Word on the Street
Word on the street
Election Reflection: Ariana Martino C'18
An open letter to everyone who brought us here,
This means you, Trump supporters, third party voters, protest voters, self-righteous abstainers and the like!
by ARIANA MARTINO
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Election Reflection: Annabelle Williams W'20
To all those Penn students despairing today.
by ANNABELLE WILLIAMS
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Election Reflection: Kat McKay C'17
I want to add a comment about an element of this election that has struck me particularly deeply.
by KAT MCKAY
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Election Reflection: Nora Lueth N'16, GN'18
On Tuesday, I stood in line for over two hours to vote and I was ecstatic to do so.
by NORA LUETH
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Election Reflection: Stephanie Tang
America, you and I have had a rocky relationship.
I have idealized you for my entire life. I was always told, ever since I was little, that you were the land of hope, the land of freedom and justice and endless possibility.
by STEPHANIE TANG
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Election Reflection: Chris Mountanos C'20
A country built on equality and freedom has elected a President that goes against everything we believe in.
by CHRIS MOUNTANOS
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Election Reflection: Orly Greenberg C'18
I have a theory about being a third child: either you’re quiet or you make yourself heard.
by ORLY GREENBERG
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Election Reflection: Angela Huang C'19
At 3 AM this morning, I held one of my best friends in my arms while he sobbed, cradling his face in his hands.
by ANGELA HUANG
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Election Reflection: Emily Johns C'17
On Wednesday morning I felt like my voice had been ripped out of me.
by EMILY JOHNS
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Election Reflection: Heba Arshad W'18
In high school, I was voted "most likely to become president.” I’m laughing at the irony.
by HEBA ARSHAD
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Caroline Guenoun W'18
I planned to watch the election results with a couple of friends while I studied for my exam the next day.
by CAROLINE GUENOUN
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Election Reflection: Sophie Beren C'17
A friend once told me, “The minute you realize that the rest of the world doesn’t think like you, that’s when you grow.”
by SOPHIE BEREN
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Election Reflection: Noah Katcher W'17
I grew up next to a farm, in the middle of nowhere.
by NOAH KATCHER
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Election Reflection: Olivia Nelson W'17
My parents moved to this country nearly 25 years ago. I wish I could say that being born and growing up in America has always made me feel like I belonged, but it has not.
by OLIVIA NELSON
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Election Reflection: Ian Jeong N '17
There is a long silence between you and your best friend. You don’t speak, you two don’t reach out.
by IAN JEONG
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America the Selfish
Buying the right to vote isn't always an option
by SOFIE PRAESTGAARD
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Election Reflection: Darlene Hodge Rodriguez C'20
This election filled me with so much hate and anger. My heart was heavy and the way I was feeling was incredibly unfamiliar.
by DARLENE HODGE RODRIGUEZ
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Election Reflection: Jamie–Lee Josselyn
“This is what America looks like! Show me what America sounds like!”
by JAMIE-LEE JOSSELYN
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Election Reflection: Caleb Chodosh C'18
Campus felt different on Wednesday. The unthinkable, unprecedented, incomprehensible happened. On Friday January 17, in the year 2017, Donald J.
by CALEB CHODOSH
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