Opinion Columns
Sam Zou | ‘Don’t say gay’ also means ‘don’t say straight’
Columnist Sam Zou argues that Florida’s Don’t Say Gay Bill has a national impact and may endanger LGBTQ youth who already lack access to a supportive community.
Agatha Advincula | ‘We're going forward, but nothing changes.’
Agatha Advinculca, former DP opinion deputy editor, takes an existential look at her past four years at the DP and Penn.
Kylie Cooper | Why I came to Penn to be a photographer
Kylie Cooper, former photo editor of The Daily Pennsylvanian, reflects on the opportunities she received as a Penn student, a school that isn’t meant for photojournalism.
Jackson Joffe | Find your pockets at Penn
Jackson Joffe, former DP associate sports editor discusses why finding spaces at Penn is important — and why the DP was the place he came to call home.
Alfredo Praticò | How I accidentally graduated in three years
Alfredo Praticò, former opinion editor, reflects on his time at the DP, and his journey to graduate college in three years.
Joseph M. Squillaro | I Know The End
Joseph M. Squillaro, former opinion columnist, reflects on his time at Penn and the DP, and the notion of uncertainty that came to define his college experience.
Sage Levine | Learning to love my work
Sage Levine, former Video Editor, reflects on her time at the DP and her love for telling stories though DP Video.
Conor Murray | De-normalize student journalist burnout
Conor Murray, former DP news editor, reflects on his four years at the DP and the difficulty of burning out doing something you love.
Sukhmani Kaur | A lens into resilience
Sukhmani Kaur, former photo editor and summer multimedia editor, reflects back on her past four years at Penn and the DP.
Varun Saraswathula | The one thing I would change about my Penn experience
Columnist Varun Saraswathula writes about his Penn experience and his wish to have been kinder to himself and others.
Jaden Cloobeck | We are storytellers
Columnist Jaden Cloobeck reflects upon his experience as a storyteller at Penn and encourages students to find an avenue to share their stories.
Ashley Ahn | Explore at your own risk
Ashley Ahn, former DP Executive Editor, reflects back on her four years at Penn and the DP.
Hadriana Lowenkron | My most challenging, yet rewarding, four years
Hadriana Lowenkron, former DP editor-in-chief, reflects on the progress that the DP made during her leadership, and her hopes for the future.
Alfredo Praticò | Sidechat flooded campus with money. Does it matter?
Columnist Alfredo Praticò questions the methods that Sidechat has used to rise to prominence at Penn's campus.
Lexi Boccuzzi | Abandoning American history in the city where freedom rang
Columnist Lexi Boccuzzi argues that Penn should put a greater emphasis on American history scholarship and courses.
Daniel Gurevitch | System.out.println(“Hello World”)
Columnist Daniel Gurevitch urges students to seek discomfort by taking courses outside of their academic comfort zone.
Tony Zhou | Creating difficult exams but then curving them harms student learning
Columnist Tony Zhou argues that all classes at Penn should have exams that are appropriately challenging without the need for a curve.
Varun Saraswathula | Psychedelics are redefining well-being; Penn needs to get involved
Columnist Varun Saraswathula writes about psychedelic drugs, such as psilocybin and LSD, and how they are powerful therapeutics for a variety of mental illnesses; he argues that Penn should open a center for psychedelic research like many of its peer institutions to be at the forefront of psychiatry.
Vinay Khosla | NFT: new, frightening, and tawdry
Columnist Vinay Khosla discusses how the emergence of NFTs poses a threat to art’s historical emphasis on cultural value.