Guest Column | Penn must ask Joe Biden serious questions at graduation

By Jack Solowey · April 1, 2013

The announcement of Joe Biden as the 2013 commencement speaker at the University of Pennsylvania did not cause much controversy on campus. Though Biden’s speech need not cause uproar, it ought to serve as an occasion to ask serious moral and political questions of an elected leader.

Kurt Mitman | ’Til Constitution do us part

By Kurt Mitman · March 29, 2013

This issue goes beyond the question of straight and gay marriage currently before the court.

Robert Hsu | Give me your best shot

By Robert Hsu · March 29, 2013

There will always be people who don’t like you, who want to be mean to you and who will put you down. It is impossible to control others, but we do have control over ourselves. When it comes to bullying, we have to worry less about the bullies and more about the victims.

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Divya Ramesh | Not worth the wait

By Divya Ramesh · March 31, 2013

Last week, as I stood alongside a man with “Penn Maintenance” embroidered on his jacket, I received a very didactic response as I rambled on about the motivational power of a Friday evening.

Xavier Flory | A beautiful game

By Xavier Flory · March 31, 2013

It’s that time of year. Grab a wurst and sit back for the sporting highlight of the year. No, I’m not talking about March Madness. I refer to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League, the annual tournament for the best footballing clubs in Europe.

Your Voice | A Wall for Freedom

By Tony Cotzias and Seth Koren · March 31, 2013

Penn For Liberty is celebrating free speech this week. To evince this, we’re placing a Free Speech Wall next to the love statue.

Your Voice | A Wall for Freedom

By Tony Cotzias and Seth Koren · March 31, 2013

Penn For Liberty is celebrating free speech this week. To evince this, we’re placing a Free Speech Wall next to the love statue.

Kurt Mitman | ’Til Constitution do us part

By Kurt Mitman · March 29, 2013

This issue goes beyond the question of straight and gay marriage currently before the court.

Robert Hsu | Give me your best shot

By Robert Hsu · March 29, 2013

Guest Column | I nurse, you nurse, we nurse

By Maddie Wilson · March 28, 2013

There is benefit to helping other people understand why some people choose nursing as a career. And even more importantly, how you all are, in a way, nurses.

Seaver Wang | A Failure to fire

By Seaver Wang · March 28, 2013

The first rule of the national gun debate is this: much of what you know is wrong.

Adam Silver | Rethinking and reforming College requirements

By Adam Silver · March 27, 2013

This is the problem with requirements: they don’t make sense. So many courses that obviously should fill them just don’t.

J Street U Penn Executive Board | A crucial voice for Israel

By J Street U Penn Executive Board · March 27, 2013

Open discourse and constructive criticism, rooted in love, are the only ways for us to achieve a brighter and safer future for the State of Israel. Like similar events being held by J Street U chapters on campuses across the country, our success in bringing Breaking the Silence to Hillel exemplifies the gradual mending of a still broken dialogue on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Joke Issue: Don’t oppose the majority’s authority (DOMA)

By Sassy Jaffe · March 26, 2013

Today, the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments about the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act.

Jim Kahn | Joke issue score: DP 129, readers -129

By Jim Kahn , Gen. Jim Kahn , Rebel Leader Jim Kahn , Right Honorable Jim Kahn , Senator Jim Kahn , His Royal Highness Jim Kahn and Jim Khan · March 26, 2013

The Daily Pennsylvanian’s annual gag issue has a long history, of which another chapter has been written today. Every year at about this time, tradition dictates that DP editors turn their usually proper paper into a playful parody.

Rachel del Valle | Now or later

By Rachel del Valle · March 26, 2013

Because sometimes you don’t actually have that much to do. At the end of every horrible week, there’s a calm, and you can either choose to embrace it or unnecessarily stress yourself out about the next thing.

Caroline Brand | I think, therefore you are

By Caroline Brand · March 26, 2013

Especially at Penn — a world in which six degrees of separation feels more like two — it’s all too easy to “know” someone despite never having met them.

Penn SLAP | Justice on the menu

By Penn SLAP · March 26, 2013

How can Bon Appétit claim sustainability when the wages it pays are not enough for its workers to sustain their families?

Your Voice | In Tyga’s defense…

By Jason Fernandes · March 26, 2013

Lighten up everyone, they’re just lyrics. Harmless words. No one listens for the lyrics anyway. All we want is a dope beat so we can get freaky on the dance floor.

Anthony Liveris | Information overload

By Anthony Liveris · March 25, 2013

The pursuit of legislation has been sidelined for the pursuit of finding true news. The creative side of entertainment is intersecting with the content, leaving us satisfied with the story, not the necessary results.

Divya Ramesh | Empty apologies

By Divya Ramesh · March 25, 2013

Sorry has become the panacea, but the word is caving under the weight of our demands.

Emily Goshey | Are you out there?

By Emily Goshey · March 25, 2013

After having some conversations with my friends here at Penn, I’m astounded that so many of them read Tyga’s lyrics and respond: “Well, I just really don’t care.”

Your Voice | The Modi controversy is not about free speech

By Ashley L. Cohen · March 25, 2013

Saturday in the streets of Philadelphia, we got a much clearer picture of what it is that Modi’s supporters actually stand for. In a protest that was organized by a group describing itself as “Americans for Free Speech,” free speech seemed pretty low on the agenda.

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