Opinion
Following the flow
Read on for a few of the updates we’ve made for this fall.Dear freshmen…
To help you out, here’s a list of things we wish we had been told — or wish we had listened to — when we were in your shoes.Penn Compact 2020
Penn Compact 2020 renews Penn’s fundamental priorities — increasing access, integrating knowledge and engaging locally, nationally and globally.
?Ali Kokot & Hayley Brooks | Share the toil, get more spoils
After New York summers spent at Nickelodeon and in the food business, we got a preview of how our two-brained efforts at Penn will soon translate into the professional world.
?Ryan Daniels | Making my greasy mark
When I graduate at the end of this year, I’ve been promised my own sandwich printed on the Bui’s food truck menu.
The city where I'll never sleep
I always wanted to move to New York City. Ironically, now that I’m at the age where moving to New York on my own is a possibility, I’m coming up with more cons than pros.
(Sky)diving into it
In elementary school, I made an unhealthy amount of lists. I was, to say the least, the opposite of an impulsive child. Earlier this week, however, I jumped out of a plane.Guest Column | Am I supposed to be poor?
How have we arrived at the point where an individual who served in the U.S. military and was injured while doing so, spent 15 years in service to fellow mankind and has the will and aptitude to realize entrance to an Ivy League institution, can reach poverty status?Guest Column | Love and Solidarity in Israel and Palestine
To strike at the heart of the problem and help formulate a truly just peace for Israelis and Palestinians, we must do better than adopt a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions platform which aims to punish Israel for its alleged “apartheid” policies without also acknowledging its legitimate security concerns
Divya Ramesh | A solution of a different color
As I have learned, peppering racial tensions with humor combats an uncomfortable situation because it counteracts a negative vibe with the positive lightness that comes with humor.
Matt Mantica | The value of a child
When it comes to Penn Alexander, Penn is acting in its own self-interest. In helping create the school, which it did more than 10 years ago, the University was much more interested in creating a place of instruction for the children of its own faculty and staff than for the children of the West Philadelphia community at large.
Jennifer Yu | Under the knife
My problem with this is that the best way to improve self-image shouldn’t be a superficial change at all. A better form of “self-improvement,” whether for others or for yourself, would be to go for a run or to read a book, instead of looking simply to erase perceived imperfections that we are told define us as people.Guest Column | Tear gas canisters, BDS Stickers and hope
By standing in solidarity with Palestinians in supporting the BDS movement and the nonviolent work they do every day to make Palestine/Israel a safer and more just place for all who live there, we can help make it stop.Guest Column | From the bedroom to the boardroom
ENDA seeks to ban employment discrimination on the basis of both sexual orientation and gender identity. However, despite repeat introductions to Congress, ENDA has never been formally invited to the dance and remains a civil rights dream.
Peter Yin | Less is more
The potential for Facebook’s positive use is diluted by its overuse. Only if our time on social media is controlled, either by self-discipline or some direct intervention, can the good outweigh the bad.
Laura Petro | The news isn't good enough
Political scandal is no longer left to trash publications and gossip mags — the most credible news sources in the world are now in the trenches of delivering this same sub-par and, frankly, trashy coverage.
Divya Ramesh | Where the world has gone blank
To fix a national gap in geopgraphic knowledge, perhaps we should be turning to the omniscient oracle on 21st century knowledge: Google. Utilizing Google Maps as an educational tool introduces a novel solution to the national geographic disconnect.