Undergraduate Assembly New Student Representative Emma Shockley provides a comprehensive guide to food at University of Pennsylvania.
Columnist Sam Zou argues for the positive role affirmative action has on achieving diversity, increasing intergenerational mobility, and equalizing wealth between Black and white students.
Robert Watson | Penn’s changing COVID-19 guidance: What comes next?
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Robert Watson
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March 21, 2022
Guest Columnist Robert Watson encourages students to work together while adapting to Penn’s new masking guidance.
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Jesse Zhang
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March 24, 2022
Columnist Jesse Zhang shares his experiences and the lessons he learned from the college matriculation process.
Columnist Alex Eapen writes that appointing a person of color as provost will allow Penn to better prioritize diversity and inclusion on campus.
Jaden Cloobeck | Senior societies should become more inclusive and transparent
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Jaden Cloobeck
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March 22, 2022
Columnist Jaden Cloobeck argues that senior societies need to improve in social inclusivity and financial transparency by reflecting on his personal rush experience and by interviewing current senior society members.
Jaden Cloobeck | Senior societies should become more inclusive and transparent
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Jaden Cloobeck
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March 22, 2022
Columnist Jaden Cloobeck argues that senior societies need to improve in social inclusivity and financial transparency by reflecting on his personal rush experience and by interviewing current senior society members.
Columnist Sam Zou argues for the positive role affirmative action has on achieving diversity, increasing intergenerational mobility, and equalizing wealth between Black and white students.
Robert Watson | Penn’s changing COVID-19 guidance: What comes next?
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Robert Watson
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March 21, 2022
Guest Columnist Robert Watson encourages students to work together while adapting to Penn’s new masking guidance.
Columnist Lexi Boccuzzi argues that higher education should not be viewed as a necessity, and in doing so we can improve the quality of our lives in college as well as our collective financial futures.
Naveen Albert | Suboptimal internet access leaves NCHW residents disadvantaged
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Naveen Albert
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March 16, 2022
Guest Columnist Naveen Albert argues that discrepancies in broadband access in Penn's dorms puts students on an uneven playing field, and Penn must address these inequities.
Isabella Glassman | ECON 001 is not a prerequisite to life at Penn
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Isabella Glassman
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March 15, 2022
Columnist Isabella Glassman urges Penn students to more deeply consider whether an economics course is necessary for their academic career.
Allison Santa-Cruz | It's time to drop the mask mandate, required testing, and PennOpen pass
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Allison Santa-Cruz
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March 14, 2022
Columnist Allison-Santa-Cruz argues that it is time to return to pre-pandemic normalcy given current COVID-19 data.
Columnist Jesse Zhang encourages the Penn community to participate in a non-academic and non-preprofessional extracurricular activity.
Joseph M. Squillaro | “The Great Penn Resignation” is happening. How will you take back your time?
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Joseph M. Squillaro
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March 14, 2022
Columnist Joseph M. Squillaro encourages you to join “The Great Penn Resignation,” discussing the paradoxical benefits of declaring “I quit.”
Columnist Alfredo Praticò argues that the Penn community should vote on the fate of the campus mask mandate.
Columnist Vinay Khosla argues that Penn students ought to be more cognizant of wealth disparities in order to build a more inclusive campus environment.
Allison Santa-Cruz | Stop comparing Philadelphia to other cities
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Allison Santa-Cruz
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March 1, 2022
Columnist Allison Santa-Cruz discusses how reframing our initial perceptions of Philadelphia enables us to view it for the great city that it is.
Sean Deresh | Penn should launch a campus-wide switch to LED lighting
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Sean Deresh
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Feb. 25, 2022
Guest columnist Sean Deresh argues that a campus-wide shift to LED lighting at Penn would be a crucial step towards refining the University’s sustainable development.
Timethius J. Terrell | Diversity, equity, and inclusion: What predominantly white universities could learn from Beyonce's “Black Is King”
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Timethius Terrell
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Feb. 23, 2022
Columnist Timethius J. Terrell urges predominantly white universities to reconsider their often ineffective approaches towards diversity, equity, and inclusion, using Beyonce’s “Black Is King” as a reference.
Guest columnist Amjad Hamza argues that Penn students and current donors should redirect their donations to the world’s most effective causes.
Jaden Cloobeck | Use Penn’s alumni network. It may change your life.
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Jaden Cloobeck
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Feb. 23, 2022
Columnist Jaden Cloobeck encourages students to reach out to Penn alumni using the MyPenn database because doing so may lead to informative lessons and connections.
Alfredo Praticò | Magill’s first test: Getting Penn’s support of Lea Elementary right
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Alfredo Praticò
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Feb. 22, 2022
Columnist Alfredo Praticò argues that the success of Penn’s multi-year, multi-million dollar investment into Lea Elementary hinges on Penn’s new president, Liz Magill.
