Opinion Columns
Sally Engelhart | Remedying beliefs about natural meds
Vitamin C, Zicam, echinacea, Airborne, Cold FX. Should you invest in homeopathic cold preventions and remedies?
Alexey Komissarouk | What’s college like at 25?
I’m a 25-year-old undergraduate. When I returned to school, I asked myself, “Would I be that older guy buying alcohol for his friends? Would I be out of shape academically after three years of no exams?”
Cornelius Range V | Rethinking self-reliance
Don’t promote self-reliance as the major contributor to economic and social mobility until everyone plays by the same rules.
Samantha Sharf | Why senior year is like Thanksgiving dinner
At any age, Thanksgiving is an opportunity to look back, to consider where you have been and where you are going.
Charles Gray | Penn’s political opportunity
Given the administration’s current student group funding structure, it’s very difficult to host political speakers.
Dan Bernick | In support of a smoke-free campus
Penn should follow the example of nearly 600 other colleges and implement a tobacco-free campus.
Brian Goldman | Goodbye, goodbye Occupy
There exists no right that permits a group of citizens to permanently “occupy” public space.
Rachel del Valle | No buyer’s remorse for Black Friday’s death
We should welcome the move from Black Friday toward virtual holiday shopping on Cyber Monday.
Travis Cantrell | Don’t succumb to hippie propaganda
Hippies are ruining this country, and it is beginning to really sour my milk — if you know what I mean.
Charles Gray | Tebow’s conservative approach
It is the unconventionality and conservatism of quarterback Tim Tebow’s offense that allows the Denver Broncos to win.
Rachel del Valle | The twilight of childhood franchises
Now that most of our movie franchises have grown up, does that mean we have to as well?
Brian Goldman | Friends without benefits
We need to force elected officials to reform Social Security and Medicare so these programs are still standing by the time we are old enough to retire.
Ernest Owens | Affirmative acceptance
Yes, I did get accepted into Penn because of affirmative action. But so did you — and everyone else.
Robert Hsu | The hierarchy of help
The community-service world does not need leaders to create more organizations with identical platforms; instead, the world needs more willing supporters.
Mark Attiah | Living gifts to medical education
Standardized patients afford a very valuable benefit to the overly anxious medical student — a margin of error.
Sara Brenes Akerman | Love stories — surreal and satisfying
I fell in love with romantic comedies. And my love has proven to be as enduring as the brand of romance that they so relentlessly attempt to portray.
Samantha Sharf | We go to Penn, but we are Penn State
Having adopted Pennsylvania as our home, we need to think of ourselves as residents of the state rather than just as members of the Penn community.
Cornelius Range V | Graduating like a Pokémon master
If we take away anything from Ash Ketchum’s adventures, it should be to revere the dream and not allow other considerations to prevent it from ever being reached.
Dan Bernick | Washington D.C. starts here
Americans are fed up with congressional gridlock and partisan pandering. Penn students are, too. Unfortunately, student government is a lot like real government.