Divya Ramesh | A shaky foundation

By Divya Ramesh · April 8, 2013

While the United States might not have the same structural issues as other countries, like collapsing apartment buildings made of weak wood, our problem rests on where we choose to build.

Kurt Mitman | Internalize this

By Kurt Mitman · April 4, 2013

Fundamentally, should the government be funding research at Penn or in general? The private sector is great at applied research — it is easily monetizable. Basic research? Not so much.

Jeffrey Nadel | Penn’s on welfare

By Jeffrey Nadel · April 4, 2013

In an era of unprecedented government debt, if anyone should be begging the federal government to take some people’s money by way of taxation in the name of research, surely it should not be us.

Hayley Brooks & Ali Kokot | Social slacktivism

By Hayley Brooks and Ali Kokot · April 2, 2013

Supporting a cause has become as simple as clicking “upload” with an ease that undermines actual activism.

Morgan Jones | Problematic policy

By Morgan Jones · April 2, 2013

Access to the Quadrangle building access will be restricted during Fling. According to Penn, the administration is trying to “curb the threat of underage or irresponsible drinking” and reduce the number of hospitalizations. I don’t think the new policy will be effective. In fact, I think it may have the opposite effect.

Arielle Pardes | Advice for the young women of Penn

By Arielle Pardes · April 1, 2013

In a letter to the editor published in The Daily Princetonian on March 29, Princeton alumna Susan Patton gave her two cents to the “daughters she never had.” The advice: Now that you’ve made it to the Ivy League, it’s time to start husband hunting. The idea that my time in college is best spent finding a suitable man is, frankly, insulting.

Rachel del Valle | Pick a job, any job

By Rachel del Valle · April 1, 2013

There’s an unavoidable, nettling sense of superficiality that comes with mentally aligning yourself with a certain life — or in my case, lives.

Divya Ramesh | Not worth the wait

By Divya Ramesh · March 31, 2013

Last week, as I stood alongside a man with “Penn Maintenance” embroidered on his jacket, I received a very didactic response as I rambled on about the motivational power of a Friday evening.

Xavier Flory | A beautiful game

By Xavier Flory · March 31, 2013

It’s that time of year. Grab a wurst and sit back for the sporting highlight of the year. No, I’m not talking about March Madness. I refer to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League, the annual tournament for the best footballing clubs in Europe.

Kurt Mitman | ’Til Constitution do us part

By Kurt Mitman · March 29, 2013

This issue goes beyond the question of straight and gay marriage currently before the court.

Robert Hsu | Give me your best shot

By Robert Hsu · March 29, 2013

There will always be people who don’t like you, who want to be mean to you and who will put you down. It is impossible to control others, but we do have control over ourselves. When it comes to bullying, we have to worry less about the bullies and more about the victims.

Adam Silver | Rethinking and reforming College requirements

By Adam Silver · March 27, 2013

This is the problem with requirements: they don’t make sense. So many courses that obviously should fill them just don’t.

Joke Issue: Don’t oppose the majority’s authority (DOMA)

By Sassy Jaffe · March 26, 2013

Today, the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments about the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act.

Rachel del Valle | Now or later

By Rachel del Valle · March 26, 2013

Because sometimes you don’t actually have that much to do. At the end of every horrible week, there’s a calm, and you can either choose to embrace it or unnecessarily stress yourself out about the next thing.

Caroline Brand | I think, therefore you are

By Caroline Brand · March 26, 2013

Especially at Penn — a world in which six degrees of separation feels more like two — it’s all too easy to “know” someone despite never having met them.

Anthony Liveris | Information overload

By Anthony Liveris · March 25, 2013

The pursuit of legislation has been sidelined for the pursuit of finding true news. The creative side of entertainment is intersecting with the content, leaving us satisfied with the story, not the necessary results.

Divya Ramesh | Empty apologies

By Divya Ramesh · March 25, 2013

Sorry has become the panacea, but the word is caving under the weight of our demands.