Guest column by Sam Janney | Syringe exchange saves lives

By Sam Janney · April 7, 2014

An IDU will inject drugs an average of 1,000 times per year. That is 1,000 opportunities to contract HIV or HCV.  

Roderick Cook | Come out, but don't come in

By Roderick Cook · April 6, 2014

Our mere existence [as queer and trans people] challenges the structure of objectification of women that frat parties are designed for.

Diane Bayeux | For art's sake

By Diane Bayeux · April 6, 2014

Perhaps the true motives that need to be discussed here are those of the audience. Indeed, an artwork is valued on different levels according to the public’s reaction. Without the public, an artwork can sit in an empty space forever.

Guest column by Chelsea Keeler | Affirmative action today

By Chelsea Keeler · April 6, 2014

Here’s the catch. Intelligence isn’t the biggest predictor of test scores — it’s socioeconomic status. Critics of affirmative action base their arguments on a completely faulty standard.

Arielle Pardes | Why men should embrace Lulu

By Arielle Pardes · April 3, 2014

So if women are generally pretty generous with their ratings and they’re using the app to recommend their guy friends, crushes and ex-boyfriends to other women rather than to bash them for past experiences, why are men so afraid of it? Rather than being full of the vindictive reviews that men seem wary of, most Lulu scores are actually full of praise.

Your Voice by Alison Malmon

By Alison Malmon · April 3, 2014

Research shows that when students are in distress, they turn to each other first — before they seek out parents, teachers or professionals. No mental health strategy will be successful without students at the core.

Frida Garza | 2048 — Not so great

By Frida Garza · April 2, 2014

In college, we’re all prone to procrastination — a quick game is more attractive than a problem set that will take eight hours to finish — but as we download the new big “thing,” we should be aware of our capacity for obsession. These games don’t offer instant gratification — they deliberately delay it. It’s tempting to submerge ourselves in activities that are less challenging than rewarding. Games like 2048 are one, but not the other.

I, like many Penn students, own clothing produced by VF Corporation. Every backpack I’ve owned since middle school has been a JanSport, and I love a warm North Face jacket as much as anyone else. As consumers of VF apparel and as Penn students, we are in a unique position to stop VF from getting away with this injustice.

Collin Boots | Let's discuss the persecution complex

By Collin Boots · April 1, 2014

If that counts, then what about when my class of 100-plus students had a lecture canceled outright for Yom Kippur because roughly 15 students in the class were Jewish? By my estimates, I paid roughly $250 for that hour of education, and it was not provided so that a religion I don’t follow could be accommodated.

Jonathan Iwry | Can dogs look up?

By Jonathan Iwry · April 1, 2014

People wave their opinions around — some of them better informed and reasoned than others — and the public forum becomes saturated with misinformation. For example, people trust their computers for medical advice far more than they should. According to the good digital doctors of MayoClinic.com, pretty much everything from fatigue to that pimple on your chin is a sign of cancer.

Guest column by Sebastian Negron-Reichard | On my UA experience

By Sebastian Negron-Reichard · March 31, 2014

The UA is not an airport shuttle club, as I have heard some people say. For most, if not all, of the representatives, it is an innate call to do something productive with their lives while fostering a better University.

Roderick Cook | What a drag

By Roderick Cook · March 31, 2014

Expressing femininity in a way that I have been actively and passively told that I am not supposed to has been such a powerful and important experience. It’s helped me to understand my gender and myself in ways that I have previously not been able to.

Jim Kahn | DP: 130, readers: 0

By Jim Khan · March 30, 2014

The Daily Pennsylvanian’s annual gag issue has a long history, of which another chapter has been written today.

Editorial | Abolish the UA

By The Daily Pennsylvanian · March 30, 2014

Once the UA is voted down, the undergraduates could send about creating a new student government. At a convention open to all undergraduates, students could present ideas and possible structures for the new government.

Your Voice by John Legend | Amy, We Need to Talk

By John Legend · March 30, 2014

Amy, I think it’s time for you to take me off speed dial.

Guest column by Jeremiah Keenan | Majoring in Wikipedia at the University of Google

By Jeremiah Keenan · March 27, 2014

As far as incentives are concerned, your teacher is a research scientist who works as a part-time proctor.

Sam Sherman | 'And' over 'or'

By Sam Sherman · March 27, 2014

I study chemistry and art not for the purpose of finding some superficial link between them such as art restoration, but rather to open my avenues of exploration of the world in a larger way.