Opinion
Your Voice | An excellent calendar
Alec Webley, a former Undergraduate Assembly chairman, applauds Penn’s calendar reform for putting the interests of students first.
Brian Goldman | Coming out of the conservative closet
Today, I’ve decided to come out of the closet. I’m not coming out as a gay man, no. I’m referring to the other kind of closet — the conservative closet.
Rachel del Valle | Reconsidering the classics
The glamour and grace embodied by Hollywood icons seems to be lost in the translation of generations. In an effort to capture the charm of eras past, something is watered down.
Ernest Owens | Occupying food for thought
I have an unlimited number of meal swipes. I pay $4,200 each year. And I have fed 3,000 other people since I bought Eat Any Time, the most expensive meal plan, this semester.
Taylor Hawes | Identifying the faces of crime
Pretty women who are accused perpetrators of violent crime almost always receive more than their fair share of media attention.Ali Rahim Aziz | The Power of Art
A College junior encourages readers to visit the Chemical Heritage Foundation, a museum that makes science thoughtful, provocative and fun.
Alexey Komissarouk | The Lords of Wallnut Street
There are a plethora of alternate career paths available to students with the initiative and desire to explore beyond what is immediately available.
Sally Engelhart | Why calories don’t count
Posting caloric information on restaurant menus doesn’t make people consume fewer calories, and it might actually be sabotaging people from making healthy food choices.Andrew Johnston | Missing spots in Occupy’s vision
A Ph.D. student of economics at Wharton responds to what he sees as missing spots in the vision of Occupy Wall Street. TOPICS: Occupy movement
Cornelius Range V | Reality television gone wrong
Why do you know who Kim Kardashian is? Does anyone actually care? Somewhere along the way, reality TV took a turn for the worse and wound up with her.Your Voice | Give organs to organ donors
The executive director of LifeSharers responds to an article, arguing that organs should be donated to other organ donors.
Samantha Sharf | A portrait from a movement
The Occupy movement has been criticized for lacking a cohesive voice, but one artist has a message and plenty of stories to tell — including her own.
Charles Gray | A race that shouldn’t go unnoticed
On Nov. 8, in Philadelphia’s local elections, there is one race at the bottom of the ballot that is especially competitive and where there is an opportunity for political unity — the race for city commissioner.
Travis Cantrell | Plunging into the V-neck underworld
A columnist searches for answers within a society where V-necks reign supreme.
Rachel del Valle | Protest in ‘the people’s university’
Read a first-person account of Friday’s Occupy Eric Cantor demonstration.Your Voice | Graduate student statement of solidarity
More than 100 Penn graduate students express support for the Occupy movement express solidarity with the Occupy movement.
