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Opinion-Columns

03/20/25 6:00am
Columnist Lala Mustafa dissects how the unthinkable becomes law.
03/19/25 5:28pm
Guest columnist Sean Oh argues that Penn students should take pride in their institution for the resources and opportunities it provides them.
03/19/25 6:00am
Senior columnist Diya Choksey examines how something as simple as a GSR reservation highlights the deeper financial and social silos that shape student life at Penn.
03/18/25 9:10am
Senior columnist Ananya Shah asserts that the rise of AI is leading to the intellectual demise of society. 
03/17/25 6:00am
Columnist Beatriz Báez discusses Penn students’ tendency to put health on the back burner and the need to establish protocols to facilitate its prioritization.
03/16/25 5:14pm
Senior columnist Mariana Martinez discusses the psychology of Penn fashion by analyzing two main factors: socioeconomic status and race.
03/05/25 6:57pm
Columnist Elijah Ramirez critiques the Wharton School’s preprofessional culture that prioritizes capital and status over passion and ethical responsibility.
03/04/25 9:00pm
Senior Columnist Piper Slinka-Petka argues that at Penn, social savvy and networking has become the new merit.
02/28/25 7:00am
Columnist David Tran exposes a harmful fallacy in the rhetoric against test-optional admissions — and how we perpetuate it. 
02/28/25 6:00am
Columnist Jesse Van Doren highlights the pitfalls of a test-optional admissions policy.
02/27/25 6:00am
Columnist Eric Najera argues that Penn students should embrace Wharton. 
02/26/25 6:00am
Columnist Eden Liu delves into the arguments against term limits for elected officials and the detriments that they would incur.
02/26/25 6:00am
Senior Columnist Mariana Martinez explores the tensions between morality and politics in the context of the new Trump administration.
02/25/25 12:00pm
Columnist Elo Esalomi questions whether the DEI era ever led to real change or if it was just corporate window dressing. 
02/25/25 6:00am
Columnist David Tran proposes the closure of 34th and 33rd streets to connect the Engineering School with the heart of campus.
02/25/25 6:00am
Columnist Francesco Salamone argues that elite colleges act as marriage markets but romantic relationships do not demand compatibility; they necessitate complementarity.
02/24/25 8:00am
Senior Columnist Mritika Senthil questions the agenda behind Penn’s NIH funding crisis email and reduced graduate admission rates.
02/21/25 7:56am
Senior columnist Mia Vesely highlights the diversity of the Black student experience at Penn this Black History Month.
02/20/25 6:00am
Columnist Jason Zhao dives into the history of American identity to argue that the only thing that defines us as a people is our inability to be defined.
02/19/25 6:00am
Columnist Simar Soni discusses why situationships are an epidemic for Generation Z that must be cured.