Opinion Columns
Rachel del Valle | Copyrights, creativity and ‘Countdown’
Where is the line between homage and plagiarism drawn? When does a clever tribute by Beyoncé overstep its legality?
Brian Goldman | Occupying ‘Occupy Wall Street’
Penn professors’ recent solidarity statement concerning the Occupy Wall Street movement misguides the aim of the protests.
Ernest Owens | Making proud Penn students
Penn parents — prospective and present — should facilitate, not dictate, the career paths of their children.
Robert Hsu | Thank you for running
Even though it was easy to become annoyed by the freshman candidates, there is something we can learn from them.
Alexey Komissarouk | The hidden pitfalls of a dual degree
We don’t tell applicants to dual-degree programs that no matter how talented or driven a student may be, doing two things instead of one has a substantial opportunity cost.
Sally Engelhart | Too fat for reproduction?
A ban on obese women receiving fertility treatment seems medically justified and rational.
Samantha Sharf | How Jobs saved journalism
This is the story of how Steve Jobs saved professional journalism from extinction and me from myself. (Or at least paved these roads.)
Mark Attiah | For the love of the game
Those in positions of power and influence should treat their medical decisions just as they treat their words in the public sphere: very, very carefully. People are watching.
Sara Brenes-Akerman | Confronting cancer conversations
Talking about cancer in the context of science is easy. Talking about cancer in the context of life is something different altogether.
Cornelius Range V | Unequal opportunity
We must find a way to bring the national average SAT scores closer to those of Penn students.
Samantha Sharf | The ranks of wives and mothers
What does Arianna Huffington, number 31, being divorced and having two children have to do with her selling The Huffington Post to AOL for $315 million earlier this year?
Charles Gray | Making residential programs work
Thirty years ago, innovation in residential life was possible on Penn’s campus. Next week, it will be possible once again.
Travis Cantrell | Street’s sultry sex survey sucked
A recent sex survey by 34th Street magazine left me unsatisfied. I find this kind of exploitation of sex on a campus as lauded for its intellectualism as Penn rather surprising and, frankly, disgusting.
Brian Goldman | Playing with house money
Pennsylvania needs to reform how it spends gambling-related revenue.
Rachel del Valle | The adorkable Zooey Deschanel
Is the definition of ‘femininity’ becoming just as misunderstood as ‘feminism’?
Ernest Owens | Female leadership ‘without being a bitch’
If Penn is to continue on “making history,” more women should be sought after for elected student government positions. There has been no female class board president in at least a decade and counting.
Taylor Hawes | The failure of cyber-bullying laws
The correct response to cyber-bullying tragedies doesn’t lie in punishment.
Alexey Komissarouk | FYI: A student guide to tech at Penn
Here are 12 applications that I can’t imagine being without as a Penn student.
Sally Engelhart | Putting women’s lives in jeopardy
Michele Bachmann’s comment that the human papillomavirus vaccine causes mental retardation has done a lot of damage to America’s public health.