Hannah Rosenfeld | Overcommitted

By hannah rosenfeld · Aug. 27, 2014

Hannah Rosenfeld is a College sophomore from Tokyo.

Maya Rawal | Trends that triumph

By Maya Rawal · Aug. 27, 2014

Internet trends pop up all the time. There is an important line to draw between those that stop short of catalyzing a larger, more impactful movement — like changing one’s profile picture — and those that do.

Guest column by Oyinkan Muraina | Advancing activism

By Oyinkan Muraina · Aug. 27, 2014

Worse still, these social media campaigns often fail in their most basic duty: to educate the masses. Little else can be expected when complicated crises are boiled down to 140 characters for easy digestion.

Sam Sherman | NSOver

By Sam Sherman · Aug. 27, 2014

Sam Sherman is a College junior from Marblehead, Mass. His email address is samsherman6@gmail.com.

Letter from the Editor | Revamped, revitalized, re-energized: This is the new DP

By Taylor Culliver · Aug. 26, 2014

Last January, I assured you that this group of editors and managers would be “coming at you differently, with fresh eyes and new perspectives.”We have challenged ourselves consistently throughout the year, working to find ways to push the envelope and imbue our work and our products with a new sense of energy.

Guest column by Amy Gutmann | Aim to engage!

By Amy Gutmann · Aug. 26, 2014

This summer, we created and I announced the President’s Engagement Prizes. These are annual, competitively-awarded prizes for Penn seniors to design and undertake fully-funded local, national or global engagement projects during the first year after they graduate from Penn. Prize recipients will receive $50,000 for one year of living expenses after graduation and up to $100,000 in project expenses.

Letter from the Editor | You are who you become

By Taylor Culliver · Aug. 20, 2014

To the Class of 2018: Think about the person you want to be and use Penn (and its myriad resources) to become that person.

Your Voice by Vaishak Kumar

By Vaishak Kumar · July 31, 2014

A response to Your Voice by Ellen Slack regarding the Gilles-Éric Séralini GMO study.

Jonathan Iwry | Mind over melancholy

By Jonathan Iwry · July 30, 2014

The outstandingly creative are frustrated with the ordinary; that’s what drives them to do extraordinary things.

Marjorie Ferrone | Women left out of Russian Europeanization

By Marjorie Ferrone · July 30, 2014

I’m not saying that the dawn of gender equality in Russia will be defined by risqué church-wear and male model stewards, but rather when society holds women and men to the same expectations.

Shawn Kelley | Civility under fire

By Shawn Kelley · July 29, 2014

It is time we stopped the verbal battery of others because we disagree with their opinions, and instead tackle the ideas with which we take issue.

Yuqian Li | What they don't teach you in textbooks

By Yuqian Li · July 28, 2014

Our job is not just to consider all sides of an issue, but to be skeptical and challenge modern practices instead of taking things as given.

Melissa Lawford | To flee or not to flee

By Melissa Lawford · July 26, 2014

Being home means drinking a lot of tea and making the odd nostalgic trip to the terrible local nightclub where I once made out with my best friend’s older brother. Those are all very important things, but I cannot pretend that home is really where I belong now.

Jonathan Iwry | Occupying the past

By Jonathan Iwry · July 25, 2014

The occupiers might have been brash and impetuous, but among students for whom majoring in econ almost inevitably equates to becoming libertarian and the Market is worshipped as an excuse for moral passivity, I can’t help but miss them.

Marjorie Ferrone | From Russia with love (and happiness)

By Marjorie Ferrone · July 23, 2014

I am not professing that indulgence and extravagance are the way to go; merely that money makes life easier, and science majors make more of it.

Annika Neklason | Yes we care

By Annika Neklason · July 22, 2014

For whatever reason, what I haven’t heard about nearly as much is the positive: simply put, the fact that Obamacare is working.

Your Voice by Ellen Slack

By ellen slack · July 22, 2014

Yes, let’s be educated about the issue. That includes who the players — and the shills — are, where the money flows and all of the other ecological, human health and political dimensions.