Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford | Beware a tsunami of acronyms and abbreviations

By Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford · Oct. 11, 2022

Columnist Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford considers whether Penn has become overly dependent on unintuitive language to communicate meaning.

Coalition to Save the UC Townhomes | Correcting myths about the UC Townhomes movement

By Coalition to Save the UC Townhomes · Oct. 10, 2022

The Coalition to Save the UC Townhomes, consisting of student activists and community organizers, clarify their movement to save the UC Townhomes at Penn.  

Alex Baxter | The Queen’s death is cause for Penn to consider its own troubled past

By Alex Baxter · Oct. 9, 2022

Columnist Alex Baxter reflects on how the U.K. and Penn have opportunities to confront the crimes which define their establishments.

Riane Lumer | A look into the (Post-) COVID-19 University

By Riane Lumer · Oct. 4, 2022

Columnist Riane Lumer explores factors to look forward to given advancements in the pandemic, but also cautions a semi-return to normalcy.

Cathy Li | Studying toward a world with and for women

By Cathy Li · Oct. 3, 2022

Columnist Cathy Li argues that taking a Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies class could transform student thinking.

Craig R. Carnaroli | University response to the sale of the UC Townhomes

By Craig Carnaroli · Sept. 29, 2022

Penn's Senior Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli provides a University response to the sale of the UC Townhomes. 

Sam Zou | College rankings are a sham

By Sam Zou · Sept. 28, 2022

Columnist Sam Zou argues that college rankings rarely hold cheating institutions accountable and consider factors irrelevant to educational quality.

Mia Vesely | How diversity is valued (or not) in Class of 2026 admissions

By Mia Vesely · Sept. 28, 2022

Columnist Mia Vesely examines why the class of 2026 is considered the most 'diverse' and what that claim really means.

Emily Chang | Virtual classes are still needed in a post-COVID-19 world

By Emily Chang · Sept. 26, 2022

Columnist Emily Chang emphasizes the importance of learning from the past and reviving COVID-19 policies to improve current life.   

73 Penn Faculty | Letter in support of student protestors

By 73 Penn Faculty · Sept. 25, 2022

Seventy-three Penn faculty members express their concern over the efforts of the Center of Community Standards and Accountability to curtail the rights of Penn students to publicly protest on campus.

Annie Bingle | How making your bed will change your life

By Annie Bingle · Sept. 22, 2022

Columnist Annie Bingle explores the unique benefits to making your bed each morning, and encourages you to do the same. 

Penn Leads The Vote | Penn has the responsibility of being a civic leader

By Elizabeth Ford · Sept. 20, 2022

Penn Leads the Vote highlights Penn’s responsibility as an ambassador of civic engagement in Philadelphia.

Vinay Khosla and Taja Mazaj | The futility of civic engagement at Penn

By Taja Mazaj and Vinay Khosla · Sept. 19, 2022

Columnists Vinay Khosla and Taja Mazaj argue Penn’s conception of civic engagement is intentionally disingenuous, and students must respond in kind with disruptive activism.   

Bridget McGeehan | Opening up about my freshman year abortion

By Bridget McGeehan · Sept. 18, 2022

Guest columnist Bridget McGeehan opens up about her abortion experience in an effort to foster important dialogue in the post-Roe era.

Lexi Boccuzzi | Protesting with a purpose: Analyzing the UC Townhomes movement

By Lexi Boccuzzi · Sept. 15, 2022

Columnist Lexi Boccuzzi examines the consequences for first years and the overall effectiveness of the Coalition to Save the UC Townhomes protest at the Class of 2026 Convocation.  

Keshav Ramesh | From a progressive: Race-based affirmative action isn’t progressive

By Keshav Ramesh · Sept. 14, 2022

Columnist Keshav Ramesh argues that race-based affirmative action needs to be replaced with a system that instead takes socioeconomic status into account to truly guarantee racial and ethnic diversity. 

Caroline Magdolen | Why I handwrite my notes on paper

By Caroline Magdolen · Sept. 12, 2022

Columnist Caroline Magdolen contemplates what is lost when students spend class time on electronic devices.