Opinion Columns
Isabella Glassman | Greek life: will you help or hurt our Covid count?
Penn's greek life community has the responsibility to set the tone for COVID-19 mitigation on campus.
Bruce Shen | Is the pandemic already over?
As college students return to campus, it may appear that young America is "over" the COVID-19 pandemic. While this shouldn't come at a surprise, it does make it more likely that long-term goals of society will be prolonged for short-term gain.
Jessica Gooding | Pass/Fail is Still Around, Don’t Overlook It as an Academic Tool
Penn was one of the few universities to keep the pass/fail grading option for the spring 2021 semester, a step in the right direction for grading equity and accessibility during the pandemic.
Alex Eapen | A Note From Those of Us Staying at Home This Spring
While the students on-campus may be the subject of the headlines, there is still a substantial number of students who will be learning from home, for health, personal, or other reasons. They, too, must be factored in as the semester progresses.
Lexi Boccuzzi | Make your money green
Let’s put our money where our mouth is and make capitalism sustainable.
Varun Saraswathula | As 2020 ends, celebrate your resilience and vow to carry it forward
2020 has tested each of us, forcing us to build a strong will and resilient spirit. Don't lose that in 2021.
Bridget Yu | When did alone time become so unappealing?
If there’s one thing we should learn from the pandemic, it’s that alone time should be more appreciated.
Caroline Magdolen | Wait, we were supposed to be learning something?
In many ways, Penn’s administration is treating this term as business as usual. It clearly isn't.
Emily Chang | How high schools failed victims of sexual assault
Because many students come to college with little to no understanding of what sexual assault truly entails, it is not surprising that the issue runs rampant in almost every university.
Lexi Boccuzzi | History is in the gray
We will be the historians teaching our country’s “truth.” If the weight of that feels monumental, it’s because it should.
Caroline Magdolen | Your election week anxiety was just the tip of the iceberg
It’s difficult enough for Penn students to be productive from home, and the struggle is only worsened by recent election anxiety and ongoing pandemic loneliness and uncertainty. Unfortunately, news providers are not on our side.
Andy Yoon | International students should take classes synchronously
With the exception of those with financial or health-related problems, there is in fact a case for international students to opt into synchronous instruction.
Alex Eapen | Penn has an accountability problem
The concerns of students must be met with transparent, decisive, and actionable responses from faculty and administration.
Jessica Gooding | Black women can’t protect their children
We must hear the alarmingly disproportionate cries of Black mothers. We must stop engaging with the disturbing ideas surrounding the strength of Black women as a waiver for their pain.
Bruce Shen | A better way of reckoning with statues
Some activists have called for toppling all controversial statues, which they believe would set the stage for achieving racial equity. But I think a blanket removal is profoundly misleading for two reasons.
Varun Saraswathula | What Kamala Harris’s vice presidential election means to me
We have a lot of work to do as a nation to create a more equitable and just society. However, it’s also important to consider how wondrous it is that someone like Kamala Harris can be in office.
Surayya Walters | Support the Biden-Harris Administration
While I didn’t have a favorite candidate, we now have an executive team with great potential. I’ve begun to trust that together they’ll possess the strength to lead our nation in the right direction.
Emily Chang | Why Penn’s return to campus is the right decision
As students celebrate this good news and begin planning for the upcoming semester, we can only hope that another “Revision” email doesn’t appear in our inboxes.
Lexi Boccuzzi | Divided American liberalism
Outside the isolation of coastal cities and college campuses, America isn’t embracing leftism.