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Katiera Sordjan





Just as we have gendered expectations for ourselves, we also have gendered expectations for others. If we as women think we should be focusing on cardio, we expect men to focus on muscle training.


Ask many people, and they will tell you that journalism has an identity crisis. Whether it’s the increasing number of comments on The Daily Pennsylvanian website lamenting the loss of journalistic integrity, or the fall of once highly trusted national personalities like Brian Williams – it is clear that we are suffering from a persistent problem.


We are familiar with the challengeable, but still prevalent stereotypes about gender. This is just the way things are, we are taught, with “biology” being thrown around as a casual and vague explanation.


While loved ones try to make sense of the death, suicide victims and depressed individuals often cannot understand the effect on their family, or ultimately, feel that their loved ones would be better off.




Katiera SordjanThe Melting Pot

Ray Rice hopes for “a second chance,” but we should not be so quick to forgive and forget. Abusive behavior is not merely a mistake to be dismissed. We learn only one thing from Rice: Make enough money, have enough fame and you become untouchable.


Mary Frances Berry.jpg

Mary Frances Berry.jpg

By Katiera Sordjan · Sept. 6, 2020

Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Thought and Professor of History Mary Frances Berry giving a 60-second lecture in September 2012.