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Eashwar Kantemneni | Keeping an open mind

(05/16/24 7:00pm)

I have been a die-hard sports fan for as long as I can remember. Growing up, I was glued to my TV as I watched the Cavs and Warriors battle back-and-forth for four years straight in the NBA Finals, the Buckeyes destroyed that team up north every November for eight years straight (that will resume this fall), and my Bengals sadly following-up promising regular seasons with devastating playoff losses (thankfully that has changed). I would spend countless hours sharpening my sports knowledge and opinions through watching "First Take" and "Undisputed," or reading practically every article on ESPN.




Ben Messafi | The encampment is self-destructing

(05/07/24 7:05pm)

More than one week into the encampment on College Green, with over 150 incidents of antisemitism and harassment reported to Penn Hillel, the public endorsement of two United States-designated terrorist organizations, and two American flags planted near the encampment being forcibly removed and damaged by protesters, students have had enough. It is time to end this antisemitic and anti-American encampment now. 






Faresi Alfaresi | Stop invoking the ‘violent, raging, Arab’ stereotype

(05/06/24 6:45pm)

I am an international student from Kuwait — but many assume that I am American upon first meeting me. I have an American accent, tattoos, piercings, and no particular explicit indication of my identity as an Arab man; I do not wear a necklace in Arabic, and I have never worn Arab cultural attire around campus. So, why is it that I constantly have an opinion thrust upon me regarding campus protests and Israel-Palestine as a whole?


Ann Farnsworth-Alvear and Zita Cristina Nunes | Why Penn’s guidelines on open expression matter so much right now

(05/06/24 6:41pm)

We write as faculty members seeking to sound an alarm. We urge Penn administrators and the Board of Trustees not to use police force against on-campus protesters. Real, good-faith negotiation is the path forward. First, because it is more likely to restore calm on our campus. Second, because our University, rightly, has already committed itself to upholding the principle of free expression.






No. 10 Penn women’s lacrosse falls to No. 8 Yale in Ivy League Tournament Championship

(05/05/24 10:07pm)

In last year’s Ivy League Tournament championship game, top-seeded Penn women’s lacrosse took down Yale in overtime to complete its undefeated Ivy League season. This year, the roles were reversed as No. 8 Yale looked to beat No. 10 Penn for the second time this year to complete its own undefeated run of the Ancient Eight. 


Tulia Falleti | The billboard trucks are back

(05/04/24 5:29pm)

Yesterday morning, a billboard truck parked at the corner outside of my office on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus, at Walnut and 36th streets. It played a four-minute video loop of the Hamas terrorist attack of Oct. 7, 2023. These were horrific and painful images and sounds. Charred human bodies, a desperate mother fearing for her baby’s life, two young siblings crying and yelling that their older sister had been taken and was not coming back while their heartbroken parents tried in vain to console their children.