As spring comes into full bloom and talks of graduation can be heard, tomorrow will mark another change for the University of Pennsylvania. In the afternoon, the 253rd Graduating Class will march from Hill Field to the Quad, up the stairs to the Junior Balcony and down Locust Walk to the steps of College Hall.
I'm ready to march my way into senior year in four days. And I'm going to - thanks to the saving grace of my Spanish professor. But many juniors aren't so lucky. Due to a change in the academic calendar and thanks to a 2006 decision by the Council of Undergraduate Deans, Hey Day - traditionally held on the last day of classes - falls on a Tuesday this year.
Remembering Genocide To the Editor: Nearly all elements of history can be contested, except one: history repeats itself. This is what makes historical study so crucial and the denial of historical facts so dangerous. April 24 represents a part of history that has been both contested and denied.
Daniel Schwartz is a College sophomore from Decatur, Ga. His e-mail address is schwartz@dailypennsylvanian.com.
So this is my last column for The Daily Pennsylvanian - unless my editor talks me into writing one for finals week, but I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you. Since this will be my last glorious chance to bestow my sagacity and insight upon you, my public, I have scribbled down some advice that some of you will hopefully take to heart during your time here at dear old Pennsylvania.
Tomorrow, Penn's juniors will pick up their canes and march their way into senior year. But since the last day of classes falls on a Tuesday rather than a Friday, many juniors this year won't be able to participate in Hey Day festivities because of class presentations or exams.
Tomorrow, Penn's juniors will pick up their canes and march their way into senior year. But since the last day of classes falls on a Tuesday rather than a Friday, many juniors this year won't be able to participate in Hey Day festivities because of class presentations or exams.
I'm ready to march my way into senior year in four days. And I'm going to - thanks to the saving grace of my Spanish professor. But many juniors aren't so lucky. Due to a change in the academic calendar and thanks to a 2006 decision by the Council of Undergraduate Deans, Hey Day - traditionally held on the last day of classes - falls on a Tuesday this year.
Remembering Genocide To the Editor: Nearly all elements of history can be contested, except one: history repeats itself. This is what makes historical study so crucial and the denial of historical facts so dangerous. April 24 represents a part of history that has been both contested and denied.
Last summer, while many of her friends in Washington and Wall Street made coffee for congressmen and CEOs, College senior Elizabeth Slavitt did something inconceivable. She went on vacation. "I went to Peru with my friend for a month," Slavitt told me. "We traveled all over the whole country, practiced our Spanish and did a five day trip to Machu Picchu.
Avery Lawrence is a College senior from Charlottesville, Va. His e-mail address is lawrence@dailypennsylvanian.com.
Of the three candidates, only Senator Hillary Clinton has actually promised to end the war. The war on science, that is. Did you know we're in the middle of a war on science? We are. And it's being fought on many fronts. There are life-science researchers at Universities and the National Institutes of Health whose research could benefit from access to embryonic stem cells.
Jennifer Lesser is a College sophomore from Minneapolis, MN. Her e-mail address is lesser@dailypennsylvanian.com.
Are you reading this in a class that was so full on the first day you couldn't get a seat, but now it's as empty as your brain watching a Rock of Love Marathon? All those empty seats - I know you're thinking the same thing I am - who added all those extra chairs? Apparently, no one did.
As the sunny month of May approaches, Penn students begin to dread the darker side of spring: finals and move-out. This year, as in years past, the official move-out deadline falls at 12 p.m. on the day after the last scheduled final. And this year, as in years past, students will scramble to study as they pack with one hand and type papers with the other.
Alicia Puglionesi is a College junior from Havertown, Pa. Her e-mail address is puglionesi@dailypennsylvanian.com.
It may have slipped under the radar, what with all the election news dominating the headlines - but at a little school to the north of here, a very different sort of controversy has been brewing. My friends at Yale haven't been talking Barack vs. Hillary.
It's time to give this city some control over its own gun laws. Mayor Nutter and the City Council recently passed tougher firearms restrictions designed to fight Philadelphia's homicide problem. But thanks to a 1974 state law, Nutter's new gun law policies are probably unconstitutional, because only the state legislature has the right to regulate firearms.
I kind of felt like I'd been there before. Maybe it was the shameless opportunists selling Obama '08 buttons - one for $2, three for $5 (how could I pass one up?) I guess they did sort of remind me of those annoying venders hawking foam fingers and pennants along Yawkey Way and Lansdowne Street.
As pundits and political journalists across the country join the ranks of those urging Senator Hillary Clinton to drop out of the race for the nomination, they're making two huge mistakes. First, and most importantly, we haven't voted yet! Maybe the media hasn't noticed, but the Pennsylvania primary is today, meaning the ever-so-patient voters of our great state have yet to make their voices heard.
Amira Fawcett is an Engineering junior from Houston, TX. Her e-mail address is fawcett@dailypennsylvanian.com.
A poor endorsement To the Editor: While I understand that the editorial board is free to endorse whom it wants, I was disappointed to see its endorsement of Senator Hillary Clinton go without a serious examination of her record. For example, the editorial noted Clinton "helped to expand children's health insurance.
When we published our endorsement of Senator Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination last Thursday, we didn't fully comprehend the response we'd get. But as it turned out, we were the first Pennsylvania newspaper and just the fourth college newspaper nationwide to endorse her.
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