Editorial | Penn administrators are finally asking students for feedback — let’s answer

By The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board · Oct. 25, 2017

We hope that administrators will take the ideas, concerns and critiques expressed through the PULSE survey and Campus Conversation seriously, but for either of these efforts to be of any use, we the students need to participate heavily.

Cassandra Jobman | Narrative of a pedestrian

By Cassandra Jobman · Oct. 24, 2017

CASSANDRA JOBMAN is a College freshman from Garland, Texas.

Lucy Hu | Happiness doesn’t come from your resume

By Lucy Hu · Oct. 24, 2017

What’s going to matter in the very end is how you appreciated the details of what you did have — how you lived every day.

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Shilpa Saravanan | Burning your idols

By Shilpa Saravanan · Oct. 25, 2017

We so often predicate our existence on someone else’s — their successes are your successes, and you avoid any information whatsoever that might point to their failings.

Brad Hong | Solid deal

By Brad Hong · Oct. 25, 2017

BRAD HONG is a College sophomore from Morristown, N.J.

Siyin Han | Overheard in Moore 100

By Siyin Han · Oct. 25, 2017

SIYIN HAN is a College senior from Birmingham, Ala.

Siyin Han | Overheard in Moore 100

By Siyin Han · Oct. 25, 2017

SIYIN HAN is a College senior from Birmingham, Ala.

Cassandra Jobman | Narrative of a pedestrian

By Cassandra Jobman · Oct. 24, 2017

CASSANDRA JOBMAN is a College freshman from Garland, Texas.

Lucy Hu | Happiness doesn’t come from your resume

By Lucy Hu · Oct. 24, 2017

What’s going to matter in the very end is how you appreciated the details of what you did have — how you lived every day.

Claudia Li | Forecast of naughty

By Claudia Li · Oct. 23, 2017

CLAUDIA LI is a College senior from Santa Clara, Calif.

Isabella Simonetti | What I want from the ‘Campus Conversation’

By Isabella Simonetti · Oct. 23, 2017

The administration can no longer blindly point to Counseling and Psychological Services and shut down parties in hopes that mental health issues and the consequences of binge drinking will vanish.

Sara Merican | Monumental conversations

By Sara Merican · Oct. 23, 2017

The politics of presentation and representation are complex and therefore it is crucial that as many voices as possible are heard.

Spencer Swanson | In defense of Early Decision

By Spencer Swanson · Oct. 23, 2017

Although the trend of admitting over 50 percent of each freshman class in Early Decision has its drawbacks, it is ultimately the best system for ensuring the most committed Penn class.

Ben Claar | Arts and sciences

By Ben Claar · Oct. 23, 2017

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

Guest Column by Celeste Marcus | Communities of certainty

By Celeste Marcus · Oct. 23, 2017

College students, whether they are secular or religious, are religious. That is, they have dogmas, cults, temples, scriptures, prooftexts, prophets, methods of absolution, and methods of excommunication.

Cameron Dichter | The price of academic freedom

By Cameron Dichter · Oct. 22, 2017

Clearly, the commercialization of American universities means that monetary concerns are starting to outweigh intellectual ones.

James Lee | The regressive nature of progressive stacking

By James Lee · Oct. 22, 2017

Inclusion in discussion and class participation is obviously a noble goal, but the notion that race and gender are appropriate criteria to decide who gets a voice is at best a misguided one.

Group Think | Is Penn taking too many students through Early Decision?

By Calvary Rogers , Cameron Dichter , James Lee , Sara Merican , Spencer Swanson , Lucy Hu and Amy Chan · Oct. 22, 2017

Is Penn filling up too much of its classes through early decision? Should there be any changes to Penn's admissions policies with regards to early decision?

Sarah Khan | Nine a.m. lectures

By Sarah Khan · Oct. 22, 2017

SARAH KHAN is a College freshman from Lynn Haven, Fla.

Editorial | Moving toward a more transparent alert system

By The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board · Oct. 18, 2017

For the safety of students, faculty and staff in University City and West Philadelphia alike, DPS must expand the scope of its alert policies so that the Penn community are more frequently notified about any imminent dangers.

Siyin Han | I need to do laundry

By Siyin Han · Oct. 18, 2017

SIYIN HAN is a College senior from Birmingham, Ala.

Brad Hong | Laundry

By Brad Hong · Oct. 18, 2017

BRAD HONG is a College sophomore from Morristown, N.J.

Jacquelyn Sussman | Put computer science in the core

By Jacquelyn Sussman · Oct. 18, 2017

How am I supposed to discern the world’s inner workings and capitalize on its needs when the education I am getting doesn’t require any understanding of computer science?

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