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2018 Presidential Report Card

It’s been a wild year in the jungle of politics, so I think it’s only right that we go back and look at what has happened over the past year.

Not defined by autoimmune

Let’s talk about autoimmune diseases, a category of chronic conditions that affects approximately 50 million Americans. This means that 1 in 5 people in the United States are diagnosed with one of the 100+ types of autoimmune diseases during their lifetime.

Reflections and afterthoughts

For my final column of the semester, you may be expecting me to reflect on my first semester of college. Initially, that was my idea as well, so I sat down to write and tried to think about the past three and a half months.

Report Card for Donald J. Trump: 2018

Classroom: Penn, 1600
Teacher: Kelly, J
Reporter: Doto, M


Dear Parent,
This report card is intended to update you on the progress of your child, Donald, in the year 2018.

In Defense of Wasps

“Save the whales!” “Save the pandas!” “Save the bees!” All are phrases commonly heard amongst so-called animal activists. One never sees this same cry of sympathy for some of America’s most valuable and beloved insects — wasps.

Thanksgiving Guilt Trip

The approach of Thanksgiving, that quintessential American holiday, has me brooding once again over scientists’ slanderous portrayals of Native Americans as bellicose brutes.

On confronting harassment

Over time, being harassed has become an inevitable disruption to the motions of everyday life. Everything from catcalling on the street by strangers to outright insults to threats of violence both online and in real life has become an inescapable drain of energy that women have begrudgingly learned to cope with.