Opinion Columns
Caroline Magdolen | There’s no better time for climate education
Columnist Caroline Magdolen calls on Penn to pioneer what an immersive, effective climate education should look like.
Jesse Zhang | Voting is a privilege
Columnist Jesse Zhang discusses the privilege of being able to vote from an international perspective.
Riane Lumer | To vote or not to vote?
Columnist Riane Lumer prompts students to show up to the polls this November while debunking the commonly used myths for abstention.
Annie Bingle | How Penn is affecting their student-athletes’ lives with NIL
Columnist Annie Bingle debates Penn’s unique regulations regarding NIL, as well as the overall lives of their athletes.
Fiona Miller | Dear first years: Be the little fish
Columnist Fiona Miller encourages first years to embrace failure at Penn.
Otto Piasecki | Penn should invest in redesigning campus spaces to maximize the student experience
Columnist Otto Piasecki urges Penn to invest in modernized student learning spaces with natural light.
Yomi Abdi | Quit ‘quiet quitting’
Columnist Yomi Abdi argues why Penn students should ditch the trend of quiet quitting.
Vinay Khosla | The time to unionize is now
Columnist Vinay Khosla argues that RAs and GRAs would benefit in a multitude of ways from unionizing, especially in the context of a growing student workers’ union movement in higher education.
C.H. Henry | 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' can find a home at Penn
Columnist C.H. Henry argues that "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" should come to Penn’s campus next fall for the benefit of its students and performance groups.
Sose Hovannisian | Penn students can, and should, swing the state
Columnist Sose Hovannisian argues that Penn students, especially those from safe states, should take advantage of their ability to vote in Pennsylvania.
Lexi Boccuzzi | Home is where the vote is
Columnist Lexi Boccuzzi explains why voting with partisan strategy rather than personal and community experience in mind can be harmful to representation.
Julu Nwaezeapu | Here’s how Penn can better support Philadelphia’s public schools
Columnist Julu Nwaezeapu highlights why funding of partnership schools does not replace the financial support missing from public schools in the Philadelphia School District.
Keshav Ramesh | Doug Mastriano is a danger to democracy
Columnist Keshav Ramesh argues that voting in this election is crucial for preventing an insurrectionist whose extremist right-wing beliefs would threaten the core of democracy in Pennsylvania.
Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford | Bonjour-hi to a multilingual United States!
Columnist Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford argues that the U.S. is hiding its multilingual nature through intentional actions that support English dominance.
Keyvan Farmanfarmaian | Let’s Passionately Celebrate Big Business
Columnist Keyvan Farmanfarmaian argues that protecting free markets and the American Dream must entail a more passionate defense of large companies.
Alex Baxter | Penn’s accountability deficit needs addressing
Columnist Alex Baxter argues that student groups deserve a legitimate voice on campus — not the sidelining the University presents them with.
Sangitha Aiyer | We need to redefine our idea of classics
Columnist Sangitha Aiyer argues that the field of Classics is Western-centric and must be re-examined.
Caroline Magdolen | The Rat Kings of Penn
Columnist Caroline Magdolen contemplates what it means to be happy and fulfilled as a college student
Vinay Khosla | The cult of Harry Styles
Columnist Vinay Khosla argues that parasocial relationships insulate public figures, such as celebrities and politicians from necessary criticism and that we must deconstruct this phenomenon.