I always thought that most great writing is short and sweet. But in only 81 words, President Reagan makes three pivotal points to consider in the context of Valentine’s Day, especially on a college campus.
Black youth, no matter what their background, age or intentions now have to think twice about living in or visiting commercial white populated spaces in this city lest they be harassed and interrogated by a police force that thinks the worst of them.
Sexism has not bled-out. It’s alive and pulses through our conversations and our body language.
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Stephen Lendman | City of brotherly love event promotes war, hate
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Stephen Lendman
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Feb. 14, 2012
As Dershowitz is to Harvard Law, Gur is to Penn’s Neurological Sciences department. Both schools give them classroom space to spew hate. In the 1950s, this writer attended both universities, unexposed to their agendas.
The use of the vagina suit may indeed bring a small amount of shock value but in the greater service of beginning a discussion — about their vaginas and perhaps about a host of other issues.
The Penn Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference last week was odious and Penn’s decision to host it in the name of unfettered free speech is questionable.
The Penn Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference last week was odious and Penn’s decision to host it in the name of unfettered free speech is questionable.
Black youth, no matter what their background, age or intentions now have to think twice about living in or visiting commercial white populated spaces in this city lest they be harassed and interrogated by a police force that thinks the worst of them.
Sexism has not bled-out. It’s alive and pulses through our conversations and our body language.
Gerry-what? Gerrymandering. It’s a conventional nickname for the art of drawing state district lines in as ill-conceived a way as possible.
In college, with boys all around, the tendency to analyze hasn’t changed as much as I’d imagined it would.
Noah Feit | The truth about Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions and Israel
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Noah Feit
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Feb. 9, 2012
I have read Matt Berkman, Madeline Notewaré, and Abbas Naqvis’ guest column of Jan. 26, entitled “BDS Explained” with curiosity. Complete BDS coverage
Your Voice | A 'chilling account' of a teen mob
Feb. 9, 2012
I was horrified to read Brian Goldman’s chilling account of his assault at the hands of a gang of teenagers in busy and bustling Center City on a Saturday night.
Don’t get me wrong. I have no qualms with free speech, since I am obviously utilizing that right as you read.
Who thought it was reasonable to dedicate the shortest month of the year to celebrating the history of blacks?
Not far from campus are several neighborhoods that are home to the survivors of the horrific Cambodian genocide.
BDS is a tool that challenges racial inequality, dispossession, displacement and genocidal violence.
I’ve been immensely happy during our time together. This American Life is always there for me, offering reliably stunning narratives as a symbol of its love.
People trying to lose weight often think that body fat is the enemy. But get this: there’s one type of fat — brown fat — that might hold the key to being thin.
Humans come in different shapes, sizes and colors, but any two share 99.9% of their DNA. Somehow, we still tend to see ourselves as separate living entities from other people.
With Valentine’s Day less than a week away, campus is littered with references to the L-word. Just as confused about the expression as I was a decade ago, I decided to take a closer look at the way the word love figures into typical Penn life.
While Penn claims on its housing website that college houses “stand at the center of the Penn undergraduate experience … to form shared communities,” the system fundamentally fails to achieve this mission due to a lack of political and financial commitment from the administration.
Hayley Brooks & Ali Kokot | Pondering the pajama drama
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Hayley Brooks and Ali Kokot
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Feb. 7, 2012
While most mothers forbade us from leaving our homes in pajamas during our tweenage years, in college there is no fashion police.
