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(04/12/17 10:26pm)
For many prospective Penn students, Quaker Days is a time of hope. It provides a rare and invaluable glimpse into daily life and culture at Penn, and in many cases, the experience can be the deciding factor in one's choice to commit to a college. But for some misinformed guests, Quaker Days was not all it promised to be.
(04/08/17 9:01pm)
It's that time of year again. You've just locked down your summer plans and are looking forward to getting far, far off campus. The problem? All the money you're about to make at your summer job (that is, if you even get a paid position) will have to go straight back into rent at your unoccupied pad in West Philly. So you hit up the Free & For Sale Facebook page to throw up an ad. But it looks like everyone else did, too. How will you ever find a subletter when the competition's so stiff?
(04/05/17 3:51pm)
Despite lagging behind the other universities in providing greater access to menstrual products, Penn is making great strides towards eliminating the stigma of menstruation in its own way. Not by having free tampons, but by having the biggest ones.
(03/31/17 6:42pm)
So you got accepted to Penn. You suffered through months of testing, re-testing, reflecting, writing essays, and filling out forms to get that application in. For nearly two decades, your life has revolved around upper-level classes, extra-curriculars, jobs, and leadership positions—all in pursuit of that elusive, life-affirming document: the letter of acceptance.
(03/30/17 2:39pm)
If the Fling headliner is released via Penn News Today and nobody reads the email, did it ever really happen?
(03/28/17 7:59am)
According to recent weather data, it has become apparent that meteorological seasons no longer exist.
(03/24/17 7:43pm)
Keeping up with important dates on Penn’s absurdly long academic calendar is cumbersome for any student, but freshmen who are navigating it for the first time can find it especially challenging.
(03/18/17 9:00pm)
Coming just a few days after President Gutmann’s announcement
that Joe Biden would be returning to campus for another “engaging conversation” on March 30th, a soiled and spraypainted bedsheet hung from the roof at a darty today has revealed that the former Vice
President and future Penn professor will also be headlining Spring Fling in
April.
(03/13/17 6:30pm)
It happens every semester: right around the halfway point, you give up your syllabus-week dreams of a cheap, healthy, home-cooked diet and take up permanent residence on the late-night Chipotle line. Honestly though, when you’ve got 12 midterms, 100 unresolved mock schedules, a mouse infestation, and a nagging internal void left by the pleasures you gave up for Lent, who has time for meal planning?
(03/02/17 8:45pm)
Dear New PennCard Swipe System,
(02/20/17 6:12pm)
Celebrating her University title as well as the founding fathers, Amy Gutmann decided to make the rare trek from her off-campus home to Philadelphia for President’s Day. Unsurprisingly, students ranging from first-years to seniors were charmed and excited to see their ever-elusive leader, many for the first time since their freshman convocation ceremonies.
(02/16/17 6:26pm)
When the Class of 2019 got
word via a Class Board email that Penn InTouch-themed condoms would be
distributed on Locust Walk Thursday, many students were aroused by the mere
idea. We at Under The Button got pretty excited as well, and decided to put
the latex portals to the test. What better way to get InTouch with our
student bodies than by doing the deed Quaker-style?
(02/13/17 8:17pm)
Music lovers were shocked and disturbed to learn that Hoodie Allen, esteemed rapper and graduate of our very own University of Pennsylvania (W’10), left the Grammys empty–handed Sunday night. Despite not being nominated in any category, Allen was widely thought to have had the competitive edge in Best Rap Performance, Best Classical Compendium, and Best Surround Sound Album for no one performance, song, or album in particular.
(02/14/17 9:26pm)
1. Unleash your inner Barefoot Contessa and cook up a ~foolproof~ romantic dinner for one in your ill-equipped, understocked kitchen.
(02/08/17 3:45pm)
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and for Penn students this means the annual production of The Vagina Monologues draws near.