Opinion
Guest Column by the Executive Board of ASAP | A Call to Action: Collegiate ACB Must Go
Collegiate ACB perpetuates the culture of violence that ASAP, and so many other student groups and individuals, work to combat.
Ali Kokot & Hayley Brooks | ACBeware
Anyone with a beating heart understands that writing these posts is mean, but it might be a whole lot more than mean. Beyond just being a jerk, you could be liable for a big legal headache.
Ryan Daniels | Dialing back
The average American gets a new phone every 22 months. Isn’t that a little crazy?
Clarissa O'Conor | An ordinary Tuesday morning in Palestine?
According to the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions, which keeps track of Israel’s destruction of Palestinian property, Israel has destroyed 527 Palestinian homes in 2013.Editorial | The rent is too damn high
There is no real reason Penn should be charging students to use campus space for legitimate extracurricular activities.Letter to the Editor | Meatless Mondays In Philadelphia
Two weeks ago, the Philadelphia City Council — supported by local animal advocacy nonprofit The Humane League — passed a resolution endorsing Meatless Mondays.
Rachel del Valle | The most wonderful time of the year?
I used to dislike the commercialization, the overeagerness surrounding the “Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” But now I see that maybe it’s not such a bad thing.Guest Column by Nikhil Menezes | Friendship and the allure of structure
What I find troubling is that on a campus dominated by clubs and organizations, the opportunities for arbitrary relationships are becoming increasingly rare.Editorial | In need of a cultural shift
Students and administrators alike need to re-evaluate how we approach, respond to and inform ourselves about sexual assault at Penn.Editorial | Setting a (minimum) standard
We believe that anyone found guilty of sexual assault should be suspended from campus for at least a semester.Guest Column by The Institute of Contemporary Art Student Board | Cementing the Artwork at Fisher's Footsteps
We strongly urge the University to find Knut Äsdam’s work a permanent home so that we, as a diverse and manifold group of individuals, might weave this extraordinary sculpture into our collective fabric.Guest Column by Casey Libonate | Trigger Warning
I think it is important that Penn students continue to advocate for what they care about. I just think that there needs to be a heightened sense of awareness about how the advocating is done.Arielle Pardes | Happy whore-o-ween
The outfit you wear does not prescribe your actions for Halloween night — and maybe we should stop calling them “slutty” costumes altogether.
Arjun Gupta | Welcome to the (Ivy) jungle
Most of us were probably standouts in our high school, and now the tables have turned. Or at least, aren’t oriented so much in our favor. But when you’re at or near the top all the time, how much more can you grow?
Ryan Daniels | Reaching for the clouds
Why have we been so slow to reboot our computing and give hard drives the boot?Letter to the Editor | Re: SAC moratorium
SAC can either give out less money across the board or disenfranchise the many students who have no say in the matter.
Caroline Brand The antisocial Ivy?
I estimate that we exchange names and handshakes with someone once a day, but would venture to say that few, if any, of these people ever hear from us again.
Xavier Flory | Following Franklin, not the Benjamins
Slipping into the mainstream usually means leaving our more cherished ambitions behind.
Jeff Nadel | Minimum wage malarkey
Many would consider it a travesty of justice to pay someone $5.00 per hour, but it’s fine for Penn students to work 12-hour days at an internship for $0.00 an hour.