Opinion
Guest Column by Shlomo Klapper | The falsehoods of 'From Palestine to Penn'
I don’t know how else to say this: Many of O’Conor’s “facts” don’t exist.
Clarissa O'Conor | Thanksgiving in Palestine
While we may oftentimes be oblivious to how our existence on this land is predicated on the ethnic cleansing of indigenous peoples, we should not be blind to the fact that the same process is happening now.
JY Lee | What I believe
I joined a Buddhist ashram in India, worshipped with Jews in Jerusalem and devoured agnostic and atheistic literature. Like the prodigal son, however, I always returned home to church.Guest Column by Christina Gunzenhauser & Lennie Zhu | Lynxsy: Career services, startup edition
The demand for alternate opportunities is growing within Penn and the school must begin to construct better infrastructure to fulfill that demand.Guest Column by Dillon Weber | Why the Penn Secular Society banner does ruin a Christian’s day
Penn Secular Society is not questioning the beliefs of informed Christians — it is simply misrepresenting them.Editorial | Group Study Reconsidered
We would like to tell the many students in an uproar over the injustice of “good study spaces” only being available to Wharton students to kindly calm down.
Caroline Brand | Why we should go back to school
Penn should require all undergraduate students to take an academically based community service course.Guest Column by Dylan Hewitt and Claire Shimberg | SNAP back to reality
In anticipation of the upcoming holiday season, we decided to take the SNAP challenge — a commitment to only spend $31.50 on food for the entire week.
Jeff Nadel | Hooray for humiliated government
This Thanksgiving, I say we should be deeply thankful for the sheer ineptitude of the state.
Rachel del Valle | Know thy selfie
As you may or may not have already heard, the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year is “selfie.”
Kurt Mitman | Back to reality
Certain forms of reality TV actually have the potential to affect my reality — and to make it a better one.
Robert Hsu | Regrading ourselves
Allowing exam regrades is an important part of a fair grading system, but we as students must reevaluate our attitude towards them and be more selective when requesting them.Guest Column by Geeta Aneja | Open minds, working faith
Perhaps it is time to ask ourselves why we react so emotionally when our faith is questioned. Why we immediately become defensive and allow it to “ruin our day.”
Sindhuri Nandhakumar | Gastronomic gutcheck
I think we overspend a lot of our money on food. Yes, a sandwich from Houston Market is convenient, but do we really need to be spending six or seven dollars on an uninspired meal every day?
Ryan Daniels | Hot for cold calls
So in a recent lecture, where class-directed question after class-directed question went unanswered, floating over the turned-down heads of slouching students, I couldn’t help but wonder: What ever happened to cold-calling?Guest Column by Jennie Shulkin | A community divided
Even if I was able to obtain on-campus housing this past year, though, the diversity that was present in the freshman dorms would be non-existent.Editorial | Defacement isn’t discourse
Those who disagree certainly have a right to protest Penn Secular Society, but we would encourage them to find more productive ways of protest.