Opinion
Toe the Line: Penn Democrats | Protecting the press from tyranny
The state of the press is alarming. And many of the critiques of the media, echoing endlessly in the ears of the American people, are legitimate and necessary.
Joe Tharakan | We are all idiots
In high school, I used to participate in extemporaneous speaking. We were given a question on current events; something like, “How will Brexit impact the UK economy?” might be asked today.
Bryn Friedenberg | Ethnically ambidextrous
BRYN FRIEDENBERG is a College junior from Kirtland, Ohio.
Toe the Line: College Republicans | Holding both the press and President Trump accountable
The College Republicans urge both President Trump and the news media to grow up. Regardless of who dealt the first blow or who started it, the president and the media are caught in a mean-spirited, childish conflict.
Claudia Li | He will not be remembered
CLAUDIA LI is a College junior from Santa Clara, Calif.
Langston MacDiarmid | Dead possum
LANGSTON MACDIARMID is an Engineering senior from Pittsburgh, PA.
Editorial | The other type of diversity
In a widely-cited piece of compelling data journalism, The New York Times last month compiled a list of the 38 American colleges and universities that enroll more students from the top one percent of the U.S.Group Think | Was Yale correct to change Calhoun College name?
GROUP THINK is the DP’s round table section, where we throw a question at the columnists and see what answers stick.
Ben Claar | Squirrel jokes
BEN CLAAR is a College sophomore from Scarsdale, N.Y.
Amy Chan | Burning neither bridges nor money
Last Thursday, a Pembroke College student burned a £20 note in front of a homeless man on Bridge Street.
Reid Jackson | All speech is free speech
This week, the British government formally rejected an online petition started on its website to cancel U.S.
Brad Hong | Rose
BRAD HONG is a College freshman from Morristown, N.J.
Taylor Becker | Penn's (disappearing?) middle class
A recent New York Times article showed that the median family income for an undergraduate family at Penn is $195,500, placing the median Penn family in the 82nd percentile among U.S. families.
Calvary Rogers | Unboxing Black history: Whom we remember
This semester, I’ve done my best to be as attentive as possible when examining Penn culture, and researching black history at Penn has truly strengthened that attentiveness.
Group Think | Addressing economic inequality at Penn
GROUP THINK is the DP’s round table section, where we throw a question at the columnists and see what answers stick.
Bryn Friedenberg | My heart quakes
BRYN FRIEDENBERG is a College junior from Kirtland, Ohio.
Emily Hoeven | Hope is the thing with feathers
Sometimes I feel like the most tangible thing I’ve gotten from my college education is a broader and more refined understanding of just how many things are wrong with the world, how many terrible atrocities have been committed in the past and continue to be committed, how many people are suffering in many different ways.
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.