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Opinion

11/16/07 5:00am

Opinion Art | Avery Lawrence

Avery Lawrence is a College senior from Charlottesville, Va. His e-mail address is lawrence@dailypennsylvanian.com.
11/16/07 5:00am

Your Voice | Letters

Don't forget about class segregation To the Editor: With recent discussion in the The Daily Pennsylvanian's pages about DuBois House, let's not forget that just across Walnut Street, the University is building student housing that promises to be truly segregated.
11/15/07 5:00am

Opinion Art | Joanne Tong

Joanne Tong is a Wharton senior from Manila, Philippines. Her e-mail address is tong@dailypennsylvanian.com.
11/15/07 5:00am

Mara Gordon | Working with 'The Rules'

It's what every 21st-century woman doesn't want to hear. "The Rules - they actually work," a friend of mine told me over coffee last week, referring to the infamous dating book that teaches women to play games, be passive and above all, wait for him to call.
11/15/07 5:00am

Rina Thomas | O Gutmann, where art thou?

Amy Gutmann hit newsstands this Tuesday. With the three other female Ivy League presidents, she strikes a jaunty pose for Glamour's Women of the Year issue. Hands on hips, she gazes upward, envisioning great things for the future of Penn. Gutmann is gaining national attention.
11/15/07 5:00am

Opinion Board | A deafening silence

On Monday, a horrible crime shook our campus. Our hearts go out to the victim, the female Penn student who was sexually assaulted in her home at 40th and Spruce streets. Sadly, the tragedy only added to the litany of recent crimes in the area surrounding Penn's campus, including the shooting at Koko Bongo just a few weeks ago.
11/14/07 5:00am

Harry Lee | Lost in transatlantic translation

I landed here in a flying machine over a year ago. Officially, I'm a resident alien. Life as an alien can be hard. Imagine trying to learn the language of aliens that inhabit a distant planet very dissimilar to our own. A tough task. Philosophers call it "radical translation" and few believe it possible.
11/14/07 5:00am

Opinion Board | Spectacular shows

Last week, the Roots gave Penn students a fantastic show. The concert was sponsored by SPEC-TRUM, a branch of the Social Planning and Events Committee that organizes events geared toward the minority community on campus. SPEC-TRUM sold over 1,000 tickets to students, despite announcing the show barely a week before it occurred.
11/14/07 5:00am

Opinion Art | Amira Fawcett

Amira Fawcett is an Engineering junior from Houston. Her e-mail address is fawcett@dailypennsylvanian.com.
11/14/07 5:00am

Meredith Aska McBride | She thinks my tractor's sexy (and so should you)

Most people wouldn't mention "ag school" and "Ivy League" in the same breath. This is probably because along with Penn, everyone forgets about that school up in Ithaca. Nonetheless, I was surprised to learn recently that Yale did, indeed, have an ag program of sorts - a food-and-agriculture concentration within their environmental-studies department.
11/13/07 5:00am

Michaela Tolpin | Study abroad in the Poconos?

I am not ashamed to say that, as a female at Penn, I fit quite neatly into several aspects of the "Penn girl" stereotype: I drink coffee from Bucks, eat salads from Gia, work out exclusively indoors and rely heavily on these luxuries to make it neatly and efficiently through the rush of my daily life.
11/13/07 5:00am

Opinion Board | Let lame ducks be lame

In with the new, out with the old? Well, maybe. Last Tuesday, Philadelphia voters approved two misguided amendments to the City Charter that would create public-advocate positions: one for handicapped and disabled people and one for the families of public-school children.
11/13/07 5:00am

Opinion Art | Alicia Puglionesi

Alicia Puglionesi is a College junior from Haverton, Pa. Her e-mail address is puglionesi@dailypennsylvanian.com.
11/13/07 5:00am

Jim Saksa | True or False: Penn girls are, on average, ugly

The guys here at Penn are excellent cry babies, ready to pout at any given moment. "The dining hall food stinks; I didn't get an A," they cry. "The elevators are slow; I miss my maid; the great unwashed frighten me; boo-hoo." But there's one particular complaint I hear over and over again: The girls here are revolting.
11/12/07 5:00am

Cassandra Tognoni | Point: Scrap 'diversity training'

All whites are racist. At least that's the message that a recently discontinued University of Delaware residential-hall program had disseminated to over 7,000 of its students. As part of a "diversity training" program that students participated in during orientation, freshmen attended training sessions, floor meetings and one-on-one meetings with their Resident Assistants.
11/12/07 5:00am

Shawn Safvi | Giving you a voice

Last Monday, the DP hosted its final Open Forum of the semester. A number of you mentioned that you followed our extensive coverage of the University's announcement of its $3.5 billion capital campaign, as well as its plans for eastward expansion. After Thanksgiving break, we'll begin coverage of the trial of Rafael Robb.
11/12/07 5:00am

Ernest Gomez | Counterpoint: Diversity programs have value

'Everyone's a little bit racist," according to a song from the Broadway musical Avenue Q. The recently terminated Whole New World diversity training program at the University of Delaware told 7,000 dorm residents otherwise. The program came under scrutiny after students complained that they were pressured into accepting politically slanted views on sensitive topics including race.
11/12/07 5:00am

Opinion Art | Daniel Schwartz

Daniel Schwartz is a College sophomore from Decatur, Ga. His e-mail address is schwartz@dailypennsylvanian.com.
11/09/07 5:00am

Your Voice | Letters

Together, we can make a difference To the Editor: Is it possible for Penn to be red, blue and . green? It certainly is, and contrary to the argument of Jenny Zhan's column ("To hell with saving the world; it's a waste of time," 11/02/07), our personal choices do in fact impact the state of our environment.
11/09/07 5:00am

William Gipson | DuBois: a diverse and welcoming College House

DuBois College House is the smallest and arguably the most racially and ethnically diverse of the 11 college houses at Penn. Less than 200 students live in "The House," as it is affectionately referred to by current occupants and alumni whose experiences at Penn were shaped by living and learning at DuBois.