At Penn, an often overlooked group of students are the younger population: most skipped a year or more in grade school, many started school early and some came from a different school system in which the coursework was more advanced. By interviewing these students, I was expecting to uncover issues related to mental health and dealing with high expectations.
When Benjamin Franklin refers to “silence” on his list of virtues, he means not totally abstaining from speech, but rather speaking only when he has something useful to say.
During our freshman and sophomore years at Penn, two incidents of cultural insensitivity within the Greek system created community tension and divided Penn’s campus.
How much does a Penn education cost? For enrolled students, it’s over $60,000 per year. But for other students, Penn courses don’t even cost a cent.
SOPHIA OAK is a College senior from Honolulu. Her email address is oakj@sas.upenn.edu.
Have you ever felt joy as a reaction to the misfortune or lack of achievement of another? If so, it’s okay you’re not alone.
Have you ever felt joy as a reaction to the misfortune or lack of achievement of another? If so, it’s okay you’re not alone.
When Benjamin Franklin refers to “silence” on his list of virtues, he means not totally abstaining from speech, but rather speaking only when he has something useful to say.
During our freshman and sophomore years at Penn, two incidents of cultural insensitivity within the Greek system created community tension and divided Penn’s campus.
SAM SHERMAN is a College senior from Marblehead, Mass. His email is samsherman6@gmail.com.
Through the Campaign for Community and Open Expression Monitors, Penn is trying to create a safe space where we can have productive discussions about issues as complex and controversial as police brutality and racial discrimination. Now it’s up to us to take advantage of that space.
The Philadelphia public school system is in crisis. In the summer of 2011, Pennsylvania legislature cuts to the statewide education budget led to a $629 million budget shortfall in Philadelphia.
Sophia Oak is a College senior from Honolulu. Her email is oakj@sas.upenn.edu.
Dismissing fanatics, however, is not nearly as interesting or productive as trying to get inside their heads.
You and I whoever we may be — neighbors, classmates, or strangers that pass on Locust — we are more similar than we think.
This past week, I went to the One Direction concert at Lincoln Financial Field by myself. I had bought the tickets in September of last year (an embarrassing 12 months ahead of the actual performance), and at that time, I hadn’t known anyone at Penn well enough to ask if they’d want to go to a concert together.
First of all, let me wish you the best of luck. In the ongoing feverish tug-of-war over Greek life at Penn, you have just volunteered to be the rope.
SEAN MCGEEHAN is a College senior from Philadelphia. His email address is seanmcgeehan@verizon.net.
I first heard of the Falun Gong in the early 2000s. The house church I attended in Guangzhou was a little nervous about the increase in police scrutiny of religious events.
Under Gutmann, Penn became the largest school (by student population) to boast a no-loan — or “all-grant” — financial aid policy and launched countless initiatives to level the economic playing field.
SOPHIA OAK is a College senior from Honolulu. Her email address is oakj@sas.upenn.edu.
It seems to me that there is no other community on earth as obsessed with the profession of medicine as the Indian American community.
ANNEKA DECARO is a College sophomore from Austin, TX. Her email address is annekaxiv@gmail.com.
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