Word on the Street
Election Reflection: Chloe Shakin C'18
I was standing in London Luton Airport, waiting in line to board a plane to Berlin.
Election Reflection: Elana Waldstein C'18
A Citizen Abroad
Election Reflection: Cami Potter C'18
Maybe four years won't change anything.
Election Reflection: Alec Josiah C'17
I’m a senior at Penn, and I’m gay, I’m black, I’m Latino, and I call Orlando, Florida home.
Election Reflection: Zack Greenstein
For as long as I’ve been aware of politics, Obama has been my president. I had a “change” poster on my door before I even really understood what he was changing.
Election Reflection: Jamie-Lee Josselyn
“This is what America looks like! Show me what America sounds like!”
Election Reflection: Anonymous (C'18, C'18)
America was born in Philadelphia, a city that stands for liberty, civil rights and unity.
Election Reflection: Michelle Teicher N,W '16
Waking up this morning to find out the disappointing results of my first presidential election was incredibly disheartening and defeating.
Good and Brave and Strong and Kind
We are stronger together and we need to remember that as we move forward.
Election Reflection: Mike Coyne C'17
I keep on wanting to cry. I keep on almost crying and I don’t know for who or for what precisely, but I always stop just short for some reason.
Election Reflection: Sam Byers C'16
When I woke up this morning I experienced profound disappointment. The sensation had nothing to do with Donald Trump’s unexpected and momentous victory — I stayed up late enough last night to know the projected winner.
Election Reflection: Mikaela Gilbert-Lurie C'17
On election night, I watched America have a collective panic attack.
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.
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.
Election Reflection: Anonymous C'18
Our next president sparks my PTSD.
Election Reflection: Connor Fenn '20
This is not the America I knew.
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.
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."
