Aaron Cooper

First, I’d like to acknowledge that I was wrong. About a month ago, I published a column about what I called the lazy voting epidemic. People use gut-checks, self-identification and emotional appeals to dictate their vote, and that can cause real problems when it comes to the outcome of emotionally charged elections.

Trump’s election represented a great blow to the forces of progress in America, as the American electorate chose a politics of short-sighted, reactionary hatred. But it also represents a great opportunity.

Is it possible for a country to be bad at voting? In America, the popular election is practically deified.

For quite some time, I’ve struggled with mental health. That battle has been a personal one, and I’m glad to be in the stable and generally happy position I am now.

GROUP THINK is the DP’s round table section, where we throw a question at the columnists and see what answers stick.

Last Thursday, the two worst preachers in America showed up on Penn campus. As far as I could tell, they failed to convert a single student to the word of the lord.

GROUP THINK is the DP’s round table section, where we throw a question at the columnists and see what answers stick.

Imagine the following scenario: You’re a club leader organizing a protest. You have an issue you care passionately about, and you’re gathering like minded students to make a public display complete with rehearsed chants and picket signs.