Opinion
Alon Krifcher | A different college experience
Picture this: as you’re studying for tomorrow’s exam, your classmate continues to tap his pencil against the table.Shlomo Klapper | Sderot: A surreal city
Dana was just tired. After tough midterms at Sapir College and moonlighting as a waitress, the 22-year-old returned home exhausted.Penn for Palestine | Stop the killing in Gaza
We cannot overstate the pain and difficulty we’ve experienced as we face what is happening 5,700 miles from our comfortable academic world.Your Voice | Finding the right proof
This summer, Penn asked all incoming freshmen to read the play “Doubt” as part of its Year of Proof.
Robert Hsu | Surviving the sophomore slump
It can be difficult to come down from the “high” of freshman year into the reality of sophomore year.
Ernest Owens | Minding your manners
Yes, college is stressful. The constant demands and expectations can take a toll on how we treat one another, but that doesn’t excuse us from being respectful.
Lauren Agresti | Going beyond the Band-Aid
We’re programmed to respond to problematic or unusual situations. But once the Band-Aid has been applied, it’s back to business.
Emily Orrson | Keeping up with David Petraeus
Where have all our male role models gone?Your Voice | Remember the Year of Water?
It is really essential that Penn eliminate, as far as possible, bottled water from campus. This would put the University in the forefront of the environmental movement, and make us a leader among the Ivies and higher ed all over the country.
Sindhuri Nandhakumar | Why I left Penn
I struggled to decide whether to leave Penn until it dawned on me that depression is a medical condition — so I’m entitled to medical leave.
Divya Ramesh | Waffles for dinner
Penn needs to do more to improve its vegetarian options.
Yessenia Gutierrez | You are what you consume
We choose our purchases to reveal who we are, so much so that even our personalities are commoditized.Editorial | Feeling safe on Locust Walk
Dephanie Jao’s encounter happened on Locust Walk around 9:40 p.m. Sexual assaults happen to one in four college women in the United States.
Brian Collopy | The next four years
The fact that Barack Obama was re-elected guarantees that certain changes will take effect.
JY Lee | A hipster manifesto
Ignorant historians in the future will label us as the hipster generation — whether we like it or not.Asian Pacific Student Coalition & United Minorities Council | Breaking the silence
No one should ever be made to feel like a mere item on a scavenger hunt list. No one should have to physically defend herself against strangers who singled her out based on race and gender.
Ernest Owens | I’m no victim of class
Stories about students who receive full financial aid are usually accompanied by an amazing tale of how they overcame obstacles.Your Voice | Response to 'Penn Leads the (Provisional) Vote'
No one is more disappointed about this than Penn Leads the Vote.
Rachel del Valle | An American (Election) in Paris
Being in Europe makes it hard not to care about the presidential election.