Stephen Preston: A math class that goes beyond the formulas (Dec 03, 2002  )
Ah, Thanksgiving. By now you have probably visited your family and gotten a quick reminder of what things might be like in . . .read more

Stephen Preston: Aged idealism, kept or lost? (Nov 19, 2002  )
It's that time of the semester, when exam pressures build up and the editorial page of The Daily Pennsylvanian starts to look . . .read more

Stephen Preston: The University's fight against democracy (Nov 05, 2002  )
Happy Election Day! I hope you have either voted already or are about to vote. I'm sure you've heard many people by now . . .read more

Stephen Preston: The Morrill minority (Oct 29, 2002  )
The governor's race will be decided by next week's election, and my candidate has already conceded defeat. But I don't think . . .read more

Stephen Preston: Made in Heaven (Oct 22, 2002  )
The official excuse for the secrecy surrounding Dick Cheney's upcoming visit to Penn is that he is coming not in his public . . .read more

Stephen Preston: Questions? Forget them! It's Arbitrary Day. (Oct 15, 2002  )
Welcome back! Hope you all had a happy Arbitrary Day. This is a good time to reflect on the true meaning of Arbitrary Day, . . .read more

Stephen Preston: The failure of the Edison experiment (Oct 08, 2002  )
As an undergraduate, I attended the Pennsylvania State University. Now I teach at the University of Pennsylvania. And though I . . .read more

Stephen Preston: The Cosa Nostra of Pennsylvania Avenue (Oct 01, 2002  )
If you don't know very much about the International Monetary Fund, you might think of it as another faceless bureaucracy among . . .read more

Stephen Preston: Fight to stop a unjust war (Sep 25, 2002  )
Last month I submitted a sample column to The Daily Pennsylvanian. I argued against the war in Iraq, trying to write with . . .read more