Now that most of our movie franchises have grown up, does that mean we have to as well?

We need to force elected officials to reform Social Security and Medicare so these programs are still standing by the time we are old enough to retire.

Yes, I did get accepted into Penn because of affirmative action. But so did you — and everyone else.

The community-service world does not need leaders to create more organizations with identical platforms; instead, the world needs more willing supporters.

Standardized patients afford a very valuable benefit to the overly anxious medical student — a margin of error.

I fell in love with romantic comedies. And my love has proven to be as enduring as the brand of romance that they so relentlessly attempt to portray.

Having adopted Pennsylvania as our home, we need to think of ourselves as residents of the state rather than just as members of the Penn community.

If we take away anything from Ash Ketchum’s adventures, it should be to revere the dream and not allow other considerations to prevent it from ever being reached.

Americans are fed up with congressional gridlock and partisan pandering. Penn students are, too. Unfortunately, student government is a lot like real government.

The seeds of the European debt crisis lie with the creation of the euro over 10 years ago by technocrats and politicians who felt they could outsmart the financial system.

There is a dichotomy between sports and real life, and the two must be separated. While JoePa the coach was infallible, Joe Paterno the man failed a basic tenet of human responsibility.

Pantyhose represent something that looks and feels dated. Legs with a powdery sheen should not be a job requirement.

Call me a verbal masochist if you will, but I request that you please keep criticizing me. Embracing criticism can be more motivating than avoiding it.

Should a building be judged on its aesthetics or on the acclaim of its architect?

Our generation has drifted away from the sanctity of monogamy to, as it’s commonly known on the street, “hooking up.”

Last week’s Obama event on campus focused on the short-term gain without thinking of the long-term pain that will be caused.

Sexually harassed women shouldn’t remain nameless for fear becoming “another Anita Hill.”