Ellen Kim: Night and Day

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Ellen Kim * 7:00AM* “Coffee. You need your cup of joe, Sam.” Sam thought the voice in his head would finally shut up after a good night’s sleep, yet there it is again. He washes up, gets dressed, and satisfies his daily craving for an Americano; now he is … Read more

Subash Poudel: One Step at a Time

Posted on April 6th, 2015 by Subash Poudel Engineering has been all about the intricacies of differentiation and integration of partial and ordinary differential equations. Four years have past at UPenn dwelling in numbers and formulas that I barely understood. I was even more confused about using those results and methods when it came to … Read more

Kelsey Gliva: Liberty

Posted on April 4th 2015, by Kelsey Gliva It’s 9:00 AM on a Monday morning, and Philadelphia’s Independence Hall is almost entirely vacant – a treasured rarity.  The sprawling green space sandwiched between the Liberty Bell and the Constitution Center is usually packed with students on field trips and large tour groups, but today this … Read more

Jing Liu: Time Heals

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Jing Liu Yang is a friend of mine.  I met him in class in 2014 and my first impression of him was cold and unfriendly.  He seldom talked and he was always by himself.  We didn’t even say hello until we were assigned to the same study group half … Read more

Kevin Lu: Blank Space

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Kevin Lu Everyone has his or her own space. It’s often bottled up deep inside of oneself where few outsiders have ever seen, much less have access to. It is in this space where our deepest emotions truly lay: happiness when we recall a distant memory, silly random thoughts, … Read more