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Opinion

10/18/18 8:12pm
If a student has three midterms in a day, they should be allowed to postpone one to another day. 
10/17/18 9:14pm
Wax and Judge, now Justice, Kavanaugh together share an extraordinary gap in human empathy which renders one unfit to be a teacher, and the other unfit to be a judge.
10/17/18 8:53pm
You don’t have to be a raging Republican to go to a shooting range.
10/17/18 12:13am
If you think someone has a condition, wait for them to open up to you. If they never do, that’s their prerogative. 
10/16/18 11:38pm
The pressures of OCR and landing these internships and jobs have created an incredibly toxic environment for upperclassmen who are right in the thick of it. 
10/16/18 9:42pm
BEN CLAAR is a College senior from Scarsdale, N.Y. 
10/14/18 7:28pm
A state or district politician gains approval by reaching out to seniors on their birthday, responding to complaints about potholes, you know … the boring stuff, the bugs in the system.
10/14/18 6:17pm
As we continue to discuss Dr. Ford’s Congressional hearing, it is worthwhile to remember former Vice President and Penn professor Joe Biden’s conduct during Hill’s hearing 27 years ago.
10/14/18 4:58pm
Slapping a pink ribbon on the front of your store window and claiming it’s for breast cancer awareness is a shallow, self-servicing appropriation of true struggle.
10/14/18 2:25pm
SARAH KHAN is a College sophomore from Lynn Haven, Fla.
10/11/18 6:54pm
To some Republicans, the presence of snowfall in the winter is proof that climate change is a liberal hoax.
10/11/18 12:45am
Despite the stigma around being “undecided,” I believe that a lot of people are very unsure or insecure about their major choice or their undecided status.
10/10/18 3:39pm
The ease with which this vast number of male Senators was able to denounce Ford’s emotional account despite it being narrated directly to them is indicative of a deeper issue when it comes to the way a vast number of men (especially men in power) confront sexual assault in the United States.
10/10/18 12:50pm
VERONICA FENTON is a College sophomore from Penn Valley, Pa.
10/10/18 12:07pm
Between sterilizing mass movements and corroding our political energy, voting is a necrotizing infection that renders our comatose body politic septic.
10/10/18 1:11am
It’s time to move on from what’s traditionally “cool” to what’s livable.
10/10/18 12:52am
The survivor’s fears of not being believed or, worse, being blamed for the trauma they endured are overwhelmingly common and overwhelmingly devastating feelings experienced after sexual assault. 
10/09/18 10:05pm
Don’t let social pressure bring you to pay ridiculous prices for moderately nicer housing. 
10/08/18 9:17pm
BEN CLAAR is a College senior from Scarsdale, N.Y. 
10/07/18 11:34pm
The “Old Beijing” collapsed along with antique city walls and hundred-year-old residences, replaced by skyscrapers and malls that stood majestically yet indifferently in the midst of their downfall.