I keenly felt the dissonance between the media hubbub last year about underfunding in Philadelphia public schools and the actual issue at hand. The school needed discipline, not tax dollars.
Dani Blum | There’s more to our class than regrettable six-month-old posts
By
Dani Blum
·
Sept. 1, 2014
As fun as it is to call people out for being jerks online, it’s time to put an end to this — not just ridiculing the Facebook group, but relying on it at all. Just like everyone knows that one girl who looks nothing like her profile picture, it’s difficult to gauge someone’s true personality online. We told each other stories, we made each other laugh and cry, but the Facebook message you sent that guy three months ago is not a proper introduction.
Guest column by the UA Executive Board | Making a difference, together
By
Joyce Kim
, Josh Chilcote
, Andrew Robertson
, Amanda Acosta Ruiz
and Natalie Hernandez
·
Sept. 1, 2014
If you’re a new student on campus, welcome to Penn! If you’re a returning upperclassman, welcome back!
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In general, [college students] are much more likely to be rich people temporarily occupying the slightly-less-comfortable space between being the total financial responsibility of our parents and being recipients of our own personal salaries.
Let us introduce ourselves: we are the Penn Democrats, the most active political group on campus.
Let us introduce ourselves: we are the Penn Democrats, the most active political group on campus.
Dani Blum | There’s more to our class than regrettable six-month-old posts
By
Dani Blum
·
Sept. 1, 2014
As fun as it is to call people out for being jerks online, it’s time to put an end to this — not just ridiculing the Facebook group, but relying on it at all. Just like everyone knows that one girl who looks nothing like her profile picture, it’s difficult to gauge someone’s true personality online. We told each other stories, we made each other laugh and cry, but the Facebook message you sent that guy three months ago is not a proper introduction.
Guest column by the UA Executive Board | Making a difference, together
By
Joyce Kim
, Josh Chilcote
, Andrew Robertson
, Amanda Acosta Ruiz
and Natalie Hernandez
·
Sept. 1, 2014
If you’re a new student on campus, welcome to Penn! If you’re a returning upperclassman, welcome back!
Guest column by Jennie Shulkin | Considering mandatory national service
By
Jennie Shulkin
·
Aug. 30, 2014
One does has to wonder how Americans can feel so fiercely entitled to their civil liberties for their entire lives, but are unwilling to give even 1 year of service to maintain such freedoms and repay debts to such a magnificent nation.
This redesign is only the beginning of a renewal in our digital focus.
Hannah Rosenfeld is a College sophomore from Tokyo.
Internet trends pop up all the time. There is an important line to draw between those that stop short of catalyzing a larger, more impactful movement — like changing one’s profile picture — and those that do.
Worse still, these social media campaigns often fail in their most basic duty: to educate the masses. Little else can be expected when complicated crises are boiled down to 140 characters for easy digestion.
Sam Sherman is a College junior from Marblehead, Mass. His email address is samsherman6@gmail.com.
Letter from the Editor | Revamped, revitalized, re-energized: This is the new DP
By
Taylor Culliver
·
Aug. 26, 2014
Last January, I assured you that this group of editors and managers would be “coming at you differently, with fresh eyes and new perspectives.”We have challenged ourselves consistently throughout the year, working to find ways to push the envelope and imbue our work and our products with a new sense of energy.
This summer, we created and I announced the President’s Engagement Prizes. These are annual, competitively-awarded prizes for Penn seniors to design and undertake fully-funded local, national or global engagement projects during the first year after they graduate from Penn. Prize recipients will receive $50,000 for one year of living expenses after graduation and up to $100,000 in project expenses.
To the Class of 2018: Think about the person you want to be and use Penn (and its myriad resources) to become that person.
A response to Your Voice by Ellen Slack regarding the Gilles-Éric Séralini GMO study.
The outstandingly creative are frustrated with the ordinary; that’s what drives them to do extraordinary things.
I’m not saying that the dawn of gender equality in Russia will be defined by risqué church-wear and male model stewards, but rather when society holds women and men to the same expectations.
It is time we stopped the verbal battery of others because we disagree with their opinions, and instead tackle the ideas with which we take issue.
Our job is not just to consider all sides of an issue, but to be skeptical and challenge modern practices instead of taking things as given.
