Opinion
Guest Column by Marissa DeCesaris | No ifs, ands or butts
This past weekend I was at a bar celebrating a friend from high school’s birthday and was having a great time until one of my guy friends slapped my butt.
JY Lee | Quarter-life crisis?
I came to Penn aspiring to be just that: an academic, entrepreneur or travel writer. I now find myself in consulting interviews, reciting how my education and internship experience in journalism have prepared me for business strategy.
Morgan Jones | Ending excuses
The fact that we can dismiss people, relationships and interactions we’re not proud of after four years doesn’t mean that those actions don’t define our character.Guest Column by Sarah Shihadah | Seeing both sides of senior societies
Although there is something to be said for honoring certain students for their contributions to Penn, the limitations of such a process — and the inevitable exclusion of so many deserving individuals — is an unfortunate and perhaps detrimental consequence.Arielle Pardes | Confronting the naked truth
The culture at Penn isn’t one that would support an event like Nudity Week — and that’s a shame.Letter to the Editor | Clery Act requirements and the DPS crime log
This letter is in response to two recent articles published by the Daily Pennsylvanian (“Campus crime log disclosed minors’ identities,” 9/12/2013; “Names of arrestees not in campus crime log,” 9/27/2013) on the topic of the crime log published by the Division of Public Safety.
Ola Osinaike | Racism, suck it up
What is our duty when someone insults our race? Do we have an obligation to society and fellow citizens to go on a tirade?
Ryan Daniels | The importance of being arrogant
Accomplishments require strategically straddling a line between deliberate self-unawareness and critical self-awareness.Letter to the Editor | Nothing to shoot about
The argument that our campus isn’t safe to the point where we should carry guns on campus is a non-issue.
Arjun Gupta | The bad has broken
“Breaking Bad” drew the golden line between inconceivable action scenes and soft human emotions.
Caroline Brand | Ask Caroline
I’ve heard about the same personal struggles and issues from many people — some of which I’ve experienced too. Given the pervasiveness of these topics, I’ve decided to address a few.Guest Column | Legacy deserves respect
This Saturday night, I biked past the Benjamin Franklin statue seated on a bench right by Locust Walk. I was shocked to see a drunk, American college-aged male urinating on Benjamin Franklin’s statue.
Rachel del Valle | The Rory Gilmore complex
We spend a lot of time with the figments of writers’ imaginations, sometimes forgetting that that’s what they are.
Jeff Nadel | Armed and studious
If a state allows for concealed carry, then there is no defensible reason for universities to enforce a zone of defenselessness.Editorial | Food for thought
We were glad that the administration reached out to us in the first place. But transparency and collaboration on the front end need to carry over throughout the whole process.
Xavier Flory | The educated citizen
Newspapers like to say that journalism is the first rough draft of history, but even for a rough draft, it’s often pretty bad.
Kurt Mitman | Trolls R Us
The DP should be more active in curating the comments section. When the author is directly attacked, or if the commenter goes off on some tangent unrelated to the topic of the article, the comment should be removed.
Robert Hsu | Academic masochism
Should we really be proud when we sleep less, or take pride in taking six classes just because it sounds like a lot?Arielle Pardes | Pandora’s box, delivered to your doorstep
There’s a subscription service for everything. But will the subscription commerce model work for sex?
