A lot of people at Penn don’t like me. That’s the nature of the work I do here. But the gift that is being a student-journalist is 100 percent worth it.
KRISTEN YEH is a College freshman from West Covina, Calif.
Guest Column by Kenan Saleh | Professors, stop requiring expensive course materials
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Kenan Saleh
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April 23, 2018
Professors frequently require the purchase of expensive textbooks and online course materials for students taking their class. This is a financial burden that disproportionately affects low-income students and significantly disadvantages those who are not able to afford them.
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I’m angry that I don’t get to feel safe walking down my own campus, that, in that moment, I had to worry if I would get home safely.
Editorial | Penn undermines its own misconduct policy by staying silent on Professor Kurzban
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The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board
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April 24, 2018
If administrators want to adapt and improve the University’s policies around sexual misconduct, they must also be willing to acknowledge when existing policies have been violated.
Editorial | Penn undermines its own misconduct policy by staying silent on Professor Kurzban
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The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board
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April 24, 2018
If administrators want to adapt and improve the University’s policies around sexual misconduct, they must also be willing to acknowledge when existing policies have been violated.
KRISTEN YEH is a College freshman from West Covina, Calif.
Guest Column by Kenan Saleh | Professors, stop requiring expensive course materials
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Kenan Saleh
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April 23, 2018
Professors frequently require the purchase of expensive textbooks and online course materials for students taking their class. This is a financial burden that disproportionately affects low-income students and significantly disadvantages those who are not able to afford them.
Are our consulting clubs so important that we don’t have time to help a middle-schooler learn how to read?
Veronica Fenton | Approaching the end of the school year at a snail's pace
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Veronica Fenton
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April 22, 2018
VERONICA FENTON is a College freshman from Penn Valley, Pa.
I personally lost $9.99 and was reported and blocked indefinitely from Tinder. So if you ask me whether it was worth swiping for Cardi, I would certainly say it was not.
Isabella Simonetti | Penn has a drinking problem. Let's acknowledge it.
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Isabella Simonetti
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April 21, 2018
Don’t get me wrong, drinking on college campuses is a difficult issue to navigate. No alcohol policy is perfect, but Penn’s doesn’t even try to be.
Did people understand what I was saying? Were they too nice to say if they didn’t? Do they mind how I sound?
Editorial | The 2018 Report on Diversity at The Daily Pennsylvanian, Inc.
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The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board
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April 18, 2018
This is the first time we have done a demographics survey of our community. Just as we hold Penn accountable, we want to hold ourselves accountable for improving diversity at the DP.
SARAH KHAN is a College freshman from Lynn Haven, Fla.
Carlos Arias Vivas | Penn should follow Harvard and Yale’s lead and offer ‘startup grants’ for FGLI freshmen
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Carlos Arias Vivas
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April 16, 2018
These startup grants are beneficial because they help FGLI students offset some costs such as purchasing a new laptop, buying winter clothing, and travel expenses.
“Well, of course I am going to live a significant life,” we all tell ourselves. The only uncertainty is how we are going to do it.
CASSANDRA JOBMAN is a College freshman from Garland, Texas.
KRISTEN YEH is a College freshman from West Covina, Calif.
Jennifer Lee | The costs of Penn’s pervasive ‘going out’ culture can add up
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Jennifer Lee
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April 15, 2018
Being involved in various communities is an essential part of college life, but frequent social events can rack up tremendous bills.
Guest Column by Ajjit Narayanan | Israeli apartheid: real, brutal, and deadly
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Ajjit Narayanan
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April 13, 2018
As a state, Israel is open to the same critical lens as other nations, and as residents of the United States, the Israeli military’s largest financial supporter, we have a unique obligation to scrutinize its unjust policies.
Guest Column by Carl-Emmanuel Fulghieri | In defiance of ‘dialogue’: responding to Ariela Stein’s pro-Israel column
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Carl-Emmanuel Fulghieri
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April 12, 2018
Ariela Stein’s column last week displays less an earnest desire to understand than a show of power, demanding parameters of discourse when her side already dominates effective speech.
