Unfortunately, The Daily Pennsylvanian has revealed its severe miscomprehension of this very basic point and, in fact, has worried us with the very serious prospect of our suppressed speech.

Agreeing to speak at Penn was a political move for Modi — it would have assisted him in obtaining legitimacy for his “developmental” agenda, while simultaneously erasing his involvement with the Godhra riots.

I am dismayed by the lack of critical thinking evinced in The Daily Pennsylvanian’s editorial, which drew a specious analogy between what Narendra Modi’s keynote at the Wharton India Economic Forum could have been and what Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s 2007 speech at Columbia was.

Unlike the opposition to the BDS conference, the motivation behind the anti-Modi campaign had little (if anything) to do with the substance of what Modi planned to say.

As members of the Penn faculty, we have shared our views on the mishandling of Modi’s invitation and are gratified that students at Penn rightly perceive this kerfuffle singularly as a matter of free speech.

Under Modi, Gujarat has experienced dramatic growth in per capita income, but this has coexisted with statistics for basic human development indices that are below the natural average in a third world country.

The discussion event, sponsored by Moral Voices, featured a Lauder professor of political science Brendan O’Leary and Associate Director of the Africa Center Ali Ali-Dinar.

Last night’s keynote address for the third annual Symposium for Awareness of South Asian Issues elicited a strong response among the audience.

After over 30 years, Gregory College House will finally receive a renovation.The $5 million project was approved by the University’s Board of Trustees on February 28.

Last night at Harrison Auditorium in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, representatives of cities around the world convened for a discussion entitled, “Food Systems in the 21st Century City.”

Two days ago, U.S. News & World Report released its annual rankings for the best graduate school programs in the United States.

It’s no secret in the gymnastics community that a female competitor usually peaks around the age of 16, long before one enters college.

Wednesday afternoon, St. Josephs’s convincingly beat Penn, 5-0. The Hawks stole a lead early on in the first two innings and held on from there.

Theresa Picciallo has been a revelation for the Quakers as they look to compete for an Ivy Championship outdoors. The Upper Saddle River, N.J., native needed only two collegiate meets to break Penn’s 15-year old indoor shot put record, which she did with a throw of 14.11 meters in early January.

Though the Quakers (5-5) were never outplayed while visiting Towson (8-7), some late drama made Wednesday afternoon’s 5-4 win a little bit close for comfort.

Agatston Urban Nutrition Initiative’s launched student-supported Fruit Stands. Here, Penn students work with public school students to prepare and sell fruit, fruit salads and smoothies to their classmates during the school day.

Over the course of these 31 games, many words have been spent on the Quakers’ ability to stay energized. But the Red and Blue, Hicks in particular, fed off of the Palestra crowd against Princeton.