Opinion
Jeremiah Keenan | The diversity pie-chart
At first glance, it would seem impossible to obtain more diversity of thought than can be achieved by a student body representative of the American population. However, this is not always the case for selective schools.
Sophia Oak | The fishbowl cafe
Sophia Oak is a College senior from Honolulu. Her email is oakj@sas.upenn.edu.
Theodore Caputi | Millions, billions and trillions
The words “billion” and “million” may rhyme, but they’re very different values. Consider the following: if you started out with a billion dollars the day Christ was born, and spent $1,000 every day since, you’d still have $264 million left today.Editorial | Cheers and jeers for 2015
This year was an historic one, both at Penn and across the country.
Shun Sakai | Campus tours
SHUN SAKAI is a College junior from Chestnut Hill, Mass. His email is ssakai@sas.upenn.edu.
Alessandro van den Brink | Beating the curve
It’s easy to say that GPA shouldn’t define who we are as individuals and that it doesn’t have the greatest effect on our future, but, to a certain degree, the grades on our transcripts matter, whether we like it or not.
Letter from the President | The end is near
On February 11th, 2015, we thought we had already reached the end.
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief | Stronger together
Behind my desk in the windowless office I’ve spend an absurd number of hours in this year, you can find a cork board littered with business cards of Managing Editors from years gone by.
Ben Claar | Dawn of Finals
BEN CLAAR is a College freshman from Scarsdale, N.Y. His email is bclaar@sas.upenn.edu.
Sophia Oak | Fish Bowl: A new tattoo
SOPHIA OAK is a College senior from Honolulu. Her email is oakj@sas.upenn.edu.
Editorial | Pennsylvania's governor is right to accept Syrian refugees
Amid the recent, mainly Republican, backlash against accepting Syrian refugees by many states, Governor Tom Wolf’s decision to allow refugees to settle in Pennsylvania is a refreshingly ethical decision in American politics today.Guest Column by Caroline Simon | On Penn, feminism and chubby-cheeked babies
As I realize what I am about to say, I can practically feel the earth shake as bra-burners of days gone by turn in their graves.
Sean McGeehan | Conservatives are bad genies
SEAN MCGEEHAN is a College senior from Philadelphia. His email is seanmcgeehan@verizon.net.
Alec Ward | Minding our manners
Recently, at the recommendation of a friend, I read author Rebecca Solnit’s essay “Men Explain Things to Me.” In the essay, Solnit tells a series of personal stories wherein various men condescendingly “correct” her about topics in which her expertise far exceeds their own.
Clara Jane Hendrickson | Our contradictory cornucopia
Last week, I enjoyed a Thanksgiving meal with my family. Every year, I find myself dissecting what exactly it is I’m supposed to be celebrating on this holiday.
Emily Hoeven | Back to the future
I’ve been telling people that I want to be a writer since I was in elementary school. I always thought of college as the place where I would be able to actualize that dream, and I didn’t waste any time upon arriving at Penn.
Editorial | A setback for sexual assault investigations
Last year, the University revamped its sexual assault adjudication process in response to changes in federal guidelines for sexual assault on campus.
Shun Sakai | Winter break
SHUN SAKAI is a College junior from Chestnut Hill, Mass. His email is ssakai@sas.upenn.edu.
Ben Claar | Captain MERT
BEN CLAAR is a College freshman from Scarsdale, N.Y. His email is bclaar@sas.upenn.edu.