Opinion
Guest Column by Lauren Drake | How to help someone in crisis
When someone is in crisis, the most important thing you can ask is, "How can I help you?"
Sophia DuRose | Selective wokeness isn’t helping anybody
Basically, if you’re going to truly be woke, you can’t pick and choose which issues to care about based on which issues affect you, and you can’t just do it because everyone else is.
Ilyse Reisman | There needs to be more consistency in TA grading
There needs to be greater consistency in TA grading across different recitation sections for the same course.
Editorial | Moving Penn Violence Prevention off campus was a mistake
Penn needs to bring PVP back to campus
Hadriana Lowenkron | Self-checkout "micro markets" aren't improvements
Penn’s decision to prioritize the reduction of labor costs over fostering positive student-staff relations not only contradicts its commitment to being a good neighbor by mistreating its workers from surrounding communities, but affirms societal concerns that higher education is a business in which academic institutions care more about their own financial well-being than about educating students or serving their respective communities.
Veronica Fenton | In memoriam
VERONICA FENTON is a College sophomore from Penn Valley, Pa. Her email address is fentonv@sas.upenn.edu.
Julia Mitchell | ‘Thriving at Penn’ is more meme than reality
Thriving @ Penn makes no significant impact towards any of its targets.
Guest Column by Sarah Gadsden | “You don’t know this yet, but life isn’t supposed to be like this”
An avid "Grey’s Anatomy" fan, I’m reminded of something Dr. Meredith Grey told a young patient: “You don’t know this yet, but life isn’t supposed to be like this. It’s not supposed to be this hard.”
Ana West | Honor Gregory Eells by helping others
Seek out the help that is there for you.
James Morrison | Stop joking about mental illness
By joking about dying or depression on a regular basis, it can make it much more difficult for a friend to know if you’re just kidding around and being dramatic or are genuinely giving them a cry for help.
Sophia DuRose | Know your capacity for helping others
We should understand how much of ourselves we can give to each other at different times.
Editorial | In the wake of Gregory Eells’ tragic death, remember helpers need help too
While it may be intuitive, it is also easy to forget that helpers need help, too.
Sarah Khan | Take care of yourself
SARAH KHAN is a College sophomore from Lynn Haven, Fla.
Editorial | Lauder College House highlights a flawed admissions process
Penn must reform the system that claims to prioritize equality, but in its current state fosters a culture that rewards donors.
Urooba Abid | Getting sick at Penn opened my eyes to a broken health care system
Ultimately, growing up in America makes it impossible to ignore the inequities in the health care system for long.
Sophia DuRose | Not going into finance? Take advantage of opportunities outside of OCR.
Seeing our friends shake hands with employers that sign hefty checks can be discouraging in the small and competitive bubble that is Penn. But there is an entire world out there that celebrates creativity and divergence.
Guest column by Penn Fund co-chairs | Why we donate to the Penn Fund
We give to The Penn Fund because Penn changed all of our lives.
Ana West | Penn needs to increase RA and GA compensation
The list of responsibilities that RAs are expected to take on is long and demanding, especially given the fact that they — like the residents they serve — are students.
Editorial | Penn, don’t turn your back on students suffering from addiction
The issue is that the systems at play at Penn do more to shuffle students around and ensure that their suffering does not create a public relations problem for the University than actually mitigate the suffering itself.