Columnist Charlotte Pulica argues that the new degree classifications will cause more harm than any intended good.
Opinion-Columns
Audrey Levenson | Your Halloween situationship got awkward. What now?
Columnist Audrey Levenson weighs in on how to gently end a situationship.
Zoe Mackey | Holding space for Black students at Penn
Zoe Mackey explains how cultural groups at Penn help support the foundation of identity in students of color.
Sienna Bevan | Polarization isn’t killing democracy. Our inability to listen is
Columnist Sienna Bevan reflects on her past stance to explore why learning to approach disagreement with more empathy is essential for democracy.
Audrey Levenson | Your Halloween situationship got awkward. What now?
Columnist Audrey Levenson weighs in on how to gently end a situationship.
Zoe Mackey | Holding space for Black students at Penn
Zoe Mackey explains how cultural groups at Penn help support the foundation of identity in students of color.
Charlotte Pulica | Penn’s PR needs to be hacked
Columnist Charlotte Pulica argues that the nation no longer cares about elitism in education.
Ady Lotivio | Should ethnicity matter anymore?
Columnist Ady Lotivio argues that the cultural clubs here should re-check how they make sense of our community’s diversity.
Audrey Levenson | Welcome to ‘Ask Audrey’
Columnist Audrey Levenson introduces the concept of her advice column and weighs in on study abroad.
Mariana Martinez | Stop fast-tracking love
Senior columnist Mariana Martinez criticizes the need for immediacy in dating and encourages students to be more vulnerable.
Kamau Louis | Is Penn truly a home for all?
Columnist Kamau Louis argues that Penn is lacking in its effort to protect Black students in the recent wake of a racist video.
Mritika Senthil | Downtowns are a scam
Senior columnist Mritika Senthil explains how student groups exploit high-traffic weekends to cash in on overcrowded, overpriced downtown parties.
Lindsay Muneton ⎹ The hierarchy of housing
Columnist Lindsay Muneton highlights the social divide between on and off-campus students as a consequence of university inaction.
Viktor Wittner | Penn has a diversity problem, but not the one you think
Columnist Viktor Wittner sheds light on Penn’s lack of initiative to recruit and support rural students.
Andy Mei | Admit it: You actually want to be lonely
Columnist Andy Mei provides a satirical look at the relationship between loneliness and busyness, commenting on the use of work as an excuse to be a worse friend.
Marie Dillard | 40th Street doesn’t disturb me. The response did
Columnist Marie Dillard explores the rise in anti-Black racist rhetoric happening on campus following the incidents that have occurred near campus.
Gladys Smith | You can’t read
Columnist Gladys Smith mourns the forgotten art of reading.
Charlotte Pulica | Research is Penn’s greatest gift
Columnist Charlotte Pulica explains the importance of research at Penn, and why every student should participate in some form of research to further their education.
Mia Vesely | I use SNAP benefits. Many other college students do too
Senior columnist Mia Vesely discusses the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and dispels the notion that such programs are misused or unessential.
Greta Lynch | Maybe it is that damn phone
Columnist Greta Lynch argues that social media is dulling the minds of our generation, but not for the reasons we’re often told.


















