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Opinion Columns

09/17/10 3:17am

Sir Lance-A-Lot | Down with sector requirements

Distribution requirements were meant to give students a thought-provoking and broad education, but most of the red tape surrounding them keeps students from researching things they actually enjoy.

09/17/10 3:02am

Penn Name | Overweight is underrated

Does being thin always correlate with good health, and vise versa? When it comes to issues of weight, things may not be as black and white as they seem.

09/16/10 4:45am

Smart Alec | Seniors for Penn, not The Penn Fund

I cannot donate to Penn when the most publicized reasons to do so consist of empty rhetoric and getting free beer come Hey Day.

09/16/10 4:40am

Scientifically Blonde | Texting as an addiction is OMG nutz

Whether over-texting is pathological or not, if over-texting is your major vice, consider yourself in good shape. I’d rather be addicted to texting than a whole lot of other things.

09/15/10 4:36am

Amanda Please | No need for parking wars

Last winter, my family barely made it out of the city with our dignity, much less our car. The Philadelphia Parking Authority, with its strict regulations, is to blame.

09/15/10 4:31am

Ad-Libs | Our generation gets a bad rap

Generation Y will be a generation to remember. The world is ours for the losing, or for the taking. But here’s me betting on the latter.

09/14/10 3:35am

Ryu's Clues | TFA: more than cocktail party stories

For Teach for America alumni who leave the education field, what they learn during the two years can still make a difference.

09/14/10 3:32am

Berry Nice | Worth it despite the mice

Despite the supposed inconvenience of having to cook my own meals, sort my own mail and call my own plumber when need be, moving off campus was one of the best decisions I ever made.

09/13/10 3:07am

Cosmopoli-Tanvi | Around the world in a post-grad gap year

Penn students are missing out on the “gap year” in its truest form: soul-searching during exciting travels, meeting best friends and crazies alike and having free-wheeling and carefree adventures.

09/13/10 3:00am

The Sooner, The Better | #Hoping for real dialogue

Twitter’s rules of engagement oversimplify our political discourse. When it comes to dialogue on challenging and complicated issues, Twitter falls flat.

09/10/10 2:56am

Hassall-free Friday | Confessions of a non-voter

Show me that not expressing my preferences can cost me, and that voting can bring me benefits, and I’ll carve out some time to do so.

09/10/10 2:51am

Penn Name | Mind over (digital) matter

It turns out technology is harming our health. Even in this digitally advanced age, we shouldn’t become compromised by our gadgets.

09/08/10 10:47pm

Truth Be Told | A melting pot of medical students

Though it would be nice to be known as the “most diverse medical school class in the nation’s history,” my class shouldn't be a flash in the pan phenomenon.

09/08/10 10:41pm

Smart Alec | Not all about the Benjamin

We must throw off our reliance on Benjamin Franklin and replace it with acknowledgements of the extraordinary people we educate and the exceptional research we foster.

08/05/10 1:04pm

Cynthia Ip | Release your ‘inner geek’

Designing for web is no longer just for professionals. It’s a skill that you should have for your extracurriculars and your resume.

08/05/10 1:00pm

Jim Saksa | A man in a woman’s world

Yes, girls can do math. Yes, women have a role outside the kitchen. No, they’re not smarter than men.

07/29/10 2:40am

Jared McDonald | Donkeys and elephants and Penn — oh my!

It was a zoo out there in 2008, when I first showed up on campus, mattress pad and shower caddy in tow. For Penn’s Class of 2014, however, freshman fall might be a whole new animal. Or no animal at all.

07/29/10 2:39am