Word on the Street
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Election Reflection: Mikaela Gilbert-Lurie C'17
On election night, I watched America have a collective panic attack.
by MIKAELA GILBERT-LURIE
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Election Reflection: Mymai Yuan C'17
When I first moved to America, I was incredibly excited. I was going to a liberal and educated environment.
by MYMAI YUAN
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Election Reflection: Genevieve Glatsky C'17
Once while I was studying abroad I had a dream that I was back at Penn. I was at a crowded party with loud music and colorful pulsing lights.
by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
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Election Reflection: Anonymous C'18
Our next president sparks my PTSD.
by ANONYMOUS
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Election Reflection: Connor Fenn '20
This is not the America I knew.
by ANONYMOUS
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Election Reflection: Maya Arthur C'18
I usually like the rain. But walking out of my house Wednesday morning, the rain felt hostile. Like the tips of sharp knives and pitchforks and they kept hitting me.
by MAYA ARTHUR
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Election Reflection: Liza Bernstein C'17
No matter how heavy my heart is today, I refuse to stop asking: "how long must women wait to get their liberty? Let us have the rights we deserve."
by LIZA BERSTEIN
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Election Reflection: Sydney Hard C'17
The importance of listening.
by SYDNEY HARD
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Election Reflection: Daniel Fradin C'19
So much has already been said across this campus and on our News Feeds, but once again we are only hearing from those who share our exact same opinions.
by DANIEL FRADIN
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Election Reflection: Scheherbano Rafay W'20
When I woke up this morning I was hoping it was all a dream.
by SCHEHERBANO RAFAY
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Election Reflection: Brooke O'Leary W'17
All my life growing up my older brothers taunted me with “well there has never been a woman president,” when I insisted women were just as intelligent or capable as them.
by BROOKE O'LEARY
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Election Reflection: Danielle Moore C'18
I come from a county in rural Pennsylvania that turned red last night
by DANIELLE MOORE
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Election Reflection: Emma Hetrick C'18
I think it is important to remember that we live in a country where we can not only express our feelings of discontent with the governmental administration, but that we can do so openly, without fear of lawful persecution.
by EMMA HETRICK
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Election Reflection: Rebecca Brown C'17
It is easy to relate this election to when Umbridge was the headmaster of Hogwarts.
by REBECCA BROWN
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Election Reflection: Martin Smith
Okay, now that I've had a chance to sleep for four hours, with a throbbing ankle and a racing mind, here are my finals thoughts on Shitstorm 2016.
by MARTIN SMITH
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Election Reflection: Leigh Ann Eisenhauer C'18
It is highly unlike me to make political statements, but I can’t stay quiet. I am devastated.
by LEIGH ANN EISENHAUER
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Election Reflection: Isabel Kim C'18
On Tuesday, I had been sitting on Locust Walk selling shirts that said THE PUSSY GRABS BACK! I had hoped that the pussy would no longer need to grab back.
by ISABEL KIM
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Election Reflection: Zoe Stoller C'18
This past weekend, I went to Amsterdam to meet up with one of my closest friends who was on vacation from the Israeli Defense Forces.
by ZOE STOLLER
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Election Reflection: Talia Beck C'17
1) I've seen a lot of people worried that Trump will overturn the SCOTUS ruling on gay marriage (among others). Trump doesn't actually have the power to do that alone; in order to overturn a SCOTUS ruling, there has to either be another SCOTUS ruling or a constitutional amendment.
by TALIA BECK
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