Guest Columns
Guest Column by Laurie Kopp Weingarten | A counselor's take on the admissions scandal
We all know life isn’t fair, and nobody has ever claimed the college admission process is just.
Guest Column by Nia Caldwell | Student athletes aren’t to blame for a flawed admissions process
Here, we get a free Penn Athletics t-shirt, a blue water bottle, and the utmost pride that comes with competing with Penn across our chests.
Guest Column by Julianna Emanuel | Response to Urooba Abid's column on public schools
A Penn alumnus can enact social change in education reform without sending their children to public school.
Guest Column by Hadriana Lowenkron | Heather Mac Donald claimed racism on campuses doesn’t exist. I disagree.
Mac Donald may not see or understand how racism exists today, but we sure do.
Guest Column by Craig Carnaroli | Second semester senior year bucket list challenge
Above all else, cherish and enjoy your remaining time at Penn as an undergraduate. The finish line is in sight!
Guest Column by Tamara Wurman | Ralph Northam broke our trust. His apology didn’t fix it.
In this new era of deep polarization, it is crucial that we maintain moral integrity.
Guest Column by Abigail Swartz | Penn Nursing needs to require a class on LGBTQ healthcare
I don’t claim to be an expert on LGBTQ healthcare, but the fact still stands that important aspects of our education as caretakers are being allowed to fall by the wayside.
Guest Column by Undergraduate Assembly Executive Board | A better Penn with your help
We ask that you engage, that you speak up, and that you let us know what is on your mind and how Penn can be improved.
Guest Column by Melissa Attanasio | Help nurses help you: support Pa. House Bill 2092
Lower patient-to-nurse ratios have been shown to decrease the risk of patient death in the hospital by 14 percent.
Guest Column by Lisa Romero and Joseph Padilla | Caravan: A history of Central American desperation
As a Central American voice on campus, we feel we must impress the gravity of an issue that continues to affect our community.
Guest Column by Sabrina Qiao | With graduation looming, my dream of being a starving writer seems unrealistic
Write full-time after graduation or never write at all is a melodramatic binary.
Guest Column by Nathan A. Cockrum | International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day
You do not need the "right words." You just need to listen with open arms, and an open heart. Love will do the rest.
Guest Column by Maeve Masterson | Penn’s investment in fossil fuels contradicts commitment to love
Penn’s billion-dollar endowment continues to reap returns from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and is thus funding a primary driver of climate change — no questions asked.
Guest Column by Andrew Langalis | Response to 'Increasing Hillel’s security doesn’t decrease my fear of gun violence'
If we abolish the Second, that puts every other Amendment on the chopping block.
Guest Column by James Aykit | Response to Moksh Jawa's column on competition at Penn
If Penn’s competitive atmosphere and mental health issues were perpetuated solely by academics, your advice — to stop comparing ourselves to others — would be sound, if simple.
Guest Column | GET-UP committee speaks out on proposed sexual harassment policy
When deans, department chairs, and peers of the accused are given the power to investigate sexual misconduct, allegations are often swept under the rug.
Guest Column by Benjamin Oh | Asian American voter turnout has been low. That needs to change.
Why do Asian communities with diverse political opinions and genuine concerns vote at such low rates?
Guest Column by University Honor Council President Kevin Myers | Coming together to end hazing
The unforgiving definition of hazing (wherein almost any pledging activity could fall under the umbrella policy) has left students uninterested in amending their group practices in order to meet a seemingly impossible university standard.
Guest Column by ASAP Chair Kara Hardie | The effect of Kavanaugh’s confirmation on survivors
The survivor’s fears of not being believed or, worse, being blamed for the trauma they endured are overwhelmingly common and overwhelmingly devastating feelings experienced after sexual assault.