Opinion
Your Voice | Be part of the solution
Each spring, the Nominations & Elections Committee nominates undergraduate students to University-wide committees comprised of undergraduates, graduates, faculty and administrators. This year, we are accepting applications for 20 committees.Your Voice | Keeping guard
Support the AlliedBarton Security Guards’ effort to unionize by coming to the rally on Monday at 11:45 a.m. in front of the button and by signing the online petition urging Penn to support their efforts.
Brian Goldman | Why family is not the f-word
If you’re lucky to have a tight, strong family — single parent or not — chances are that upbringing was vital in allowing you to attend Penn.
Rachel del Valle | On civil indifference
Most people, myself included, have a tendency to forget that others are more than just the props in certain parts of our day. They have dimensions, they have lives and offering some bit of recognition takes little to no effort.Your Voice | Reacting the right way
We are all human and make mistakes. Most of us make numerous stupid, arrogant statements during our lives. What is gained by turning these statements into a cover story, especially a cover story that purports to present a public voice of Penn?
Aya Saed | Leveraging Penn privilege
Philadelphia is home to some of the most discriminatory laws in the country, but we simply do not have to deal with their repercussions because of our Penn ID.
Ernest Owens | Arriving at an 'unshakable' belief
My strong support for Israel did not happen overnight. It developed through an informed process. I knew that if I was going to consider myself a social activist, I had to be trained, informed and mindful of my decision.Arielle Pardes | A birth control pill for men?
The new frontier of contraception is all about men. Of course, it makes more sense to take the bullets out of the gun than to wear a bulletproof vest — and with current options, women are playing Russian roulette.
Joseph An | The sentimental freshman
The following column consists of nothing but banalities and futile musings from a freshman who is three weeks away from completing his first year of college.But most of you have been here before, so allow me to opine.Jim Khan | Joke issue score: 'DP' 128, readers 127
The Daily Pennsylvanian’s annual gag issue has a long history, of which another chapter has been written today.
Joke Issue: Hayley Brooks & Ali Kokot | Get low? YEAH, BRO!
After publishing our first little number on grinding. — we’ve reevaluated how we stand on this mating ritual: to the front, to the back and to the side.
Joke Issue: Robert Hsu | Am I really an A- person?
I used to think hard work was like working at a restaurant: if I put in enough hours, I would receive what I want. High school was pretty much the same story. I would work hard and cash my efforts in for a handful of As at the end of every semester. But college is different.
Charles Gray | Sleepless in Washington D.C.
Around 1 a.m. last Tuesday, a blog monitoring public spots to hear the oral arguments (that I had been refreshing for hours) reported that there were still spots available. I immediately decided to travel to the capital.
Hayley Brooks & Ali Kokot | Student government has a problem
Beneath the corny Undergraduate Assembly election posters adorned with shameless rhyme schemes — “Sex Under The Button, Vote for Abe Sutton” … umm — that we saw last week, student government may actually be the outlet for our grievances.Editorial | Keeping promises. Crazy, right?
Now that the polls have closed and campaign posters are ready to retire from their spots on Locust Walk, we’d like to see newly elected members learn from each other and strive to create a more collaborative atmosphere within the UA.
Brian Goldman | A greater say in our graduation speaker
When student input in selecting the commencement speaker is nothing more than a dog and pony show, administrators run the risk of backlash.
Rachel del Valle | The movie that never sinks
This Wednesday, on the 100th anniversary of RMS Titanic’s maiden voyage, you can get your multi-dimensional Rose DeWitt and Jack Dawson on. You can yell at Rose to move over because there’s totally enough room on that piece of wood for the two of them.
Hayley Brooks & Ali Kokot | A case for the Lone Luncher
In our digitized, connected world, we’re quick to judge those who lunch like Liz — by themselves.Mitch Kurz | True, he's not Johnny Depp
I heard with some consternation that the selection of Geoffrey Canada as commencement speaker was met with some surprise and not a small amount of disappointment on campus. “Who’s that?” seemed to be a common refrain. The man Michelle Obama calls her “personal hero,” the man Mayor Bloomberg hails as “the greatest living New Yorker”?