Opinion Columnists
Toe the Line: College Republicans | It's time for solutions
College Republicans supports immigration reform. Unlike what some GOP candidates have recently discussed, the immigration reform that we support does not feature a 55-foot wall or mass deportation as its focal point.
Alessandro van den Brink | The Myth of Political Obligation
Last week, The Harvard Crimson published an article by student Ian Mullane titled “The Privileged Liberal.” The piece is a quite vicious attack against students of wealthy or “privileged” backgrounds who happen to identify as liberal, a stance which Mullane believes is hypocritical.
Ben Facey | Summer plans
I go to Penn, so obviously I am freaking out about what I am going to do this summer. It is already almost March and I do not have clear plans for June, so obviously I am already behind where I am supposed to be.
Emily Hoeven | Bringing sexy back
Spring break filled your newsfeed with not only your friends’ pictures in Puerto Rico, Cabo, Miami Beach or various Alternate Spring Break locations, but also with the breaking news that Kim Kardashian had broken the Internet once again with her post of a nude selfie.
Clara Jane Hendrickson | Losing ourselves online
As I waited for my bus to Maine, I readied myself to spend three weeks off the grid by mindlessly scrolling through my Instagram feed.
Cameron Dichter | Students versus the Board of Trustees
Given the rapid pace of climate change, bringing an end to global warming may seem like an impossible task.
Louis Capozzi | The combover in chief
Donald Trump will defeat Hillary Clinton and become the next president of the United States. To those vehemently insisting that the primaries are ongoing, Trump’s sweeping Super Tuesday triumph makes his eventual victory almost mathematically certain.
Rita Wegner | Power down the endowment
Three years ago, Sarah Allan spoke to the University Council, urging Penn to divest its endowment from the fossil fuel industry.
Alec Ward | A firing in Missouri
Last Thursday evening, the University of Missouri’s Board of Curators announced the dismissal of Assistant Professor of Communications Melissa Click, who garnered national attention last year when she was caught on video confronting a student journalist who was attempting to take pictures of a protest in which Click was participating. In the video, Click confronts the photographer, grabbing his camera and gesticulating angrily in his face.
Amanda Reid | Constructing home
My first experience with the cultural houses was during a meet and greet hosted by Pan-Asian American Community House.
Joe Tharakan | Being an "alpha dog"
Recently I binge-watched the fifth season of Suits, a legal drama airing on USA Network. Suits has some realistic parts and some very unrealistic parts. The simplest aspects of the show are true.
Claudia Li | Bad Week
CLAUDIA LI is a College sophomore from Santa Clara, Calif.
Meerabelle Jesuthasan | Inside out
Imagine coming here from a country where you, a well-off expat, were used to a lifestyle that was pretty exorbitant and exceptional by most standards.
Toe the Line: Penn Democrats | Justice Scalia's Replacement Should Get a Timely Hearing
The sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia on Feb. 13 almost immediately became a dominant news story in American politics.
Alessandro Van Den Brink | Quality investment
Penn’s total budget allocates approximately 7.6 billion dollars for expenditures during the 2016 fiscal year.
Emily Hoeven | A cliché culture
Every week in my creative writing class, the most common critique of people’s writing has been that it is too cliche . When I wrote my first short story assignment, I was careful to not include any cliches in any aspect of the story, whether in regard to the phrasing, the plot or the characters.
Alec Ward | Heretic in heels
At Caitlyn Jenner’s speech last Wednesday evening, once the question and answer began, I didn’t have to wait long for the question I’d come to Irvine expecting to hear.
Cameron Dichter | Sanders, Trump and the threat of Democracy
No one would disagree that this has been an unpredictable election cycle. But perhaps the biggest surprise is the success of two very unlikely candidates, Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump.