By The Daily Pennsylvanian
04/19/13 12:21am
While this bill was not a large step, it was progress, it was momentum, it could have been precedent. With it, we could have moved forward — still together — and talked about what more we could do. The fact that we can do nothing is just ridiculous.
By The Daily Pennsylvanian
04/18/13 12:46am
We’re not saying underage drinking is not a crime and that certain persons are above the law. We are saying that the police weren’t enforcing the law — they were enforcing Fling.
By The Daily Pennsylvanian
12/05/12 1:56am
Penn should have exercised its authority by addressing the building violations in a more proactive manner.
By The Daily Pennsylvanian
11/30/12 1:41am
Penn will be relying on you to achieve its goal of interviewing all applicants by 2015. So sign up as soon as you graduate.
By The Daily Pennsylvanian
11/20/12 1:34am
While pro-Israel and pro-Palestine students have condemned the killing of civilians on these very pages, they’ve also voiced seemingly irreconcilable views on the conflict. No resolution or coalition will be achieved unless students on both sides of the aisle are willing to listen to each other.
By The Daily Pennsylvanian
11/13/12 1:30am
Dephanie Jao’s encounter happened on Locust Walk around 9:40 p.m. Sexual assaults happen to one in four college women in the United States.
By The Daily Pennsylvanian
11/07/12 3:05am
Voting shouldn’t be an uphill battle. It should be an easy process — one that unites the country and invites everyone to have a say.
By The Daily Pennsylvanian
11/05/12 2:25am
The Daily Pennsylvanian endorses Bob Casey Jr. for Congress, Kathleen Kane for Attorney General, Robert McCord for State Treasurer and Eugene DePasquale for Auditor General
By The Daily Pennsylvanian
11/05/12 2:16am
We’re voting for Obama to be on the right side of history — to stand behind policies that respond to this country’s place in an increasingly globalized community.
By The Daily Pennsylvanian
10/31/12 1:37am
While Sandy left our campus largely unscathed, the University was prepared for much worse.
By The Daily Pennsylvanian
10/16/12 1:35am
Affirmative action has its flaws. But it is the only tried and true method to achieve the same diversity that we currently see in higher education.
By The Daily Pennsylvanian
10/12/12 1:41am
Since our lives are inextricably tied to technology, learning to secure data will pay huge dividends in the future.
By The Daily Pennsylvanian
10/10/12 1:42am
Beyond the obvious drawback of preventing new groups from enlivening the extracurricular scene, the moratorium is an embarrassment to Penn.
By The Daily Pennsylvanian
07/25/12 10:18pm
While detractors have criticized the unprecedented nature of the penalty against Penn State, the response was justified by the unprecedented nature of an atrocity enabled by a culture of football worship.
By The Daily Pennsylvanian
07/18/12 9:30pm
On Tuesday, Penn announced a rewriting of the sexual violence policy. We commend Penn on the revision, in particular the updates to its definitions — which include a more detailed definition of consent — and the inclusion of a list of support resources for victims of sexual violence.
By The Daily Pennsylvanian
07/11/12 9:47pm
With a student debt crisis mounting — Americans owe more student loan debt than credit card debt — and college tuition continuing to rise, the bleeding must be stopped.
By The Daily Pennsylvanian
07/04/12 1:36pm
As the election season heats up, the Supreme Court has left it to the voters to decide whether the Affordable Care Act is good policy — or whether it unjustly punishes people for inactivity. While there are short-term benefits for students, the long-term consequences are yet to be seen.
By The Daily Pennsylvanian
06/20/12 10:19pm
Penn has made significant strides in closing the achievement gap. Despite progress that has been reported, however, the University must not become complacent. There is still work to be done, and the University must constantly revise its programs to attract the best and brightest, regardless of background.
By The Daily Pennsylvanian
06/13/12 10:08pm
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed ban on big sugary drinks would fail to have any significant impact. Reforms beyond the limited scope of this proposal are necessary to combat the ever-expanding waistlines of America’s cities.
By The Daily Pennsylvanian
05/24/12 11:49am
As one of the first universities in the nation to adopt measures to reduce tax inequality based on sexual orientation, Penn once again has proven itself a leader in promoting LGBT equality.
