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Isabella Simonetti | Male students have a responsibility to combat rape culture at Penn
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Isabella Simonetti
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Jan. 29, 2018
It’s becoming a rarity for me to meet a woman who hasn’t been sexually assaulted at Penn. I’ve only been a student here for six months; this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Like my accent, my home is blended. Instead of a bundle of discrete experiences in one city, home subconsciously grew into a collection of dynamic nuances in multiple places.
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Carlos Arias Vivas
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Feb. 1, 2018
The price that you pay on a Canada Goose jacket is not just money, but also the life of an animal.
One day not too far away, Locust Walk, which I trek up and down every day in mundane familiarity, will become a path of memories I can only trace in my mind.
Jennifer Lee | How should the University Archives handle controversial — or even pornographic – materials?
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Jennifer Lee
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Jan. 30, 2018
Some may argue that Muybridge’s female photographs fall under the umbrella of “human motion,” but do photos of women on the toilet really constitute representative human movement?
Jennifer Lee | How should the University Archives handle controversial — or even pornographic – materials?
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Jennifer Lee
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Jan. 30, 2018
Some may argue that Muybridge’s female photographs fall under the umbrella of “human motion,” but do photos of women on the toilet really constitute representative human movement?
Isabella Simonetti | Male students have a responsibility to combat rape culture at Penn
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Isabella Simonetti
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Jan. 29, 2018
It’s becoming a rarity for me to meet a woman who hasn’t been sexually assaulted at Penn. I’ve only been a student here for six months; this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Like my accent, my home is blended. Instead of a bundle of discrete experiences in one city, home subconsciously grew into a collection of dynamic nuances in multiple places.
Jessica Li | Stories can bring us together when we need each other most
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Jessica Li
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Jan. 28, 2018
In our everyday lives, we underestimate how good it feels to recount our day to a friend, or even call our parents and laugh about something that happened at home.
In the United States alone the natural disasters associated with climate change, including hurricanes and wildfires, cost a record $306 billion in damages – making 2017 the costliest year ever.
There is a performative component to stress culture which only compounds the problem.
Rebecca Alifimoff | How Aziz Ansari made me rethink rape culture at Penn
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Rebecca Alifimoff
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Jan. 24, 2018
Throughout my high school and college years, I’ve listened helplessly as friends and acquaintances have described encounters with their own Azizs, and I’ve cried to them when I had my own.
Too many of us made high achievement an identifying factor of who we are as people. After that part of us dissipated, we also lost some of our goals and were lured in by money and prestige.
Christine Olagun-Samuel | In defense of Du Bois College House: a place I call home
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Christine Olagun-Samuel
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Jan. 22, 2018
Du Bois welcomes all cultures and all types of people to live in its building. It isn’t simply limited to those who are black, Hispanic, or Asian.
Perhaps it is a way to connect with like-heritage students in a school teeming with people from every corner of the globe. Maybe, it is just a way to look cool.
Carlos Arias Vivas | Why Penn should offer accelerated intro classes
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Carlos Arias Vivas
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Jan. 18, 2018
While I empathize with students who are just trying to get the highest grades possible, they should not do so at the expense of students who did not have access to these higher-level high school courses.
Mateen Tabatabaei | Penn is not to blame for your pessimistic perspective
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Mateen Tabatabaei
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Jan. 18, 2018
As for Penn, it’s a safe bet that none of us students knew exactly what we were signing up for. Still, as with any new path, we signed up for possibility.
The smartphone has gone from being used as a communication device to more of a crutch. We use our phones to avoid making eye contact with people on Locust Walk, in line at the grocery store, and in the elevator.
Like editing an essay, reinventing doesn’t mean that we’re erasing everything we had before. We are tweaking it, refining it, uncovering the original spark hidden in the chaotic mind.
It is a challenge to think about jumping into the swamp that so many are shouting about draining. But, members of the Penn community are precisely the sorts of individuals that America needs now.
Jessica Li | Why the 'C' you received over winter break isn't the end of the world
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Jessica Li
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Jan. 9, 2018
GPAs in college do not reflect how smart we are. They’re designed to reflect how much we are willing to work for each class.
An online world of people seeking sex with no strings attached, waiting to pass judgement on our appearances, can be toxic.
