Columnist Marie Dillard challenges the notion that financial wealth has to define belonging at Penn, urging students to embrace authenticity, gratitude, and personal growth rather than comparison.
Guest Columnist Zak Baker argues that during the second coming of Trump, belief has become a transformational force for good.
Columnist Zakhir Bentham breaks down the difference between loneliness and solitude while advocating for more people to take time for themselves.
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March 26, 2025
Guest Columnist Andrii Smytsniuk reflects on President Donald Trump’s recent interactions with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Columnist Eden Liu considers if Penn’s progressivism is a mistaken label.
Columnist Brian Barth dives into Penn’s extraordinary opportunity amidst the search for a new head mens basketball coach.
Columnist Brian Barth dives into Penn’s extraordinary opportunity amidst the search for a new head mens basketball coach.
Guest Columnist Zak Baker argues that during the second coming of Trump, belief has become a transformational force for good.
Columnist Zakhir Bentham breaks down the difference between loneliness and solitude while advocating for more people to take time for themselves.
Columnist Harman Chahal critiques the Penn Museum’s handling of the human remains they examined after the 1985 MOVE bombing.
Columnist Jason Zhao argues that DEI measures were never an effective practice for social equality.
Guest columnist Sean Oh argues that Penn students should take pride in their institution for the resources and opportunities it provides them.
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.
Senior columnist Ananya Shah asserts that the rise of AI is leading to the intellectual demise of society.
Columnist Beatriz Báez discusses Penn students’ tendency to put health on the back burner and the need to establish protocols to facilitate its prioritization.
Senior columnist Mariana Martinez discusses the psychology of Penn fashion by analyzing two main factors: socioeconomic status and race.
Columnist Elijah Ramirez critiques the Wharton School’s preprofessional culture that prioritizes capital and status over passion and ethical responsibility.
Guest Columnists Amy Offner and Sam Layding encourage Penn employees to push back against administration's anticipatory obedience to executive orders.
Senior Columnist Piper Slinka-Petka argues that at Penn, social savvy and networking has become the new merit.
The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board emphasizes the importance of this newspaper’s opinion to our community.
Columnist David Tran exposes a harmful fallacy in the rhetoric against test-optional admissions — and how we perpetuate it.
Columnist Jesse Van Doren highlights the pitfalls of a test-optional admissions policy.
The Daily Pennsylvanian Opinion Editor Jack Lakis introduces the DP’s new spring 2025 columnists.
