Opinion
Rachel del Valle | 'Playboy,' 'Pan Am' and misplaced nostalgia
This fall’s new television shows copy the style of Mad Men, but miss its substance.Your Voice | Not just an Israel issue
The Daily Pennsylvanian’s coverage of Wednesday’s Durban III protest might leave Quakers confused about the cause for our sit-in against Durban III. To us, Durban III is not a Middle East issue; it is a world issue.
Ernest Owens | Freshman candidates, save your sanity
I advise all future Penn leaders to not lose their minds this upcoming election.
Robert Hsu | Facebook: friendship poison
Our society has to confront a growing problem — people are beginning to see Facebook as an accurate representation of and effective alternative to reality.
Sara Brenes-Akerman | A place called Malpaís
Fidel Gamboa died on August 28th. It is hard for me to explain what this means to anyone who doesn’t find the sentence striking at first glance.
Mark Attiah | The fruits of forbidden knowledge
Are there really some things that ethics dictate we’ll just never know? Who decides what is on- and off-limits?
Samantha Sharf | A toast to well-dressed men
Fashion has long given preference to females, with general lack of male interest. By allowing talk about men’s fashion to be a taboo, we are shutting down opportunities for the man on the street to express himself.
Cornelius Range V | Why comedians shouldn’t apologize
Tracy Morgan shouldn’t have apologized for his offensive joke. Comedians only feed the audience what they want to hear — an exploration of the darkest machinations of the human mind.Your Voice | Tea Party intellectualism
Charles Gray ought to re-examine his paradoxical argument concerning intellectualism.
Travis Cantrell | What about the Flashers?
Penn needs a center for Tea Partiers and Flashers alike, a la the LGBT Center.Charles Gray | Rethinking intellectualism
A tactic that has been used by the media and many elements of the Left when handling the Tea Party is to portray it as a group of anti-intellectuals who are unsophisticated.Your Voice | Repeated oversights
1970 College graduate Joan Drucker Winstein criticizes Penn’s failure to cancel Professor Henry Teune’s class.Your Voice | Pedestrian safety
University City resident Brian M. Villa cautions Penn pedestrians to exercise more common sense.Editorial | Field of dreams
Penn Park has a multitude of benefits, but the question remains — will students actually go that far east to utilize it?
Brian Goldman | Death, taxes and the Middle East
The Palestinian strategy for statehood has flipped in a matter of eight years. The strategy now seems to follow a new script: statehood first, negotiations later.
Rachel del Valle | Netflix calls it a wrap too soon
Netflix jumped the gun by convincing millions of its subscribers to choose between price and quality.Your Voice | A university upon a hill
College senior Ned Shell responds to columnist Ernest Owens’ criticism of Penn’s promotion of its gay-friendly atmosphere.
Ernest Owens | Penn’s redundant gay pride
Although Penn is making significant strides, the fact that in 2011 our campus still emphasizes how “gay-friendly” it is seems very redundant and counterproductive to the entire movement.
