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Opinion

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.
10/03/13 5:51pm
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.
10/03/13 5:50pm

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.
10/02/13 5:49pm

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.
10/02/13 2:38pm

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.
10/01/13 7:44pm
What is our duty when someone insults our race? Do we have an obligation to society and fellow citizens to go on a tirade?
10/01/13 6:21pm
Accomplishments require strategically straddling a line between deliberate self-unawareness and critical self-awareness.
09/30/13 6:49pm

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.
09/30/13 6:40pm
“Breaking Bad” drew the golden line between inconceivable action scenes and soft human emotions.
09/30/13 6:39pm
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.
09/29/13 9:35pm

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.
09/29/13 6:22pm
We spend a lot of time with the figments of writers’ imaginations, sometimes forgetting that that’s what they are.