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Opinion

10/20/13 7:28pm

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.
10/20/13 3:46pm
For some reason, we are conditioned to praise those who argue that an issue is too complex to take a position.
10/17/13 9:32pm
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.
10/16/13 10:27pm
Before, I preferred to go down the route of not acknowledging death.
10/16/13 3:45pm

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.
10/15/13 6:58pm
I never identified myself as a southerner — just someone who lived in the South.
10/15/13 6:04pm

Guest Column by Jordan Dannenberg | Wharton’s “women problem"

The number of female speakers addressing Wharton’s students each year is strikingly limited.
10/15/13 5:57pm
Gangsta rap has evolved into a social culture that glamorizes violence and is now a dominant form of hip-hop.
10/14/13 7:29pm

Editorial | Structural unemployment?

We can ensure that students who want to work can do so by fixing the existing work-study system, rather than adding to it.
10/14/13 7:28pm
Lately, I’ve come to think that one of the most valuable things you can give someone is your undivided attention.
10/14/13 4:24am

Guest Column by Alexandra Friedman | What We See From Here

What Israelis and Palestinians have historically had to face and continue to face is not something understood from “there,” whether that be your living room, your lecture hall or a news studio.
10/13/13 9:33pm
There is only correlation between the study of music and the traits that lead to success.
10/13/13 6:51pm
The government shutdown isn’t about shutting down to save money — it’s about making your life difficult to prove a point.
10/08/13 9:28pm

Editorial | At a crossroads

We think both the local government and Penn should take steps to make 38th and Spruce safer.
10/08/13 7:12pm
It’s human nature to veer towards those like you and break the ice through common ground. But in these robotic, rehearsed social interactions, we’re more reaffirming our own identities.
10/07/13 6:38pm
The answers to the Israel-Palestine conflict are more an amalgamation of its myriad narratives than any one sacred truth.
10/07/13 6:36pm
Some of my Palestinian friends and peers have applied multiple times for a permit to travel to Jerusalem, only to have Israel deny them multiple times.
10/06/13 7:15pm

Editorial | Dude, where's my philanthropy

We’d like to see not only big names at these events, but people whose lives have been defined more by their work on the ground than by what they did before giving back.
10/06/13 7:11pm

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.
10/03/13 10:09pm
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.