Opinion
Taylor Becker | All politics is local
How can college students achieve their policy goals in the era of Trump? An overlooked answer lies in pursuing policy preferences in states legislatures and governor’s mansions.
Brad Hong | Comes and goes
BRAD HONG is a College freshman from Morristown, N.J.
Bryn Friedenberg | Cup of coffee
BRYN FRIEDENBERG is a College junior from Kirtland, Ohio.
Guest Column by Sonari Chidi | Unfinished business
If a person has not flung open the window of a campus building to angrily yell “YOU HATE ME!” at you, while you are still reeling from invitations to scheduled public lynchings of African American freshmen and marching peacefully to raise awareness, then welcome to the reality of race relations in the era of 45!
Emily Hoeven | On preparing for retirement at age twenty
I was struck by something Alec Baldwin said near the end of his talk at Penn on Friday. When asked what advice he would give to college students, Baldwin immediately replied that we ought to travel, to explore the world when we are single, young and free.
Cameron Dichter | Punishing students for peaceful demonstrations violates Penn’s principles
Every one of us, no matter our political views, has a campus issue that we’re passionate about.
James Lee | Beyond memes: The potential and limitations of UOPSCC
Like thousands of other students, I was added to the ‘Official Unofficial Penn Squirrel Catching Club” group on Facebook recently, and my news feed has since been flooded with memes about all things Penn.
Group Think | How to engage the Penn administration
GROUP THINK is the DP’s round table section, where we throw a question at the columnists and see what answers stick.
Editorial | It's time to end Early Decision
Penn can no longer claim to be doing all it can to be assembling the highest-quality class possible each year while drawing well more than half of its admittees from less than a sixth of the applicants. It is time to do away with Early Decision.
Ben Claar | Oral fixation
BEN CLAAR is a College sophomore from Scarsdale, N.Y.
James Fisher | Never leaving Makuu: The power of cultural centers
I remember the spring of my senior year of high school visiting Makuu Black Cultural Center during Quaker days.
Emily Hoeven | Why we need to get serious about boycotting frat parties
In my Africana Studies class, we talk a lot about perspective: how things that seem acceptable or normal to a society at a given point in history can often seem incomprehensible to that same society several generations later.
Calvary Rogers | A silent war: substance abuse and its interference with wellness
Mental health. Two words every Penn student has heard before they set foot on Locust walk. We all know just how prevalent conversations about mental health have become and its relation to tragedy, campus culture and administration.
Letter from the President | A more digital, essential DP
Next academic year, we will take another leap toward improving our journalism and reaching our readers.
Guest Column by Zach Rissman | Behind closed doors: Sit-in negotiations and Penn’s blatant hypocrisy
The University of Pennsylvania, claiming to value collaboration and logic, acted extremely hypocritically throughout the negotiations during the Fossil Free Penn sit-in.
Brad Hong | In a hurry
BRAD HONG is a College freshman from Morristown, N.J.
Michael Palamountain | The bittersweet need for cognitive dissonance
Last week the winners of the President's Engagement Prize were announced. I scrolled past the subject line in my inbox and clicked delete.
Joe Tharakan | Everybody's a jerk online
I spent a long time wondering what topic I should write on today. I found it very difficult to pick a stance on anything.
Bryn Friedenberg | Weekend plans
BRYN FRIEDENBERG is a College junior from Kirtland, Ohio.