Most Penn students live in a different reality from those at the heart of the Occupy Wall Street protests. In order to fairly assess the movement, we have to step into this other reality.
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Penn professors’ recent solidarity statement concerning the Occupy Wall Street movement misguides the aim of the protests.
Penn parents — prospective and present — should facilitate, not dictate, the career paths of their children.
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Dan Bernick
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Oct. 18, 2011
We can and should build a stronger community — athletics and beyond — at Penn. And it starts with the Line.
The problem with Penn professors’ Occupy Wall Street solidarity statement is that it takes what happened in a few months in 2008 and uses it to explain the entire financial crisis.
Where is the line between homage and plagiarism drawn? When does a clever tribute by Beyoncé overstep its legality?
Where is the line between homage and plagiarism drawn? When does a clever tribute by Beyoncé overstep its legality?
Penn professors’ recent solidarity statement concerning the Occupy Wall Street movement misguides the aim of the protests.
Penn parents — prospective and present — should facilitate, not dictate, the career paths of their children.
Even though it was easy to become annoyed by the freshman candidates, there is something we can learn from them.
We don’t tell applicants to dual-degree programs that no matter how talented or driven a student may be, doing two things instead of one has a substantial opportunity cost.
A ban on obese women receiving fertility treatment seems medically justified and rational.
This is the story of how Steve Jobs saved professional journalism from extinction and me from myself. (Or at least paved these roads.)
Those in positions of power and influence should treat their medical decisions just as they treat their words in the public sphere: very, very carefully. People are watching.
Talking about cancer in the context of science is easy. Talking about cancer in the context of life is something different altogether.
We must find a way to bring the national average SAT scores closer to those of Penn students.
What does Arianna Huffington, number 31, being divorced and having two children have to do with her selling The Huffington Post to AOL for $315 million earlier this year?
Thirty years ago, innovation in residential life was possible on Penn’s campus. Next week, it will be possible once again.
A recent sex survey by 34th Street magazine left me unsatisfied. I find this kind of exploitation of sex on a campus as lauded for its intellectualism as Penn rather surprising and, frankly, disgusting.
Pennsylvania needs to reform how it spends gambling-related revenue.
Is the definition of ‘femininity’ becoming just as misunderstood as ‘feminism’?
If Penn is to continue on “making history,” more women should be sought after for elected student government positions. There has been no female class board president in at least a decade and counting.
The correct response to cyber-bullying tragedies doesn’t lie in punishment.
