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ODDS Penn professor studies black students’ success NICOLE RUBIN Staff Reporter
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A recent study by a Penn associate professor explores how black men achieve success at predominantly white colleges and universities. Associate professor and Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education Shaun Harper’s research focused on how these students resist the internalization of racist stereotypes, rather than just describing the hazardous effects of racism.
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“I knew that there could be something learned from those of us who were excelling,” Harper said. “We probably should study those who have actually been successful, which was the whole point of this national study.” Though his study states that he “conducted interviews with black male achievers at thirty predominantly white colleges and universities,” Harper said that the students in this study prefer to stay away from the term “high-achievers” to describe themselves. “It’s a cringe word for the
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Caitlyn Jenner answers to criticism
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Every student at Penn has probably shared a hall or a building with a professor or two during their time in college. Though it might sound odd to those unfamiliar with Penn’s residential system, faculty fellows are an important part of the College House system. For the year or few years that students live on campus, they enjoy professors’ company, go to them for advice or take advantage of the occasional baked good. But for professors, their stints living on campus are much longer and more meaningful. English professor Toni Bowers came to Penn in the early 1990’s and was immediately drawn to the College House system. A single parent, she thought it would be an ideal set-up for her and her son. They moved into Kings Court English College House which was, at the time, SEE PROFESSORS PAGE 6
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Jenner spoke about gender identity, career at SPEC event MADELEINE LAMON Contributing Reporter
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Caitlyn Jenner explained the conflict between her transgender identity and conservative Republican beliefs, and her experiences after transitioning.
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While she doesn’t see herself as a spokesperson, Caitlyn Jenner is committed to the fight. Wednesday night, in an event co-sponsored by the Social Planning and Events Committee and QPenn’s week of LGBTQ awareness, Jenner spoke to a packed audience in Irvine Auditorium. In a discussion moderated by Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and author Buzz Bissinger, Jenner opened up to the audience about her career and lifelong struggles with gender dysphoria. “I’m ready to talk about an issue
most people don’t understand,” Jenner said. For Jenner, that issue — the question of gender identity — has been a constant presence in her mind throughout her life. “For somebody in my community, that question goes through your head 24 hours a day, 365 days a year,” Jenner said. “Who am I?” Donning a white blouse and yellow pants, Jenner relaxed on stage in her armchair, set intimately next to Bissinger, a Penn alumnus. The conversation, while dominated by Jenner, showed hints of the established and well-known friendship between the two. Bissinger was first connected to Jenner when he published his story SEE CAITLYN PAGE 2
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