Opinion
Your Voice | Let would-be Americans live out their dreams
A Penn alumna is disappointed by online comments responding to Tania Chairez’s guest column on being an undocumented immigrant.
Ernest Owens | Making proud Penn students
Penn parents — prospective and present — should facilitate, not dictate, the career paths of their children.
Robert Hsu | Thank you for running
Even though it was easy to become annoyed by the freshman candidates, there is something we can learn from them.
Alexey Komissarouk | The hidden pitfalls of a dual degree
We don’t tell applicants to dual-degree programs that no matter how talented or driven a student may be, doing two things instead of one has a substantial opportunity cost.
Sally Engelhart | Too fat for reproduction?
A ban on obese women receiving fertility treatment seems medically justified and rational.Your Voice | Undocumented immigrants
Readers respond to a guest column by Tania Chairez, a Wharton sophomore and undocumented immigrant. GUEST COLUMN: Undocumented and unapologeticYour Voice | Occupy Wall Street solidarity statement
95 Penn faculty members express their solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement. TOPICS: Occupy Philadelphia GALLERY: 88 photos from Occupy Philly ThursdayTania Chairez | Undocumented and unapologetic
A Wharton sophomore describes her life as an undocumented immigrant.
Samantha Sharf | How Jobs saved journalism
This is the story of how Steve Jobs saved professional journalism from extinction and me from myself. (Or at least paved these roads.)Your Voice | Inequitable public school funding
When a K-12 public education system is based on property tax revenue, the poor will inevitably suffer.Dan Shipper | The immortal visionary
Attempting to write about what Steve Jobs meant to our generation without resorting to cliches is almost an impossible task.
Mark Attiah | For the love of the game
Those in positions of power and influence should treat their medical decisions just as they treat their words in the public sphere: very, very carefully. People are watching.
Sara Brenes-Akerman | Confronting cancer conversations
Talking about cancer in the context of science is easy. Talking about cancer in the context of life is something different altogether.Your Voice | Shadowy fingerprints
Pennsylvania’s voter-identification legislation, HB 934, has the fingerprints of the shadowy, corporate-funded, right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council all over it. Related: New state legislation may bar students from votingYour Voice | An unfocused effort
We need to change the protest paradigm that thinks standing around, yelling general statements like “We’re the 99 percent” and hoping to get maced will accomplish something. Topics: Occupy Philadelphia
Cornelius Range V | Unequal opportunity
We must find a way to bring the national average SAT scores closer to those of Penn students.
Samantha Sharf | The ranks of wives and mothers
What does Arianna Huffington, number 31, being divorced and having two children have to do with her selling The Huffington Post to AOL for $315 million earlier this year?Your Voice | Unsuitable for Wharton audiences
A reader was saddened to learn that an actress from the CBS comedy “2 Broke Girls” recently addressed students at Penn.Your Voice | Subsidize the solution
Penn professor David S. Barnes argues that the University does not support bike commuting. Related: Profs see biking as scenic and economical