No child, man or woman should be a political football — especially in a time of fragility and mourning — but there comes a point when a political conversation is necessary.
This is my last column for The Daily Pennsylvanian. My goal for ‘The Ernest Opinion’ was to make you think and speak.
Aya Saed | The progressive believer
Dec. 7, 2012
Religious organizations are fundamental to the fabric of American life, not because they establish “a moral compass” for the country, as many would attest to, but because they provide the country with a plethora of social services.
The Latest
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JY_Lee
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Dec. 9, 2012
Although we fear staying in college for more than four years and falling behind, I invite you to consider taking a gap year and time out for yourself.
The Daily Pennsylvanian takes a look at the best and worst of Fall 2012.
Believe it or not, your mother is a beneficiary of affirmative action.
Believe it or not, your mother is a beneficiary of affirmative action.
This is my last column for The Daily Pennsylvanian. My goal for ‘The Ernest Opinion’ was to make you think and speak.
Aya Saed | The progressive believer
Dec. 7, 2012
Religious organizations are fundamental to the fabric of American life, not because they establish “a moral compass” for the country, as many would attest to, but because they provide the country with a plethora of social services.
It’s concerning — but unfortunately not surprising — that Penn students are more concerned about how Adderall will affect the class curves rather than how prescription-grade cocaine is dispensed by health care professionals like candy.
If we want to get our fiscal house in order — and help avert the fiscal cliff — we should eliminate the deductions and start treating churches like the corporations they are.
Vegan options are everywhere nowadays as a direct result of student pressure.
Penn should have exercised its authority by addressing the building violations in a more proactive manner.
Over the last three years, I have grown from a victim of school violence to an empowered student activist.
Although a deal is all we hear about now, we didn’t talk about it during the election. While the deficit is scary, it isn’t what people or candidates care about.
Mayor Barkat has made it his priority to bury the two-state solution under the idea of Jerusalem as Israel’s “eternally united capital.”
As you meander through checkout lines everyday, just consider what you’re buying and whom you’re supporting.
257 corps members are students at Penn’s Graduate School of Education.
Your Voice | Penn students have a hand in Kazakhstan’s public education
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Lauren Gutstein
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Dec. 4, 2012
One of the projects at Nazarbayev University is to establish Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools all over the country.
I cannot say that my role as an elected representative on campus has been best used to advocate for students. Many campus issues that I encountered as a Quaker have not been addressed by the UA.
A focus on socioeconomic status without looking at race wouldn’t address the problems affirmative action seeks to remedy.
I have a couple of proposals about how the Republican Party stance needs to change before 2016.
Penn will be relying on you to achieve its goal of interviewing all applicants by 2015. So sign up as soon as you graduate.
