Opinion Columns
Jeff Nadel | Minimum wage malarkey
Many would consider it a travesty of justice to pay someone $5.00 per hour, but it’s fine for Penn students to work 12-hour days at an internship for $0.00 an hour.
Rachel del Valle | Life is good?
There’s more of a symbiotic relationship between the highs and lows of temperament than most people recognize. It’s not so much a dichotomy as a continuum.
Robert Hsu | How not to choose classes
Penn Course Review is an ingenious idea with value, but we should still be wary of using it as our primary decision-making tool.Arielle Pardes | Have your cake and eat it, too
While non-monogamy isn’t a cure-all for relationships that don’t feel salubrious to begin with, it can relieve the smothering sense of FOMO from college relationships.
Sindhuri Nandhakumar | Read it (all) and weep
Shouldn’t the point of classes be to learn the material, not learn to skim?
Ali Kokot & Hayley Brooks | Not so private
Your professor is not fooled by your seeming interest in your nether regions.
Ryan Daniels | A tale of two shutdowns
When my power was finally reconnected, I found a few similarities between the government shutdown and my earlier predicament.
Rachel del Valle | Turning a page
I’m smart, but I still like to read mindless things every once in a while.
Clarissa O'Conor | Siding with the oppressor
For some reason, we are conditioned to praise those who argue that an issue is too complex to take a position.
JY Lee | A plea for integrity
Wharton alums have set several world records during my time here. In addition to the Forbes’ net-worth list, our alums also top the list of largest frauds.
Morgan Jones | The benefit of 'goodbye'
Before, I preferred to go down the route of not acknowledging death.
Arjun Gupta | Carolina in my mind
I never identified myself as a southerner — just someone who lived in the South.
Ola Osnaike | Homicidal hip hop
Gangsta rap has evolved into a social culture that glamorizes violence and is now a dominant form of hip-hop.
Rachel del Valle | Pull the plug
Lately, I’ve come to think that one of the most valuable things you can give someone is your undivided attention.
Xavier Flory | Is there a secret?
There is only correlation between the study of music and the traits that lead to success.
Jeff Nadel | Shutdown? Shut up
The government shutdown isn’t about shutting down to save money — it’s about making your life difficult to prove a point.Editorial | At a crossroads
We think both the local government and Penn should take steps to make 38th and Spruce safer.
Ali Kokot & Hayley Brooks | Lose the labels
It’s human nature to veer towards those like you and break the ice through common ground. But in these robotic, rehearsed social interactions, we’re more reaffirming our own identities.
Ryan Daniels | Coyote in the Negev
The answers to the Israel-Palestine conflict are more an amalgamation of its myriad narratives than any one sacred truth.
