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Articles by Agatha Advincula

05/15/22 1:16pm

Agatha Advincula | ‘We're going forward, but nothing changes.’

Agatha Advinculca, former DP opinion deputy editor, takes an existential look at her past four years at the DP and Penn.

03/31/22 3:14pm

Agatha Advincula | Dear Accepted Students: Here’s What to Expect at Penn

Columnist Agatha Advincula advises incoming college students on what they should know about Penn.

01/27/21 12:03pm

Agatha Advincula | Undergrad deans: we’re still in a global pandemic. That is our extenuating circumstance.

Little has changed since the pandemic began, so why are Penn's deans trying to shift the culture of the pass/fail option which gives students the flexibility to avoid pandemic-induced educational disruptions?

12/10/20 1:08am

Agatha Advincula | Finding hope and strength at Penn in the new year

Within the confines of a Zoom call, Penn’s community still continues to thrive. Keeping the fighter’s mindset of 2020 will help us prepare for another year of unknowns.

10/28/20 3:30pm

Agatha Advincula | Religion doesn't excuse indifference

Forrest Church, a prominent theologian and Unitarian Universalist wrote, “We are not human because we think. We are human because we care.” So let’s start acting like it.

07/15/20 2:33pm

Agatha Advincula | We need to follow Penn’s Student Campus Compact

Based on the idea that we are all responsible enough to look out for each other, the Student Campus Compact places the onus on us to make the safest choices.

06/09/20 7:17pm

Agatha Advincula | Online classes do not align with a “Penn” education

This abstracted version of Penn’s community, though inspiring, still fails to provide students with one of Penn’s core values: engagement.

05/17/20 10:16am

Agatha Advincula | Don’t squander the right to vote

No one is morally impure for accepting Biden as the clearest way forward.

04/29/20 10:30pm

Agatha Advincula | Preparing for uncertainty in uncertain times

It’s okay to be scared and still make contingency plans. It’s okay to be frustrated with the ways in which Penn has often left us in the dark and it’s okay to be worried about the future.

02/26/20 8:44pm

Agatha Advincula | Voters should be wary of Bernie Sanders. Here’s why.

It is easy to look at Sanders’ numbers in the primaries and polls and feel as though he is destined to be the candidate. But Sanders’ political progressivism has never stood the test of the general public.