Opinion

Jim Saksa | Drunken logic for Pennsylvania's beer laws

When my buddy Eric and I were driving cross country, we stayed a few days with his uncle in Erie, Pa. He was a great host, buying us dinner and taking us to the shooting range where we fired many weapons that I had previously thought illegal in America. In exchange, he asked us one favor: buy fireworks for him.

Opinion Art | Daniel Schwartz

Editorial | Tragedy in Illinois

Last April, college campuses around the country mourned the shootings at Virginia Tech, which claimed 32 lives. Only ten months later, five more students have had their lives cut short at a similar tragedy last week at Northern Illinois University. Our deepest sympathies and prayers go out to the family members of the victims.

Zachary Noyce | Pay me, please

I've pretty much made up my mind about this: I would like to have a good job someday. While I haven't conducted any scientific testing yet (and I'm seriously questioning whether that grant will ever get approved), I'm pretty sure that I'm not alone. These are different days from those of our parents.

Christina Domenico | Careers for the rest of us

Nothing starts my morning off quite like a parade of e-mails from Career Services. I typically browse through the various opportunities daily before I hit the delete key. On occasion, something interesting may catch my eye, so I save the e-mail from a quick and easy death.

Lisa Zhu | Lessons in gift-giving

A few days ago, I received a job offer. Fueled by the prospect of finally having some cash to burn, I ecstatically embarked on a shopping spree downtown. But somewhere between Sephora and Victoria's Secret, I found myself beset by hapless males doing their Valentine's Day shopping.

Your Voice | Letters

Cultural centers are already affordable To the Editor: Ms. Steinberg's column last week ("Catching up with culture" 2/5/08) shows that she is oblivious to the realities of student discounts to cultural institutions in the U.S. as well as our basic system of a federal government.

Opinion Art | Avery Lawrence

Avery Lawrence is a College senior from Charlottesville, Va. His e-mail address is lawrence@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Opinion Art | Jennifer Lesser

Jennifer Lesser is a College sophomore from Minneapolis, MN. Her e-mail address is lesser@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Adam Goodman | Columbia's got something right

We've all experienced the thrill of finding that perfect class. You know, the one with the 1.38 difficulty rating that fulfills that annoying requirement? It's a great feeling. It also illustrates why the College's curriculum is fatally flawed and needs to be scrapped in favor of a core.

Editorial | Printing problems

Ask students on campus about the quality of Penn's printing services and you'll probably get a variety of answers. Engineering students get five free pages per day, and Wharton recently lowered its printing prices by 20 percent. College students, on the other hand, are on their own.

Simeon McMillan | For love or money

'How willing are you to marry an average-looking person that you liked, if they had money?" This simple question rekindled a debate on Internet message boards over a topic older than John McCain, Ben Franklin and even Valentine's Day itself - are relationships based on the quest for love or money? Last December, The Wall Street Journal ran a column discussing the results of a nationwide survey in which they posed this exact same question to 1,134 Americans.

Editorial | Two-wheel transit

With ever-increasing distances and only ten minutes between classes, some students simply can't get across campus fast enough on foot. As the University works to develop the Postal Lands, Penn students need new ways to get around campus and Philadelphia. PennBikeShare could be the answer.

Opinion Art | Alicia Puglionesi

Alicia Puglionesi is a College junior from Havertown, Pa. Her e-mail address is puglionesi@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Mara Gordon | Feminism - 'Cosmo' style

It seemed like the kind of high-powered event you'd expect during "Women's Week." There were women sporting power suits and Hillary hairdos. There was a spread of catered fruit trays. There was the official logo of the Trustees' Council of Penn Women, promising us college girls wisdom from generations past.

David Kanter | Sharing the riches of a Penn education

Reaching the end of an economics scenario, professor Rebecca Stein said, "Let's go ahead and draw our production possibilities frontier." She drew the graph, helping me understand a concept that had been a bit confusing when I had first tried to understand it from my textbook.

Editorial | Taking chances

By trying to hurriedly push through casino development, some state and local officials have been playing dice with Philadelphia's future. Thankfully, Mayor Nutter recently repealed the building license awarded to SugarHouse Casino, ensuring the city won't make a hasty decision when it comes to the location of its first two casinos.

Kristen Martin | Making those connections

'Inveniemus viam aut faciemus." For those of us who don't speak Latin, this phrase means "We'll find a way - or we'll make one," and it's a favorite of Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Dennis DeTurck. He believes it's an excellent motto for College graduates in finding a career.

Nicky Berman | Trying to find a winner

In the wake of Super Tuesday, Senator John McCain surfaced from the quagmire that was the Republican field to seize the mantle of presumptive nominee. As for the Democrats, instead of easing anxiety and providing some hints about who might be the candidate with the edge, Feb.

Opinion Art | Amira Fawcett

Amira Fawcett is an Engineering junior from Houston, TX. Her e-mail address is fawcett@dailypennsylvanian.com.