Opinion
Elijah Ramirez | Preprofessional or pre-corrupt?
Columnist Elijah Ramirez critiques the Wharton School’s preprofessional culture that prioritizes capital and status over passion and ethical responsibility.
Amy Offner and Sam Layding | Penn must not obey in advance
Guest Columnists Amy Offner and Sam Layding encourage Penn employees to push back against administration's anticipatory obedience to executive orders.
Piper Slinka-Petka | Meritocracy isn’t dead
Senior Columnist Piper Slinka-Petka argues that at Penn, social savvy and networking has become the new merit.
Editorial | What is opinion journalism?
The Daily Pennsylvanian Editorial Board emphasizes the importance of this newspaper’s opinion to our community.
David Tran | A number shouldn’t define us
Columnist David Tran exposes a harmful fallacy in the rhetoric against test-optional admissions — and how we perpetuate it.
Jesse Van Doren | Going test-mandatory is a win
Columnist Jesse Van Doren highlights the pitfalls of a test-optional admissions policy.
Meet DP Opinion's new spring 2025 columnists
The Daily Pennsylvanian Opinion Editor Jack Lakis introduces the DP’s new spring 2025 columnists.
Eric Najera | Everyone should take advantage of Wharton
Columnist Eric Najera argues that Penn students should embrace Wharton.
Eden Liu | When experience meets the exit door
Columnist Eden Liu delves into the arguments against term limits for elected officials and the detriments that they would incur.
Mariana Martinez | A world without foreign aid
Senior Columnist Mariana Martinez explores the tensions between morality and politics in the context of the new Trump administration.
Elo Esalomi | The illusion of DEI
Columnist Elo Esalomi questions whether the DEI era ever led to real change or if it was just corporate window dressing.
David Tran | 34th Street takes a walk
Columnist David Tran proposes the closure of 34th and 33rd streets to connect the Engineering School with the heart of campus.
Francesco Salamone | Is Penn just a marriage market?
Columnist Francesco Salamone argues that elite colleges act as marriage markets but romantic relationships do not demand compatibility; they necessitate complementarity.
Mritika Senthil | NIH funding cuts aren’t the crisis Penn claims
Senior Columnist Mritika Senthil questions the agenda behind Penn’s NIH funding crisis email and reduced graduate admission rates.
Mia Vesely | Black Penn is not a monolith
Senior columnist Mia Vesely highlights the diversity of the Black student experience at Penn this Black History Month.
Jason Zhao | Birthright citizenship makes us, U.S.
Columnist Jason Zhao dives into the history of American identity to argue that the only thing that defines us as a people is our inability to be defined.
Simar Soni | Situationships suck: Bring back the 2000s
Columnist Simar Soni discusses why situationships are an epidemic for Generation Z that must be cured.
Diya Choksey | The Penn ‘Hunger Games’: May social capital be ever in your favor
Senior columnist Diya Choksey examines how, in a school where everyone is brilliant, status has beecome the real competition.
Tiyya Geiger and Piper Slinka-Petka | Must be LOVE on the brain
Columnists Tiyya Geiger and Piper Slinka-Petka highlight how love at Penn is alive and introduce their new column with a special alumni story.