Opinion
Nick Moncy | Weighing STEAM
NICK MONCY is a College junior from North Miami, Fla. His email address is nickmon@sas.upenn.edu.
Ravi Jain | The apocalypse of technology
Is the reality of technology that grim? The possibility of being imprisoned by robots seems to make for a good action film at best. As cliché as it sounds, I think the only thing we should fear being imprisoned by is our own close-mindedness.
Alec Ward | Practice isn't what we preach
There are self-evident problems with mandatory community service, namely that any work done not out of altruism but out of a desire to either complete a mandatory step toward the receipt of one’s own degree or a desire to make one’s transcript more appealing to potential evaluators is probably better described as “self-service by means of community-related work” than as true community service.
The Vision | A "black problem"?
Now, 16 years later, we find ourselves in the middle of Black History Month and UMOJA Week at a time where black unity and reflection are needed most. We not only find our nation in the grips of a raging debate in regards to systemic oppression and genocide of black bodies, but our campus community as well.
Katiera Sordjan | The selfish gene
While loved ones try to make sense of the death, suicide victims and depressed individuals often cannot understand the effect on their family, or ultimately, feel that their loved ones would be better off.
Sam Sherman | Fabricated Reality
SAM SHERMAN is a College junior from Marblehead, Mass. His email is samsherman6@sas.upenn.edu
Editorial | Expanding our vision
Fraternities are not guilt-free of partaking in the culture of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct, but we cannot expect to lay sanctions on them alone and consider the issue resolved. It is all too easy to lay the blame on the highly visible Greek societies that seem to dominate the social and party scene, but they are only part of the problem, not the problem itself.
Jason Tangson | Vivisect la difference
Race relations, economic disparities, the lingering threat of crime, having to deal with people of different backgrounds: it not easy being in West Philly.
Anneka DeCaro | The Recitation Struggle Bus
ANNEKA DECARO is a College freshman from Austin, TX. Her email address is annekaxiv@gmail.com.
Anneka DeCaro | Penn problems: the sequel
ANNEKA DECARO is a College freshman from Austin, TX. Her email address is annekaxiv@gmail.com.
Editorial | Looking beyond PILOTs
Before we can even look at paying PILOTs as a yes-or-no issue, there are many questions that need to be answered. From the effectiveness of Penn’s community programming to the City’s allocation of PILOT funds, these concerns need to be addressed as part of the much-needed conversations regarding the status of public education in Philadelphia and the University’s relationship with the community.
Dani Blum | A different kind of diversity
Political extremism isn’t news to anyone. The shocking part, at least for me, comes when those statistics translate into cultural consequences.
Sean McGeehan | Of all things
SEAN MCGEEHAN is a College junior from Philadelphia. His email address is seanmcgeehan@verizon.net
Alec Ward | Aiming first, asking questions later
Solving police prejudice means somehow eliminating the unconscious biases of those we trust with exercising the state’s monopoly on legitimate use of violence.
Toe the Line: College Republicans | Obama's State of the Union address: Community College proposal
Further, it is not clear that an inability to pay tuition is an issue for potential community college students. Comprehensive subsidies exist already. What less advantaged students cannot pay for — namely necessary non-tuition expenses — is not covered.
Toe the Line: Penn Democrats | Obama's State of the Union address: Community College proposal
In order to once again lead the world in education, the US must provide students with the higher education that can and will meet the demands of the growing and changing global economy.
Nick Moncy | We've been past this
NICK MONCY is a College junior from North Miami, Fla. His email is nickmon@sas.upenn.edu.
The Vision | The new era of civil disobedience
We must realize that leaders of civil rights movements are as human as we are — that we are as capable of speaking out, resisting unlawful practices and leading movements as they were and, more importantly, that they will eventually succumb to the limitations of human life and no longer be able to march alongside future generations.
Oscar A. Rudenstam | Leaving high school behind
As students, we are not only expected to succeed, but we are in a sense not even allowed to not succeed. Academically, professionally and socially we are surrounded by an overabundance of paths to reach “success.”