For most of my life, I aimed to prove others wrong. I strived to defy the socioeconomic gravity that tried to pull me down.

We all feel pain, fall violently ill, lose loved ones and experience betrayal. Suffering is — and always has been — the universal human condition.

Penn provides an incredible education and should be charging more.

Hinduism has been simplified to festivals like Holi which celebrates color and Diwali, the festival of lights.

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.

Are lectures really the best way to employ Penn’s eminent faculty? Are undergraduates getting their $39,088 worth of tuition by listening passively?

Penn should embrace its proud democratic tradition that began with Benjamin Franklin.

You owe it to yourself and the world around you to learn some math.

This arbitrary rule distracts from the substance of elections and leads to petty violations.

With such a deep history and continued commitment to Afro-American history, what could stop me from living in the house?

Let’s explore some fecal matters.

Even though my 22nd birthday is around the corner, I miss my parents and my brother and my mouse-free bedroom. I miss home.

Come November, Romney will lose because a man who tries to stand for everything stands for nothing.

Procrastination is a good thing — as long as it’s the right kind.

Competition is why online education is here to stay.

In truth, the musical world is a big old love fest, with artists referencing, sampling and covering each other all the time.

I’d rather vote for someone that I trust as a person rather than someone I only trust to support my political beliefs.