Nov. 17, 2020
We have a lot of work to do as a nation to create a more equitable and just society. However, it’s also important to consider how wondrous it is that someone like Kamala Harris can be in office.
While I didn’t have a favorite candidate, we now have an executive team with great potential. I’ve begun to trust that together they’ll possess the strength to lead our nation in the right direction.
As students celebrate this good news and begin planning for the upcoming semester, we can only hope that another “Revision” email doesn’t appear in our inboxes.
Outside the isolation of coastal cities and college campuses, America isn’t embracing leftism.
Matthew Liu | Even after Biden’s win, We can still have a huge impact on this country's direction
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Matthew Liu
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Nov. 9, 2020
With both Senate elections in Georgia undecided and going to a runoff, there are two distinct directions this country could go and there is still so much more you can do to impact the trajectory we take these next four years.
