Opinion
Hayley Brooks & Ali Kokot | Social slacktivism
Supporting a cause has become as simple as clicking “upload” with an ease that undermines actual activism.
Morgan Jones | Problematic policy
Access to the Quadrangle building access will be restricted during Fling. According to Penn, the administration is trying to “curb the threat of underage or irresponsible drinking” and reduce the number of hospitalizations. I don’t think the new policy will be effective. In fact, I think it may have the opposite effect.Elise A. Mitchell | A response to “Are you out there?”
Girl Talk, who specializes in mash-ups and sampling, regularly samples from music with lyrics that are equally as misogynistic Tyga’s. However, thus far there have been little to no complaints pertaining to the misogynistic nature of his samples. I cannot help but suspect that race is at the heart of this matter.Arielle Pardes | Advice for the young women of Penn
In a letter to the editor published in The Daily Princetonian on March 29, Princeton alumna Susan Patton gave her two cents to the “daughters she never had.” The advice: Now that you’ve made it to the Ivy League, it’s time to start husband hunting. The idea that my time in college is best spent finding a suitable man is, frankly, insulting.
Rachel del Valle | Pick a job, any job
There’s an unavoidable, nettling sense of superficiality that comes with mentally aligning yourself with a certain life — or in my case, lives.Guest Column | Penn must ask Joe Biden serious questions at graduation
The announcement of Joe Biden as the 2013 commencement speaker at the University of Pennsylvania did not cause much controversy on campus. Though Biden’s speech need not cause uproar, it ought to serve as an occasion to ask serious moral and political questions of an elected leader.
Divya Ramesh | Not worth the wait
Last week, as I stood alongside a man with “Penn Maintenance” embroidered on his jacket, I received a very didactic response as I rambled on about the motivational power of a Friday evening.
Xavier Flory | A beautiful game
It’s that time of year. Grab a wurst and sit back for the sporting highlight of the year. No, I’m not talking about March Madness. I refer to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League, the annual tournament for the best footballing clubs in Europe.Your Voice | A Wall for Freedom
Penn For Liberty is celebrating free speech this week. To evince this, we’re placing a Free Speech Wall next to the love statue.
Kurt Mitman | ’Til Constitution do us part
This issue goes beyond the question of straight and gay marriage currently before the court.
Robert Hsu | Give me your best shot
There will always be people who don’t like you, who want to be mean to you and who will put you down. It is impossible to control others, but we do have control over ourselves. When it comes to bullying, we have to worry less about the bullies and more about the victims.Guest Column | I nurse, you nurse, we nurse
There is benefit to helping other people understand why some people choose nursing as a career. And even more importantly, how you all are, in a way, nurses.Seaver Wang | A Failure to fire
The first rule of the national gun debate is this: much of what you know is wrong.
Adam Silver | Rethinking and reforming College requirements
This is the problem with requirements: they don’t make sense. So many courses that obviously should fill them just don’t.J Street U Penn Executive Board | A crucial voice for Israel
Open discourse and constructive criticism, rooted in love, are the only ways for us to achieve a brighter and safer future for the State of Israel. Like similar events being held by J Street U chapters on campuses across the country, our success in bringing Breaking the Silence to Hillel exemplifies the gradual mending of a still broken dialogue on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Joke Issue: Don’t oppose the majority’s authority (DOMA)
Today, the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments about the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act.Jim Kahn | Joke issue score: DP 129, readers -129
The Daily Pennsylvanian’s annual gag issue has a long history, of which another chapter has been written today. Every year at about this time, tradition dictates that DP editors turn their usually proper paper into a playful parody.
Rachel del Valle | Now or later
Because sometimes you don’t actually have that much to do. At the end of every horrible week, there’s a calm, and you can either choose to embrace it or unnecessarily stress yourself out about the next thing.
