Opinion
Lauren Agresti | Not quite a love letter
In light of the upcoming annual Love Your Body Campaign organized by the Penn Consortium of Undergraduate Women, I did what I do best — I wrote a letter.
Adam Silver | Swearing off election night stands
Politicians take advantage of us simply because we let them. We allow ourselves to be persuaded by the wrong things.
Sindhuri Nandhakumar | Dating with a difference
Ask if you want to — don’t wait just because you’re a woman.
Lauren Agresti | Pick your packaging
In an age where there’s a wealth of information about us on Google, it makes sense to manage our reputations. But branding? Do we have to?
Emily Orrson | Helping LPS students work it
Wouldn’t it be nice, whilst contemplating the ethical dilemmas in Dostoyevsky’s “Crime and Punishment,” to have a former lawyer in your class? And wouldn’t it be helpful, in the throes of Marketing 101, to have a data analyst on your team?Melissa Roberts & Jake Shuster | The math behind the moratorium
In addition to creating penalties, we want to create a culture shift around group spending and debt.Your Voice | Let’s actually fix the debt crisis
Let’s take advantage of this crisis to make the structural reforms SAC needs for long-term viability.
Divya Ramesh | When reality bites
Colleges like Penn should actively encourage children in foster care to apply.
Yessenia Gutierrez | We pledge allegiance — but to what?
When I turned 16, I wasn’t worried about getting a car. I was worried about becoming a Guatemalan citizen.
Brian Collopy | Policies over personalities
Political rhetoric and the media’s coverage often eschew economic reasoning and evidence when discussing policy.Editorial | Race matters, at least for now
Affirmative action has its flaws. But it is the only tried and true method to achieve the same diversity that we currently see in higher education.Du Bois House Council | Appreciating Du Bois as a loving home
Du Bois is not just a space for black students. It is a college house for students of all cultures.
Wesley Vaughn | O Moses and Jordan, where art thou?
Robert Moses and Michael Jordan were addicted to success and had egos that filled rooms. But their accomplishments and supreme talent more than made up for their tough exteriors.Editorial | Safeguarding our systems
Since our lives are inextricably tied to technology, learning to secure data will pay huge dividends in the future.
Ernest Owens | Fast, pray, love to celebrate 21
For most of my life, I aimed to prove others wrong. I strived to defy the socioeconomic gravity that tried to pull me down.
Lauren Agresti | A #FirstWorldProblem that matters
We all feel pain, fall violently ill, lose loved ones and experience betrayal. Suffering is — and always has been — the universal human condition.
Kurt Mitman | Double down on tuition
Penn provides an incredible education and should be charging more.Editorial | A moratorium on mismanagement
Beyond the obvious drawback of preventing new groups from enlivening the extracurricular scene, the moratorium is an embarrassment to Penn.
Sindhuri Nandhakumar | Not complacent about caste
Hinduism has been simplified to festivals like Holi which celebrates color and Diwali, the festival of lights.