Opinion
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.
Rachel del Valle | Life is good?
There’s more of a symbiotic relationship between the highs and lows of temperament than most people recognize. It’s not so much a dichotomy as a continuum.Guest Column by Jen Chaquette and Kanisha Parthasarathy | Complex problems require sophisticated solutions
In the wake of recent calls for increased transparency from Student Activities Council Executive Board, we wanted to give the student body an update, directly from SAC’s leadership.Editorial | Hip, Hub, hooray
We thank Facilities and Real Estate Services for bringing more retail dining options to campus that are not only in tune with student interests and preferences but also healthy, unique and local businesses.
Robert Hsu | How not to choose classes
Penn Course Review is an ingenious idea with value, but we should still be wary of using it as our primary decision-making tool.Arielle Pardes | Have your cake and eat it, too
While non-monogamy isn’t a cure-all for relationships that don’t feel salubrious to begin with, it can relieve the smothering sense of FOMO from college relationships.
Sindhuri Nandhakumar | Read it (all) and weep
Shouldn’t the point of classes be to learn the material, not learn to skim?Guest Column Seth Koren | Mismanagement 101
The funding system heavily incentivizes SAC members to vote in their own self-interests, rather than those of the entire community.
Ali Kokot & Hayley Brooks | Not so private
Your professor is not fooled by your seeming interest in your nether regions.
Ryan Daniels | A tale of two shutdowns
When my power was finally reconnected, I found a few similarities between the government shutdown and my earlier predicament.
Rachel del Valle | Turning a page
I’m smart, but I still like to read mindless things every once in a while.Editorial | Not so hot
That said, it’s not all on the creators of the game. Altogether, students — both those who detest the game and those who find it fun — have spent hours on the site.
Clarissa O'Conor | Siding with the oppressor
For some reason, we are conditioned to praise those who argue that an issue is too complex to take a position.
JY Lee | A plea for integrity
Wharton alums have set several world records during my time here. In addition to the Forbes’ net-worth list, our alums also top the list of largest frauds.
Morgan Jones | The benefit of 'goodbye'
Before, I preferred to go down the route of not acknowledging death.Editorial | Wanted: attendance
If even a 40-plus-year-old Penn tradition can’t entice students to show some Penn pride, it begs the question of why Penn Athletics is so adamant about charging students to see basketball games.
Arjun Gupta | Carolina in my mind
I never identified myself as a southerner — just someone who lived in the South.Guest Column by Jordan Dannenberg | Wharton’s “women problem"
The number of female speakers addressing Wharton’s students each year is strikingly limited.
