Columnist Marie Dillard challenges the notion that financial wealth has to define belonging at Penn, urging students to embrace authenticity, gratitude, and personal growth rather than comparison.
-
Opinion Columns
- Opinion Columns
- Staff Editorials
- Guest Columns
- Opinion Submissions
Columnist Harman Chahal critiques the Penn Museum’s handling of the human remains they examined after the 1985 MOVE bombing.
Columnist Jason Zhao argues that DEI measures were never an effective practice for social equality.
The Latest
By
Eden Liu
·
March 25, 2025
Columnist Eden Liu considers if Penn’s progressivism is a mistaken label.
Columnist Brian Barth dives into Penn’s extraordinary opportunity amidst the search for a new head mens basketball coach.
Columnist Zakhir Bentham breaks down the difference between loneliness and solitude while advocating for more people to take time for themselves.
Columnist Zakhir Bentham breaks down the difference between loneliness and solitude while advocating for more people to take time for themselves.
Columnist Harman Chahal critiques the Penn Museum’s handling of the human remains they examined after the 1985 MOVE bombing.
Columnist Jason Zhao argues that DEI measures were never an effective practice for social equality.
Guest columnist Sean Oh argues that Penn students should take pride in their institution for the resources and opportunities it provides them.
Senior columnist Diya Choksey examines how something as simple as a GSR reservation highlights the deeper financial and social silos that shape student life at Penn.
Senior columnist Ananya Shah asserts that the rise of AI is leading to the intellectual demise of society.
Columnist Beatriz Báez discusses Penn students’ tendency to put health on the back burner and the need to establish protocols to facilitate its prioritization.
Senior columnist Mariana Martinez discusses the psychology of Penn fashion by analyzing two main factors: socioeconomic status and race.
Columnist Elijah Ramirez critiques the Wharton School’s preprofessional culture that prioritizes capital and status over passion and ethical responsibility.
Senior Columnist Piper Slinka-Petka argues that at Penn, social savvy and networking has become the new merit.
Columnist David Tran exposes a harmful fallacy in the rhetoric against test-optional admissions — and how we perpetuate it.
Columnist Jesse Van Doren highlights the pitfalls of a test-optional admissions policy.
Columnist Eric Najera argues that Penn students should embrace Wharton.
Columnist Eden Liu delves into the arguments against term limits for elected officials and the detriments that they would incur.
Senior Columnist Mariana Martinez explores the tensions between morality and politics in the context of the new Trump administration.
Columnist Elo Esalomi questions whether the DEI era ever led to real change or if it was just corporate window dressing.
Columnist David Tran proposes the closure of 34th and 33rd streets to connect the Engineering School with the heart of campus.
