Opinion
Sally Engelhart | Making the choice to be happy
We are actually happier when we have limited options.
Robert Hsu | Why music has hit a low note
I may be a disillusioned music-purist who needs to face the music, but I see a troubling trend that is set to ruin an art form I revere greatly.Your Voice | Misplaced blame for New Orleans
Two New Orleans residents remind readers of the engineering failures that complicated Hurricane Katrina’s legacy.
Hayley Brooks & Ali Kokot | Get low? Hell no.
With every basement encounter, we fall further and further from engaging each other in a meaningful way. More often than not, you don’t even face your partner.
Kyle Henson | Education, not indoctrination
We don’t spend $50,000 a year over four years just to read textbooks and have our beliefs reinforced. We want to hear brilliant opinions and arguments from our professors.
Brian Goldman | Put an end to 'Prohiboozetion'
With the recent closing of Fine Wine & Good Spirits on 41st and Market streets, our campus has reverted to its Prohibition-era existence.
Rachel del Valle | Reshuffling the race card
In the U.S., race is a trick question. I don’t know what the solution is, but I do know that our current system isn’t working. If Hispanics hope to gain the political influence to correspond with their growing population, we need to be counted as something distinct.Lauren Plotnick | Moving in the right direction
Exactly one year ago, the newly elected 127th Board of Editors and Managers set out with a lofty goal.
Ernest Owens | Recycling our wasteful addiction
We Penn students pride ourselves on how green we think we are, but — in actuality — our efforts are not as effective as we all assume.
Alice Lee | Save the internet, #StopSOPA
If the Stop Online Privacy Act passed and went into effect, I think I would miss Kanye West’s tweets the most.Shlomo Klapper | Many flags; few facts
Shlomo Klapper argues that Penn For Palestine’s demonstration on College Green ignored both the context of and some inconvenient facts regarding the 2009 Gaza War.
Joseph An | The truth behind 'Shit Girls Say'
If these videos exclusively targeted one particular group or gender, I would have questioned their humor. But as it turns out, just about everyone says that are worth making fun of.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.