Guest Columns
Guest Column by Andrew Amarosa | Everybody's space
I don’t get why, as Americans, we have become so terrified of people speaking their minds simply because it may offend someone.
Guest Column by Elvire Audi | Unsinkable
“Death is not a conclusion.” These are words I heard and wrote down a few weeks ago, when I watched Jean-Luc Godard’s film “Contempt.” Today, they resonate more than ever.
Guest column by Luis Ferré Sadurní | From Paris, a tale of unity through terror
It was supposed to be an ordinary Friday of going out with friends and enjoying city I have come to call home these past months.Guest column by Isabella Auchus | A letter to President Gutmann
While we understand that you find the survey results deeply troubling, many students have shared that the manner in which the results were addressed made them feel more like statistics than people.
Guest column by J. Leon | The health of the University
Penn employees cook your meals, these employees haul your trash. These employees teach your students, they collect your scientific data, they clear leaves on Locust Walk.
Guest column by Jordyn Jones and Lexi Ayala | Rethinking Greek with Panhellenic Council
Recently, negative talk surrounding fraternities and sororities raises questions about why we are relevant.
Guest column by Ernest Owens | Let's get it together, columnists
No, one is not an oppressor of an entire race if they disagree with one aspect of it. We need to really push back on how we assess guilt and blame in writing because it will fall on deaf ears when they become hyperboles rather than sincere grievances.
Alessandro van den Brink | It's on us
The University of Michigan announced a new initiative last week that it intends to test next year that states that parents of any freshman in the Class of 2019 caught drinking underage on two occasions or hospitalized on one occasion will be notified of their child’s actions.
Guest column by Devan Spear | A call for collective reinvestment
Like many Penn students, I was not surprised to read in the October 12 edition of The Daily Pennsylvanian that President Gutmann’s salary has risen yet again, this time to an astounding $3,426,106.
Guest column by Halie Craig | Rape is more than a statistic
How do you tell someone that you are a rape survivor? Why is the burden of telling placed on the victim of the crime?
Guest column by Sam Murray and Afrah Mohammad | Preparing for the pope
There is no denying Pope Francis has proven to be a significant global voice, and not just for Catholics.
Guest column by Rita Wegner and Zach Rissman | The pope's ecology message
The pope is coming to Philadelphia this weekend. Some may opt to hide from the crowds inside the corner of their dorm room.
Guest column by Katiera Sordjan | Not another mental health story
I suppose I should be grateful that the conversation on campus has changed. I suppose I should be grateful that, unlike 19 year-old me sitting in a hospital full of shame, Penn students have a better chance to be heard and get the care they need when it comes to mental health.
Guest column by Kemuel Benyehudah | A nontraditional students’ guide to greater success in college
In the book "Distinction," Pierre Bourdieu defines social and cultural capital as social resources which confer power and status in society.
Guest column by Allison Schwartz | Progressing past the major bias
As a sophomore studying computer science, I am not the first person to acknowledge that the coursework of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is difficult.
PRISM: Dare to understand
Throughout the last month of the spring semester, anti-Muslim advertisements were carried throughout Philadelphia’s neighborhoods on dozens of SEPTA buses. The message they offered, “Islamic Jew Hatred: It’s in the Quran” is a false one, tailored to incite prejudice and division among viewers and the community.
A response to 34th Street’s ‘The dividing line’
A few weeks ago, 34th Street published an article detailing some aspects of cocaine use at our University. The story failed to make the connection between consumption in our own sheltered environment, and the violent drug cartels in developing countries that supply the drug.
A letter from the Vietnamese Student Association
The seniors of the Vietnamese Student Association have taken great time to collect all accounts of what happened during the VSA Barbecue on April 17 in order to create a clear timeline of events.