Columnist Azza Elrashid highlights the importance of centering the community in service efforts while reflecting on her own experiences with civic engagement.
Graduate Student Government Leaders | A Real Seat at Penn’s Table
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Graduate Student Government Leaders
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May 31, 2023
Graduate student government leaders encourage Penn to improve its shared governance structures.
Jonathan Zisk | The City Wants to Buy SEPTA Passes for Employees: When will Penn?
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Jonathan Zisk
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May 31, 2023
Jonathan Zisk argues why Penn should provide free SEPTA passes to the Penn faculty, staff and students.
The Latest
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Zara Tena
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June 29, 2023
Columnist Zara Tena explores how going home and reconnecting with our roots can help us embrace and appreciate change.
Columnist Noor Chafouk explores the corrosion of democratic discourse in the context of the ongoing gun debate.
Timethius J. Terrell | Penn student organizers need formal training
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Timethius Terrell
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June 16, 2023
Timethius J. Terrell invites Penn student organizers to facilitate open training sessions to teach their peers to plan direct actions, protests, and other forms of activism.
Timethius J. Terrell | Penn student organizers need formal training
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Timethius Terrell
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June 16, 2023
Timethius J. Terrell invites Penn student organizers to facilitate open training sessions to teach their peers to plan direct actions, protests, and other forms of activism.
Graduate Student Government Leaders | A Real Seat at Penn’s Table
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Graduate Student Government Leaders
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May 31, 2023
Graduate student government leaders encourage Penn to improve its shared governance structures.
Jonathan Zisk | The City Wants to Buy SEPTA Passes for Employees: When will Penn?
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Jonathan Zisk
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May 31, 2023
Jonathan Zisk argues why Penn should provide free SEPTA passes to the Penn faculty, staff and students.
Columnist Riane Lumer positively reflects upon her journey to Penn as a transfer while advising potential transfers to be open minded in their college journey.
Asaad Manzar, former opinion editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian, revisits his past three years at Penn.
The Graduation Issue 2023: Columns from the DP's graduating seniors
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Caroline Magdolen
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May 12, 2023
Senior columns cover the ups and downs of Penn, and everything in between.
Hannah Gross, former assignments editor, assures readers that it's okay to need and take breaks from the activities you love.
Isabella Glassman | Tell me something not reflected on your resume
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Isabella Glassman
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May 11, 2023
Columnist Isabella Glassman contemplates the deep meaning that can be drawn from the less prestigious, small moments at Penn.
Lochlahn March, a former Daily Pennsylvanian sports editor, details how learning to fail can actually be the key to success.
Columnist Alex Baxter reminds readers that their time at Penn is fleeting and that embracing connectedness is key.
Sophie Apfel, former copy editor, expresses gratitude for her service to the DP and calls on others to perform services for others, even without credit.
Komal Patel, former deputy assignments editor, reflects on having fun writing for the paper.
Columnist Sam Zou encourages students to look at life with an abundance mindset instead of focusing on what we lack or what is scarce in the world.
Jonah Charlton, former editor-in-chief, redefines what he considers making it at Penn in the context of the relationships he has forged through his time at The Daily Pennsylvanian.
Zara Tena | Breaking the stereotype of a ‘typical’ victim of disordered eating
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Zara Tena
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April 28, 2023
Columnist Zara Tena explores how disordered eating is common all across Penn, and what can be done to protect those vulnerable to it.
Riane Lumer | Cultural arson: Book banning endangers intellectual freedom
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Riane Lumer
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April 27, 2023
Columnist Riane Lumer analyzes the consequences of book purges as threats to democracy and societal interconnection.
Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford | Dragons and Owls and Quakers, oh my!
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Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford
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April 26, 2023
Columnist Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford advocates for making it easier for Penn students to take classes at Drexel and Temple, and vice versa.
