What’s Life Like Living in Philadelphia, Part 5 from Penn State University! And What about Non HBCU’s?

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This is Part of the series, What’s Life Like Living in Philadelphia? From Penn State University. Question: Is Penn State a Philly school? Yes, and No. Technically, they are within the greater Philadelphia region and are closely connected to the city. There is a deep symbiotic relationship between the college and the city, in that both the students and staff at the college and the Philly residents consider the school to be a Philly school. Moreover, locals are fed into the school and enjoy some discounts from living in Philly and attending the University. However, geographically, the school is located right at the border of Philadelphia and Abington, where the school is actually located. But relationships go beyond borders and boundaries and such is the terms of their proximity.Spotify Link to Season 4 Episode 24 

We met up with some students from Penn State for the Podcast series and asked: “What’s life Like Living in Philadelphia” or your city and how do they compare? What is life like at Penn State? The first group of students we talked with were four young men; one reside in D.C. and the others are from Philly but they all live on the campus. They were all concerned about the violence in Philly but said that they are in the nicer parts, but yet find it exciting and fun in Philly city despite the violence.  Another young man in the group said that he was scared for his life and loved ones. 

The second group of students were International students from China who revealed that they wanted to stay in the U.S. after they completed their studies at Penn State. We discussed with them that this may be possible with the new decision by the courts allowing international students to work in the country after they graduate. According to the article we obtained from Georgetown University LinkedIn page: 


A U.S. appeals court has affirmed a federal program that allows international students to live and work in the U.S. after they graduate — a decision that Georgetown and 150 other universities advocated for in a 2021 amicus brief. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a 2016 update to the federal government’s Optional Practical Training (OPT) program, which allows international students to work in the U.S. for up to three years after they complete their degree, (https://bit.ly/3VbIGcj - Via Georgetown University LinkedIn Page, on 10/11, 2021, see the full article at Georgetown Applauds U.S. Appeals Court Decision To Allow International Students To Work in U.S. - Georgetown University). 

We then transitioned into another segment where we interviewed a young lady, Destiny, while at Chick-Fi-La Northeast Philadelphia, who stated that she wanted to move out of Philly because it is “unsafe”. When asked, where would you move to? She replied, “to Miami”. We then discussed whether Miami is actually the best place for certain demographics and the standard of living there and minimum wage. After the discussion, she stated that it is something that she needs to explore further but wants to go to Penn State University and is exploring that possibility.

 

After our interview with Destiny the other college students, it leads us to ask, “What About Students from Non HBCU’s? Such as Penn State, Georgetown and Penn? We raise that question and discuss this issue in segment 4 of the episode due to yet another Stephen A Smith’s backed, ESPN/Firsttake program that supports HBCU students. There has been a myriad of programs and awareness surrounding HBCU’s but there are black and brown students who are doing well at non HBCU’s who need support and help but there has been little to none. We need more awareness and support from people like Stephen A. Smith on raising awareness and supporting Black and Brown students from Non-HBCU’s. We play an excerpt of First Take and then discuss the issue with Maurice Smith, a guest contributor and Analyst on the show. 


We wrapped up the episode with a Message from (Rev.) Renaldo C. McKenzie the host who is currently at Georgetown doing a Doctorate and graduated from University of Penn, and author of “Neoliberalism, Globalization, Income Inequality, Poverty and Resistance,” 

Dream, but don’t dream sleeping, 

Pray, but don’t pray sitting, 

Believe and have faith, 

but stay away from the negative and naysayers

Renaldocmckenzie.com


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