The issues that Bernie Sanders speaks to reflect important contemporary challenges, but his heavy-handed government solutions would further bankrupt the nation and dim opportunity for those who need it most.
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Guest Column by Naveen Albert | Penn must not remove call box telephones
Suggesting that Penn remove the very little public communications infrastructure it has left completely ignores the people who rely on it.
Guest Column by 2020 Class President Karim El Sewedy | Dear Penn Seniors
No, I don’t mean getting lost going to class or stumbling into the Quad at 4am. In fact, I’m not talking about who you actually were as a first-year student at all. I’m talking about the spirit of the collective experience.
Guest Column by Arianna Acevedo-Ithier | Homan shouldn't have been invited back to Penn
As former ICE director Homan stated during his talk, “walls work,” especially here at Penn when members of the University actively kept us out.
Guest Column by Naveen Albert | Penn must not remove call box telephones
Suggesting that Penn remove the very little public communications infrastructure it has left completely ignores the people who rely on it.
Guest Column by 2020 Class President Karim El Sewedy | Dear Penn Seniors
No, I don’t mean getting lost going to class or stumbling into the Quad at 4am. In fact, I’m not talking about who you actually were as a first-year student at all. I’m talking about the spirit of the collective experience.
Guest Column by College Republicans Communications Director | Let Thomas Homan speak
As a qualified, relevant expert in a pressing policy area, Homan deserves the chance to be heard.
Guest Column by Francois Barrilleaux | Soleimani killing as senseless as voting for Republicans in 2020
Yes, Soleimani was a terrible individual who deserved what he got, but killing Soleimani has put American troops at greater risk by moving the United States and Iran closer to war, dramatically destabilizing the region, and doing enormous damage to United States-Iranian relations.
We highlight these attacks on students and faculty to remind us all that these universities are being targeted precisely because they are institutions devoted to critical thinking and the exercise of reason.
To President Gutmann and the general counsel’s office: You still have time to fix this.
Guest Column by seven Penn faculty members | We support student climate change action
While not all of us agree on every tactic the students may employ, we as faculty urge our colleagues and University administrators to hear them out, engage them constructively, and take much bolder action.
Guest Column by Elliot Bones | Penn students have a responsibility to pursue sustainable careers
I am suggesting that everyone commit themselves to build a just and sustainable society, whether that’s through becoming a teacher, civil rights lawyer, therapist, an environmental engineer, a regenerative farmer, or any of the many jobs that are essential to creating a society founded on justice and sustainability.
Are we a community that, despite how much we may disagree, will at least show a classmate basic respect for putting their thoughts out onto a public forum? Or are we a community that will destroy and belittle someone over a mistake?
Guest Column by Sabrina Ochoa | Legacy students, we have a responsibility
Legacy students, don’t hide your legacy status. Instead, acknowledge the privilege you hold in a faux-meritocratic system, speak out against it, and support others who share their struggles with the system.
Guest Column by Oliver Stern | Stop attacking those you disagree with
A successful campus and democracy rely on healthy public debate. As a community, we must ensure that our discourse is grounded in challenging the perspectives of others and our own rather than cheaply personal shots.
Guest Column by Lucia Gonzalez | I'm a FGLI student. This is my perspective on legacy admissions.
The notion that the only way legacy students can contribute to the “prestige” of a university implies that FGLI students can not.
Guest Column by Jacob Hershman | The extent of Penn’s climate inaction is disturbing
Our University will never proactively address the climate crisis of its accord. And so it is time that that we — Penn students — show the University that it must change its habits and its investments whether it wants to or not.
Penn remains steadfastly committed to your health and wellness. I am personally overseeing the transition at CAPS.
When someone is in crisis, the most important thing you can ask is, "How can I help you?"
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