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What Being Undocumented Taught Me About Being American
I am the physical embodiment of the fundamental American ideal that with hard work and perseverance you can achieve your dreams.
by LUIS BRAVO
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Reconciling College Life When Your Mom Has an Aneurysm
I have to remind myself that leaving my parents for a few months doesn’t mean I don’t care, or that I take all of it for granted.
by CAROLINE CURRAN
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Coming to Penn Finally Convinced Me of the Power of Meditation
“Inhale, exhale,” my mom used to tell me. Now, that’s what I hear whenever I close my eyes and take a break.
by AHALYA RAJAGOPALAN
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A Case of Misplaced Identity
For me, living at 'home' required a student visa.
by JONATHAN LAHDO
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Through the Looking Glass: Coming to Terms with my Diabetes
Grappling with a psychic's prediction and my own identity
by DANIEL BULPITT
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How Losing Both My Parents Made Me Believe in Love
Making sense of my parents' passing.
by ANEA MOORE
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Keeping my Ukrainian Heritage Alive at Penn
Being Ukrainian means more to me than pierogis and borscht.
by MARIA KOWALCHUK
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From Nightlong Military Marches to All–Nighters in VP
What it's like to be a twenty–year–old freshman who served in the army before coming to Penn.
by GABE LOW
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When Partying Becomes Self-Medicating
When going out becomes a form of self–medication.
by ELLIE WYNN
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Counting Down to Day Zero: Studying Abroad During Cape Town's Water Crisis
Confronting my privilege and what access to clean water truly means.
by ARI GOLDFINE
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Wanting to Disappear Completely: Life with an Eating Disorder
Caring more about the number on the scale than the grades in my classes.
by KELLY PORTER
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How I Came to Believe in God Again
Reconnecting with my spirituality thanks to Buddhists and echinacea tea.
by MATEO FORTES
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Confessions of a Fame Whore
What it means to be in love with the limelight.
by ISABELLA SIMONETTI
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My Natural Hair Journey: Embracing My Black Identity
How one Penn student is tracking her journey of transitioning to her natural hair
by EIMAN ELTIGANI
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On Loving Someone You Know You Shouldn't
How idealizing him made me lose sight of myself.
by ELLA BEI
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Finding Love an Ocean Away
I thought you had to be stupid to be happy. Until I fell in love.
by ABIGAIL MCGUCKIN
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On Finding Love through Freshman Hallcest
Falling for your Quad neighbor is risky business.
by SABRINA OCHOA
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Love Songs and Other Things I'll Never Write
Where music and memories intersect
by MELANNIE JAY
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TI–84 Calculators and Theoretical Love
Einstein, but this time hotter.
by LISA ZOU
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