04/30/14 6:10pm
Embracing awkward is my way to being unapologetic about the person I am. I don’t allow other people to make me feel bad about myself on principle, so why would I give myself that power?
04/20/14 7:34pm
You wouldn’t go on a second date with someone that makes you crazy — why spend your Friday night getting drinks with a “friend” who is toxic?
04/14/14 5:24pm
This Fling, I bought fried Oreos and wore ridiculous amounts of neon. I wore sunglasses at night and forgot my sweater at home and stopped for fried chicken. I even got yelled at by the cops.
04/09/14 7:02pm
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that I’ve been
planning for this Fling for over a year.For the first time, I went out and bought myself a fling
tank.
03/02/14 8:53pm
What do we have at Penn as a last hurrah? I guess it was supposed to be Feb Club, but these events have left me feeling like the estranged cousin at a family holiday.
02/25/14 6:26pm
For every female character, there are generally two male characters. Is it too much to ask that movies try a little bit harder to reflect reality? There are so many different types of diversity that Hollywood fails at.
02/13/14 6:14pm
Valentine’s Day shouldn’t be about validation. As nice as it was to have a guy confirming that my butt is not strangely misshapen, whether or not someone says it, it’s still true. There’s no reason to spend a holiday trying to parade around relationship labels.
02/06/14 5:41pm
Can a sorority woman dress a certain way and still respect herself? What about a businesswoman — what does she have to wear to look professional?
01/29/14 7:59pm
Sometimes I go and I’m extremely happy. This is great. Thank you, crippling fear of missing another sing-along to Ke$ha’s “Timber.”
01/26/14 4:44pm
For some reason, though, it feels taboo to strike up a friendly conversation before a lecture starts. At best, the conversation fizzles out after questions about other classes and dorms, and you end up nodding to yourself, muttering, “Cool, that’s cool. Very nice. Cool.”
01/22/14 10:41pm
I’ve learned what kind of friendships I need and how it feels to find a group of girls that will share even your lowest moments — and sometimes even laugh at your worst jokes.
01/15/14 5:48pm
I’m fairly certain if I met my celebrity idol Robert Downey Jr., he would shake my hand, sign the lunchbox I have with his face on it and then ask me, “So, Sara, what are your post-graduation plans?”
12/10/13 9:38pm
Meghan Hussey, 2012 College graduate and scholarship recipient of the George J. Mitchell Scholarship, has been involved in working with the disabled for a major part of her life.
12/02/13 5:12pm
A Wharton MBA student created ChargeItSpot, a free mobile phone charging station that provides charging cables inside a locker. The service is now live at more than 30 locations in Philadelphia — more than 10 of them are on Penn’s campus — and is expanding along the East Coast.
11/25/13 6:43pm
Minority-serving institutions are schools that work to provide education for students of color, specifically low-income students or students of underrepresented minorities.
11/20/13 6:04pm
After unionizing with the Teamsters Local 929, dining hall workers have finished negotiating a contract with Bon Apetit. The new contract will increase wages and provide a healthcare package.
11/20/13 6:00pm
A study by two Graduate School of Education assistant professors shows that Philadelphia schools are spending less money per pupil yet performing as well as comparable districts.
11/17/13 5:35pm
Symptoms include fever, severe headache and sensitivity to bright light.
11/13/13 7:36pm
Even spaces that are rent free require that students pay for services such as housekeeping and security.
11/12/13 8:58pm
Keith Eisner talks about his different jobs from the USA Network to Law & Order as he used his writing skills from law school to break into the television industry.
