Opinion
Guest Column by Naveen Albert | Penn must not remove call box telephones
Suggesting that Penn remove the very little public communications infrastructure it has left completely ignores the people who rely on it.
Guest Column by 2020 Class President Karim El Sewedy | Dear Penn Seniors
No, I don’t mean getting lost going to class or stumbling into the Quad at 4am. In fact, I’m not talking about who you actually were as a first-year student at all. I’m talking about the spirit of the collective experience.
Editorial | Students in Greek life must support CAFSA’s mission of stopping sexual assault
Someone can be a Greek life member and think that Locust Walk should represent more diverse interests.
Guest Column by Harrison Selznick | Let Thomas Homan speak
As a qualified, relevant expert in a pressing policy area, Homan deserves the chance to be heard.
Sophia DuRose | Penn stores should accept food stamps
Considering Penn’s dining halls proudly state that, “At Penn, we recognize that our cafés serve a diverse population with a wide range of dining preferences,” feeding a wide range of socioeconomic mouths is reason enough to search for a way to ensure equal access to food.
Tyler Larkworthy | Greek life promotes harmful ideas about gender
Men and women on this campus have sorted themselves off, having prepared for very different experiences. Ultimately, however, both fraternities and sororities at Penn enforce an outdated, regressive concept of gender roles.
Editorial | Penn’s meal swipe system is failing its students
Penn Dining should make meal swipes more useful to students by accepting them in more locations and letting them roll over from semester to semester.
Jessica Gooding | Penn students, don’t fear failure. Embrace it
As hard as failure can be, we need to breathe it in, exhale and let it go.
Bridget Yu | What you should know about getting in Early Decision
There are many things I wish I had known upon getting accepted early decision to Penn. Here are a few of the most prominent.
Tejaswi Bhavaraju | Penn students, attend and participate in cultural shows
In order to embrace diversity, one should engage more in events organized by cultural groups and try to absorb different values as much as possible.
Editorial | Penn, don't be embarrassed by Trump's impeachment. Instead, engage politically
Instead of passively lamenting Trump’s Penn affiliation, students should use impeachment as an opportunity to fight for policies they believe in.
Bridget Yu | The dialogue on mental health needs concrete solutions
Simply stating the flaws is not enough; we must target and pinpoint concrete solutions if we seek any form of progress.
Sophia DuRose | Law school applications are too expensive
In a world that already caters to wealth, putting one more boundary in the way of less privileged students is not the way to ensure equal access to higher education.
Guest Column by Francois Barrilleaux | Soleimani killing as senseless as voting for Republicans in 2020
Yes, Soleimani was a terrible individual who deserved what he got, but killing Soleimani has put American troops at greater risk by moving the United States and Iran closer to war, dramatically destabilizing the region, and doing enormous damage to United States-Iranian relations.
Lark Yan | Penn needs to explain the defunding of Wharton Public Policy Initiative
By deciding to defund PPI, Penn not only devalued students’ opinions but also deemphasized the importance of public policy research.
Guest Column by Suvir Kaul, Apurva Bamezai, and Bindu Doddahatti | Don't ignore anti-Muslim discrimination in India
We highlight these attacks on students and faculty to remind us all that these universities are being targeted precisely because they are institutions devoted to critical thinking and the exercise of reason.
Editorial | Greek life gives students a social outlet. Penn's clubs should learn from this
Campus groups should learn from Greek life and work to strengthen their internal cultures so they can provide more outlets for finding a community at Penn.
Letter from the President | Ask the right questions
Now, as I take the helm of the organization that gave me a purpose at Penn, I have one request for my team, and for the Penn community at-large: Ask the right questions.
Emilia Onuonga | The 'work hard, play harder' mentality is deeply flawed
While constant partying can make you happy in the moment, it is not the answer to stress.