Opinion Columns
Sophia DuRose | When promoting a worthy cause becomes just another marketing ploy
Slapping a pink ribbon on the front of your store window and claiming it’s for breast cancer awareness is a shallow, self-servicing appropriation of true struggle.
Michael A. Keshmiri | Are Republicans allergic to facts?
To some Republicans, the presence of snowfall in the winter is proof that climate change is a liberal hoax.
Joel Lee | Choosing a major is a personal decision — there’s no need to rush
Despite the stigma around being “undecided,” I believe that a lot of people are very unsure or insecure about their major choice or their undecided status.
Sireesh Ramesh | What men should learn from the Kavanaugh hearings
The ease with which this vast number of male Senators was able to denounce Ford’s emotional account despite it being narrated directly to them is indicative of a deeper issue when it comes to the way a vast number of men (especially men in power) confront sexual assault in the United States.
Carl-Emmanuel Fulghieri | Power lives on the pavement, not in the polls
Between sterilizing mass movements and corroding our political energy, voting is a necrotizing infection that renders our comatose body politic septic.
Christy Qiu | Let’s face it: The Quad is an antiquated castle
It’s time to move on from what’s traditionally “cool” to what’s livable.
Isabella Simonetti | Freshmen, you don’t have to live off campus next year
Don’t let social pressure bring you to pay ridiculous prices for moderately nicer housing.
Lilian Zhang | From Beijing to Philadelphia, gentrification follows me across the globe
The “Old Beijing” collapsed along with antique city walls and hundred-year-old residences, replaced by skyscrapers and malls that stood majestically yet indifferently in the midst of their downfall.
Spencer Swanson | Step aside Joe — Biden is not the best choice for President
I like Joe as much as the next guy, but he’s simply not what this country needs rights now — he is a man who hasn’t realized his moment has passed.
Rebecca Alifimoff | As an American, the Kavanaugh hearings are personal
Weighed on crooked scales of justice, one alleged attempted rape balances quite nicely with two Yale degrees.
Sophia DuRose | Dear Diary, thanks for everything
If you’re dealing with something extreme in the sense of anxiety or depression, keeping a diary can help catalogue your feelings and emotions in a more coherent way.
Second Opinion from Dennis Morris | Your friendly neighborhood barista
I want to use my column to show everyone that their problems are valid and that it’s okay to laugh, cry, and scream.
Michael A. Keshmiri | All Penn employees deserve a living wage
It would be disgraceful for an Ivy League university with a multi-billion-dollar operating budget not to take the moral reins and pay all Penn employees a minimum wage between $20-$25 an hour.
Isabella Simonetti | Stanford is withholding its admissions rate. The Ivy League shouldn’t do the same.
It’s hard to get into an Ivy League school. And statistically speaking, it’s harder to get into Stanford. Students who are applying to these schools know that. So why hide the truth from them?
Sophia DuRose | Penning in sophomores is not a show of support
New on-campus housing built with the intention of fostering a better sophomore community sounds like a great idea — if said sophomores are offered a choice about participation.
Lucy Hu | If money matters more than votes, is the United States a democracy?
Public opinion evolves with current events, but Washington legislators’ motives do not.
Sophia DuRose | Seniority doesn’t mean priority when it comes to coffee shops
Am I being dramatic? Possibly. Does this discount the necessary conversation about the construct of seniority not being a valid argument in public spaces? Not at all.
Jay Shah | The new Houston Hall is fancy, but it’s not a student union
There is no central place on campus where all students, regardless of residence, can come together.
Isabella Simonetti | Risky business: the case for legalizing prostitution
Police need to crack down on the real issue: violent sex traffickers destroying the lives of women and children throughout the country, and rapists who abuse sex workers.