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Save Time With Internship Applications By Sending Your Resume Straight to the Trash

(04/28/21 6:42pm)

With the semester almost over, Penn students are on the final sprint to send out as many applications as possible to try to net a summer internship. From big-name companies like McKinsey and Tesla, down to random unknown start-ups, Penn students are desperate to get mentally and physically exploited for low pay and experience. 







Penn Introduces Summer Stay, Graduation Stay: You're Staying Here Forever

(03/15/21 1:17am)

First you stay here for spring break and labor tirelessly studying for your fifty-four midterms next week. Then you stay here for the summer, slaving away in some obscure lab researching things you don’t understand. And then after that, you think you are free as you walk across the stage and they hand you a shiny piece of paper. 



McDonald's Flag is Always at Half Mast Because They Don't Have Anyone Tall Enough To Put It at Full

(03/05/21 5:49pm)

Keen-eyed passerbyers will note that the McDonald’s on Walnut and 40th always has its American flag at half mast. Symbolically, flags flying at half-mast usually signify some sort of grieving, so this begs the question, what is McDonald’s constantly grieving about?



Penn Is Forcing Meal Plans on Sophomores So that Dining Workers Are Paid More, Right?

(04/01/21 4:00am)

 Penn recently announced that it would force sophomores in the 2021-2022 school year to purchase meal plans. Generally, this decision has angered many sophomores, calling it a “blatant cash grab”. However, before we judge the school for grabbing money from children, we must understand the university’s motives.









US Joins Haiti, Iraq, and Other “Shithole Countries” in Anti-Abortion Coalition

(12/02/20 10:08am)

Last month, the United States signed the “Geneva Consensus Declaration” which supports the advancement of women in the family by denying access to abortion. The co-sponsors and co-signers of the declaration include countries with flawless human and women’s rights records, like Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Haiti, and the Congo. 






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