Your Voice | Working for you

By Dan Bernick · Feb. 17, 2012

When the UA fails to do its job, we lose your trust. And when we lose your trust, we lose the ability to do our job.

Ariel Koren | That's what she said …

By Ariel Koren · Feb. 16, 2012

Whether wearing a suit and Penn tie or a well-suited pencil skirt, every student here is perfectly positioned to effect a change as a leader.

Alice Lee | Why I did not drop out of Penn

By Alice Lee · Feb. 16, 2012

What is the true value of a structured Penn education in comparison to the education that the rest of the world has to offer? This question is particularly relevant to students who wish to pursue nontraditional careers or have a pure thirst for learning.

As a holocaust survivor who lost both of his parents fighting the Nazis and as a coinvestigator on a U.S.-Israel Binational Research Foundation Grant directed towards cancer research, I feel deeply offended by this action. Let them meet elsewhere in Philadelphia.

Your Voice | Objections to Occupy Penn

By Barry Rosenberg · Feb. 15, 2012

Like many others, I read the guest column submitted on behalf of Occupy Penn with utter dismay.

Arielle Pardes | Rethinking sexual consent

By Arielle Pardes · Feb. 15, 2012

The “no means no” take on consent suggests, falsely, that if you’re not saying no you must mean yes. If you’re drunk at a party, you must mean yes. If you’re on a date, you must mean yes. The truth is that there is only one way to say yes (hint: it’s the word yes) and nothing else is permission for getting into your partner’s pants.

Joseph An | Not another column about Jeremy Lin

By Joseph An · Feb. 15, 2012

When I see mocking “kowtows” coming from the stands whenever Lin scores or spectators in Asian face masks with slit eyes, it makes me realize that Lin’s break into the world of NBA is but a small step towards dismantling stereotypes about Asian people.

Your Voice | Fact checking BDS claims

By Gamaliel Isaac · Feb. 15, 2012

BDS is not promoting dialogue.

Occupy Penn | We are Occupy Penn, we are for the 99%

By Occupy Penn · Feb. 15, 2012

We are Occupy Penn. We are members of the University of Pennsylvania community. We come from diverse backgrounds and we are for the 99%.

Charles Gray | Moving toward a Valentine Life

By Charles Gray · Feb. 15, 2012

I always thought that most great writing is short and sweet. But in only 81 words, President Reagan makes three pivotal points to consider in the context of Valentine’s Day, especially on a college campus.

Stephen Lendman | City of brotherly love event promotes war, hate

By Stephen Lendman · Feb. 14, 2012

As Dershowitz is to Harvard Law, Gur is to Penn’s Neurological Sciences department. Both schools give them classroom space to spew hate. In the 1950s, this writer attended both universities, unexposed to their agendas.

Your Voice | Reclaiming 'The Vagina Monologues'

By Chelsea Switzer · Feb. 14, 2012

The use of the vagina suit may indeed bring a small amount of shock value but in the greater service of beginning a discussion — about their vaginas and perhaps about a host of other issues.

Your Voice | Questioning unfettered free speech

By Lee Bender · Feb. 14, 2012

The Penn Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions conference last week was odious and Penn’s decision to host it in the name of unfettered free speech is questionable.

Peter McCarthy | Time to fight a racist, segregationist law

By Peter McCarthy · Feb. 13, 2012

Black youth, no matter what their background, age or intentions now have to think twice about living in or visiting commercial white populated spaces in this city lest they be harassed and interrogated by a police force that thinks the worst of them.

Zachary Bell | Step up, step back

By Zachary Bell · Feb. 13, 2012

Sexism has not bled-out. It’s alive and pulses through our conversations and our body language.

Brian Goldman | Redistricting is ‘gerrymaddening’

By Brian Goldman · Feb. 13, 2012

Gerry-what? Gerrymandering. It’s a conventional nickname for the art of drawing state district lines in as ill-conceived a way as possible.

Rachel del Valle | More than just three little words

By Rachel del Valle · Feb. 13, 2012

In college, with boys all around, the tendency to analyze hasn’t changed as much as I’d imagined it would.