By Yessenia Gutierrez
06/12/13 5:37pm
As I looked down at my pins, I started thinking about my need to physically display my personality. Why was it so important to me that people could recognize the pride colors on my wrist, the Guatemalan flag on my books, the soy product brand on my bookbag? Thinking back to PrideDay, I realize that this need might not be unique to me.
By Matt Mantica
06/12/13 5:35pm
A rising surveillance state and an already stark decline in privacy points to a future where hardly anything one says or does can be private for long from the extensive gaze of the United States government. Unless we do something about it
By Jennifer Yu
06/12/13 5:33pm
As we go to work and take on an ever greater list of responsibilities, from drafting emails to creating presentations to writing memos, it becomes increasingly important to remember that taking professional responsibility is a commitment that we all must honor.
By Brenda Wang
06/05/13 7:02pm
The issue is that we have become so consumed by our own name that we don’t really know who we are. I can’t help but detect a frisson of desperation when the University slathers the Ivy League label on every possible surface. What exactly is under all that Ivy?
By Laura Petro
06/05/13 7:00pm
As students who spend the majority of our year in this community, it is our responsibility to do something about a pervasive, threatening issue — hunger.
By Peter Yin
06/05/13 6:58pm
All of us encounter a myriad of decisions every day, whether big or small. From choosing our major or what classes to take to whether or not we should watch just one more episode of Gilmore Girls before going to bed, we all have to make decisions. It would seem that, with so much practice, decision-making should be a skill we have all mastered by now.
By Matt Mantica
05/29/13 10:12pm
Penn is in a position to influence more than the approximately 6,000 smokers on campus. Banning smoking would not only serve as an incentive for these individuals to lead a healthier lifestyle but may also have an effect on our peer institutions that are in need of change just as much as we are.
By Jennifer Yu
05/29/13 10:03pm
The lifelike drama of it all is only amplified by its unpredictability. Sports take on grand storylines, featuring a landscape of conflicts and climaxes and heroes and villains to rival any fairy tale. It’s drama that is fundamentally human on one of the largest of stages.
By Yessenia Gutierrez
05/22/13 11:10pm
Just know that fulfilling a requirement is not the same as understanding a language or its accompanying culture. Learning the language means little without learning about its people.
By Jennifer Yu
05/22/13 11:05pm
Summer is 12 weeks of limited responsibility and people who are just as willing to try new, potentially regrettable things as you are. Take advantage of this, and never be afraid to make some mistakes along the way.
By Divya Ramesh
05/22/13 10:36pm
Few blame banks and bank tellers who don’t realize their role as teachers. Their subject of expertise is the credit card system, but their problem is their method of instruction. It is not conducive to the learning style of the average American consumer.
By Anjali Tsui
05/10/13 1:06am
I’ve always struggled to be in one place at a time. In 2009, I unpacked my global baggage into a 9-by-10-foot box in Hill College House. I had a British passport and an American accent. I spoke fluent Chinese, but I wasn’t really Chinese.
By Dan Nessenson
05/10/13 1:06am
I had to hit rock bottom in order to see it. I hadn’t been accepting of my situation before then to understand that all I needed to do was say yes.
By Nadine Zylberberg
05/10/13 1:06am
“Something” has been tacked on to our beloved millennial moniker, so it’s well worth consideration.
By Liz Jacobs
05/10/13 1:06am
These were the times when I was fully present, living Penn to its fullest in the most unassuming way possible. I was just there, in the moment, because where else would I want to be?
By Spencer Small
05/10/13 1:06am
Schoolwork was secondary to adventures, from studying abroad to going across town to get a 4 a.m. cheesesteak. That’s where I learned the most — life lessons, not classroom lessons.
By Dana Tom
05/10/13 1:06am
Many of us spend our time in college with an end goal, but I can honestly say, I’m not sure what exactly I was chasing this whole time.
By Christine Chen
04/24/13 12:57am
As much as I’d love to write my farewell column using only Wharton memes, none of these tidbits caught my eye as much as this gem: Write a piece of semi-autobiographical detective fiction.
By Lauren Agresti
04/24/13 12:54am
Writing personal essays is more like diving into the crowd, grabbing people out of their seats and making them dance with you. This is where I feel at home.
By Rachel del Valle
04/22/13 11:20pm
I do keep a journal, sort of. I can look back on it with minimal discomfort, and I don’t have to search through memorabilia boxes to find it. It’s my Facebook profile.
