Opinion Art | Daniel Schwartz

By Daniel Schwartz · Sept. 24, 2007

Daniel Schwartz is a College sophomore from Decatur, Ga. His e-mail address is schwartz@dailypennsylvanian.com.

$6.6 billion. Wharton alum Donald Trump's fortune? Nope. Try the size of Penn's skyrocketing endowment. At last Thursday's Board of Trustees meeting, Penn officials announced a 20.2 percent return - as compared last year's 12.5 percent return - on its endowment investments for the fiscal year that ended on June 30.

Julie Steinberg | Counterpoint: Academic freedom can go too far

By JULIE STEINBERG · Sept. 24, 2007

Columbia University's decision to host Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on its campus today before his visit to the United Nations has provoked heated discussion among students and political pundits alike. One Facebook group called for students to welcome Ahmadinejad to America so as to better understand his views; presidential candidate Sen.

Stephen Krewson | PC 101: Gender, Politics and Frat Theory

By Stephen Krewson · Sept. 21, 2007

Fraternity. The word is derived from frater, Latin for brother. In broad terms, it means a collection of similar people joined together by a shared purpose. Most college students have a hazier definition that typically involves beer, chicks, bros and the occasional ho.

Opinion Art | Avery Lawrence

By Avery Lawrence · Sept. 21, 2007

Avery Lawrence is a College senior from Charlottesville, Va. His e-mail address is lawrence@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Jenny Zhan | Bad news for the 'Social Ivy'

By Jenny Zhan · Sept. 21, 2007

Sure, the Quakers may no longer bask in the past glory of winning Ivy League football championships, but it's never difficult to uphold our "Social Ivy" title. All that entails is copious amounts of alcohol. Disclaimer: I am neither condemning nor condoning the use of alcoholic beverages, especially among the underaged.

Your Voice | Letters

By Adam Goodman · Sept. 21, 2007

Defending Aramark To the Editor: As director of the Penn Reading Project, it pains me to think that the choice of this year's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma, might have spurred extra criticism aimed at Penn Dining. For the record, my experience with Aramark has been entirely positive.

Rina Thomas | The pornographer's pet peeve

By Rina Thomas · Sept. 20, 2007

A war is being waged on hypocrisy. Statesmen will fall, and political empires will crumble. But the adult entertainment industry will live on. Larry Flynt, publisher of Hustler magazine, is billing himself as a crusader in the fight for public integrity. In June this year, he ran a full-page ad in the Washington Post, offering up to $1 million cash to anyone who could "provide documented evidence of illicit sexual or intimate relations with a Congressperson, Senator or other prominent official.

Opinion Art | Joanne Tong

By Joanne Tong · Sept. 20, 2007

Joanne Tong is a Wharton senior from Manila, Philippines. Her e-mail address is tong@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Mara Gordon | Connected 24/7 (literally)

By Mara Gordon · Sept. 20, 2007

I think it started over the summer. Slowly but surely, e-mails I was getting from my friends started looking a little different. Nothing big, just a tagline at the bottom: "Sent from my Verizon wireless Blackberry." Before, I'd only really seen it on e-mails from my dad and a few high-powered professors.

Opinion Board | Turn it down

By Opinion Board · Sept. 20, 2007

If you believe campus brochures, attending class at Penn is something of a transcendent experience. Wide-eyed students utilize their diverse backgrounds to spar intellectually while a charismatic professor imbues his pupils with the "practical knowledge" they need to become leaders of tomorrow.

Opinion Board | Missing the mark

By Opinion Board · Sept. 19, 2007

Last week, the Yale Daily News reported that the university will be cutting ties with Aramark - the Philadelphia-based company which manages their dining services as well as Penn's - when their contract comes up for renewal in January. If only Penn's contract with Aramark was coming up for renewal that soon.

Meredith Aska McBride | A labor crisis ignored

By Meredith Aska McBride · Sept. 19, 2007

Many of those who have followed the AlliedBarton guard unionization controversy have been subtly manipulated into believing that workers should only organize in response to labor-rights violations. But unionization "is not only for money, benefits, power .

Opinion Art | Amira Fawcett

By Amira Fawcett · Sept. 19, 2007

Amira Fawcett is an Engineering junior from Houston. Her e-mail address is fawcett@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Elizabeth Song | I'm singin' in the streets

By Elizabeth Song · Sept. 19, 2007

It's New York, 1967. You turn onto 128th and Lexington Avenue and right on the corner is Dizzy Gillespie and his coterie of jazz musicians playing up a storm. Their audience is a mix of housewives in aprons, old couples sitting on front porches and children dancing in the street.

Michaela Tolpin | Cheating the student body

By Michaela Tolpin · Sept. 18, 2007

One-fifth of Wharton's sophomore class could be in serious trouble. For those of you who, like me, are not lucky enough to inhabit the hallowed halls of Huntsman or Steinberg-Dietrich, OPIM 101 (short for Operations and Information Management) is a required first-year introductory course for all Wharton students.