Joe Tharakan | Everybody's a jerk online

By Joe Tharakan · April 3, 2017

I spent a long time wondering what topic I should write on today. I found it very difficult to pick a stance on anything.

Bryn Friedenberg | Weekend plans

By Bryn Friedenberg · April 3, 2017

BRYN FRIEDENBERG is a College junior from Kirtland, Ohio.

Claudia Li | Tired

By Claudia Li · April 3, 2017

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

Editorial | What potential Quakers need to know

By The Daily Pennsylvanian · April 2, 2017

Last week, more than two thousand applicants around the world received the news that they have been accepted for enrollment at the University of Pennsylvania.

Taylor Becker | What it means to be pro-Israel

By Taylor Becker · March 31, 2017

This past weekend, around 40 Penn students joined nearly 4000 campus activists from across the country at the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) annual Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.

Guest Column by Vinayak Kumar | A Physics Perspective to Identity Politics

By Vinayak Kumar · March 30, 2017

There is a lot of hot debate between the political left and right about social justice issues, and a particularly concentrated debate in higher education institutions.

Amy Chan | Expats excluded: On accepting the difficulty of integration

By Amy Chan · March 29, 2017

When I first arrived in Cambridge, I thought I would immediately integrate. I thought that I would make many British friends and that I would excel at every stereotypically British task I tried.

Ben Claar | Dragged out of bed

By Ben Claar · March 29, 2017

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

Guest Column by Thomas Lee | Anti-intellectualism against divestment is dangerous

By Thomas Lee · March 29, 2017

The exchange of ideas, through testing assumptions and addressing conflicting evidence, is the intellectual core of Penn’s academic mission.

Guest Column by Edward Jing and Makayla Reynolds | Michelle and Jay for UA

By Edward Jing and Makayla Reynolds · March 29, 2017

Serving as a liaison between the student body and Penn administrators, the UA has the unique ability to institute change that affects the entire undergraduate population.

Guest Statement by Michelle Xu and Jay Shah | Community, Campus Culture, Collaboration: Michelle and Jay for UA

By Michelle Xu and Jay Shah · March 28, 2017

We want to be your elected Undergraduate Assembly President and Vice President because we have a vision for Penn’s future, and we’re the ones to make it happen.

Guest Statement by Justin Hopkins and Calvary Rogers | Building bridges: Justin and Calvary for UA

By Calvary Rogers and Justin Hopkins · March 28, 2017

Every year during the season of Penn Student Government elections, the student body is bombarded with signatures, platforms and the opportunity to elect a new President, Vice President and general body of the Undergraduate Assembly.

Brad Hong | Roommate counseling

By Brad Hong · March 28, 2017

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

Shawn Srolovitz | Reframing the campus leadership conversation

By Shawn Srolovitz · March 27, 2017

Last week, my friend sent me a New York Times article about the value high school students place on leadership. Because of the perceived focus on traditional leadership in college admissions, students prioritize leadership in the vein of “political or business power” — defining leaders based on their authority and dominance.

Bryn Friedenberg | Tabs

By Bryn Friedenberg · March 27, 2017

BRYN FRIEDENBERG is a College junior from Kirtland, Ohio.

Claudia Li | Why it failed

By Claudia Li · March 26, 2017

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

Cameron Dichter | Unintended offense: dealing with racial insensitivity on campus

By Cameron Dichter · March 26, 2017

In the fall of 1993, Jahmae Harris, a then-senior here at Penn, received a frightening phone call to her dorm, the DuBois College House.