Like most people, I always believed happiness was a fleeting emotion. And, like most people, I believed that though we cannot create happiness, we can still somehow tame the slippery creature. 

Within our college experiences, we often limit ourselves to what we are already a part of and the social circles we are comfortable with.

It’s crucial to know what causes Penn Face at its root. Are the forces simply too strong to be overcome?

This election does matter as it represents the continuation of Germany being the clear leader among liberal Western democracies, in a time when many countries are shifting significantly towards nationalism and authoritarianism.

Penn must do a better job of educating freshmen on the less overt aspects of rape culture that infiltrate the social scene.

I refuse to dress my words up anymore, or play mind games with words. I want my words to be true.

By shifting its focus from sexual assault to alcohol abuse and hazing, the administration has unfortunately redirected our attention away from the issue that matters most.

Do you believe that the task force efforts to combat sexual violence and substance abuse are currently misguided with regards to events monitoring?

The petition at issue is poorly-argued and out of touch, but the idea that we are entitled to this kind of social life didn’t start with those who wrote and supported its message.

Hooking up is perpetuated throughout campus as a part of Penn life, and as a Penn student, you are physically stuck here. 

If we continue to major shame on a larger scale, we’ll most likely study subjects we don’t care for and will perform poorly in our studies. If we don’t enjoy what we’re doing, it will be much harder for us to succeed in the long run. 

Being in a single is not the most luxurious experience in the world. There are many perks to having your own space, but the social drawbacks are much more impactful. 

This semester, I had second thoughts, but ended up registering for Korean again. Something keeps me going back.

Penn’s competitive club culture is not going away, and rejection itself is not going away, either.

President Trump was right to rescind President Obama’s unconstitutional DACA executive order. He was also right to call for Congress to send him a bill making DACA U.S. law.

These Dreamers are more than statistics, more than business-owners, more than contributing students, more than researchers or computer scientists.

Should universities care about their ranking? Why or why not?