Opinion
Editorial | What we'd like to see from Penn's next Provost
As Penn President Amy Gutmann announced on Dec. 2 of last year, Penn Provost Vincent Price will be departing the University on July 9 to assume the presidency of Duke University.
Calvary Rogers | Not just Oklahoma
The scourge of "hands-off antagonism" has plagued Penn, where people are more likely to discuss explicit racism rather than the implicit racism that allows the former to thrive.
Emily Hoeven | Freeing time
When I finish my last day of classes each semester, feelings of happiness and relief sweep through me when I think about how I no longer have to wake up early, no longer have to speed-walk to class and come close to twisting my ankle on the Locust cobblestones.
Alec Ward | The windmills had it coming
I wish I could say that 53 were some significant number in my life — my home address, my lucky number, something like that — because that would be one hell of a lede.
James Lee | Reflections of a former wisenheimer
There are many ways to be end up at a place like Penn, but I suspect that my own path was not a particularly original one.
Cameron Dichter | Fake news is your problem too
Back when I was in middle school and I hadn’t even heard of the name Donald Trump, my science teacher gave the class a lesson on how to search the internet — specifically, how to tell the good sites from the bad.
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.
Brad Hong | Early to Bed
BRAD HONG is a College freshman from Morristown, N.J.
Editorial by the Daily Pennsylvanian Opinion Board | In response to university responses
This semester has been tumultuous. Regardless of whether you personally were affected by current events — the election, Black Lives Matter, sexual assault — those around you were.
Jeremiah Keenan | Free Government
The world’s most successful notion of free government arose from what was called “the principle of the sovereignty of the people.” This principle viewed government as a regrettable necessity.
Guest column by Ari | My response to Penn students for justice in Palestine
My Response to Penn Students for Justice in Palestine The teddy bears placed around Locust Walk this past Thursday by Penn Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) undoubtedly evoked strong emotions.
Alessandro van den Brink | Stars and stripes
On November 9, the American flag stood at half-mast at Hampshire College as a “reaction to the toxic tone of the monthslong election.” The following night, though, the flag was burned by an unidentified individual or group of individuals.
Ben Claar | The write-in candidate
BEN CLAAR is a College sophomore from Scarsdale, N.Y.
Alec Ward | Lawful and awful
2016 will not, I suspect, go down in the history books as one of humanity’s great success stories.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.
Amanda Reid | Intervention
As a misanthrope, there’s a truth I’m beginning to accept, and that is that my day is made better by the kindness of strangers.
Harrison Glicklich | Procrastination is bad
I received a lot of well-meaning advice and aphorism in my early college years: “early to bed ...” and “beer before liquor ...” among other things.
Ashley Stinnett | Reintegrate
The month of silence mandated by the monk class will be over by the time this column is in print.