Opinion
Alec Ward | We can cause accidents too
You may not have heard about this, but OZ sent a sleazy email which got leaked. Just kidding. Unless you live under a rock, you know about what I’m now calling #OzGate. Personally, I have mixed feelings about how campus has reacted to the exposure of the crude poem. Let me be clear, I have little interest in defending the email itself. The sentiments expressed in the lines of truly terrible poetry indicate some attitudes I find deeply troubling.
Ben Claar | The Pottruck cycle
BEN CLAAR is a College sophomore from Scarsdale, N.Y.
Alessandro van den Brink | Trust falls
Over the summer, Penn introduced a major tweak to its Early Decision application process that prevents students from applying Early Decision to Penn and Early Action to another private university.David Moore | We're here to listen
I live on Locust Walk. Three minutes to class, three minutes to Lyn’s, three minutes to Pottruck – the location alone is fantastic.
Amanda Reid |Owning labels
I’ve never doubted who I was. Asian, White, Mixed, Girl, Young—any of these could apply, but none of these mattered.
Shun Sakai | Open club recruiting
SHUN SAKAI is a College senior from Chestnut Hill, Mass.Guest column by Penn Masala | An Apology to the Penn Community
Dear Penn, As many of you have heard by now, we had a question on our audition form that was completely inappropriate.
Ashley Stinnett | Beyond the draft
I call myself a writer, but I haven’t published anything in the three years I’ve been at this university.
Harrison Glicklich | We need more writing seminars
I was arguably a better writer after four years of high school than I am now, after four years of some of the most expensive postsecondary education that money can buy.Guest column by Peter LaBerge | From One “Bro” to Another: On Complicity
By the second week of freshman year, we have all learned to avoid the Compass in the center of Locust Walk.
Brad Hong | I'm not complaining, but...
BRAD HONG is a College freshman from Morristown, NJ.Group Think | Is TAP Effective?
GROUP THINK is the DP’s round table section, where we throw a question at the columnists and see what answers stick.
Editorial | In response to the OZ email flyering
Two days after an Oz email for a “Wild Wednesday” party addressed to Penn women was flyered across campus with the captions “THIS IS WHAT RAPE CULTURE LOOKS LIKE” and “WE ARE WATCHING,” many of the physical papers have been taken down.
Claudia Li | A letter to freshmen
CLAUDIA LI is a College junior from Santa Clara, California.
Amy Chan | Take the Penn Face off
During last semester's Reading Days, my sister came to see me, and we decided to take a weekend trip to New York.Guest column by Kat McKay | Your shot to make Penn history
Welcome to Penn, freshmen and transfer students. Over the next few weeks, you will have a lot of opportunities to start choosing the courses, campus spaces, and student groups that will come to define your experience here.
Alec Ward | Screen pass
It’s official — the College Houses have out-TV’d my dad. As reported in a DP news article by Ray Pomponio, starting this year College House residents will get Comcast’s Xfinity On Demand streaming service included in the ever-increasing price of rent. Even my tech-happy father, who has enthusiastically upgraded our “home theater” infrastructure every few years since my birth, hasn’t quite sprung for that yet. While I am sure that College House residents will appreciate the service, I have to confess that it seems to me an extravagance.
Emily Hoeven | If we're talking body
Before coming back to Penn, I got my first professional massage. I had been saying “I need a massage” for years before actually getting one.