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Guest Column by Ben Gargano | A call to my fellow members of the liberal echo chamber
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Ben Gargano
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April 18, 2017
Consider three individuals: a terrorist, whose indoctrination and violent actions result from a constant reminder throughout his upbringing of Western injustices and transgressions; a slavery apologist, who lives in the antebellum South, and validates his ideals by the norms and conventions of the time; an American who supports gun control, Keynesian economics, and a woman’s right to an abortion, but developed these beliefs solely through having friends and family affirm the “moral correctness” of these notions.
Guest Column by Blair Bowie | To John Legend: Make sure the reform is real
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Blair Bowie
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April 17, 2017
Penn Law recently announced that musician, activist, and Penn alum John Legend will join the advisory board of the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice.
The Latest
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Jeremiah Keenan
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May 3, 2017
In last Wednesday’s paper Calvary Rogers argued in favor of increasing soft censorship in America and at Penn.
The Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice is a nonpartisan, national research and policy hub producing and disseminating research designed to prevent errors in the criminal justice system.
Guest Column by Zach Rissman | The People’s Climate Movement and why it’s more about the “people” than the “climate”
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Zach Rissman
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April 23, 2017
On April 29th, as part of the People’s Climate Movement, over 100,000 people will gather to march in Washington DC to demonstrate widespread and overwhelming support for immediate and drastic climate action.
Guest Column by Zach Rissman | The People’s Climate Movement and why it’s more about the “people” than the “climate”
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Zach Rissman
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April 23, 2017
On April 29th, as part of the People’s Climate Movement, over 100,000 people will gather to march in Washington DC to demonstrate widespread and overwhelming support for immediate and drastic climate action.
Guest Column by Ben Gargano | A call to my fellow members of the liberal echo chamber
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Ben Gargano
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April 18, 2017
Consider three individuals: a terrorist, whose indoctrination and violent actions result from a constant reminder throughout his upbringing of Western injustices and transgressions; a slavery apologist, who lives in the antebellum South, and validates his ideals by the norms and conventions of the time; an American who supports gun control, Keynesian economics, and a woman’s right to an abortion, but developed these beliefs solely through having friends and family affirm the “moral correctness” of these notions.
Guest Column by Blair Bowie | To John Legend: Make sure the reform is real
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Blair Bowie
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April 17, 2017
Penn Law recently announced that musician, activist, and Penn alum John Legend will join the advisory board of the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice.
If a person has not flung open the window of a campus building to angrily yell “YOU HATE ME!” at you, while you are still reeling from invitations to scheduled public lynchings of African American freshmen and marching peacefully to raise awareness, then welcome to the reality of race relations in the era of 45!
Guest Column by Zach Rissman | Behind closed doors: Sit-in negotiations and Penn’s blatant hypocrisy
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Zach Rissman
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April 4, 2017
The University of Pennsylvania, claiming to value collaboration and logic, acted extremely hypocritically throughout the negotiations during the Fossil Free Penn sit-in.
Guest Column by Vinayak Kumar | A Physics Perspective to Identity Politics
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Vinayak Kumar
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March 30, 2017
There is a lot of hot debate between the political left and right about social justice issues, and a particularly concentrated debate in higher education institutions.
Guest Column by Thomas Lee | Anti-intellectualism against divestment is dangerous
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Thomas Lee
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March 29, 2017
The exchange of ideas, through testing assumptions and addressing conflicting evidence, is the intellectual core of Penn’s academic mission.
Serving as a liaison between the student body and Penn administrators, the UA has the unique ability to institute change that affects the entire undergraduate population.
We want to be your elected Undergraduate Assembly President and Vice President because we have a vision for Penn’s future, and we’re the ones to make it happen.
Every year during the season of Penn Student Government elections, the student body is bombarded with signatures, platforms and the opportunity to elect a new President, Vice President and general body of the Undergraduate Assembly.
Guest Column by Karen Hamilton | Penn and diversity — another view
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Karen Hamilton
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March 20, 2017
I am a Penn alumna, Penn parent, and Penn staff member. I was also a low-income student in the 1980s, which is why the recent story in the DP about the difficulty that some first-generation and low-income students have experienced during Spring Break caught my attention.
Guest Statement by 53 Penn Faculty Members | Statement of faculty support for GET-UP efforts
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53 Penn Faculty Members
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March 14, 2017
As faculty members of the University of Pennsylvania, we welcome efforts being made by GET-UP to unionize the graduate student workers (GSWs) in our university.
Guest Column by Joe Sageman | Activism through action: why I joined Teach for America
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Joe Sageman
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March 12, 2017
I scrolled through Penn’s career plans survey report: “Financial Analyst, Marketing Analyst, Finance Analyst, Analyst, Database Analyst,” read the first five results under the section for economics majors (really, you can go and look for yourself). A lump hardened in my throat.
Guest Column by Julia Lesko | Penn should reflect its value for open discourse
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Julia Lesko
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Feb. 28, 2017
Benjamin Franklin argued for the importance of free discourse by noting “that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter.” Considering the administration’s opaque decision on fossil fuel divestment, Penn is not living up to its founder’s values.
As the Spring semester continues to unfold, there are a number of changes that we, as students, are confronted with.
Guest Column by Sriram Sridharan | Deal with it: A statement on safe spaces
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Sriram Sridharan
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Feb. 12, 2017
As a member of a community that prides itself for being at the forefront of the progressive, intellectual movement and someone who recognizes the real harms of socio-economic privilege, I feel compelled to respond to the article.
As the leaders of Penn’s largest political organization, the Government & Politics Association, we decided not to co-sponsor the March for Immigrants held to condemn President Trump’s recent string of executive orders.
