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Opinion-Columns

01/31/11 6:04am

The Gold Standard | Put the safety on

Let’s call upon our state and local legislators to forge a way forward that protects gun ownership rights while allowing Philadelphia to enact logical ordinances.
01/28/11 6:48am

Last Call | Capital gains

In their ongoing internship and job search, Penn students shouldn’t ignore the wealth of opportunities awaiting them in our nation’s capital.
01/27/11 5:43am

Smart Alec | Thinking past the crisis

President Gutmann should increase the general fee to give SAC the resources to pay fully for our least-funded academic division — student life.
01/27/11 5:21am

Scientifically Blonde | Zapping your brain to a 4.0

When I heard about a study from the University of Oxford that found that electroshock brain therapy makes you significantly better at math, my first thought was, “Where do I sign up?!”
01/26/11 7:24am

Say Anything | ‘Rape’ is a four-letter word

Casual misuse of the word ‘rape’ is abhorrent and absolutely unacceptable.
01/26/11 7:18am

A Likely Story | Confessions of a grade nut

Throughout my time as a Penn student I have been truly sure only of the fact that doubt has defined me a great deal more than assuredness.
01/25/11 6:39am

The Gray Area | An opportunity for dialogue

The Penn Dems-College Republicans joint State of the Union address watch party is a time for us to have a discussion about how we should be moving forward with political debates.
01/25/11 6:19am

Peace Not Politics | Reviving bipartisanship — it could happen

Congressional Republicans face a defining choice — work with the president on major policy issues or obstruct his agenda for the next two years.
01/24/11 6:36am

The Gold Standard | From stimulus to deficit

The budget crisis staring the local school system directly in the face was driven by the federal stimulus package of 2009.
01/24/11 6:28am

Bank on It | A standard system for evaluation

More emphasis should be placed on a single standardized test, which will allow for a better comparison among students from different schools.
01/21/11 5:44am

Duly Noted | The (used book) shop around the corner

Picking up a book from one of the two-dozen used bookstores in the city instead of from a chain helps small business, the environment and your wallet.
01/21/11 5:39am

Last Call | More morning mail

In the future, the University should create and automatically add all undergraduates to an events listserv and make it opt-out rather than opt-in.
01/20/11 6:33am

Truth Be Told | Peddling hope in a placebo

Given that there is a wealth of evidence that thinking happy thoughts actually is therapeutic, I’d say this Peter Pan placebo effect isn’t that far-fetched.
01/20/11 6:18am

Smart Alec | End the over-budgeting crisis

Enacting a moratorium on new groups is exactly the one measure that will do nothing to help the current crisis. Too much money is going out to existing groups.
01/19/11 5:16am

The Half of It | An SMS alert: forget me not!

At Penn, I find myself tiring of dispensable introductions and the casual conversations that follow. The prevalence and acceptability of disposable relationships is simply unnecessary.
01/19/11 5:09am

A Likely Story | Information addiction

We addicts of information would be better off trading some status updates and messages in our inboxes for a little more time together ­— the old-fashioned, offline way.
01/18/11 4:59am

The Gray Area | Better course evaluations

A new evaluation system will enable professors to send out feedback forms to their classes by e-mail at any time — not just at the end of the semester.
01/14/11 5:46am

Hassall-Free Fridays | Athletically apathetic, and proud of it

The conventional explanation for Penn students' non-attendance at sports games is that we lack school spirit or pride. But we show our pride in diverse fashions.
01/13/11 5:09am

Scientifically Blonde | Beer goggles demystified

Beer goggles are the illusion that people are more attractive when you’re under the influence of alcohol. Their existence has been scientifically proven and explained.
01/13/11 4:58am

Smart Alec | A free market for booze

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board's monopoly should end. State Rep. Mike Turzai’s bill to privatize the liquor business in Pennsylvania is as good a way as any to do it.

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