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(10/02/14 4:00pm)
Dario Guerrero is a junior at Harvard College, a visual and environmental studies major and an Mexican immigrant living in the country illegally. When applying to colleges, Guerrero was denied by many — including Williams College the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — due to his legal status, and he recalls that receiving financial aid was even more difficult due to many schools' fear of losing federal grants.
(09/17/14 2:36am)
M ode rn studies have a delightful way of discovering the obvious. For example, modern psychologists have found that if you physically act in a certain way — against your natural impulses — your natural impulses will gradually align with your actions.
(09/15/14 3:34am)
I n 2009, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation cancelled a number of drivers’ licenses across the state to comply with a 2002 law change. Their justification was that the licenses were flagged in their databases as possibly fraudulent.
(09/03/14 11:21pm)
Maybe it is Penn students’ caffeine fix that makes them so polite.
(09/01/14 11:27pm)
Scientists have observed that drinking a cup of coffee right before taking a 20 minute nap is more effective in raising alertness than drinking coffee or taking a nap independent of the other.
(04/30/14 10:14pm)
L i ke most of my high school literature, I remember reading something profound from some old prestigious white man. This time it was Robert Frost.
(04/15/14 7:36am)
I n late March, the Huffington Post charged that students and faculty felt the University was not supportive and transparent to them and the general public about first year Social Policy & Practice student Alice Wiley’s death, keeping it “Under Wraps For Weeks.”
(04/08/14 3:20am)
Nearly two years after launching her global news site, Arianna Huffington found herself busier than ever. The Huffington Post was growing exponentially, and she was working endless hours to keep up with the fast pace. Finally, an exhausted and physically drained Huffington collapsed at her desk. The fall left her with a broken cheekbone and five stitches near her right eye, leading her to reevaluate the balance in her life.
(04/08/14 1:33am)
Arianna Huffington detailed the premise of her new book at a talk on campus on Monday.
(02/27/14 10:18pm)
There is a reason Beyonce is unlikely to ever headline Spring Fling.
(02/06/14 10:41pm)
I have to admit, I spend a fair portion of my day staring at my heaps of clothing wondering what to wear.
(02/05/14 10:32pm)
Last August, I was asked to join the Penn Reading Project’s NSO panel discussion for the incoming Class of 2017. The topic was hip-hop and its relationship to poetry and society. After freestyling for the freshmen, I received an awkward yet insightful question about the place of white rappers in a predominantly black genre. The panel host politely selected a different one.
(01/23/14 7:00pm)
One hundred and sixteen days until graduation. Pretty soon I'll be packing up my college life and starting anew as a "real person." It's finally time for me to pass on the torch. Exciting changes are coming, and I'm back for one last post before I let this blog sow its wild oats without me. So follow along on this short adventure and maybe you'll learn a thing or two about Under The Button.
(01/14/14 10:22pm)
A couple of weeks ago, Hillary Clinton got a haircut. On the day of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s inauguration, the likely presidential candidate (meaning Hil) was seen sporting side-swept, fluffy bangs. People took notice.
(11/07/13 5:23am)
“Hello, my name is Matthew, and I’m an alcoholic.”
(10/25/13 4:00am)
Matthew Perry, the former “Friends” star, is coming to Penn as the Social Planning and Events Committee’s fall Connaissance speaker. His talk — to be held November 6 at 8 p.m. in Irvine Auditorium — will center around his experience with addiction.
(10/04/13 12:13am)
“Fighting for justice is a public way of making love,” College junior Jonathan Paz, president of La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Inc., Delta Chapter, said.
(07/18/13 6:13pm)
Did you hear about that woman who spent an absurdly long time on campus to write an absurdly long New York Times article that was absurdly non-groundbreaking? Yeah, you did, and your great-aunt called to discuss how "sad" and "empty" your existence must be.
(07/18/13 2:23am)
In the wake of public outcry over the not-guilty verdict of the accused murderer of Trayvon Martin, one Penn professor has created outcry over her comments calling god “a white racist.”
(07/18/13 1:42am)
The National Transportation Safety Board fired an intern Monday after he failed to fact check bogus, racist names of pilots on the Asiana flight that crashed at San Francisco International Airport.
