Opinion
Alyssa Hansen | Mitt Romney takes on medical marijuana
Presidential GOP candidate Mitt Romney has explicitly expressed his dissension around medicinal marijuana in his campaign despite its numerous benefits.
Rachel del Valle | Giving in to the game
The Super Bowl is the cultural equivalent to a movie like Avatar — it’s not about the quality of the content — it’s about the spectacle, the event.Editorial | Behind the rhetoric
Penn BDS can be thanked for reinvigorated debates about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict among students, but the quality of these debates — which took place in closed circles — remains to be questioned.Omar Barghouti | We — the global 99% — shall overcome!
The 1 percent are united, and so must we, the global 99 percent. Our aspirations overlap, our struggles converge. Unity is now a necessity, not a nicety.
Letter from the Editor | A forum for free speech
While we do not necessarily agree with or endorse the views we publish in guest columns and letters to the editor, we think it’s important for our content to reflect the diversity of views on this campus.
Alice Lee | Got a passion? Pursue it. Relentlessly.
If you know you won’t be passionate about a job in finance or consulting but plan on joining the 52 percent of Penn graduates who go into these fields anyway, this column is also for you.
Ernest Owens | An inconvenient proposal
When you elected us, you had faith that we would represent you. That conviction is now a little hazy.Your Voice | A civil discourse
It is troubling to see my own alma mater faculty is resorting to hateful discourse.Your Voice | A letter to Penn President Amy Gutmann
I urge you to be resolute in your defense of Penn’s reputation as a place where the BDS movement’s lies and agenda will find no quarter.Max Blumenthal | Torture, violence advocate to keynote anti-BDS event
Alan Dershowitz is an open advocate of torture who has urged Israel to destroy entire Palestinian villages, attack civilians and bulldoze their homes.Your Voice | Promoting a pluralism of ideas
With no evidence whatsoever, and in direct contradiction to everything we’ve ever said or written, Gur designates our student group “genocidal” and equates our upcoming conference with Nazi anti-Semitism.Arielle Pardes | Keeping up with your sexaminations
The consequences of sex-gone-wrong have become an epidemic among college students in the United States.Your Voice | Choosing words wisely
As scholars, we demonstrate how to carefully assess historical analogies rather than deploy them for rhetorical advantage.Your Voice | Protecting speech we may not like
Penn President Amy Gutmann and Chair of the Board of Trustees David L. Cohen address the upcoming Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions conference.Ruben Gur | BDS is 'hateful', 'discriminatory'
I read with amazement the Guest Column by Penn BDS Conference organizers, BDS Explained. I could barely believe my eyes.Dov Hoch | Why we should invest, not divest
BDS can enhance the condition of the people of Gaza and the West Bank by personally coming and investing in them, instead of threatening one of the stalwart pillars of their economy.Your Voice | 'Brazen lies' behind BDS
Penn is now witnessing another phase of the Arab War Against Israel. The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign is designed to isolate and restrict Israel in every way. Its goal is the destruction of Israel.
Samantha Sharf | Reality within a frame
Art can and should be political.
