Opinion
Shilpa Saravanan | Burning your idols
We so often predicate our existence on someone else’s — their successes are your successes, and you avoid any information whatsoever that might point to their failings.
Brad Hong | Solid deal
BRAD HONG is a College sophomore from Morristown, N.J.
Siyin Han | Overheard in Moore 100
SIYIN HAN is a College senior from Birmingham, Ala.
Cassandra Jobman | Narrative of a pedestrian
CASSANDRA JOBMAN is a College freshman from Garland, Texas.
Lucy Hu | Happiness doesn’t come from your resume
What’s going to matter in the very end is how you appreciated the details of what you did have — how you lived every day.
Claudia Li | Forecast of naughty
CLAUDIA LI is a College senior from Santa Clara, Calif.
Isabella Simonetti | What I want from the ‘Campus Conversation’
The administration can no longer blindly point to Counseling and Psychological Services and shut down parties in hopes that mental health issues and the consequences of binge drinking will vanish.
Sara Merican | Monumental conversations
The politics of presentation and representation are complex and therefore it is crucial that as many voices as possible are heard.
Spencer Swanson | In defense of Early Decision
Although the trend of admitting over 50 percent of each freshman class in Early Decision has its drawbacks, it is ultimately the best system for ensuring the most committed Penn class.
Ben Claar | Arts and sciences
BEN CLAAR is a College junior from Scarsdale, N.Y.
Guest Column by Celeste Marcus | Communities of certainty
College students, whether they are secular or religious, are religious. That is, they have dogmas, cults, temples, scriptures, prooftexts, prophets, methods of absolution, and methods of excommunication.
Cameron Dichter | The price of academic freedom
Clearly, the commercialization of American universities means that monetary concerns are starting to outweigh intellectual ones.
James Lee | The regressive nature of progressive stacking
Inclusion in discussion and class participation is obviously a noble goal, but the notion that race and gender are appropriate criteria to decide who gets a voice is at best a misguided one.
Group Think | Is Penn taking too many students through Early Decision?
Is Penn filling up too much of its classes through early decision? Should there be any changes to Penn's admissions policies with regards to early decision?
Sarah Khan | Nine a.m. lectures
SARAH KHAN is a College freshman from Lynn Haven, Fla.
Editorial | Moving toward a more transparent alert system
For the safety of students, faculty and staff in University City and West Philadelphia alike, DPS must expand the scope of its alert policies so that the Penn community are more frequently notified about any imminent dangers.
Siyin Han | I need to do laundry
SIYIN HAN is a College senior from Birmingham, Ala.
Brad Hong | Laundry
BRAD HONG is a College sophomore from Morristown, N.J.
Jacquelyn Sussman | Put computer science in the core
How am I supposed to discern the world’s inner workings and capitalize on its needs when the education I am getting doesn’t require any understanding of computer science?