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As you can see, the opinion page looks a little different today. The staff list has moved to page two; the columnists' photos have moved, as have their biographic information; a daily statistic has been added to the top of the page. The biggest change, however, comes not in the page's design but in its content.
It just got a little easier to apply to the University of Pennsylvania; Penn will now by accepting the Common Application in addition to its own custom application. Instead of applauding the decision, last week's editorial in The Daily Pennsylvanian criticized the move because, it said, "Penn will become just another member of the Common crowd.
Professors are inconsistent. If you are lucky, you have professors who make appropriate use of Web resources, assemble a reasonable reading list and are open to feedback. If you are me, your professors are unable use computers, assign entire books to be read in a two-day period, don't accept constructive criticism, struggle with their English and hate redheads like me.