Opinion
Editorial | Penn's response to Kenny Jones
Earlier this week, Kenny Jones — a former administrator in the Office for Fraternity and Sorority Life — was found to have misrepresented his academic credentials on multiple occasions.
Shun Sakai | Snow
SHUN SAKAI is a College junior from Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Alessandro van den Brink | Room for debate
Since middle school, every student has heard just about all there is to know about crafting an argument.David Hartman | Powerball lottery
There is a line of reasoning that goes as follows: playing the Powerball lottery may not make much financial sense, but the joy you get from dreaming about winning over a billion dollars is well worth the $2.
Ben Claar | Great advisors of the world
BEN CLAAR is a College freshman from Scarsdale, N.Y.
Francis Leong | A debate on propriety
With Penn recently considering divestment from fossil fuels, yet another college now questions the propriety of investing its endowments based on ethical inclinations.
Alec Ward | Licensed to swill
It would be pointless for me to write a column arguing that the United States should lower the national minimum drinking age to 18 for two reasons. First, it would be pointless because this is Penn, and the proposal would likely be so uncontroversial among whatever readership I have that it would verge on being a waste of time.
Claudia Li | Respectable
CLAUDIA LI is a College sophomore from Santa Clara, California.
Amanda Reid |Student Protests and Demonstrations on Campuses
Protests are symbolic at their core. They signal a dissatisfaction with the greater system (whether it be white supremacist, patriarchal, imperialist) manifesting beneath the surface of an otherwise functional society. Nowadays, they signal change, but they don’t necessarily create it.Meerabelle Jesuthasan | What Kind of Diversity?
The contemporary tropes of International Baccalaureate scores and Radian apartments, of Western-tinted accents and Castle rushees, point to some kind of unspoken acceptance of the fact that nowadays, international Penn students just tend to be wealthier.Ben Facey | Ink’d
Currently my body is ink-free, but I soon plan on changing that. I want a tattoo and have promised three different friends that I would get a tattoo with them in the next few months. Statistically, at least one of them won’t chicken out, so it’s very likely that within the next few months my ink virginity will be taken from me.
Rong Xiang | Its OK to be undecided
Rong Xiang is a College freshman from Cherry Hill, N.J. Her email address rxiang@sas.upenn.edu.
Theodore L. Caputi | The myth about smart people
Would you listen to Albert Einstein’s political counsel? Terence Tao’s opinion on drug policy?
Louis Capozzi | Donald's trump cards
Donald Trump is not stupid. Penn students frequently dismiss him because he says stupid things, but we shouldn’t underestimate the GOP frontrunner. As Trump recently told a raucous crowd in South Carolina, “We have to be smart.
Bryn Friedenberg|The affordable, local, alternative
BRYN FRIEDENBERG is a College sophomore from Kirtland, Ohio. Her email is tobryn@sas.upenn.edu.
Alec Ward|Auld acquaintance, brought to mind
The practice of reflecting upon failings of the prior year at the start of a new one seems to me both honest and educational, particularly as someone whose somewhat inherently deceptive role is to publicly assert each week that I have a good answer to a significant problem or question.
Emily Hoeven | Sleepless in Philadelphia
I’m not someone who regularly writes down New Year’s Resolutions, mainly because they often remain consistent across the years: do well in school, go for a decent amount of runs every week, keep in touch with friends and family, journal more.
Guest Column from Victor Lee | An open letter to Wharton leadership regarding Donald Trump
Mr. Trump has prominently, and quite publicly, failed our community.