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Opinion-Columns

10/15/12 1:09am
Robert Moses and Michael Jordan were addicted to success and had egos that filled rooms. But their accomplishments and supreme talent more than made up for their tough exteriors.
10/12/12 1:40am
For most of my life, I aimed to prove others wrong. I strived to defy the socioeconomic gravity that tried to pull me down.
10/11/12 12:43am
We all feel pain, fall violently ill, lose loved ones and experience betrayal. Suffering is — and always has been — the universal human condition.
10/11/12 12:41am
Penn provides an incredible education and should be charging more.
10/10/12 1:39am
Hinduism has been simplified to festivals like Holi which celebrates color and Diwali, the festival of lights.
10/10/12 1:39am
Mindless partisanship, where voters act like sports fans, has leaked down to the lowest levels of each party. It has even seeped onto this campus.
10/09/12 1:04am
Are lectures really the best way to employ Penn’s eminent faculty? Are undergraduates getting their $39,088 worth of tuition by listening passively?
10/09/12 1:02am
Penn should embrace its proud democratic tradition that began with Benjamin Franklin.
10/08/12 1:11am
You owe it to yourself and the world around you to learn some math.
10/05/12 1:31am
This arbitrary rule distracts from the substance of elections and leads to petty violations.
10/05/12 1:29am
With such a deep history and continued commitment to Afro-American history, what could stop me from living in the house?
10/04/12 1:37am
Let’s explore some fecal matters.
10/04/12 1:33am
Even though my 22nd birthday is around the corner, I miss my parents and my brother and my mouse-free bedroom. I miss home.
10/03/12 1:37am
Come November, Romney will lose because a man who tries to stand for everything stands for nothing.
10/03/12 1:35am
Procrastination is a good thing — as long as it’s the right kind.
10/02/12 1:20am
Competition is why online education is here to stay.
09/30/12 10:22pm
In truth, the musical world is a big old love fest, with artists referencing, sampling and covering each other all the time.
09/30/12 9:41pm
I’d rather vote for someone that I trust as a person rather than someone I only trust to support my political beliefs.
09/27/12 11:16pm
Civic mentors may not be campus celebrities but they are the true unsung leaders on campus.
09/26/12 11:21pm
Our undergraduate degrees constitute one expensive but necessary line on our resumes that supports, but does not singlehandedly define, the parameters of our knowledge and skills.