by David Wagner | Feb 28, 2021
This week, I watched Dr. Jacob’s lecture on race relations at Penn State and discrimination in the workplace. The lecture stayed largely on those topics, but briefly at the beginning, he spoke a bit about psychology and about some of his colleagues’ research. One of...
by David Wagner | Feb 14, 2021 |
In class this week, the effectiveness of the first wellness day was discussed. I was not there to contribute my opinion, but due to my standing as a second-semester senior and the general lack of credits that accompany the title, I don’t know that I’m the most...
by David Wagner | Feb 6, 2021
In his article “Covid–19, Pandemic Triage, and the Polymorphism of Justice”, Jonathan Marks lays out his explanation of how the 2020-2021 pandemic has highlighted inequities in the United States, especially along the lines of race and class. I have seen this sort of...
by David Wagner | Jan 31, 2021
A lot has happened in the news and in our society since the beginning of this pandemic. While COVID-19 will surely be remembered as the worst headline of the early 2020s, a number of other enormous, often unprecedented events have occurred and continue to occur. The...
by David Wagner | Jan 24, 2021
During my extended winter break, I’ve kept my promise to myself and tried to remain productive. Before the break started, I pledged that I would try not to waste this time, and while I did not accomplish all of the goals I had set out to achieve, I am proud to say...
by David Wagner | Dec 7, 2020 |
I sit here in great joy that the semester will soon be over. Since mid-October, when my workload became too great for me to bear peacefully, I have awaited a time when I can transition my energy from busywork assignments to my own personal projects I am passionate...
by David Wagner | Dec 1, 2020 |
It is hardly a controversial statement to say that the American news media has not taken the most responsible approach to covering the Covid-19 pandemic, but their either complete nonchalance or utter fear mongering panic (depending on the network) does hold some...
by David Wagner | Nov 8, 2020
In a 2am chat with some friends this weekend, conversation shifted onto the topic of our childhoods and the things we used to have fun doing. We talked about make-believe games, action figures, legos. Strangely, the one thing none of us brought up were sports. To...
by David Wagner | Nov 4, 2020 |
Like most Americans, I was watching the election last night. As of writing this, there is still no clear winner. I doubt that the winner will be explicitly clear for many days, perhaps even a week or two. But this isn’t surprising. In 2016, I was confident Trump...
by David Wagner | Oct 25, 2020
We are now over halfway through the semester, and much more than halfway through our time on campus. Student organizations are still not allowed to meet in-person, though. I think this is the worst COVID-19 policy that Penn State has laid out by far, and I want to...
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