Guest Columns
Guest Column by Vinayak Kumar | A Physics Perspective to Identity Politics
There is a lot of hot debate between the political left and right about social justice issues, and a particularly concentrated debate in higher education institutions.
Guest Column by Thomas Lee | Anti-intellectualism against divestment is dangerous
The exchange of ideas, through testing assumptions and addressing conflicting evidence, is the intellectual core of Penn’s academic mission.
Guest Column by Edward Jing and Makayla Reynolds | Michelle and Jay for UA
Serving as a liaison between the student body and Penn administrators, the UA has the unique ability to institute change that affects the entire undergraduate population.
Guest Statement by Michelle Xu and Jay Shah | Community, Campus Culture, Collaboration: Michelle and Jay for UA
We want to be your elected Undergraduate Assembly President and Vice President because we have a vision for Penn’s future, and we’re the ones to make it happen.
Guest Statement by Justin Hopkins and Calvary Rogers | Building bridges: Justin and Calvary for UA
Every year during the season of Penn Student Government elections, the student body is bombarded with signatures, platforms and the opportunity to elect a new President, Vice President and general body of the Undergraduate Assembly.
Guest Column by Karen Hamilton | Penn and diversity — another view
I am a Penn alumna, Penn parent, and Penn staff member. I was also a low-income student in the 1980s, which is why the recent story in the DP about the difficulty that some first-generation and low-income students have experienced during Spring Break caught my attention.
Guest Statement by 53 Penn Faculty Members | Statement of faculty support for GET-UP efforts
As faculty members of the University of Pennsylvania, we welcome efforts being made by GET-UP to unionize the graduate student workers (GSWs) in our university.
Guest Column by Joe Sageman | Activism through action: why I joined Teach for America
I scrolled through Penn’s career plans survey report: “Financial Analyst, Marketing Analyst, Finance Analyst, Analyst, Database Analyst,” read the first five results under the section for economics majors (really, you can go and look for yourself). A lump hardened in my throat.
Guest Column by Julia Lesko | Penn should reflect its value for open discourse
Benjamin Franklin argued for the importance of free discourse by noting “that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter.” Considering the administration’s opaque decision on fossil fuel divestment, Penn is not living up to its founder’s values.
Guest Column by Jordan Palmer and Kayla Byrd | The purpose of the Du Bois College House
As the Spring semester continues to unfold, there are a number of changes that we, as students, are confronted with.
Guest Column by Sriram Sridharan | Deal with it: A statement on safe spaces
As a member of a community that prides itself for being at the forefront of the progressive, intellectual movement and someone who recognizes the real harms of socio-economic privilege, I feel compelled to respond to the article.
Guest Column by Whitney Stewart, Ryan Furey and James Heibert | Speech does not preclude action
As the leaders of Penn’s largest political organization, the Government & Politics Association, we decided not to co-sponsor the March for Immigrants held to condemn President Trump’s recent string of executive orders.
Guest Column by Mariam Durrani | When silence is not enough
During his campaign, Trump made a statement that all Muslims should be banned from entering the U.S.
Guest Column by the Asian American Studies Undergraduate Advisory Board | Who killed Asian American studies?
On the dawn of the Asian American Studies (ASAM) Program’s 20th Anniversary, founding faculty member, Dr. Grace Kao, has accepted an offer from Yale and is poised to leave.
Guest Column by Soomin Shin and Miru Osuga | The myth of self-segregation at Penn
Blaming “self-segregation” on minority groups is nothing new. To call out greek life, “similar cultural groups” and Du Bois College house as examples of widespread “self-segregation” is something that we need to think more critically about.Guest column by Michaela Kotziers | Classroom politics: A letter to professors
Two weeks ago, I wrote an open letter to the English faculty about addressing current events in classroom spaces.Rashad | What is left of a demolished home
This past month, Israel’s Execution and Collection Authority approved plans to demolish the homes of 20 Palestinians living in the Southern Negev to make way for a new Jewish town.
