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On the Clock, Off Campus: When Students Look Beyond Penn for Work Experience

From babysitting to cooking to scooping ice cream, students in off–campus jobs find new skills.
March 13, 2019 at 1:26 am

by SHINYOUNG HAILEY NOH

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Hispanic Girl. ‘White’ Music. Gray Area.

I grew up loving Warped Tour and Taylor Swift, but I never felt welcome among their fans.
February 27, 2019 at 2:40 am

by BEATRICE FORMAN

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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.
February 20, 2019 at 12:54 am

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.
February 13, 2019 at 3:15 am

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.
February 13, 2019 at 3:10 am

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.
February 5, 2019 at 11:56 pm

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.
January 30, 2019 at 1:51 am

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’
January 23, 2019 at 1:38 am

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
December 5, 2018 at 8:00 am

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.
December 5, 2018 at 6:00 am

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.
November 28, 2018 at 8:00 am

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?
November 14, 2018 at 8:00 am

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.
November 14, 2018 at 8:00 am

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.
October 31, 2018 at 8:00 am

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.
October 24, 2018 at 6:00 am

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.
October 17, 2018 at 8:00 am

by ANNABELLE WILLIAMS