Isabella Simonetti | Pay up, Penn: Student tour guides deserve compensation

By Isabella Simonetti · Nov. 25, 2018

Prospective students from underrepresented backgrounds deserve tour guides who they can relate to. 

Jay Shah | Rediscovering my heritage inside a lecture hall

By Jay Shah · Nov. 25, 2018

I started to fully appreciate the other part of my identity beyond boxes on the demographic section on an application.

Kristen Yeh | Happy Friendsgiving

By Kristen Yeh · Nov. 21, 2018

KRISTEN YEH is a College sophomore from West Covina, Calif.

Ben Claar | Midterm sleep schedule

By Ben Claar · Nov. 21, 2018

BEN CLAAR is a College senior from Scarsdale, N.Y.

Ben Claar | Harry Potter and the Horrors of Penn InTouch

By Ben Claar · Nov. 21, 2018

BEN CLAAR is a College senior from Scarsdale, N.Y.

Guest Column by Sabrina Qiao | With graduation looming, my dream of being a starving writer seems unrealistic

By Sabrina Qiao · Nov. 20, 2018

Write full-time after graduation or never write at all is a melodramatic binary.

Michael A. Keshmiri | Politicians have gotten too comfortable with racially coded attacks

By Michael A. Keshmiri · Nov. 19, 2018

We cannot let political leanings stifle our innate sense of decency.

Guest Column by Nathan A. Cockrum | International Survivors of Suicide Loss Day

By Nathan A. Cockrum · Nov. 18, 2018

You do not need the "right words." You just need to listen with open arms, and an open heart. Love will do the rest.

Guest Column by Maeve Masterson | Penn’s investment in fossil fuels contradicts commitment to love

By Maeve Masterson · Nov. 18, 2018

Penn’s billion-dollar endowment continues to reap returns from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and is thus funding a primary driver of climate change — no questions asked. 

Christy Qiu | Sleep should be a priority from your first night at Penn

By Christy Qiu · Nov. 14, 2018

It’s like a competition: whoever sleeps the least wins. Functioning with little to no sleep is like a badge of honor, a display of invincibility.

Kaliyah Dorsey | My truth may not be yours, but I still deserve to share it

By Kaliyah Dorsey · Nov. 14, 2018

It is your right, and this is what Laymon teaches me, to own your life.

Joel Lee | Plenty of people think we go to Penn State — here’s why it shouldn’t bother us

By Joel Lee · Nov. 14, 2018

If people didn’t know that I was going to a prestigious college, then what was all this work for?

Michael A. Keshmiri | Forsaken: the forgotten Americans of U.S. island territories

By Michael A. Keshmiri · Nov. 13, 2018

Over 4 million people reside in these territories and most Americans are oblivious about their situation.

Letter to the Editor from Penn Athletics | Response to physical education editorial

By David C. Leach · Nov. 11, 2018

Penn Campus Recreation is poised to assist in this endeavor and we look forward to the continuing dialogue regarding elective physical education classes.

Kaliyah Dorsey | ’The Hate U Give’ takes black girlhood seriously — we should all take a hint

By Kaliyah Dorsey · Nov. 11, 2018

I’m not just saying that the people with the most power neglect the narrative of the black girl, though they do. I’m saying that we, as a society, fail to take black girlhood seriously.

Lilian Zhang | China’s education system is notoriously rigid, but is the U.S. any better?

By Lilian Zhang · Nov. 9, 2018

I came to the United States so that I would avoid falling victim to an education system based on standardized and rigid deliverance of knowledge.

Spencer Swanson | Far-right despot or economic savior? Welcome to Bolsonaro’s Brazil

By Spencer Swanson · Nov. 8, 2018

Considering the chaos of corruption Brazil has endured over the last few decades, he might, just might, be exactly what the country needs.