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Fall 2013 Undergraduate Assembly Elections


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By Nikki Hardison · Sept. 9, 2014

This ideology holds that if minorities would simply “respect themselves” by adopting the social and cultural standards of the dominant class, then and only then would they be privy to the full benefits and “respect” of all American society. This fallacy is not only wrong in that it puts the onus of racism on those stripped of power, but it is also elitist in its belief that pulled-up pants and collegiate degrees will somehow protect one from legalized suspicion and police violence.

The problem with random hook-ups is that they achieve, in one leap, a physical intimacy that we afterwards realize was based on a hormone rush or too much alcohol — not a real relationship.












Penn Med 250th Anniversary

The Perelman School of Medicine, which first opened its doors in 1765, kicked off its 250th Anniversary yesterday on College Green with 500 cupcakes. Penn President Amy Gutmann, Dean of the Perelman School of Medicine J. Larry Jameson and CEO of the University of Pennsylvania Health System Ralph Muller spoke at the event.



Dani BlumThe Danalyst

Dani Blum | Accepting Meh

By Dani Blum · Sept. 9, 2014

I don’t want to accept that Penn’s losing its sparkle. I want to re-believe in the glossy admissions brochure images I taped to my wall back home, and to not feel gypped when every day isn’t an adventure.


DP Reporters and Editors Meeting with Amy Gutmann

Texts and emails that replace mundane small talk and logistical planning aren’t depriving us of deep conversation. Who among us hasn’t complained about the shallowness of brief introductions and perfunctory pleasantries?