Opinion
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.
Sara Brenes-Akerman | Rediscovering your lost mojo
Mojo is a hard thing to define but easy to recognize. You either have it or you don’t. And I did not.
Mark Attiah | Don’t drink the Haterade
Since the Centers for Disease Control are clearly neglecting their duties regarding the pandemic of haters, it falls to me to put out this public service announcement.
Cornelius Range V | Build bridges, not barriers
Often in staking out our own identities, we inadvertently reinforce barriers or create new ones.
Samantha Sharf | Not all photo editing is created equal
Many magazines manipulate images without telling their readers. A group of researchers at Dartmouth College may have solved this problem by discovering a way to determine how extensively a digital photo has been edited.
Michael A. Rie | Using Penn's talent to address public health
A University of Kentucky College of Medicine professor writes a guest column on how Penn Integrates Knowledge professor Ezekiel Emanuel should lead the change in health care, starting at Penn.
Travis Cantrell | Prioritize policy, not personality
Would Herman Cain’s fondness of extra-marital affairs really affect his ability to make decisions and craft policy?
Brian Goldman | Too big and bloated not to fail
Two sexual abuse incidents at Penn and Penn State have given us a window into the world of institutional doublethink.
Rachel del Valle | Finding purpose for our ‘lost generation’
With the limited job options and the seemingly limited desire to create new ones, I have to wonder if we, too, are all a lost generation.Your Voice | Note from a ‘happy smoker’
A reader defends his right to light up in response to a column by Dan Bernick about creating a smoke-free campus.
Ernest Owens | OCR: On-Campus Revision
On-Campus Recruiting has turned Penn’s very intellectual atmosphere into a pre-professional fiasco.