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The seeds of the European debt crisis lie with the creation of the euro over 10 years ago by technocrats and politicians who felt they could outsmart the financial system.
There is a dichotomy between sports and real life, and the two must be separated. While JoePa the coach was infallible, Joe Paterno the man failed a basic tenet of human responsibility.
Call me a verbal masochist if you will, but I request that you please keep criticizing me. Embracing criticism can be more motivating than avoiding it.
The only way that we can actually make progress on any of the things that need to be done is by working together and having a minimum standard for civility in our discourse.
I extend to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas — and to all else who aid and abet promulgating this insidious delegitimization of Israel — an invitation to visit the Penn Museum.
Mo Shahin, an associate member of the Undergraduate Assembly, writes a guest column criticizing the hazing of new UA members.
ERNEST OWENS: A campus-wide pledge to change
Being forced to go on scavenger hunts in the middle of the night and to dress up in humiliating apparel should not be telling of one’s dedication to a student group.
MO SHAHIN: Seeing through the haze