Opinion
Guest column by Sara Jones and Victoria Pereira | The Fling party that never got busted
A few hours after the weekend ended and our tired bodies were flinged/flang/flung out, curious friends pelted us with the same question: "What’s Fling like for MERT?" Our answer to this question is always the same: "organized chaos." But also, as far as our positions are concerned, "you have no idea." It’s no rumor that Fling weekend is MERT’s busiest.
Editorial | A nontraditional viewpoint
Change in an institution as old and large as Penn does not always come quickly, but it does come. The University should be working to ensure LPS stays competitive for nontraditional students, which to date it has done a commendable job on.
Sean McGeehan | Ego tripping at the gates of Hell
SEAN MCGEEHAN is a College junior from Philadelphia. His email address is seanmcgeehan@verizon.net.
Guest column by Jeremiah Keenan | Flowers, cake and the RFRA
In last Tuesday’s Toe the Line, Carter Skeel argued that Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act is a reasonable law.
Dani Blum | Lessons from Fling
Over the past few days, I’ve tried to explain Fling to my friends back home. “It’s a carnival,” I tried to tell them. “It’s a few days to just relax.” In our work-hard, play-hard environment, Fling means the chance to take a break from Penn, but also to epitomize our dear University.
Sam Sherman | View from the other side
SAM SHERMAN is a College junior from Marblehead, Mass. His email address is samsherman6@sas.upenn.edu.
Guest column by Zakya Hall | Restoring the Voting Rights Act
The right to vote is sacrosanct in the United States, and the attack on voting rights is a fundamental threat to American democracy.
Ravi Jain | The double standard of culture
Thinking about cultural appropriation as it affects my life brings up more questions than I expected. It is a complex topic because of the way it has been handled and regarded over time, and how it has impacted the lives of marginalized minority communities.
Alec Ward | This isn't Jeopardy
I can’t help but think that the language of safety and unsafety just isn’t the right terminology for this conversation.
Nick Moncy | Ehh
NICK MONCY is a College junior from North Miami, Fla. His email address is nickmon@sas.upenn.edu.
The Vision | The virality of black death
Those who are quick to declare that “all lives matter” cannot deny the verity of the fact that our nation consistently dehumanizes our lives.
Oscar A. Rudenstam | Think
In a piece in The New Republic, Bryce Covert anticipates that interim CEO of Reddit Ellen Pao’s judicially unsuccessful gender discrimination lawsuit — waged against her former employer Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers — may still constitute an opportunity to take a step forward in mitigating gender discrimination in the United States.
Guest column by Aderinola Adejare and Angela Ddamba | Disengaging with an Africa rising
Africa is a diverse continent, with a great number of political, economic and cultural strides being taken, in line with the “Africa rising” narrative.
Sophia Wushanley | The real value of study abroad
Travel doesn’t necessarily broaden the mind. It’s possible to live in another country for a few months without learning much of anything. A group of American friends and a Eurotrip mentality is all it takes to extend the “Penn bubble” to a different continent.
Anneka DeCaro | Stressed vs. Blessed
ANNEKA DECARO is a College freshman from Austin. Her email address is annekaxiv@gmail.com.
Nick Moncy | Pointing Americans in the right direction
NICK MONCY is a College junior from North Miami, Fla. His email address is nickmoncy@sas.upenn.edu.Letter to the Editor | A Republican response to the College Republicans
As former leaders of the College Republicans here at Penn, we would like to express our utter dismay at the position that the recent College Republicans article took on the issue of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Dani Blum | The cost of practicality
The high price of college sucks the meaning out of college itself. When we choose our fields of study based on the potential outcomes, we lose the central purpose of selecting a major at all: to narrow down a field we’re truly interested in, and then to push for excellence in that area.
Sam Sherman | Political jousting
SAM SHERMAN is a College junior from Marblehead, Mass. His email is samsherman6@gmail.com.