CASSANDRA JOBMAN is a College freshman from Garland, Texas.
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.
The Latest
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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.
Guest Column by Shivani Prakash | What was missing from 34th Street's sorority recruitment feature
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Shivani Prakash
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Jan. 28, 2018
Women's empowerment is not deciding that the 200 women in certain organizations are beneath you and therefore not worth your time. If that was the type of “empowerment” the author was looking for, I do not believe that she would find it in the Panhellenic community.
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.
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
By
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.
SARAH KHAN is a College freshman from Lynn Haven, Fla.
CLAUDIA LI is a College senior from Santa Clara, Calif.
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.
Editorial | Forced drinking threatens pledges’ lives — and the future of Greek life
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The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board
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Jan. 22, 2018
Penn has suffered more than its fair share of tragedy in recent years. Greek leaders and organizations should take this opportunity to reflect on their pledging processes and curtail forced drinking before it’s too late.
VERONICA FENTON is a College freshman from Penn Valley, Pa.
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.
I am going to miss Blaze deeply, more than I can adequately say. I will honor him every day by incorporating his values and his spirit, his Blaze-ness, into my own life and in my conversations with students.
CLAUDIA LI is a College senior from Santa Clara, Calif.
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.
SARAH KHAN is a College freshman from Lynn Haven, Fla.
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.
