Opinion

Editorial | Getting all the facts

A full investigation is needed before the University is accused of discrimination.

Daniel Schwartz | Opinion Art

Daniel Schwartz is a College freshman from Decatur, Ga. His e-mail address is schwarm@sas.upenn.edu.

Ali Jackson | Suffering from a mid-mid-life crisis

Although 18 and 21 bring a host of new experiences, turning 20 is the true, traumatic entry point into adulthood for many students.

Daily Digit

$372,000Price paid for the skull of a large, carnivorous dinosaur and the tusk of a mammoth from the Ice Age. Source: The New York Times

Arushi Sharma | Mixing politics and princesses

Disney's introduction of an African American princess can only go so far in educating children about race.

Rachel Weisel | Would you like cheese with that whine?

Complaining to friends and family is a good way to blow off steam, but it shouldn't get in the way of real communication.

Your Commentary Online | Additional letters on the Norman Finkelstein debate

Alternative viewpoints To the Editor: It's not surprising that when Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz spoke at Annenberg, University of Pennsylvania on March 14, he seized his opportunity to grandstand in polemics against renowned political scientist Norman Finkelstein.

Jamie France | E-mailing, like, whatever to profs

For students and professors struggling with e-mail etiquette, keeping it formal is the safest choice.

Your Voice | Letters to the Editor

Curriculum facts To the Editor: I write to correct serious misrepresentations in a column on the College's new requirements ("Bottom of the Course Barrel," DP, 3/16/07). I did not characterize the "distributional" courses, which were eliminated from the new curriculum, as being more difficult than the ones remaining.

Abdi Farah | Opinion Art

Abdi Farah is a College sophomore from Owings Mills, Md. His e-mail address is abdm@sas.upenn.edu.

Daily Digit

3,196Active-duty soldiers who deserted from the Army last year; this is 853 more than previously reported. Source: The New York Times

Alex Weinstein | Half-baked rhetoric

To fully appreciate Baker's speech, graduating seniors have a responsibility to research the facts and tune out the spin.

Joanne Tong | Opinion Art

Joanne Tong is a Wharton junior from Manila, Philippines. Her e-mail address is tong@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Daily Digit

10 Million unsold flu vaccine doses that will be destroyed on June 3; 110 million were produced this year. Source: The Associated Press

Mara Gordon | The next Nobel laureate won't be a Quaker

National and state regulations on stem cell research are forcing ground-breaking research to take place elsewhere.

Your Commentary | Norman Finkelstein

Sponsored by some To the Editor: I am a member of the Political Science faculty. I have also been a tenured member of the Penn faculty for something like thirty years. In all the time that I have been at Penn, this is, in fact, the first time that I have ever found that academic standards and values have been so seriously violated in connection with a singularly academic matter.

Alicia Puglionesi | Opinion Art

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

Adam Goodman | Giving 'propers' to honorary degrees

Penn's decision to award Aretha Franklin an honorary degree raises questions about the nature of the process.

Guest Opinion | Upholding academic freedom

The Political Science department's decision to sponsor Norman Finkelstein encourages engagement with controversial scholarship.

Editorial | Fostering dialogue

The Political Science department was justified in bringing Norman Finkelstein.