Guest Columns
Sydney Freedman | What I heard in my five hours at the Walkout for Palestine
Guest Columnist Sydney Freedman recounts her experience as a Jewish student at the Walkout for Palestine to add perspective on how a demonstration of solidarity and support turned into a breeding ground for hate.
Steven Weitzman | Moving beyond public statements
Guest Columnist Steven Weitzman, offering his perspective as a professor of Jewish Studies, calls on the Penn community to address long term institutional weaknesses in light of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Faresi Alfaresi | Penn must not succumb to post-9/11 hysterics and anti-Arab rhetoric
Guest Columnist Faresi Alfaresi asserts that while Magill’s statement emphasizes much-needed and long-overdue solidarity with the Jewish community, the Arab and Muslim communities continue to suffer in the shadow the University has always cast onto them.
Scott Bok | Setting the record straight
Guest columnist and Chair of Penn’s Board of Trustees Scott Bok responds to the recent letter from Marc Rowan, calling on the Penn community to work together and move forward in difficult times.
Eyal Yakoby | Speaking louder than before: Penn's second chance to reject antisemitism
Guest Columnist Eyal Yakoby calls on Penn to speak up and reject antisemitism in the wake of recent attacks from Hamas on Israel, redeeming itself following the Palestine Writes Literature Festival.
United RAs at Penn | Why we’re voting to unionize
United RAs at Penn explain the need for a union and urge RAs to vote yes.
Members of Penn's Jewish community | Support Palestine Writes: An open letter to university administrators
Members of Penn's Jewish community sign a letter in support of the Palestine Writes Literature Festival.
Noah Rubin | An open letter to Jewish students at Penn
Noah Rubin urges fellow students at Penn to utilize their positions within campus organizations to support the Jewish community and Israel.
Max Brody | In defense and in celebration of the humanities pre-med
Guest columnist Max Brody reflects on why the humanities prove to be an essential tool for pre-meds on their journey to medical school and beyond.
Palestine Writes: Perspectives from the Penn community
Members of the Penn community share their thoughts and perspectives about the upcoming Palestinian Writes Literature Festival.
Eitan Linhart | Responding to Palestine Writes: Why we should call out hate speech
Guest Columnist Eitan Linhart counters supporters of the Palestine Writes Literature Festival, detailing the antisemitic background of some of its speakers and arguing that the university should not support an event promoting hate speech.
Eyal Yakoby | How the BDS movement impedes discussion and espouses antisemitism
Guest Columnist Eyal Yakoby explains the Boycott, Divest, and Sanction movement’s fraudulent goals, and its connection to students on Penn’s campus.
36 Penn Faculty | Letter in support of the Palestine Writes Literature Festival
36 Penn faculty members sign a letter in support of the Palestine Writes Literature Festival.
Tara Tarawneh | Palestine Writes: Why Penn should protect its students from colonial backlash
Guest Columnist Tara Tarawneh argues that the Palestine Writes Literature Festival has been facing undue backlash, subjecting Arab and Palestinian students at Penn to an extremely harmful narrative.
Madison Weiss | Campus Apartments' rampant history of code violations
Guest columnist Madison Weiss discusses poor conditions in housing managed by Adelman's company and Adelman's push to build the 76ers stadium.
Farah Sayed | Penn must provide immediate support to sexual assault survivors
Guest Columnist Farah Sayed exposes the neglectful and inconsiderate treatment she received from Penn after surviving a sexual assault.
Aidan Nash | Life beyond Locust: The disappearing act of upperclassmen engagement
Guest columnist Aidan Nash examines the decline of upperclassmen engagement at Penn, and what the administration can do to increase it.
Amy C. Offner and Emily Steinlight | Faculty should not participate in Penn’s anti-union campaigns
Guest columnists and professors Amy C. Offner and Emily Steinlight argue that Penn’s anti-union campaigns aim to interfere with workers’ right to organize, and that they threaten faculty members’ ability to do their jobs with integrity.
Suhani Patel | Why we should have a mandatory CIS class at Penn
Guest columnist Suhani Patel recommends adding a mandatory introductory computer science class to Penn's general education curriculum.