Opinion

Opinion Board | Goodbye from the 123

It's been our pleasure to bring you the news - stay classy, West Philadelphia.

Opinion Art | Avery Lawrence

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

Samir Malik | Changing chaplains at Penn

Penn prides itself on having limited religious underpinnings and for good reason: secular education has been one of the largest contributors to America's successful history. Nevertheless, this position has come at the cost of neglecting the importance of religion in students' lives.

Opinion Art | Alicia Puglionesi

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

Your Voice | Letters

Don't pass judgement To the Editor: I was appalled to read in your paper last week that, with a reckless disregard for journalistic ethics, common decency and any standard of good sense, you decided to release the name and address of Felix Qu, a Penn student currently awaiting trial for assault ("Student arrested for assault still enrolled at Penn").

Collin Beck | Surviving spanish class

Hola! Estoy contenta! Despite Penn deeming me "proficient" in Spanish, that's about as far as I get before I accidentally refer to myself as a girl. After three years of taking Spanish in High School, Penn's online placement exam put me in Spanish 120 - one class above intro level.

Editorial | Globalizing financial aid

Penn's getting more global by the day. That's because over the past few years, administrators have especially tried to emphasize the University's role as an international institution. This push has led to many admirable programs, like Penn's efforts in Botswana, which apply research on campus to support developing communities around the world.

Opinion Art | Amira Fawcett

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

David Kanter | You can go your own way

A six-figure salary and an apartment in Manhattan are hard to part with, especially when you're 23. Yet that's just what 2002 Wharton and College alum Doug Tansey did and he hasn't looked back. During his high school years in Sacramento, the lucrative, fast-paced lifestyle of his aunt and uncle, both of whom were investment bankers, intrigued Tansey.

Mara Gordon | Getting green for going green

Every week, my roommates and I start out with the best of intentions. We place our bottles and cans neatly in our bin marked "recycling," ready to make the world a little greener come next trash day. Then, the bin starts to overflow. By the end of the weekend, our kitchen is filthy and somebody takes out some of the bottles with the trash.

Editorial | More news is good news

Have you heard the news? Starting this semester, the Undergraduate Assembly will bring 657 free copies of The New York Times to Penn's campus every weekday. As part of the $21,000 initiative, students can pick up a paper at 18 different locations on campus.

Opinion Art | Daniel Schwartz

Daniel Schwartz is a College sophomore from Decatur, Ga. His e-mail address is schwartz@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Stephen Krewson | Let the financial-aid battles begin

The median household income in the United States in 2006 was $48,201. The sticker price of Penn's tuition is $46,124, or almost 96 percent of what a typical family earns in a year. Of course, these figures misrepresent the situation at Penn, where there are very few typical families.

Elizabeth Song | Buried in a sea of paper

They're taking over campus. You've probably spotted them around. Stuffed in back pockets or tacked to bulletin boards. Full sheet or quarter page. Glossy or matte. Whether you love making flyers or love tearing them to shreds, you can't deny we're buried in them.

Lisa Zhu | Running out of space

These days, Penn's catchphrase seems to be, "We'll take care of it with the Postal Lands." Because of this, students may think that the newly purchased 24 acres east of our current campus will contain scores of youth-centric delights, such as a 24-hour student union outfitted with a bowling alley, sports bar and a Chipotle.

Editorial | Exercising caution

In the wake of tragedy, it's sometimes hard not to jump to conclusions. Last week, the family of College sophomore Anne Ryan, who died suddenly from meningitis last year, filed a lawsuit against the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, alleging that doctors mistreated and misdiagnosed her.

Opinion Art | Avery Lawrence

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

Christina Domenico | Racing against the clock

Time's almost up already. To pick your classes for this lovely spring semester, that is. The add period ends Feb. 4 this year, two and a half weeks after Penn students first stepped into their spring classes. Eighteen days later, the drop period ends, right around midterm time, meaning that many students won't have received their grades until after they're able to exit the class without a penalty.

Colleen Honigsberg | Closing the LSAT gender gap

Imagine paying top dollar, sacrificing your personal life and compounding years of stress into mere months, all in pursuit of a goal you later decide to give up. That's the situation many women face when applying to law school. After spending incredible amounts of time, money and effort to prepare for the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), they receive scores they feel are too low to get into the schools they want.

Simeon McMillan | The cohort conundrum

I've come to realize that one of the few things administrators and student leaders perennially agree upon is that we clearly don't have enough chances to bond outside the classroom. This desire to increase Wharton camaraderie must have been the motivation behind the creation of the undergraduate cohort system.