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Amanda Reid | Intervention

By Amanda Reid · Dec. 5, 2016

As a misanthrope, there’s a truth I’m beginning to accept, and that is that my day is made better by the kindness of strangers.

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Rashad | What is left of a demolished home

By Rashad · Nov. 30, 2016

This past month, Israel’s Execution and Collection Authority approved plans to demolish the homes of 20 Palestinians living in the Southern Negev to make way for a new Jewish town.

Amy Chan | It which must not be named

By Amy Chan · Nov. 29, 2016

While everyone was buying sweaters 50% off at their local mall this weekend and eating turkey sandwiches for breakfast, lunch and dinner, my parents and I were having our first honest talk about depression. I wasn’t depressed until I came to Penn, so I never had to tell anyone about it until now.

Alec Ward | Out of the night that covered us

By Alec Ward · Nov. 29, 2016

Writers like me get a lot of mileage out of poking fun at college students making big deals out of fairly minor ethical transgressions. Doing that with integrity, however, requires retaining the ability to tell the difference. The delivery of racialized threats to a number of black freshmen was no minor transgression.

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Aaron Cooper | The confidence game

By Aaron Cooper · Nov. 28, 2016

First, I’d like to acknowledge that I was wrong. About a month ago, I published a column about what I called the lazy voting epidemic. People use gut-checks, self-identification and emotional appeals to dictate their vote, and that can cause real problems when it comes to the outcome of emotionally charged elections.

Emily Hoeven |It's complicated

By Emily Hoeven · Nov. 28, 2016

“So how’s school going?” After the hello’s and how-are-you’s, those are probably the first words you hear from everybody you see when you go home for break.

Cameron Dichter | The other side of success

By Cameron Dichter · Nov. 27, 2016

I’m not sure if it was because of my general air-headedness, or a product of the post-election fallout, but for whatever reason, I completely forgot to sign up for courses by the end of advanced registration.

James Lee | Breaking down fences

By James Lee · Nov. 27, 2016

When the Supreme Court ruled affirmative action constitutional earlier this year, it did so based partly on the long-held belief that there exist “education benefits that flow from diversity.” Even people who oppose affirmative action as a policy generally agree with this premise.

Amanda Reid | Art-iculation

By Amanda Reid · Nov. 21, 2016

With the racist GroupMe messages targeted towards Black students, with the fear and mistrust that certain minorities groups have felt over the election and with the deepening of rhetorical divisions between political factions, it feels like the time to reform, rise and react has come upon us. The rallying cry demands healing.

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