Calvary Rogers | Discovering intersections between our mental health and academia

By Calvary Rogers · March 14, 2017

Recently, the Student Committee on Undergraduate Education conducted a survey to shine light on the growing demand for an expanded half-credit course system here at Penn.

Claudia Li | What a party pooper

By Claudia Li · March 12, 2017

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

James Lee | Hate the player, hate the game

By James Lee · March 12, 2017

I went through a phase growing up when I was really into the saying “Don’t hate the player, hate the game.” I’m not sure where I first picked it up, but it had just the right amounts of flippant attitude and pseudo-profundity that young James was really into.

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Bryn Friedenberg | Clean laundry

By Bryn Friedenberg · March 13, 2017

BRYN FRIEDENBERG is a College junior from Kirtland, Ohio.

Emily Hoeven | Making time with family cool again

By Emily Hoeven · March 13, 2017

I was watching one of my brother’s baseball games over spring break when a parent asked me why I wasn’t living it up in Florida or Puerto Vallarta or some other tropical location with my friends.

Shawn Srolovitz | Don't forget the trees

By Shawn Srolovitz · March 13, 2017

This past week, I participated in an Alternate Spring Break trip to Hendersonville, North Carolina, where we spent the week working with Housing Assistance, a local organization that helps with home repair for people in poverty. Throughout the week, we had the opportunity to help repair roofs around the community, visit local sights and eat lots of great food.

Shawn Srolovitz | Don't forget the trees

By Shawn Srolovitz · March 13, 2017

Claudia Li | What a party pooper

By Claudia Li · March 12, 2017

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

James Lee | Hate the player, hate the game

By James Lee · March 12, 2017

Guest Column by Joe Sageman | Activism through action: why I joined Teach for America

By Joe Sageman · March 12, 2017

I scrolled through Penn’s career plans survey report: “Financial Analyst, Marketing Analyst, Finance Analyst, Analyst, Database Analyst,” read the first five results under the section for economics majors (really, you can go and look for yourself). A lump hardened in my throat.

Ben Claar | A day in the life 2017

By Ben Claar · March 1, 2017

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

Amy Chan | Finding richness in the down times

By Amy Chan · March 1, 2017

I’ve been happy lately — really happy — and when I’m happy, I don’t want to write. It’s unfortunate, this sensation.

Reid Jackson | What happens when the media doesn’t get tech?

By Reid Jackson · March 1, 2017

As you might have noticed, the news media has spent much of the past two years focused, seemingly solely, on the comings and goings of a certain Penn alum.

Brad Hong | Nothing is sacred anymore

By Brad Hong · Feb. 28, 2017

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

Guest Column by Julia Lesko | Penn should reflect its value for open discourse

By Julia Lesko · Feb. 28, 2017

Benjamin Franklin argued for the importance of free discourse by noting “that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter.” Considering the administration’s opaque decision on fossil fuel divestment, Penn is not living up to its founder’s values.

Letter from the President | Why (and how) journalism — on campus and beyond — needs your participation

By Carter Coudriet · Feb. 28, 2017

Last year, Donald Trump began blitzing the mainstream media at an unprecedented and alarming rate following his victory in the presidential election.

Bryn Friedenberg | Embellished resume

By Bryn Friedenberg · Feb. 27, 2017

BRYN FRIEDENBERG is a College junior from Kirtland, Ohio.

Emily Hoeven | The case for great expectations

By Emily Hoeven · Feb. 27, 2017

If you type the word “expectations” into your search bar, the first suggestion that comes up is “expectations versus reality.” The search yields endless memes that attest to the vast discrepancy between what we expect the result of something to be and its actual result.