Opinion

Arielle Pardes | Reclaiming hook-up culture

Despite all of the huffing and puffing about hook-up culture, casual sex isn’t the problem. The problem is communication — or rather, lack thereof. It’s not time that we stop hooking up, but it is time to stop hooking up without telling our partners what we want.

Dillon Weber | Honest and reasoned debate

PennDems made a strong emotional plea for what they called “sensible and meaningful gun control legislation.” That is why I was so disappointed to see the same old, tired suggestions: ban “military-style” weapons and restrict magazine size.

Kurt Mitman | The only thing to fear

The right way to honor the victims of this tragedy is by simply continuing to live our lives as normal.

Lauren Agresti | Theories on theses

What you might not know is that when it comes time to sign up for those extra hard things, your fear of missing out on senior year may be misplaced.

Rachel del Valle | Girls just wanna have fun

I don’t understand why it’s laughable that girls want to hang out with a bunch of other girls and drink and not get dressed up and just chill. That sounds a lot like bro culture to me, but no one writes articles blaming bros for declining marriage rates.

Divya Ramesh | Finished with not finishing

The great thing about an all-you-can-eat franchise is that seconds are an option if you want them. But not many people seem to see it that way. Every day, I see entire plates of food tossed into the green compost bags at the residential dining halls.

Penn Democrats Executive Board | Enough is enough

Penn Democrats asks the Penn community to join us in demanding sensible and meaningful gun control legislation.

Guest Column | Corbett, quit losing our money

By opting out of the ObamaCare Medicare Expansion, the entire country — not only the state — loses.

Xavier Flory | The dark side of brotherhood

Tyga won’t be the only one promoting sexism on Friday. While there has been much furor over Tyga’s lyrics, certain groups at Penn will be propagating a more ubiquitous and insidious form of sexism over Fling: our fraternities.

Robert Hsu | Taking the ‘sin’ out of business

I wondered if food trucks were missing out on the large customer segment that wanted healthy meals. My survey data suggested that healthy food trucks weren’t doing enough to reach these people and fight the stereotype surrounding food trucks in general. However, if they could solve this disconnect, a mutually beneficial outcome could be achieved.

The normativity of Ivy love: The things we are not told, but taught

As Patton writes, “For most of you, the cornerstone of your future and happiness will be inextricably linked to the man you marry, and you will never again have this concentration of men who are worthy of you.” For most of you. This seemingly benign qualifier is the piece’s most damning phrase, revealing a worldview that excludes not only some individuals but any alternatives to what people like Patton consider happy partnerships and happy futures.

Kurt Mitman | The cheating equilibrium

As a TA, I’ve seen many ways students cheat the system.

Morgan Jones | ‘Alessgo’ to Girl Talk

Is Fling more about the music or coming together as a school? As far as I know, this is the first time students are actively and publicly organizing themselves to separate the concert from Fling.

Guest Column | An empirical critique of Patton

Forget about finding your intellectual equal or marrying him before you graduate. Here’s what you really need to know that Susan Patton isn’t telling you: empirically speaking, if you graduate without a ring on your finger, you are in great company.

Hayley Brooks & Ali Kokot | Lilly Pulitzer’s blue print

Pulitzer’s tale is a refreshing success story that finds promise in our daily mistakes — one of hers landed her a company with net sales over $100 million just this past year.

Rachel del Valle | Oh, pretty woman

To huff and puff every time a woman is noted for both her beauty as well as her brains only reinforces the double standard females face in reaching positions of power. So what if someone says she’s pretty? Get over it.

Caroline Brand | In praise of Patton

Others have criticized Patton for being anti-feminist, but I find her argument empowering. What’s anti-feminist about telling a woman to find a man “worthy” of her intelligence?

Your Voice | Getting you involved

In yesterday’s edition of The Daily Pennsylvanian, the DP provided campus with suggestions on how the Social Planning and Events Committee should incorporate student input into what artists, speakers and events are brought to campus. The suggestions they provided are really good. So good, in fact, that they are already in place.

Jen Chaquette & Abe Sutton | Six months later: the SAC moratorium

Since any change in SAC policy reverberates throughout campus, we just wanted to give you, the student body, an update and set the record straight on the moratorium once and for all.

Editorial | SPEC, don't black us out

In future years, we think SPEC should do two things: 1) be more transparent about how they pick artists for Fling and 2) involve the student body in the selection process to some extent.