Opinion Columns
Taylor Becker | The divided states of America
Our country faces a crisis that begins with the letter “D.” No, it is not our President-elect Donald Trump.
Emily Hoeven | Our invisible legacy
This semester will be my last one at Penn. I recently discovered that I have accumulated enough credits to graduate a year in advance.
Shawn Srolovitz | Be an active participant in your education
Tuition at the University of Pennsylvania for the 2016-2017 academic year is $45,556. If you assume a course load of 4.0 credits, you’re spending over $100 per hour of class time.
James Fisher | 'Privilege' does not exist to White Penn professors — and they keep 'trying it'
Last semester was honestly the worst semester I’ve had at Penn so far. And all because of one thing: the white professors I’ve had at Penn.
Isabel Kim | Perspective
The shirt read “THE PUSSY GRABS BACK,” accompanied by a drawing of a kitten attacking Donald Trump’s face.
Calvary Rogers | Not just Oklahoma
The scourge of "hands-off antagonism" has plagued Penn, where people are more likely to discuss explicit racism rather than the implicit racism that allows the former to thrive.
Emily Hoeven | Freeing time
When I finish my last day of classes each semester, feelings of happiness and relief sweep through me when I think about how I no longer have to wake up early, no longer have to speed-walk to class and come close to twisting my ankle on the Locust cobblestones.
Alec Ward | The windmills had it coming
I wish I could say that 53 were some significant number in my life — my home address, my lucky number, something like that — because that would be one hell of a lede.
James Lee | Reflections of a former wisenheimer
There are many ways to be end up at a place like Penn, but I suspect that my own path was not a particularly original one.
Cameron Dichter | Fake news is your problem too
Back when I was in middle school and I hadn’t even heard of the name Donald Trump, my science teacher gave the class a lesson on how to search the internet — specifically, how to tell the good sites from the bad.
Jeremiah Keenan | Free Government
The world’s most successful notion of free government arose from what was called “the principle of the sovereignty of the people.” This principle viewed government as a regrettable necessity.
Alessandro van den Brink | Stars and stripes
On November 9, the American flag stood at half-mast at Hampshire College as a “reaction to the toxic tone of the monthslong election.” The following night, though, the flag was burned by an unidentified individual or group of individuals.
Alec Ward | Lawful and awful
2016 will not, I suspect, go down in the history books as one of humanity’s great success stories.
Amanda Reid | Intervention
As a misanthrope, there’s a truth I’m beginning to accept, and that is that my day is made better by the kindness of strangers.
Harrison Glicklich | Procrastination is bad
I received a lot of well-meaning advice and aphorism in my early college years: “early to bed ...” and “beer before liquor ...” among other things.
Ashley Stinnett | Reintegrate
The month of silence mandated by the monk class will be over by the time this column is in print.
Alessandro van den Brink | The blue scare
On November 21, the conservative activist group Turning Point USA announced their latest creation: the Professor Watchlist.
Joe Tharakan | Beijing’s Hollywood
I’m a big fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the collection of superhero movies including titles like Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and The Avengers.
Amy Chan | It which must not be named
While everyone was buying sweaters 50% off at their local mall this weekend and eating turkey sandwiches for breakfast, lunch and dinner, my parents and I were having our first honest talk about depression. I wasn’t depressed until I came to Penn, so I never had to tell anyone about it until now.