KRISTEN YEH is a College sophomore from West Covina, Calif.
Thanksgiving is about gratitude, and I think all Penn students, regardless of financial background, would be grateful for a few more days of break.
SARAH KHAN is a College sophomore from Lynn Haven, Fla.
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Christy Qiu
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Dec. 2, 2018
Boiled down, the elementary characteristic of a friend is a person who cares about you. I had ignored this basic trait with my convenience friend.
I’ve experienced the stress, even in my first semester, of thinking about majors in terms of potential income first and passion second.
I was immediately disappointed when placed into Gregory, a college dorm no one knew the location of — a place that received no frat party fliers under the doors.
I was immediately disappointed when placed into Gregory, a college dorm no one knew the location of — a place that received no frat party fliers under the doors.
Thanksgiving is about gratitude, and I think all Penn students, regardless of financial background, would be grateful for a few more days of break.
SARAH KHAN is a College sophomore from Lynn Haven, Fla.
Joel Lee | Don’t let your scary childhood piano teacher hold you back from pursuing music in college
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Joel Lee
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Nov. 28, 2018
I used to dread my piano lessons. Now, music helps alleviate my anxiety when school gets stressful and exercise my creativity.
We live in Philadelphia, the birthplace of the world’s oldest democracy.
Michael A. Keshmiri | Nancy Pelosi is the right person to be Speaker of the House
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Michael A. Keshmiri
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Nov. 28, 2018
After some internet research, I discovered Pelosi’s unforgivable crime: She has served her country honorably through government service for too many years.
As a Central American voice on campus, we feel we must impress the gravity of an issue that continues to affect our community.
Whether an Econ major, a friend of a Penn student, a traveling poet, or a visiting family member, please feel free to stop by and pour yourself a cup of coffee, of which we always have brewed.
Isabella Simonetti | Pay up, Penn: Student tour guides deserve compensation
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Isabella Simonetti
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Nov. 25, 2018
Prospective students from underrepresented backgrounds deserve tour guides who they can relate to.
I started to fully appreciate the other part of my identity beyond boxes on the demographic section on an application.
KRISTEN YEH is a College sophomore from West Covina, Calif.
BEN CLAAR is a College senior from Scarsdale, N.Y.
BEN CLAAR is a College senior from Scarsdale, N.Y.
Guest Column by Sabrina Qiao | With graduation looming, my dream of being a starving writer seems unrealistic
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Sabrina Qiao
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Nov. 20, 2018
Write full-time after graduation or never write at all is a melodramatic binary.
Michael A. Keshmiri | Politicians have gotten too comfortable with racially coded attacks
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Michael A. Keshmiri
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Nov. 19, 2018
We cannot let political leanings stifle our innate sense of decency.
Guest Column by Nathan A. Cockrum | International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day
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Nathan A. Cockrum
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Nov. 18, 2018
You do not need the "right words." You just need to listen with open arms, and an open heart. Love will do the rest.
Guest Column by Maeve Masterson | Penn’s investment in fossil fuels contradicts commitment to love
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Maeve Masterson
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Nov. 18, 2018
Penn’s billion-dollar endowment continues to reap returns from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and is thus funding a primary driver of climate change — no questions asked.
