Guest Column by Zach Rissman | Behind closed doors: Sit-in negotiations and Penn’s blatant hypocrisy

By Zach Rissman · April 4, 2017

The University of Pennsylvania, claiming to value collaboration and logic, acted extremely hypocritically throughout the negotiations during the Fossil Free Penn sit-in.

Guest Column by Vinayak Kumar | A Physics Perspective to Identity Politics

By Vinayak Kumar · March 30, 2017

There is a lot of hot debate between the political left and right about social justice issues, and a particularly concentrated debate in higher education institutions.

Guest Column by Thomas Lee | Anti-intellectualism against divestment is dangerous

By Thomas Lee · March 29, 2017

The exchange of ideas, through testing assumptions and addressing conflicting evidence, is the intellectual core of Penn’s academic mission.

Guest Column by Edward Jing and Makayla Reynolds | Michelle and Jay for UA

By Edward Jing and Makayla Reynolds · March 29, 2017

Serving as a liaison between the student body and Penn administrators, the UA has the unique ability to institute change that affects the entire undergraduate population.

Guest Statement by Michelle Xu and Jay Shah | Community, Campus Culture, Collaboration: Michelle and Jay for UA

By Michelle Xu and Jay Shah · March 28, 2017

We want to be your elected Undergraduate Assembly President and Vice President because we have a vision for Penn’s future, and we’re the ones to make it happen.

Guest Statement by Justin Hopkins and Calvary Rogers | Building bridges: Justin and Calvary for UA

By Calvary Rogers and Justin Hopkins · March 28, 2017

Every year during the season of Penn Student Government elections, the student body is bombarded with signatures, platforms and the opportunity to elect a new President, Vice President and general body of the Undergraduate Assembly.

Guest Column by Karen Hamilton | Penn and diversity — another view

By Karen Hamilton · March 20, 2017

I am a Penn alumna, Penn parent, and Penn staff member. I was also a low-income student in the 1980s, which is why the recent story in the DP about the difficulty that some first-generation and low-income students have experienced during Spring Break caught my attention.

Guest Statement by 53 Penn Faculty Members | Statement of faculty support for GET-UP efforts

By 53 Penn Faculty Members · March 14, 2017

As faculty members of the University of Pennsylvania, we welcome efforts being made by GET-UP to unionize the graduate student workers (GSWs) in our university.

Guest Column by Joe Sageman | Activism through action: why I joined Teach for America

By Joe Sageman · March 12, 2017

I scrolled through Penn’s career plans survey report: “Financial Analyst, Marketing Analyst, Finance Analyst, Analyst, Database Analyst,” read the first five results under the section for economics majors (really, you can go and look for yourself). A lump hardened in my throat.

Guest Column by Julia Lesko | Penn should reflect its value for open discourse

By Julia Lesko · Feb. 28, 2017

Benjamin Franklin argued for the importance of free discourse by noting “that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter.” Considering the administration’s opaque decision on fossil fuel divestment, Penn is not living up to its founder’s values.

Guest Column by Jordan Palmer and Kayla Byrd | The purpose of the Du Bois College House

By Jordan Palmer and Kayla Byrd · Feb. 13, 2017

As the Spring semester continues to unfold, there are a number of changes that we, as students, are confronted with.

Guest Column by Sriram Sridharan | Deal with it: A statement on safe spaces

By Sriram Sridharan · Feb. 12, 2017

As a member of a community that prides itself for being at the forefront of the progressive, intellectual movement and someone who recognizes the real harms of socio-economic privilege, I feel compelled to respond to the article.

Guest Column by Whitney Stewart, Ryan Furey and James Heibert | Speech does not preclude action

By Whitney Stewart , Ryan Furey and James Heibert · Feb. 10, 2017

As the leaders of Penn’s largest political organization, the Government & Politics Association, we decided not to co-sponsor the March for Immigrants held to condemn President Trump’s recent string of executive orders.

Guest Column by Mariam Durrani | When silence is not enough

By Mariam Durrani · Feb. 1, 2017

During his campaign, Trump made a statement that all Muslims should be banned from entering the U.S.

Guest Column by the Asian American Studies Undergraduate Advisory Board | Who killed Asian American studies?

By The Asian American Studies Undergraduate Advisory Board · Jan. 31, 2017

On the dawn of the Asian American Studies (ASAM) Program’s 20th Anniversary, founding faculty member, Dr. Grace Kao, has accepted an offer from Yale and is poised to leave.

Guest Column by Soomin Shin and Miru Osuga | The myth of self-segregation at Penn

By Soomin Shin and Miru Osuga · Dec. 11, 2016

Blaming “self-segregation” on minority groups is nothing new. To call out greek life, “similar cultural groups” and Du Bois College house as examples of widespread “self-segregation” is something that we need to think more critically about.

Guest column by Michaela Kotziers | Classroom politics: A letter to professors

By Michaela Kotziers · Dec. 5, 2016

Two weeks ago, I wrote an open letter to the English faculty about addressing current events in classroom spaces.