Opinion
Your Voice | Penn students have a hand in Kazakhstan’s public education
One of the projects at Nazarbayev University is to establish Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools all over the country.
Ernest Owens | Irreconcilable differences
I cannot say that my role as an elected representative on campus has been best used to advocate for students. Many campus issues that I encountered as a Quaker have not been addressed by the UA.
Yessenia Gutierrez | Affirmative action applicant
A focus on socioeconomic status without looking at race wouldn’t address the problems affirmative action seeks to remedy.
Max Scheiber | A reasonable Republican Party
I have a couple of proposals about how the Republican Party stance needs to change before 2016.Editorial | The importance of being interviewed
Penn will be relying on you to achieve its goal of interviewing all applicants by 2015. So sign up as soon as you graduate.
Robert Hsu | Stop lying to yourself
Here’s what I have to say to the 18-year-old future Dr. Robert Hsu.
Ernest Owens | The new leader
Time after time, I’ve noticed that the individuals who end up advocating for students are ordinary members of the Penn community with an extraordinary story to tell.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.
