Opposing so strongly the invitation of an elected official because they feel that he is a dictator unfortunately gives me the impression that they have allowed personal opinions to cloud better judgment.

The events surrounding the cancelation of Modi’s invitation were not an inhibition of speech, but the product of dynamic free speech of private individuals without government intervention. Even if you disagree with the outcome, this was free speech in action.

The tension was palpable Wednesday night as around 200 West Philadelphia residents gathered for a meeting about the city’s property tax overhaul.

Penn’s name attached to Modi would have granted him all of the legitimacy that comes with that name, and his cancellation is potentially a huge blow to his political ambitions.

Unfortunately, The Daily Pennsylvanian has revealed its severe miscomprehension of this very basic point and, in fact, has worried us with the very serious prospect of our suppressed speech.

Agreeing to speak at Penn was a political move for Modi — it would have assisted him in obtaining legitimacy for his “developmental” agenda, while simultaneously erasing his involvement with the Godhra riots.

I am dismayed by the lack of critical thinking evinced in The Daily Pennsylvanian’s editorial, which drew a specious analogy between what Narendra Modi’s keynote at the Wharton India Economic Forum could have been and what Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s 2007 speech at Columbia was.

Unlike the opposition to the BDS conference, the motivation behind the anti-Modi campaign had little (if anything) to do with the substance of what Modi planned to say.

As members of the Penn faculty, we have shared our views on the mishandling of Modi’s invitation and are gratified that students at Penn rightly perceive this kerfuffle singularly as a matter of free speech.

Under Modi, Gujarat has experienced dramatic growth in per capita income, but this has coexisted with statistics for basic human development indices that are below the natural average in a third world country.

The discussion event, sponsored by Moral Voices, featured a Lauder professor of political science Brendan O’Leary and Associate Director of the Africa Center Ali Ali-Dinar.

Last night’s keynote address for the third annual Symposium for Awareness of South Asian Issues elicited a strong response among the audience.

After over 30 years, Gregory College House will finally receive a renovation.The $5 million project was approved by the University’s Board of Trustees on February 28.

Last night at Harrison Auditorium in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, representatives of cities around the world convened for a discussion entitled, “Food Systems in the 21st Century City.”

Two days ago, U.S. News & World Report released its annual rankings for the best graduate school programs in the United States.

It’s no secret in the gymnastics community that a female competitor usually peaks around the age of 16, long before one enters college.

Wednesday afternoon, St. Josephs’s convincingly beat Penn, 5-0. The Hawks stole a lead early on in the first two innings and held on from there.