Guest Column by Celeste Marcus | Penn says, 'Make money, not history'

If some of us graduate with a commitment to humanistic values and a respect for other cultures, it is despite Penn’s ethos, not because of it.

Guest Column by Celeste Marcus | Netwerk it — a world without inwardness

Pressure to prove that we are a profitable connection, that we may be useful to know, is ubiquitous. We commodify ourselves, our friends, even our families.

Guest Column by Celeste Marcus | Communities of certainty

College students, whether they are secular or religious, are religious. That is, they have dogmas, cults, temples, scriptures, prooftexts, prophets, methods of absolution, and methods of excommunication.