Editorial | Penn Medicine's choice of 'ambassador' shows a lapse in judgment

By The Daily Pennsylvanian · Feb. 21, 2017

Next Tuesday, Irvine Auditorium will host a panel forum entitled “A Formidable Foe: Cancer in the 21st Century” as part of its David and Lyn Silfen University Forum series. While the forum will notably feature Penn President Amy Gutmann and former Vice President Joe Biden, one of the other panelists has stolen some of the spotlight by virtue of being embroiled in a lawsuit over discrimination against an Iraqi family.

Toe the Line: College Republicans | Holding both the press and President Trump accountable

By Michael Bogdanos · Feb. 20, 2017

The College Republicans urge both President Trump and the news media to grow up. Regardless of who dealt the first blow or who started it, the president and the media are caught in a mean-spirited, childish conflict.

Claudia Li | He will not be remembered

By Claudia Li · Feb. 19, 2017

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

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Toe the Line: Penn Democrats | Protecting the press from tyranny

By Ari Goldfine · Feb. 20, 2017

The state of the press is alarming. And many of the critiques of the media, echoing endlessly in the ears of the American people, are legitimate and necessary.

Joe Tharakan | We are all idiots

By Joe Tharakan · Feb. 20, 2017

In high school, I used to participate in extemporaneous speaking. We were given a question on current events; something like, “How will Brexit impact the UK economy?” might be asked today.

Bryn Friedenberg | Ethnically ambidextrous

By Bryn Friedenberg · Feb. 20, 2017

BRYN FRIEDENBERG is a College junior from Kirtland, Ohio.

Bryn Friedenberg | Ethnically ambidextrous

By Bryn Friedenberg · Feb. 20, 2017

BRYN FRIEDENBERG is a College junior from Kirtland, Ohio.

Toe the Line: College Republicans | Holding both the press and President Trump accountable

By Michael Bogdanos · Feb. 20, 2017

Claudia Li | He will not be remembered

By Claudia Li · Feb. 19, 2017

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

Langston MacDiarmid | Dead possum

By Langston MacDiarmid · Feb. 19, 2017

LANGSTON MACDIARMID is an Engineering senior from Pittsburgh, PA.

Editorial | The other type of diversity

By The Daily Pennsylvanian · Feb. 17, 2017

In a widely-cited piece of compelling data journalism, The New York Times last month compiled a list of the 38 American colleges and universities that enroll more students from the top one percent of the U.S.

Group Think | Was Yale correct to change Calhoun College name?

By James Fisher , Michael Palamountain , Isabel Kim and Joe Tharakan · Feb. 16, 2017

GROUP THINK is the DP’s round table section, where we throw a question at the columnists and see what answers stick.

Ben Claar | Squirrel jokes

By Ben Claar · Feb. 15, 2017

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

Amy Chan | Burning neither bridges nor money

By Amy Chan · Feb. 15, 2017

Last Thursday, a Pembroke College student burned a £20 note in front of a homeless man on Bridge Street.

Reid Jackson | All speech is free speech

By Reid Jackson · Feb. 15, 2017

This week, the British government formally rejected an online petition started on its website to cancel U.S.

Brad Hong | Rose

By Brad Hong · Feb. 14, 2017

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

Taylor Becker | Penn's (disappearing?) middle class

By Taylor Becker · Feb. 14, 2017

A recent New York Times article showed that the median family income for an undergraduate family at Penn is $195,500, placing the median Penn family in the 82nd percentile among U.S. families.

Calvary Rogers | Unboxing Black history: Whom we remember

By Calvary Rogers · Feb. 14, 2017

This semester, I’ve done my best to be as attentive as possible when examining Penn culture, and researching black history at Penn has truly strengthened that attentiveness.

Group Think | Addressing economic inequality at Penn

By Shawn Srolovitz , Reid Jackson , James Lee , Amy Chan , Emily Hoeven and Taylor Becker · Feb. 14, 2017

GROUP THINK is the DP’s round table section, where we throw a question at the columnists and see what answers stick.

Bryn Friedenberg | My heart quakes

By Bryn Friedenberg · Feb. 13, 2017

BRYN FRIEDENBERG is a College junior from Kirtland, Ohio.

Emily Hoeven | Hope is the thing with feathers

By Emily Hoeven · Feb. 13, 2017

Sometimes I feel like the most tangible thing I’ve gotten from my college education is a broader and more refined understanding of just how many things are wrong with the world, how many terrible atrocities have been committed in the past and continue to be committed, how many people are suffering in many different ways.

Guest Column by Jordan Palmer and Kayla Byrd | The purpose of the Du Bois College House

By Jordan Palmer and Kayla Byrd · Feb. 13, 2017

As the Spring semester continues to unfold, there are a number of changes that we, as students, are confronted with.

Guest Column by Sriram Sridharan | Deal with it: A statement on safe spaces

By Sriram Sridharan · Feb. 12, 2017

As a member of a community that prides itself for being at the forefront of the progressive, intellectual movement and someone who recognizes the real harms of socio-economic privilege, I feel compelled to respond to the article.

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