Opinion
Sam Sherman | Language of the nation
SAM SHERMAN is a College senior from Marblehead, Mass. His email is samsherman6@gmail.com.
Editorial: Controversial? Bring it on
Through the Campaign for Community and Open Expression Monitors, Penn is trying to create a safe space where we can have productive discussions about issues as complex and controversial as police brutality and racial discrimination. Now it’s up to us to take advantage of that space.
Clara Jane Hendrickson | Not yet enough
The Philadelphia public school system is in crisis. In the summer of 2011, Pennsylvania legislature cuts to the statewide education budget led to a $629 million budget shortfall in Philadelphia.
Sophia Oak | The Fishbowl - Tiles
Sophia Oak is a College senior from Honolulu. Her email is oakj@sas.upenn.edu.
Alec Ward | Me and Kim Davis
Dismissing fanatics, however, is not nearly as interesting or productive as trying to get inside their heads.
Giavanni Alves | Attention: Clean up on aisle 'Get your life!'
You and I whoever we may be — neighbors, classmates, or strangers that pass on Locust — we are more similar than we think.
Emily Hoeven | One's a crowd
This past week, I went to the One Direction concert at Lincoln Financial Field by myself. I had bought the tickets in September of last year (an embarrassing 12 months ahead of the actual performance), and at that time, I hadn’t known anyone at Penn well enough to ask if they’d want to go to a concert together.
Alec Ward | Saving Mr. Banks-Crosson
First of all, let me wish you the best of luck. In the ongoing feverish tug-of-war over Greek life at Penn, you have just volunteered to be the rope.
Sean McGeehan | Pip pip cheerio
SEAN MCGEEHAN is a College senior from Philadelphia. His email address is seanmcgeehan@verizon.net.
Jeremiah Keenan | The privilege of watching Fox (and CNN, too)
I first heard of the Falun Gong in the early 2000s. The house church I attended in Guangzhou was a little nervous about the increase in police scrutiny of religious events.
Theodore L. Caputi | No pay, no gain
Under Gutmann, Penn became the largest school (by student population) to boast a no-loan — or “all-grant” — financial aid policy and launched countless initiatives to level the economic playing field.
Sophia Oak | The Fishbowl - Hello Kitty
SOPHIA OAK is a College senior from Honolulu. Her email address is oakj@sas.upenn.edu.
Ravi Jain | Minorities within minorities
It seems to me that there is no other community on earth as obsessed with the profession of medicine as the Indian American community.
Anneka DeCaro | UPick2
ANNEKA DECARO is a College sophomore from Austin, TX. Her email address is annekaxiv@gmail.com.
Louis Capozzi | Privilege or burden
In the college application process, there are always applicants with an advantage. Some students get a perfect 2400 on their SATs, while others win an international science competition.
Gina Elia | What Experiment?
In an effort to cultivate himself into the best person he could be, Franklin concocted a list of 13 virtues that he intended to work on improving throughout his life, each week focusing on developing one.
Editorial | Another step forward for mental health
In light of serious mental health problems on campus, it’s heartening to see Penn administrators addressing mental health with transparency to incoming freshmen.
Sean McGeehan | Trumpy
SEAN MCGEEHAN is a College senior from Philadelphia. His email is seanmcgeehan@verizon.net.
Titus Adkins | The integration situation
On college campuses these days diversity is a coveted buzzword for the publicity of the respective institution.