Opinion
Arielle Pardes | Bringing on the Year of Sex
Let’s talk about sex. Let’s talk about what it means to us, how it’s important in our lives and how we can begin to re-frame these conversations.Editorial | Beyond the blackout
We refuse to believe that these are the only viable solutions to targeting piracy and urge this community to take a stance.
Charles Gray | State of the school's hidden waste
Last semester, at the annual State of the School event hosted at the Penn Museum, the problem of fiscal abuse by those in charge of our funds reared its ugly head at Penn.
Samantha Sharf | The problem doesn't stop with porn
The problem doesn’t stop with porn. As early as next year, web addresses can read something.anything. Imagine, penn.university or DP.newspaper.
Zachary Bell | Let's make some friends
As a freshman, I chose the guaranteed community and the institutionalized comfort of a social calendar. I’m not saying it’s wrong, but I’m saying that I didn’t try to imagine something different.
Brian Goldman | Gluing back the shattered glass
Certain crimes merit punishment with no second chances. But what Stephen Glass killed was journalism’s code of ethics: a set of principles, not a body or a mind.
Ernest Owens | Not another black guy at Penn
So here is a toast to not conforming. To anyone who is striving to look at the bigger picture rather than just zoom in on the colors, thank you.Your Voice | Think twice about tokenism
A Van Pelt Library clerk writes a letter shedding light on the problem with tokenism in conversations about Israel.
Sally Engelhart | Drug abusers in denial
If you use prescription drugs incorrectly, you are drug user. There are no two ways about it.
Sara Brenes-Akerman | Reconciling a tale of two cities
Costa Rica’s status as a tourist’s paradise has made it a divided country — one that leads a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde type of existence.
Letter from the Editor | Welcome from the 128
Reach out to us. Tell us if we get something wrong. Tell us what you want to read and if you want to write. Tell us what about our content enrages or engages you. Tell us what you think.Shlomo Klapper | BDS: Bigoted Double Standards
By withholding the university’s imprimatur from BDS and its boycotts, President Gutmann reflects the Penn community’s strong and long-established ties with Israel.
Samantha Sharf | From campus to computer screen
Facetime or not, I still have a strong desire to keep learning. I want to continue the intellectual conversations that have started in the classroom.Cheers and Jeers | Fall 2011
Read a list of the best and the worst things that happened at Penn this semester in The Daily Pennsylvanian’s semiannual recap.Rachel Heller | Challenging the Pokémon master
As for emulating the anime protagonist Ash Ketchum: one should be quick to remember that Ash is perpetually ten years old and has rejected higher education in favor of immediate gainful self-employment.Editorial | Indebted to our education
The campaign to refuse paying student debt fails to tackle the rising cost of higher education
Robert Hsu | Diversifying our definitions
Diversity is multi-dimensional, and we overlook the fact that it encompasses all aspects of our lives, including our religion, socioeconomic status, intelligence, hobbies and interests.
Ernest Owens | Mr. Misogyny, enough is enough
The justification for exploiting a woman’s body in order to raise money for charity is perhaps one of the most socially counterproductive things that I have ever heard in my life.Your Voice | Halting the racism cycle
Based on Penn’s history, it is clear that action must be taken to halt the continuous cycle of racism.