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Weathering the Storm: Being at Penn When a Natural Disaster Strikes at Home
What it's like to study at Penn while worrying about the effect of a natural disaster on your home and family.
by KATRINA JANCO
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The Love Issue: February 13, 2019
Street's annual Love Issue is back, bringing together user–generated essays and content from Street writers about love in all its forms — the complicated, messy, weird, funny, tiring, and soul-crushing.
by 34TH STREET MAGAZINE
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Taking The Vagina Monologues into 2019
After The Vagina Monologues' cancellation at Temple, members of Penn's V–Day Movement reckon with keeping a show from 1996 inclusive in 2019.
by ALLISON WU
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How Penn Archaeologist Joyce White Became an Expert Witness in a High–Profile Smuggling Case
Her work on the Thailand Ban Chiang site helped stop the smuggling of 10,000+ ancient artifacts.
by MEERABELLE JESUTHASAN
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The Government Shutdown is Over, but Penn Still Feels The Aftershock
Reckoning with the effects of the longest government shutdown in American history.
by SRINIDHI RAMAKRISHNA
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Not on My Block: How New Development Threatens West Philadelphia’s Historic Buildings
Exploring the cost of new development in Spruce Hill, Philly’s first ‘streetcar suburb’
by COLIN LODEWICK
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A Permanent Legacy: The Naming Process at Penn
Months after Steve Wynn’s name was removed from campus, the conditions for granting naming rights—and revoking them— remain mysterious at Penn
by MEERABELLE JESUTHASAN
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The Bottom Line: Does Wharton Place Profits Over People?
Wharton students and professors reckon with their school’s murky ethical education.
by ALLISON WU
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One City, Two Homes
For Philadelphia natives, coming to Penn means re–examining their relationship with a city they have always called home.
by ANGELA LIN
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‘Leave, Leave, Leave:’ Why Some Students Struggling with Mental Health Feel Penn Pushed Them Off Campus
Are leaves of absence always the best solution for Penn’s most vulnerable students?
by CHRIS SCHILLER
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Radical Student Activism and the Appropriation of Teach–Ins at Penn
Uncovering the legacy of teach-ins at Penn, from the 1960s to 2018.
by NAOMI ELEGANT
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Life on the Autism Spectrum at Penn
Penn is a leader in autism research, but falls short in supporting autistic students like me.
by KATRINA JANCO
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How International Students at Penn Navigate the Job Search Alone
International students choose Penn in the hopes of accessing premier jobs. But once they're here, it's a race against the clock to find domestic companies to sponsor their visas.
by SHINYOUNG HAILEY NOH
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Not Going Anywhere: Frats and the Fight for Space on Locust
From tax exemptions to prime real estate, how fraternities continue to dominate the heart of campus—and why the topic is so hard to report on.
by ANNABELLE WILLIAMS
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Born This Way: Legacy Admissions At Penn
Alum connections, application advice, and the other advantages legacy applicants have over their peers
by ANDREAS PAVLOU
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50 Years of 34th Street Magazine
Following 34th Street's paper trail from 1968 to the present.
by JULIA BELL
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For Veterans, the LPS Program Camouflages the Real Penn Experience
Many LPS students—especially veterans—say that their Penn experience is not the same one undergrads were sold on.
by ANGELA LIN
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More Than Just Grading Papers: What It Takes to be a Penn TA
Grading disputes, office hour tears, and all the other hidden work that goes into being a teaching assistant at Penn.
by PAIGE FISHMAN
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Lauren Lareau: the single mom and Penn grad taking on a Republican incumbent
The Penn alum and single mother challenges a Republican incumbent in Bucks County.
by JULIA BELL
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