SAM SHERMAN is a College junior from Marblehead, Mass. His email address is samsherman6@gmail.com.
Guest column by Adam Hersh | Perpetuating exclusivity: the superfluousness of senior societies
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Adam Hersh
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March 22, 2015
On a regular basis this month, we’ll all get to enjoy the spectacle of well-credentialed people in silly clothes running drunkenly around campus drawing chalk symbols on whatever surface they can find.
Guest column by Cheyenne Rogers | A call to action: increased University support for low-income students
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Cheyenne Rogers
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March 22, 2015
In order to become a University that is truly invested in improving the lives of its low-income students, the first step is simple: talk. The University needs a forum for discussion if we are to understand where support for low-income students is lacking and how to improve it.
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Oscar A. Rudenstam
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March 23, 2015
We are free to believe what we want, the reasoning goes, and since religion is a personal matter, it is not to be an object of criticism. This is true, but only partially.
One of the ideas most integral to America’s conception of itself is the idea of meritocracy. It’s a seductive one, aligning well with what we’d like to believe about our nation and ourselves.
ANNEKA DECARO is a College freshman from Houston, TX. Her email address is annekaxiv@gmail.com.
ANNEKA DECARO is a College freshman from Houston, TX. Her email address is annekaxiv@gmail.com.
Guest column by Adam Hersh | Perpetuating exclusivity: the superfluousness of senior societies
By
Adam Hersh
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March 22, 2015
On a regular basis this month, we’ll all get to enjoy the spectacle of well-credentialed people in silly clothes running drunkenly around campus drawing chalk symbols on whatever surface they can find.
Guest column by Cheyenne Rogers | A call to action: increased University support for low-income students
By
Cheyenne Rogers
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March 22, 2015
In order to become a University that is truly invested in improving the lives of its low-income students, the first step is simple: talk. The University needs a forum for discussion if we are to understand where support for low-income students is lacking and how to improve it.
SEAN MCGEEHAN is a College junior from Philadelphia, Pa. His email address is seanmcgeehan@verizon.net.
Support for Israel, like the rest of my political actions, means holding true to my values. It means supporting democracy, equality and human rights in Israel. Yet the disenfranchisement of millions of Palestinians under Israeli control is not democracy.
We’ve all heard the urges to get into Center City more, to escape Penn’s boundaries and take advantage of the tourist destination at our fingertips. I love Philadelphia and have made some of my fondest memories this year exploring downtown, but I’m so attached to the environment we create on campus.
SAM SHERMAN is a College junior from Marblehead, Mass. His email address is samsherman6@gmail.com.
The report makes clear that the mostly-white city government systematically and intentionally used the police and courts to extract money from the mostly-black population. It was not simply that the government’s composition did not reflect that of the electorate, the government was acting directly against the majority’s interests.
Going to a different school for one year hasn’t made me more mature or more experienced than my peers who spent their first year at Penn. From what I have experienced, colleges are more similar than they are different.
Unless you have been living under a rock or cabana during spring break, you have probably heard about the Sigma Alpha Epsilon scandal that unfolded last week.
NICK MONCY is a College junior from North Miami, Fla. His email address is nickmon@sas.upenn.edu.
We are familiar with the challengeable, but still prevalent stereotypes about gender. This is just the way things are, we are taught, with “biology” being thrown around as a casual and vague explanation.
SHAWN KELLEY is a College junior from San Diego, Calif. His email address is skelley@sas.upenn.edu.
As youth, we also often forget that we are mortal. This is good, because it affords us the confidence to aspire for whatever we dream of without the stuttering stultification of self-doubt.
On Feb. 26, the University announced another tuition increase for undergraduate programs. This marks the sixth consecutive year that the tuition has been raised by 3.9 percent.
SEAN MCGEEHAN is a College junior from Philadelphia. His email address is seanmcgeehan@verizon.net.
Change doesn’t have to come with an official label. It doesn’t need University funding or a DP article to appear valid. Efforts we make on a small scale are just as legitimate. If we want to change Penn — to really alter the things we all dislike about the University — then we need to start at the individual level.
