SAM SHERMAN is a College senior from Marblehead, Mass. His email is samsherman6@gmail.com.
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.
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.
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.
In the college application process, there are always applicants with an advantage. Some students get a perfect 2400 on their SATs, while others win an international science competition.
In an effort to cultivate himself into the best person he could be, Franklin concocted a list of 13 virtues that he intended to work on improving throughout his life, each week focusing on developing one.
In light of serious mental health problems on campus, it’s heartening to see Penn administrators addressing mental health with transparency to incoming freshmen.
SEAN MCGEEHAN is a College senior from Philadelphia. His email is seanmcgeehan@verizon.net.
On college campuses these days diversity is a coveted buzzword for the publicity of the respective institution.
ANNEKA DECARO is a College sophomore from Austin, TX. Her email is annekaxiv@gmail.com.
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