Opinion
Robert Hsu | Loving and hating the college experience
The possibility of hating my new life never crossed my mind once before I came to Penn. Two months later, I have realized that there have been moments during which I hated school.Amara Rockar | Bring technology to West Philly students
An educational issue frequently overlooked is the digital divide: many West Philadelphia elementary school students have little access to computers at home — and at school.Your Voice | PennApps made it “public,” not Cavitch
A College junior finds fault with The Daily Pennsylvanian’s coverage of professor Max Cavitch’s criticism of Penn Course Review
Sara Brenes-Akerman | Untie self-worth from performance
Not getting a perfect job or flunking an assignment can very well make us feel worthless. But it’s time to start untying our self-worth from our performance.Your Voice | The other side of the debate
A Wharton junior responds to Charles Gray’s column on the pro-life movement from the other side of the issue.
Cornelius Range V | Felons shouldn’t lose the freedom to vote
Felony disenfranchisement should never be seen as the proper execution of justice when it more closely resembles cruel and unusual punishment.
Samantha Sharf | Making 7 billion voices count
As of Monday, you are one of 7 billion people on Earth. How can 7 billion voices be heard? How can 7 billion individual sets of desires be met?Editorial | A resource worth improving
It’s important to bring attention to problems with Penn Course Review, but the solution cannot be to stop using it altogether.
Charles Gray | The tragedy of aborted potential
There aren’t enough people involved in the pro-life movement at Penn.
Dan Bernick | Survey says: work smart, play smart
Penn students “work hard and play hard.” But if a just-released survey is any indication, Quakers want to work smarter and play smarter.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
