Opinion
Guest Column by James Aykit | Response to Moksh Jawa's column on competition at Penn
If Penn’s competitive atmosphere and mental health issues were perpetuated solely by academics, your advice — to stop comparing ourselves to others — would be sound, if simple.
Kaliyah Dorsey | Why I was anti-relationship coming into college — and why I changed my mind
On FaceTime with a friend from high school, right after an Instagram official couple post on my part, she teased me, “What happened to ‘I hate labels, relationships are a burden, freshman year is for the girls’ Kaliyah?”
Rebecca Alifimoff | How changing languages changed how I think
The strangest thing about speaking another language is all the tiny ways you are estranged from yourself.
Carl-Emmanuel Fulghieri | Professional sports teams strike out by crossing the picket line
It seems especially wrong when professional athletes are unionized and through this representation, have won six-figure minimum salaries.
Sophia DuRose | Kanye’s political friendship with Trump is ‘Bound 2’ fail
As someone who can’t go to a single frat party without hearing at least one Kanye song, I am concerned about supporting him and his music, for multiple reasons.
Guest Column | GET-UP committee speaks out on proposed sexual harassment policy
When deans, department chairs, and peers of the accused are given the power to investigate sexual misconduct, allegations are often swept under the rug.
Joel Lee | Pause the podcast, take out your earbuds, and listen to your own thoughts
Conduct your own intellectual podcast about your thoughts, because it is more relatable than any you can find on iTunes.
Guest Column by Benjamin Oh | Asian American voter turnout has been low. That needs to change.
Why do Asian communities with diverse political opinions and genuine concerns vote at such low rates?
Lucy Hu | How to save our democracy in November
It’s time to take off our red hats and blue pins and give each candidate a fair shot.
Julia Mitchell | Don’t let Penn’s club recruitment rush rob you of your individuality
In the first weeks on campus, I watched my friends swept up in a flurry of recruiting sessions, auditions, BYOs, and GBMs for organizations with every abbreviation known to man.
Michael A. Keshmiri | Our president is a nationalist. That should scare you.
Trump’s decision to label himself a nationalist and tout xenophobic conspiracy theories in the days leading up to the midterm elections is a pathetic effort to drum up support from fringe elements of our country whose support played a role in carrying him to the presidency.
Moksh Jawa | Penn’s competition can be brutal, but it’s one of the best things about it
What started off as a nagging feeling of insufficiency a few months into freshman year has gradually turned into resounding self-confidence and unequivocal decision-making.
Sarah Khan | Canada Goose season
SARAH KHAN is a College sophomore from Lynn Haven, Fla.
Ben Claar | My academic career in one image
BEN CLAAR is a College senior from Scarsdale, N.Y.
Kristen Yeh | In other news this past weekend
KRISTEN YEH is a College sophomore from West Covina, Calif.
Guest Column by University Honor Council President Kevin Myers | Coming together to end hazing
The unforgiving definition of hazing (wherein almost any pledging activity could fall under the umbrella policy) has left students uninterested in amending their group practices in order to meet a seemingly impossible university standard.
Christy Qiu | When picking the next batch of Quakers, focus on merit, not legacy
Students who aren’t members of a “Penn dynasty” can be just as invested in the University’s history and mission.
Spencer Swanson | Khashoggi's murder is a test of Trump’s leadership. He’s failing.
The free press is too valuable to dismiss this incident as the work of “rogue killers.”
Second Opinion with Dennis Morris | Concerned mom and worried girlfriend
GIRL, I’ve heard this one before and it’s something that’s a bit tricky.