Opinion
Rong Xiang | Adding Credits
RONG XIANG is a College freshman from Cherry Hill, NJ.Guest column by Fossil Free Penn | Response to PSR's Debate on Propriety
As many of you already know, there is ongoing campaign to convince Penn to divest its endowment from fossil fuels, or in other words, to eliminate all of the University’s investments in the coal, oil, and gas companies that pollute the atmosphere and cause climate change.
Amanda Reid | Minor Adjustments
As an international student, I’ve grown progressively better at fitting in with cultural groups.
Claudia Li | Movie Recap
CLAUDIA LI is a College sophomore from Santa Clara, California.
Meerabelle Jesuthasan | Bad Television
Remember when you stopped watching Pretty Little Liars, because the repetitive subplots and twists, no matter how exciting initially, just seemed to slow the whole thing down? The United States presidential election, too, seems to elicit a feverish intensity lasting so long that its quality is compromised. At this point, the long-lasting sensationalism of the American electoral process is taken for granted.
Ben Facey | Empty Chair
On Friday night I would have told you that this has been a bizarre election cycle. I would have told you that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump would win their respective primaries.
Joe Tharakan | All Berned out
Bernie Sanders has dramatically outperformed the initial expectations for his campaign. After his near tie in Iowa and his huge win in New Hampshire, many prospective democratic voters are full on “Feeling the Bern.” His honesty, consistent liberal record and focus on big money’s corruption of politics resonate strongly with primary voters.
Shun Sakai | The one and lonely — a haiku
SHUN SAKAI is a College junior from Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Alec Ward | The times, they aren’t a-changin’
“SOCIALISM REVIVED” proclaimed last Thursday’s print DP headline, introducing a feature on a student group calling itself Students for a Democratic Society and Penn’s chapter of the eponymous ‘60s radical group. Despite the shamelessly sensational headline, the group’s birth is basically a non-event.Guest Column by Marissa Priceman | The Real Noise on Campus
My experiences within the Jewish community at Penn have almost exclusively pertained to politics and religion.
Rong Xiang | Call home
RONG XIANG is a College Freshman from Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
Emily Hoeven | Trust fall
My roommate and I were walking to a restaurant downtown for Restaurant Week when a man suddenly popped out from the row of cars parked alongside the street.
Cameron Dichter | Bernie's missing piece
For an event that promised to be all about their distinctions, Thursday night’s Democratic Debate left out what might be the biggest issue currently separating Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders: their huge discrepancy in support from African Americans.
Claudia Li | Dating: dining hall edition
CLAUDIA LI is a College sophomore from Santa Clara, California.
Clara Jane Hendrickson | Transforming white atonement
Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates recently criticized Bernie Sanders’ class-first policies in a piece in The Atlantic.Editorial | Thrive at Penn fails to thrive
During the summer of 2015, Penn introduced a new online program for freshmen called Thrive at Penn.Bryn Friedenberg | Bryn does cartoons
BRYN FRIEDENBERG is a College sophomore from Kirtland, Ohio.
Shun Sakai | Zika Approaches
SHUN SAKAI is a College junior from Chestnut Hill, Mass.