Opinion
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.
Reid Jackson | When executive orders get personal at Penn
You could smell the urgency in the air on Sunday, as scores of Penn students suspended their studies and sped to Philadelphia’s International Airport. None of these students would be boarding flights; they were going to register their protest to President Donald Trump’s Executive Order, penned to prohibit entry to the United States by citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia. The order was decidedly un-American. Prohibiting the entry of hundreds of millions of people around the world, based solely on their national origin betrays our history as a nation of immigrants.
Taylor Becker | Rational dissent
In the era of rampant “fake news” and “alternative facts,” now more than ever we have a moral obligation to seek truth to inform our dissent.
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.
Brad Hong | Workplace positivity
BRAD HONG is a College freshman from Morristown, N.J.
Calvary Rogers | Unboxing Black history: Hidden figures
One of my favorite quotes from Martin Luther King Jr. states “We are not makers of history. We are made by history.” It causes me to think about all the hidden contributions people have made through time that have played a major role in constructing who I am.
Editorial | Amy Gutmann made a brave statement last night. We commend her for it.
Trump’s order transcends mere partisan or intellectual dispute and rather enters the realm of immoral, lawless cruelty.
Emily Hoeven | The 'best four years of our lives'
Maybe it’s because I’m graduating from Penn soon, but I’ve been reflecting a lot recently on how I came to be here in the first place.
Bryn Friedenberg | At the gym pt. 2
BRYN FRIEDENBERG is a College junior from Kirtland, Ohio.
Shawn Srolovitz | Breaking the mold of mutual exclusivity
The notion of mutual exclusivity in your education – that your studies either have to be an inch deep and a mile wide or an inch wide and a mile deep – should not exist at Penn. The width of your education refers to the range of disciplines that you study, while the depth emphasizes how much you choose to specialize.
Group Think | Free speech and protesters
GROUP THINK is The DP’s round table section, where we throw a question at the columnists and see what answers stick.
Claudia Li | The wall works!
CLAUDIA LI is a College junior from Santa Clara, California.
Cameron Dichter | Light rather than heat
At The Daily Pennsylvanian’s Opinion Section we have a cardinal rule: Don’t feed the trolls! This is because — as is true in all online forums — divisive opinions tend to generate callous responses and replying to volatile comments usually just fuels the flame.
James Lee | Madness in method
In Korea, you are considered one year old at birth, and turn a year older on the first day of every New Year thereafter.
Isabel Kim | Going ghost
Today’s column is a love letter to avoidance. Today, we are here to talk about “ghosting.” To quote Google, ghosting is “the practice of ending a personal relationship with someone by suddenly and without explanation withdrawing from all communication.” I would like to note that this definition refers not just to romantic relationships, but all personal relationships, and that the definition could lend itself to mutual detachment.
Ben Claar | Certified fresh
BEN CLAAR is a College sophomore from Scarsdale, N.Y.
James Fisher | A letter to the Black, Queer students at Penn
To all my black queer students at Penn, I just wanted to say: I love you. And that's it. This is not a piece proposing solutions.
Editorial | Penn must clarify its relationship with Trump
In the wake of the inauguration of 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump to the Presidency of the United States, Penn faces an institutional dilemma.
Calvary Rogers | Popping the Penn bubble
As a member of the track team, my first experience with the Penn track team was outside on a brisk sunny day in late August.