The twerk used to be just a bouncy dance that came of age in a culture where people just wanted to get down and have a good time. It was good, clean fun.

Demeaning the Penn State name is just another identity crisis of our University.

Many professionals in the corporate world spend plenty of time on public interest projects. Unfortunately, few students — including myself over the past few years — know about these people.

Rather than feeling more oriented to Penn, all of this has left me feeling a bit lost and confused.

In most situations, hugs are an inordinately intimate greeting. Sometimes I find myself in the grasp of a hug with someone who I’d never even had a one-on-one conversation with.

Over the summer, transitioning from a loud college student to a perfectly postured professional was tough.

While the boycott has succeeded in raising awareness, the philosophy of it is misguided.

If other minorities can have developed characters — think Kurt from “Glee” or Sophia from “Orange is the New Black” — why can’t Asian-Americans?

Over the past week, as freshmen have become oriented (or disoriented) on campus, their sex appeal is at its peak.

Originally, I wasn’t quite sure what I wanted from my time off, but now I realize that what I wanted was a renewed sense of hope and imagination. And I’m happy to say that I found that.

After New York summers spent at Nickelodeon and in the food business, we got a preview of how our two-brained efforts at Penn will soon translate into the professional world.

When I graduate at the end of this year, I’ve been promised my own sandwich printed on the Bui’s food truck menu.

I always wanted to move to New York City. Ironically, now that I’m at the age where moving to New York on my own is a possibility, I’m coming up with more cons than pros.

In elementary school, I made an unhealthy amount of lists. I was, to say the least, the opposite of an impulsive child. Earlier this week, however, I jumped out of a plane.

As I have learned, peppering racial tensions with humor combats an uncomfortable situation because it counteracts a negative vibe with the positive lightness that comes with humor.