College senior Katherine Rea wants you to read Rea-lity Check every Friday for your weekly dose of truthiness.
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Rea-lity Check | Deflate grades' importance
by Katherine Rea | February 25, 2010 10:27PM
Grades are overrated. Yeah, I said it. Grades are so arbitrary, it’s hard to take them seriously as an indicator of future success. Just work hard in your classes, and take the ones you want to work hard in.
Rea-lity Check | A new vision for libraries
by Katherine Rea | February 19, 2010 1:05AM
The key for university libraries is balance between digital and print information. But perhaps in the future, this balance should be reconsidered.
Rea-lity Check | The trick to fixing schools
by Katherine Rea | February 5, 2010 12:47AM
Universities can play a role in improving K-12 instruction, whether by supporting schools in the community, as Penn does, or producing graduates who will affect the education system.
Rea-lity check | A need for open discussion
by Katherine Rea | January 28, 2010 11:51PM
Hopefully we can make sexual violence awareness more discussion based and bring more of the campus into the dialogue.
Rea-lity Check | Not worth the salt
by Katherine Rea | January 22, 2010 1:36AM
New York is already way ahead of Philadelphia and the rest of the country on this public-health concern. Considering Philly's rep, it's time to step up on innovation in public health.
Rea-lity Check | Sit back and relax
by Katherine Rea | January 15, 2010 12:15AM
Using stress to get more done is effective, but more often than not it just makes life unpleasantly overwhelming.
Katherine Rea | Texting tactfully
by Katherine Rea | December 4, 2009 1:49AM
Texting, perhaps because it feels so discreet, lacks clear boundaries in determining when it’s appropriate.
Katherine Rea | I love college?
by Katherine Rea | November 19, 2009 9:33PM
“I hate my life,” or “Eff my life” seem like such melodramatic and inappropriate things to say. Eff my life? Really?
Katherine Rea | Accessing medication
by Katherine Rea | November 12, 2009 11:32PM
After years of work, six universities — including Penn, Harvard and Yale — committed to make desperately needed medicines more accessible to developing countries.
Katherine Rea | Thinking things through
by Katherine Rea | November 5, 2009 9:34PM
The proposed direct elections for a student-body president have their merits and disadvantages
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