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Should Penn change course requirements so that students in Wharton, Nursing and Engineering can take more classes in their home schools or is the system fine as it currently is?
Like most people, I always believed happiness was a fleeting emotion. And, like most people, I believed that though we cannot create happiness, we can still somehow tame the slippery creature.
This election does matter as it represents the continuation of Germany being the clear leader among liberal Western democracies, in a time when many countries are shifting significantly towards nationalism and authoritarianism.
By shifting its focus from sexual assault to alcohol abuse and hazing, the administration has unfortunately redirected our attention away from the issue that matters most.
The petition at issue is poorly-argued and out of touch, but the idea that we are entitled to this kind of social life didn’t start with those who wrote and supported its message.
If we continue to major shame on a larger scale, we’ll most likely study subjects we don’t care for and will perform poorly in our studies. If we don’t enjoy what we’re doing, it will be much harder for us to succeed in the long run.
Being in a single is not the most luxurious experience in the world. There are many perks to having your own space, but the social drawbacks are much more impactful.
President Trump was right to rescind President Obama’s unconstitutional DACA executive order. He was also right to call for Congress to send him a bill making DACA U.S. law.
We place too high of a value on the number of choices we’re offered and we’re so in love with the agency we have that we don’t stop to consider how daunting it all is.