Alyma Karbownik | Breaking the ‘escape at all costs’ mentality

By Alyma Karbownik · Dec. 3, 2024

Columnist Alyma Karbownik explains how an excessive ambition to leave home can be just as damaging as staying in our bubble.

Gina Grace Huh | Let’s protect ourselves

By Gina Grace Huh · Dec. 3, 2024

Guest Columnist Gina Grace Huh advocates for Penn to implement a ‘Mental Health Monday’ during the fall semester.

Solemei Scamaroni | Shaming voters is a losing strategy. Period

By Solemei Scamaroni · Dec. 3, 2024

Columnist Solemei Scamaroni argues that labeling Trump voters as racist oversimplifies their political choices, stifles productive dialogue, and undermines efforts to foster meaningful change in a democracy.

Arshiya Pant | The Holmesburg Prison experiment survivors deserve better from Penn

By Arshiya Pant · Dec. 3, 2024

Columnist Arshiya Pant argues that Penn should meet the reparative demands made by victims of university-facilitated prison experiments.

Mia Vesely | America isn’t ready to be great

By Mia Vesely · Dec. 3, 2024

Columnist Mia Vesely analyzes the influence of race in the recent presidential election.

Alyma Karbownik | Dreams of college connections, realities of classroom cliques

By Alyma Karbownik · Dec. 3, 2024

Columnist Alyma Karbownik compares her college expectations of lively classroom discussions to similar social patterns that re-emerged from her high school years.

Stephen Morse | Pennsylvania politics 101

By Stephen Morse · Dec. 2, 2024

Guest Columnist Stephen Morse shares his experience as an alumnus during the 2006 midterm election and offers a democracy lesson for current students.

Solemei Scamaroni | Penn is a battleground

By Solemei Scamaroni · Dec. 2, 2024

Columnist Solemei Scamaroni warns the politicization of universities, like Penn, will intensify under the next Trump administration, urging universities and students to be aware of the national impact of their actions.

Beatriz Báez | A floating island treated like garbage

By Beatriz Báez · Nov. 24, 2024

Columnist Beatriz Báez discusses Puerto Rico’s status and examines the relationship between the political influence of Puerto Ricans in the U.S. versus their role within the island itself.

Ingrid Holmquist | Let’s keep Philadelphia unions strong

By Ingrid Holmquist · Nov. 23, 2024

Columnist Ingrid Holmquist highlights the importance of labor unions in the context of the ongoing struggle of SEPTA workers.

Isabel Sweeney | The red gets redder: The burning need for change in America

By Isabel Sweeney · Nov. 22, 2024

Guest Columnist Isabel Sweeney reflects on the post-election reconciliation with what a decisive Trump victory tells us about America’s struggles.

Halima Osman | Black Penn faces an uncertain future

By Halima Osman · Nov. 22, 2024

Columnist Halima Osman explores the implications of declining diversity and representation within Black Penn following the overturning of affirmative action.

Tiyya Geiger | We should all read more — just not our textbooks

By Tiyya Geiger · Nov. 21, 2024

Columnist Tiyya Geiger compels Penn students to revitalize free reading as a core tenant of the college experience.  

Namrata Pradeep | You can’t compete with the crane or the chatbot

By Namrata Pradeep · Nov. 20, 2024

Columnist Namrata Pradeep explores employability in the face of smarter technology.

Ingrid Holmquist | Our goals don’t change under Trump

By Ingrid Holmquist · Nov. 20, 2024

Columnist Ingrid Holmquist highlights the impending Trump presidency as a chance to restructure the left to better support us.

Elo Esalomi | A Brit’s guide to American democracy

By Elo Esalomi · Nov. 20, 2024

Columnist Elo Esalomi compares U.K. and U.S. political cultures in the wake of experiencing her first U.S. presidential election.

Marie Dillard | Trump voters aren't racist, but they excuse it

By Marie Dillard · Nov. 20, 2024

Columnist Marie Dillard explores the rise of far-right populism fueled by fear of cultural displacement, where identity and power are framed as zero-sum battles.