The scourge of "hands-off antagonism" has plagued Penn, where people are more likely to discuss explicit racism rather than the implicit racism that allows the former to thrive.
Back when I was in middle school and I hadn’t even heard of the name Donald Trump, my science teacher gave the class a lesson on how to search the internet — specifically, how to tell the good sites from the bad.
Blaming “self-segregation” on minority groups is nothing new. To call out greek life, “similar cultural groups” and Du Bois College house as examples of widespread “self-segregation” is something that we need to think more critically about.
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Emily Hoeven
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Dec. 12, 2016
When I finish my last day of classes each semester, feelings of happiness and relief sweep through me when I think about how I no longer have to wake up early, no longer have to speed-walk to class and come close to twisting my ankle on the Locust cobblestones.
I wish I could say that 53 were some significant number in my life — my home address, my lucky number, something like that — because that would be one hell of a lede.
There are many ways to be end up at a place like Penn, but I suspect that my own path was not a particularly original one.
There are many ways to be end up at a place like Penn, but I suspect that my own path was not a particularly original one.
Back when I was in middle school and I hadn’t even heard of the name Donald Trump, my science teacher gave the class a lesson on how to search the internet — specifically, how to tell the good sites from the bad.
Blaming “self-segregation” on minority groups is nothing new. To call out greek life, “similar cultural groups” and Du Bois College house as examples of widespread “self-segregation” is something that we need to think more critically about.
BRAD HONG is a College freshman from Morristown, N.J.
Editorial by the Daily Pennsylvanian Opinion Board | In response to university responses
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The Daily Pennsylvanian
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Dec. 7, 2016
This semester has been tumultuous. Regardless of whether you personally were affected by current events — the election, Black Lives Matter, sexual assault — those around you were.
The world’s most successful notion of free government arose from what was called “the principle of the sovereignty of the people.” This principle viewed government as a regrettable necessity.
My Response to Penn Students for Justice in Palestine The teddy bears placed around Locust Walk this past Thursday by Penn Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) undoubtedly evoked strong emotions.
On November 9, the American flag stood at half-mast at Hampshire College as a “reaction to the toxic tone of the monthslong election.” The following night, though, the flag was burned by an unidentified individual or group of individuals.
BEN CLAAR is a College sophomore from Scarsdale, N.Y.
2016 will not, I suspect, go down in the history books as one of humanity’s great success stories.
Guest column by Michaela Kotziers | Classroom politics: A letter to professors
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Michaela Kotziers
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Dec. 5, 2016
Two weeks ago, I wrote an open letter to the English faculty about addressing current events in classroom spaces.
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.
I received a lot of well-meaning advice and aphorism in my early college years: “early to bed ...” and “beer before liquor ...” among other things.
The month of silence mandated by the monk class will be over by the time this column is in print.
BRAD HONG is a College freshman from Morristown, N.J.
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.
