A ban on obese women receiving fertility treatment seems medically justified and rational.
This is the story of how Steve Jobs saved professional journalism from extinction and me from myself. (Or at least paved these roads.)
Your Voice | Inequitable public school funding
Oct. 9, 2011
When a K-12 public education system is based on property tax revenue, the poor will inevitably suffer.
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Your Voice | Undocumented immigrants
Oct. 13, 2011
Readers respond to a guest column by Tania Chairez, a Wharton sophomore and undocumented immigrant. GUEST COLUMN: Undocumented and unapologetic
Your Voice | Occupy Wall Street solidarity statement
Oct. 11, 2011
95 Penn faculty members express their solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement. TOPICS: Occupy Philadelphia GALLERY: 88 photos from Occupy Philly Thursday
A Wharton sophomore describes her life as an undocumented immigrant.
A Wharton sophomore describes her life as an undocumented immigrant.
This is the story of how Steve Jobs saved professional journalism from extinction and me from myself. (Or at least paved these roads.)
Your Voice | Inequitable public school funding
Oct. 9, 2011
When a K-12 public education system is based on property tax revenue, the poor will inevitably suffer.
Attempting to write about what Steve Jobs meant to our generation without resorting to cliches is almost an impossible task.
Those in positions of power and influence should treat their medical decisions just as they treat their words in the public sphere: very, very carefully. People are watching.
Talking about cancer in the context of science is easy. Talking about cancer in the context of life is something different altogether.
Your Voice | Shadowy fingerprints
Oct. 6, 2011
Pennsylvania’s voter-identification legislation, HB 934, has the fingerprints of the shadowy, corporate-funded, right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council all over it. Related: New state legislation may bar students from voting
Your Voice | An unfocused effort
Oct. 6, 2011
We need to change the protest paradigm that thinks standing around, yelling general statements like “We’re the 99 percent” and hoping to get maced will accomplish something. Topics: Occupy Philadelphia
We must find a way to bring the national average SAT scores closer to those of Penn students.
What does Arianna Huffington, number 31, being divorced and having two children have to do with her selling The Huffington Post to AOL for $315 million earlier this year?
Your Voice | Unsuitable for Wharton audiences
Oct. 5, 2011
A reader was saddened to learn that an actress from the CBS comedy “2 Broke Girls” recently addressed students at Penn.
Your Voice | Subsidize the solution
Oct. 5, 2011
Penn professor David S. Barnes argues that the University does not support bike commuting. Related: Profs see biking as scenic and economical
Thirty years ago, innovation in residential life was possible on Penn’s campus. Next week, it will be possible once again.
A recent sex survey by 34th Street magazine left me unsatisfied. I find this kind of exploitation of sex on a campus as lauded for its intellectualism as Penn rather surprising and, frankly, disgusting.
Pennsylvania needs to reform how it spends gambling-related revenue.
Is the definition of ‘femininity’ becoming just as misunderstood as ‘feminism’?
SAC’s new repayment plan is an effective way to make student groups accountable for their spending. But it absolutely should not have taken SAC so long to act.
