Opinion

Zubin Sharma | Live a life to be thankful for

Try to allocate more time towards activities that you find inherently valuable, not just those that will help you succeed in on campus recruitment. If you do so, I guarantee you will be a richer person for it.

Your Voice | Toward a homeless center on campus

A center for the homeless at Penn — similar to the Hub of Hope — could be a wonderful thing both for helpers and the helped.

Emily Orrson | Filiflustered

The root of the problem in Senate is not the existence of the filibuster. It’s a refusal to listen to the sense of the meeting.

Leah Davidson, Richard Wess & Myles Wolfe | Bridging the intergenerational gap

By taking the time to forge relationships with seniors in the local community, students can learn how to ensure that seniors’ needs do not get overlooked in policy discussions.

Divya Ramesh | Pens are mightier than pixels

Send one letter every month — to your grandmother or your best friend from high school who used to wish you Merry Christmas with a handmade card. Collect your letters, your responses, the envelopes and stamps. This project will bolster the postal system while brightening someone’s day.

Adam Silver | Sharing in success

Everyone wants to be associated with success. When they invest in something that blossoms, they take a share of it.

Anita Sellers | A campus within a campus

My proposal is for a multi-use dorm with dorm rooms, a student center, lecture halls, classrooms, athletic facilities, a library and even an auditorium. In essence, it is a campus within a campus.

Brian Collopy | Be a better neighbor

There will always be some who spin stories to ask for money, but there are 4,000 Philadelphians who are homeless tonight. Many of these people are veterans or victims of the recession; some suffer from addiction or mental illness.

Your Voice | Architectural ‘diamond-in-the-rough’ threatened with demolition

I was saddened, if not surprised, by the University’s plans to demolish 400 S. 40th Street in order to build apartments on the site

JY Lee | A season for thanks

So here’s a toast to all the people, places, institutions and cultures that have contributed to my metamorphosis over the last four years.

Yessenia Gutierrez | Legalize it — but don’t forget Latin America

It’s time the United States reviews its position on the war against drugs in Latin America.

Kyle Henson | A thesis to top it off

Penn isn’t the only one of its peers that doesn’t require senior theses. But schools that have made it a requirement view it as a cornerstone of the undergraduate educational experience.

Alexa Nicolas | Give me a break

Here’s a simple rule that would allow professors to keep lecturing and syllabi to continue without disrupting anyone: no exams, quizzes or papers should be due the first class back after a break.

Editorial | Objectivity: lost in the fray

While pro-Israel and pro-Palestine students have condemned the killing of civilians on these very pages, they’ve also voiced seemingly irreconcilable views on the conflict. No resolution or coalition will be achieved unless students on both sides of the aisle are willing to listen to each other.

Akiva Sanders | Let's end this tragedy once and for all

We have, and will continue, to use our power as American citizens to urge our government to demonstrate strong diplomatic leadership in facilitating a negotiated two state solution to the Israeli- Palestinian conflict.

Arielle Klepach | Get with it

I’m angry. I’m angry with the Republican Party. I’m angry because they just don’t get it.

Zachary Levine | Standing together

In this time of great anxiety and vulnerability, we need the two coalitions to come together more than ever. As the hurting campus community that we are, we look to leadership from both sides of the aisle to unite us under the awnings of sympathy and condemnation of violence.

Kurt Mitman | When a full ride isn’t enough

Penn could do more to help its neediest students. As inequality continues to rise, Penn should lead the way to help equalize opportunities for students across all socioeconomic backgrounds.

Kurt Mitman | When a full ride isn’t enough

Penn could do more to help its neediest students. As inequality continues to rise, Penn should lead the way to help equalize opportunities for students across all socioeconomic backgrounds.

Yessenia Gutierrez | Breaking into a community

Rhythmic Damage, the annual breaking — or break dancing — event has gained a following beyond Penn.