Opinion Columns
Kurt Mitman | Roads to Rhodes
After talking to Shipman, I have gleaned that the preparation offered by CURF is on par with what I received at Virginia — and Virginia has produced more than two and a half times the number of Rhodes Scholars than Penn has.
Arjun Gupta | Silly freshmen, naivete is for us
In some ways, being at the bottom of the pole is a blessing. You can ask a million stupid questions and mess up, but it’s OK. The worst you’ll get is, “Silly freshman.”
Ryan Daniels | ?Nodding at nature
Consumer products are beginning to improve our lives while keeping in mind natural necessities.
Rachel del Valle | All I want for Christmas
One of my idealized markers of maturity is the ability to give meaningful, interesting presents to people I love. Right now, I’m not really there.
Jeff Nadel | Youtube pranksters gone good
In other words, through our viewership — which is a market signal — and the revenue it generates, we drive and make possible these wonderful acts of charity.
Robert Hsu | Excuses no more
As we go through college, we seem to lose these moments of intense learning fueled by our curiosity, with no career strings attached.Arielle Pardes | What's your number?
When we lie about our numbers, we simply reinforce those tired gender stereotypes and the problematic binary that establishes women as either promiscuous or prudish.
Sindhuri Nandhakumar | Destined to die
But I’ve been fed too many movies and stories where couples say to each other, “I can’t live without you,” or “I’d die without you.”
Ryan Daniels | Close encounters with foreign minds
The absence of understanding is not just misinformation, but with delicate foreign relations issues, often trepidation or hate.
Ali Kokot and Hayley Brooks | Fancy some formality?
Many of the flaws we millennials are accused of — from being perpetually rude to being lost on the romantic front — might be helped with a spoonful of etiquette to serve as our guide.
Clarissa O'Conor | Thanksgiving in Palestine
While we may oftentimes be oblivious to how our existence on this land is predicated on the ethnic cleansing of indigenous peoples, we should not be blind to the fact that the same process is happening now.
JY Lee | What I believe
I joined a Buddhist ashram in India, worshipped with Jews in Jerusalem and devoured agnostic and atheistic literature. Like the prodigal son, however, I always returned home to church.
Caroline Brand | Why we should go back to school
Penn should require all undergraduate students to take an academically based community service course.
Jeff Nadel | Hooray for humiliated government
This Thanksgiving, I say we should be deeply thankful for the sheer ineptitude of the state.
Rachel del Valle | Know thy selfie
As you may or may not have already heard, the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year is “selfie.”
Kurt Mitman | Back to reality
Certain forms of reality TV actually have the potential to affect my reality — and to make it a better one.
Robert Hsu | Regrading ourselves
Allowing exam regrades is an important part of a fair grading system, but we as students must reevaluate our attitude towards them and be more selective when requesting them.
Sindhuri Nandhakumar | Gastronomic gutcheck
I think we overspend a lot of our money on food. Yes, a sandwich from Houston Market is convenient, but do we really need to be spending six or seven dollars on an uninspired meal every day?
