New video dating app allows you to 'spin the bottle' to meet people nearby

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Buying Condoms At Fro-Gro: A Guide

Buying condoms can be intimidating. Buying condoms at Fresh Grocer can be a living hell. They keep them behind the counter with the cigarettes, requiring you to ask for them and specify the exact brand and weird lubricant type that you prefer. The results can be devastating as the person behind the counter will most likely cock an eyebrow as if to suggest that the probability of you getting laid is rather low. That being said, UTB is happy to provide a few strategies that can minimize the anguish of the experience.

Petition created by Dartmouth students who caused fire will not affect expulsion

Dartmouth students Sebastian Lim and Daniel Ro caused a fire in Morton Hall on Oct. 1 when they left a charcoal grill unattended on the roof of the building, The Dartmouth reported. 67 students were forced to relocate as a result of the fire, and Lim and Ro were expelled from the College for posing “a threat to the community at large.”

Feeling Like American Society Is Crumbling? Here's A Brisket Recipe

It's been a rough week or so. Make some brisket because you deserve it. Fair warning: this recipe calls for alcohol, so you better be 21+.

Questlove Was On Campus Handing Out Water Because Anything Is Possible, Apparently

We knew election day would be crazy, but we didn't know it would be Biden x Questlove crazy.

Meet the Real Cowboys of West Philadelphia

Malik Divers is no stranger to horsing around.

Penn men's soccer suffers torrid trip to Dartmouth in 4-1 loss

Dr. Seuss, a Dartmouth alum, often extolled the virtues of leaving one’s comfort zone, of engaging wholeheartedly in the journey that is life. However, if you ask members of Penn men’s soccer about the places they’ll go, Hanover, N.H., is no longer included on their lists.

The many broken bottles comprised in the Magic Gardens on South Street shine in the setting sun.

9 easy, cost-effective ways to decorate your dorm room

A college dorm room isn’t exactly the coziest place — sterile would be more accurate, with plain walls, dim lighting and boxy wooden furniture. Luckily, there are things that you can do to make your room a little more welcoming at the end of a long day — even on a budget.

What makes a great RA or GA

Living in a dorm automatically entails close corridors, shared facilities and, of course, a resident advisor or graduate associate. This can be seen as one of the greatest drawbacks of dorm life or a major bonus.

Arson suspect who set fire to Mayer Hall still at-large

In the early hours of Aug. 29, a student was caught lighting plastic red cups and hand sanitizer on the fifth floor of Mayer Hall. The fire tripped a smoke alarm, and the arsonist escaped among the crowds of students who evacuated the dorm.

Stanford introduces major regulations on student drinking, including a hard alcohol ban

Stanford University has just introduced a host of new regulations on student drinking, including a ban on hard alcohol at undergraduate parties. 

Councilwoman, professors take issue with soda tax

Starting next year, Philadelphians who want to purchase sugary drinks may find themselves shelling out a few more coins.

Mayor Kenney signs soda tax into law

Mayor Kenney signed a soda tax into law on Monday, June 20, making Philadelphia the second city in the United States to instate such a measure after Berkeley, Calif.

Vice President Joe Biden will attend the University Commencement on Monday

In a change of plans, Vice President Joe Biden will be at the main University Commencement on Monday, the Division of Public Safety said on Thursday night. 

Senior column by Steven Tydings | The story of us

I've got approximately nothing for this senior column.

Crime Log: April 8 - April 14

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How Earth Day took root at Penn 46 years ago — and how it's blossoming today

Penn’s campus brims with environmentally-friendly efforts like reusable food containers at 1920 Commons, bike share programs and recycling bins near trash cans. But 46 years ago, this kind of awareness and access to resources was only a dream.

Medical Marijuana in Pennsylvania: A Dramatic Scene

It’s 4/20! Let the bells ring! Conveniently for all you potheads, Pennsylvania has just signed medical marijuana into law! Now, everyone and their cool, older sister will be clamoring to doctors to get one of those sweet MM cards. However, some patients might just be looking for the traditional route: 

Guest column by Ritika Philip | We need to rethink success

This past Monday, we all suffered a great loss. I was shocked and saddened to hear that a Penn student took her own life, but as cavalier as this may sound, I wasn’t too surprised. Our university has had a string of suicides over the past three years and that by no means creates a culture that condones suicide, but it makes it start to feel like ‘something that might happen at Penn.’