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Stephanie Yoon | Penn's leaders are as confused as the rest of us with COVID-19
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Stephanie Yoon
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July 27, 2020
The dynamic and unpredictable nature of the virus creates an ever changing set of problems for the University to try and solve.
Pedro Saltos Montenegro | Living with my dad, a COVID-19 patient
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Pedro Saltos Montenegro
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July 26, 2020
Seeing my father suffer, cry, and fight the COVID-19 through a window is undoubtedly one of the most shocking memories I will have to carry with me forever.
The Latest
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Sophia DuRose
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Aug. 1, 2020
It shouldn’t be uncommon to know your neighbors, and it shouldn’t be uncommon to extend kindness to everyone in your community.
Morgan Gilfond | Philadelphia schools still haven’t removed asbestos. They can’t tackle COVID-19.
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Morgan Gilfond
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July 31, 2020
Asbestos is a silicone mineral widely used as an insulator until it was banned in 1970 for emitting toxic fibers. Half a century later, predominantly Black and Brown public schools are still plagued by the harmful carcinogen.
Currently, the majority of our seven on-campus sororities have few to no Black members.
Currently, the majority of our seven on-campus sororities have few to no Black members.
Stephanie Yoon | Penn's leaders are as confused as the rest of us with COVID-19
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Stephanie Yoon
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July 27, 2020
The dynamic and unpredictable nature of the virus creates an ever changing set of problems for the University to try and solve.
Pedro Saltos Montenegro | Living with my dad, a COVID-19 patient
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Pedro Saltos Montenegro
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July 26, 2020
Seeing my father suffer, cry, and fight the COVID-19 through a window is undoubtedly one of the most shocking memories I will have to carry with me forever.
Don’t take a gap year out of fear or discomfort with the chaotic state of the world. It’s our new normal and will continue to be in the foreseeable future.
Since incoming college first years are at a key transition stage of their lives, they should highly consider taking a gap semester given their inability to receive a complete college experience under present circumstances.
Jessica Gooding | Professors, stop using microaggressions with students
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Jessica Gooding
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July 20, 2020
Microaggressions are uncomfortable, harmful, and demeaning for students because they ultimately influence a student’s perception of their ability to excel, feel comfortable and be accepted within the Penn community.
Varun Saraswathula | Doctors are facing a silent mental health crisis — and they need help
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Varun Saraswathula
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July 19, 2020
Dr. Lorna Breen’s passing reignited a conversation surrounding well-being among physicians, but struggles with mental health often begin more than a decade before medicine itself.
Poverty is a problem in Philadelphia. Here, one in four residents live below the poverty line, but this reality is not apparent every day on Locust Walk.
The crisis in Yemen, already the poorest country in the North African and Middle East regions, can be traced back to 2011.
Letter from the President | Rethinking, not shrinking: Our print plan for the fall semester
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Isabella Simonetti
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July 16, 2020
We will be printing the DP this semester, with 34th Street Magazine as an insert, once a week on Thursdays.
Online learning comes with side effects, as does every classroom.
Agatha Advincula | We need to follow Penn’s Student Campus Compact
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Agatha Advincula
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July 15, 2020
Based on the idea that we are all responsible enough to look out for each other, the Student Campus Compact places the onus on us to make the safest choices.
Standard grading is designed for normal times, and these are not normal times.
It’s important that we discuss the reality of eating disorders during quarantine, along with specific, concrete approaches to best support our loved ones. Here are seven tips.
While Ivy League universities boast their students as the nation's most accomplished, public universities are actually accomplishing much more in terms of achieving equity.
Harvard graduate Claira Janover's viral Tik Tok featuring imagery attached to inflicting brutal harm is not acceptable.
Personal liberty is the argument used to hide the crux of the issue, which is that individuals unwilling to wear masks simply don’t value the lives of others around them as much as they value their own.
