If Penn is to continue on “making history,” more women should be sought after for elected student government positions. There has been no female class board president in at least a decade and counting.
Your Voice | Integrity in research
Sept. 28, 2011
College senior Victor Galli writes that the University is failing to abide by national and Penn-specific animal research policies.
“Hi! My name is Bobby Frosh! Will you sign my petition for student government?” “Sure, Bobby, what exactly does student government do again?” “Uhh… we do whatever it takes to make your collegiate experience better!” “Really?
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Sept. 30, 2011
The correct response to cyber-bullying tragedies doesn’t lie in punishment.
Here are 12 applications that I can’t imagine being without as a Penn student.
Michele Bachmann’s comment that the human papillomavirus vaccine causes mental retardation has done a lot of damage to America’s public health.
Michele Bachmann’s comment that the human papillomavirus vaccine causes mental retardation has done a lot of damage to America’s public health.
Your Voice | Integrity in research
Sept. 28, 2011
College senior Victor Galli writes that the University is failing to abide by national and Penn-specific animal research policies.
“Hi! My name is Bobby Frosh! Will you sign my petition for student government?” “Sure, Bobby, what exactly does student government do again?” “Uhh… we do whatever it takes to make your collegiate experience better!” “Really?
As Penn students, we like to believe we are immune to silly mistakes. You would, however, be hard pressed to find a Quaker who hasn’t accidentally replied-all to an email or booked a ticket on the wrong BoltBus.
Penn is not the best university in the world. But we can be.
The Republicans’ sinister motivations for electoral redistribution are blatantly obvious, but there are also a number of reasons why this proposed system would be devastating for Pennsylvania.
Your Voice | The real issues with Penn’s alcohol policy
Sept. 26, 2011
Alec Webley writes that Brian Goldman’s recent column ignores the real issues with Penn’s alcohol policy.
Penn needs to reconfigure two of its alcohol-related policies.
This fall’s new television shows copy the style of Mad Men, but miss its substance.
Your Voice | Not just an Israel issue
Sept. 25, 2011
The Daily Pennsylvanian’s coverage of Wednesday’s Durban III protest might leave Quakers confused about the cause for our sit-in against Durban III. To us, Durban III is not a Middle East issue; it is a world issue.
I advise all future Penn leaders to not lose their minds this upcoming election.
Our society has to confront a growing problem — people are beginning to see Facebook as an accurate representation of and effective alternative to reality.
Fidel Gamboa died on August 28th. It is hard for me to explain what this means to anyone who doesn’t find the sentence striking at first glance.
Are there really some things that ethics dictate we’ll just never know? Who decides what is on- and off-limits?
Fashion has long given preference to females, with general lack of male interest. By allowing talk about men’s fashion to be a taboo, we are shutting down opportunities for the man on the street to express himself.
Tracy Morgan shouldn’t have apologized for his offensive joke. Comedians only feed the audience what they want to hear — an exploration of the darkest machinations of the human mind.
Your Voice | Tea Party intellectualism
Sept. 20, 2011
Charles Gray ought to re-examine his paradoxical argument concerning intellectualism.
