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Opinion

10/18/11 12:22am
We can and should build a stronger community — athletics and beyond — at Penn. And it starts with the Line.
10/18/11 12:10am
The problem with Penn professors’ Occupy Wall Street solidarity statement is that it takes what happened in a few months in 2008 and uses it to explain the entire financial crisis.
10/17/11 11:41pm

Monroe Price | Celebrating Claudia Gould

Monroe Price of the Annenberg School for Communication writes that Penn has been fortunate to have Claudia Gould at the helm of the Institute of Contemporary Art.
10/17/11 12:09am
Where is the line between homage and plagiarism drawn? When does a clever tribute by Beyoncé overstep its legality?
10/16/11 11:46pm
Penn professors’ recent solidarity statement concerning the Occupy Wall Street movement misguides the aim of the protests.
10/16/11 11:30pm

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.
10/13/11 9:21pm
Penn parents — prospective and present — should facilitate, not dictate, the career paths of their children.
10/13/11 9:18pm
Even though it was easy to become annoyed by the freshman candidates, there is something we can learn from them.
10/13/11 12:44am
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.
10/13/11 12:37am
A ban on obese women receiving fertility treatment seems medically justified and rational.
10/13/11 12:28am

Your Voice | Undocumented immigrants

Readers respond to a guest column by Tania Chairez, a Wharton sophomore and undocumented immigrant. GUEST COLUMN: Undocumented and unapologetic
10/11/11 11:57pm

Your 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 Thursday
10/11/11 11:45pm

Tania Chairez | Undocumented and unapologetic

A Wharton sophomore describes her life as an undocumented immigrant.
10/11/11 11:41pm
This is the story of how Steve Jobs saved professional journalism from extinction and me from myself. (Or at least paved these roads.)
10/09/11 4:33pm

Your Voice | Inequitable public school funding

When a K-12 public education system is based on property tax revenue, the poor will inevitably suffer.
10/06/11 3:29am

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.
10/06/11 12:55am
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.
10/06/11 12:47am
Talking about cancer in the context of science is easy. Talking about cancer in the context of life is something different altogether.
10/06/11 12:41am

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 voting
10/06/11 12:32am

Your 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