Opinion Columns
Marie Dillard | Two Geese and a Goyard
Columnist Marie Dillard challenges the notion that financial wealth has to define belonging at Penn, urging students to embrace authenticity, gratitude, and personal growth rather than comparison.
Eden Liu | Is Penn actually Conservative?
Columnist Eden Liu considers if Penn’s progressivism is a mistaken label.
Brian Barth | You want school spirit … Now is the time.
Columnist Brian Barth dives into Penn’s extraordinary opportunity amidst the search for a new head mens basketball coach.
Zakhir Bentham | Bring back social distancing
Columnist Zakhir Bentham breaks down the difference between loneliness and solitude while advocating for more people to take time for themselves.
Harman Chahal | Penn Museum’s reckoning
Columnist Harman Chahal critiques the Penn Museum’s handling of the human remains they examined after the 1985 MOVE bombing.
Jason Zhao | Will we really miss DEI?
Columnist Jason Zhao argues that DEI measures were never an effective practice for social equality.
Lala Mustafa | Making people disposable: a step-by-step guide
Columnist Lala Mustafa dissects how the unthinkable becomes law.
Sean Oh | Don’t hide your Penn pride
Guest columnist Sean Oh argues that Penn students should take pride in their institution for the resources and opportunities it provides them.
Diya Choksey | Group study rooms or gatekeeping study rooms?
Senior columnist Diya Choksey examines how something as simple as a GSR reservation highlights the deeper financial and social silos that shape student life at Penn.
Ananya Shah | Our intelligence is becoming artificial
Senior columnist Ananya Shah asserts that the rise of AI is leading to the intellectual demise of society.
Beatriz Báez | Under the weather and under pressure
Columnist Beatriz Báez discusses Penn students’ tendency to put health on the back burner and the need to establish protocols to facilitate its prioritization.
Mariana Martinez | The Longchamp tote: Is twinning winning?
Senior columnist Mariana Martinez discusses the psychology of Penn fashion by analyzing two main factors: socioeconomic status and race.
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.
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.
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.
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.
