Last semester, at the annual State of the School event hosted at the Penn Museum, the problem of fiscal abuse by those in charge of our funds reared its ugly head at Penn.
So here is a toast to not conforming. To anyone who is striving to look at the bigger picture rather than just zoom in on the colors, thank you.
Your Voice | Think twice about tokenism
Jan. 13, 2012
A Van Pelt Library clerk writes a letter shedding light on the problem with tokenism in conversations about Israel.
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Jan. 18, 2012
The problem doesn’t stop with porn. As early as next year, web addresses can read something.anything. Imagine, penn.university or DP.newspaper.
As a freshman, I chose the guaranteed community and the institutionalized comfort of a social calendar. I’m not saying it’s wrong, but I’m saying that I didn’t try to imagine something different.
Certain crimes merit punishment with no second chances. But what Stephen Glass killed was journalism’s code of ethics: a set of principles, not a body or a mind.
Certain crimes merit punishment with no second chances. But what Stephen Glass killed was journalism’s code of ethics: a set of principles, not a body or a mind.
So here is a toast to not conforming. To anyone who is striving to look at the bigger picture rather than just zoom in on the colors, thank you.
Your Voice | Think twice about tokenism
Jan. 13, 2012
A Van Pelt Library clerk writes a letter shedding light on the problem with tokenism in conversations about Israel.
If you use prescription drugs incorrectly, you are drug user. There are no two ways about it.
Costa Rica’s status as a tourist’s paradise has made it a divided country — one that leads a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde type of existence.
Reach out to us. Tell us if we get something wrong. Tell us what you want to read and if you want to write. Tell us what about our content enrages or engages you. Tell us what you think.
By withholding the university’s imprimatur from BDS and its boycotts, President Gutmann reflects the Penn community’s strong and long-established ties with Israel.
Facetime or not, I still have a strong desire to keep learning. I want to continue the intellectual conversations that have started in the classroom.
Read a list of the best and the worst things that happened at Penn this semester in The Daily Pennsylvanian’s semiannual recap.
As for emulating the anime protagonist Ash Ketchum: one should be quick to remember that Ash is perpetually ten years old and has rejected higher education in favor of immediate gainful self-employment.
The campaign to refuse paying student debt fails to tackle the rising cost of higher education
Diversity is multi-dimensional, and we overlook the fact that it encompasses all aspects of our lives, including our religion, socioeconomic status, intelligence, hobbies and interests.
The justification for exploiting a woman’s body in order to raise money for charity is perhaps one of the most socially counterproductive things that I have ever heard in my life.
Your Voice | Halting the racism cycle
Dec. 8, 2011
Based on Penn’s history, it is clear that action must be taken to halt the continuous cycle of racism.
Mojo is a hard thing to define but easy to recognize. You either have it or you don’t. And I did not.
Since the Centers for Disease Control are clearly neglecting their duties regarding the pandemic of haters, it falls to me to put out this public service announcement.
Cornelius Range V | Build bridges, not barriers
Dec. 6, 2011
Often in staking out our own identities, we inadvertently reinforce barriers or create new ones.
