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(12/08/10 10:49am)
It’s time for finals again and, true to the vulgar acronym, some of us are saying, “Eff, I never actually learned stuff.” Despite the fact that we’ve done all the work and used all the resources that Penn offers for academic help, there are those who haven’t really understood anything all semester.
(11/24/10 8:48am)
My favorite major holiday of the year is Thanksgiving. But I don’t like Thanksgiving for all the Hallmark-card reasons.
(11/17/10 9:15am)
She’s all over our televisions, iPods and computer screens. But now, Lady Gaga is infiltrating yet another sacred space in our society — the classroom.
(11/03/10 6:47am)
Last week, a federal court issued a permanent injunction against LimeWire, a free peer-to-peer file-sharing program used to illegally download music. The court held LimeWire liable for copyright infringement and the site was ordered to cease distributing and supporting software. According to a court document, LimeWire agreed to the injunction.
(10/27/10 7:06am)
Move over, jungle juice — there’s a new drink of choice in town: Four Loko. It’s in a soda-like can, covered in bright flashy colors and it’s cheap like other soft drinks. It even turns your mouth red.
(10/20/10 8:55am)
There is an epidemic among us — the epidemic of intelligent people saying stupid things in class just to participate. It runs rampant on college campuses around the country, but especially at large, competitive universities like Penn.
(10/06/10 8:15am)
There are only two things college students may love more than free food: good grades and money. Former Penn students decided to join the two, and ultrinsic.com was born.
(09/29/10 8:23am)
I have recently discovered one of the most useful resources Penn has to offer, hidden in plain sight — the 9 a.m. class.
(09/22/10 8:12am)
“When I say I live in Du Bois, the conversation always seems to take a very sharp turn,” College sophomore Kelly Kwakye said. “You start talking about Du Bois and people start talking about black students.” This sentiment is not unique. Every conversation I had about W.E.B. Du Bois College House in support of this column turned to “the black house” perception without prompt.
(09/15/10 8:31am)
There are many names for us. Our parents want to call those born from the late 1970s to the early 1990s Generation Y, Echo Boomers or Millennials. Countless studies are investigating the emergence of our collective identity and researching the differences between older groups and our new cohort. Businesses are looking for ways to accommodate us in the form of compelling recruitment strategies and effective management tactics. Lately, all eyes have been on us.