In high school, I used to participate in extemporaneous speaking. We were given a question on current events; something like, “How will Brexit impact the UK economy?” might be asked today.
LANGSTON MACDIARMID is an Engineering senior from Pittsburgh, PA.
In a widely-cited piece of compelling data journalism, The New York Times last month compiled a list of the 38 American colleges and universities that enroll more students from the top one percent of the U.S.
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Toe the Line: College Republicans | Holding both the press and President Trump accountable
By
Michael Bogdanos
·
Feb. 20, 2017
The College Republicans urge both President Trump and the news media to grow up. Regardless of who dealt the first blow or who started it, the president and the media are caught in a mean-spirited, childish conflict.
CLAUDIA LI is a College junior from Santa Clara, Calif.
CLAUDIA LI is a College junior from Santa Clara, Calif.
LANGSTON MACDIARMID is an Engineering senior from Pittsburgh, PA.
In a widely-cited piece of compelling data journalism, The New York Times last month compiled a list of the 38 American colleges and universities that enroll more students from the top one percent of the U.S.
GROUP THINK is the DP’s round table section, where we throw a question at the columnists and see what answers stick.
BEN CLAAR is a College sophomore from Scarsdale, N.Y.
Last Thursday, a Pembroke College student burned a £20 note in front of a homeless man on Bridge Street.
This week, the British government formally rejected an online petition started on its website to cancel U.S.
A recent New York Times article showed that the median family income for an undergraduate family at Penn is $195,500, placing the median Penn family in the 82nd percentile among U.S. families.
This semester, I’ve done my best to be as attentive as possible when examining Penn culture, and researching black history at Penn has truly strengthened that attentiveness.
Group Think | Addressing economic inequality at Penn
By
Shawn Srolovitz
, Reid Jackson
, James Lee
, Amy Chan
, Emily Hoeven
and Taylor Becker
·
Feb. 14, 2017
GROUP THINK is the DP’s round table section, where we throw a question at the columnists and see what answers stick.
BRYN FRIEDENBERG is a College junior from Kirtland, Ohio.
Sometimes I feel like the most tangible thing I’ve gotten from my college education is a broader and more refined understanding of just how many things are wrong with the world, how many terrible atrocities have been committed in the past and continue to be committed, how many people are suffering in many different ways.
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
By
Sriram Sridharan
·
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.
After discussing, in the latter portion of my previous column, the professional troll that is Breitbart Tech Editor Milo Yiannopoulos, I was sincerely intending to pick a more pleasant topic for this week.
CLAUDIA LI is a College junior from Santa Clara, Calif.
