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(04/09/14 8:40pm)
Remember Penn Preview Days? Those were annoying, faux-chipper, crowded and pre-froshy. The new and improved Quaker Days are all that...and more! While there are still far too many 2018ers on campus for anyone to enjoy, admissions has really upped the ante this year, with fancy azz events, including this soiree – which featured one Dean Furda hitting the dance floor. Sources say Eric breakdanced before posing with swooning fans. Check that smolder. A warm welcome to Penn indeed!
(04/02/14 9:58pm)
Dude Gets Into All Eight Ivies -- If you haven't heard from the bizarrely extensive media coverage, a kid from Long Island got into Penn and the rest of the Ivy League. This almost certainly happens to someone every year, but now that you're famous, we want you, Kwasi. You choosing dear old Penn may be a stretch, but hit us up when you're here for ~*Quaker Days*~...drinks are on us. XOXO, UTB <3
(04/02/14 6:59pm)
Carriage Senior Society Applications Close At Midnight -- The app can be found here and is open to LGBTQ and allied Penn juniors.
(04/01/14 2:05pm)
It's been the hot topic amongst senior society-crazy juniors since 1,235 members of the Class of 2015 were "tapped" Sunday for the latest clique of campus leaders: Jigsaw.
(03/31/14 4:08am)
NEC Has Made Their Joyce -- and disqualified Gabe Delaney and Julie Bittar. Because of this, natch. Your new UA Prez and VP are Joyce Kim and Josh Chilcote, and they would've won regardless – but this way, we got a hilarious three hour hearing to live stream! Delaney was also eliminated from the UA SAS rep race. See the UA results here and Class Board winners here.
(03/23/14 7:12pm)
Those of you who sports, we salute you. We hope your DP March Madness bracket is doing splendidly. (Go Duke!) For the rest of us, it's time for Under the Button's fourth annual PENN MADNESS. Last year, the grand prize went to that saucy minx, Hurricane Sandy, and this year, with a new crop of weather phenomena, Fling artists and Greek scandals, the competition is stiffer than ever. May the odds be ever in the contestants' favor – cast your votes in Round 1 now!
(03/21/14 1:03am)
YOU BUETTA BELIEVE IT, YOUR FLING HEADLINER IS GUETTA. (Okay, we'll guetta room with our bad puns.) Under the Button confirms what those in Perelman Quad right now have just realized: David Guetta is playing Fling, following Ra Ra Riot & Magic Man!
(03/20/14 6:01pm)
Attention Headliner SPECulators -- Perelman Quad at 9 p.m. tonight is the place to be for a big reveal. Will the reaction be a ra ra riot of excitement or disappointment? Less than seven hours to go...
(03/20/14 12:00pm)
"Ra Ra Riot" was sort of what went down last year when the Fling headliner was eventually announced, but now it's 2014's second opening band, UTB can officially confirm. They're no Janelle Monae, but the indie rock group has quite a following. Still, the Riot is not as big as the last alternative band opener, leading us to believe that the Magic Man/Ra Ra ticket is affordable enough to save room for a big azz headliner. Last year, two highish-profile openers led to an anticlimax, so this year, we expect two lower-profile acts to make way for a star.
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(03/17/14 10:14pm)
If you live on the 4000 or 4100 block of Spruce, you've seen the telltale Haddad's trailer trucks and your house may have had a memo on it asking you not park on the street this week. That's because an ABC drama pilot is filming on the western end of campus, where many upperclassmen dwell.
(03/17/14 12:29pm)
Meet Magic Man, your first Spring Fling 2014 opening band! They're up-and-coming, so you might not know them. (Only 7,300 Twitter followers, so if you are a fan, kudos to you and sorry your band is going mainstream. You knew them when.)
(03/06/14 4:51am)
It is HEATING UP in this piece. The Meagles are a cold people, but "Parks & Recreation" icon Retta is coming to Penn as SPEC Connaissance's spring speaker on March 24. She may technically have a last name, but we will not report it, as the queen deservedly appears on "Parks" without one – and was just upgraded to the opening sequence after Rashida and Rob left!
(03/05/14 5:04pm)
FEDERAL DONUTS REALLY OPENING MONDAY -- After a confusing tweet saga last time, UTB can officially confirm the Sansom location is coming for us on March 10 (yes, break)! Shout it from the rooftops.
(03/04/14 10:43pm)
The groom-to-be, we have discovered through investigative journalism, rocks a third nipple, hence his nickname "Pips" (Penn + Nips, brilliant). As for the bride, though she wore a band shirt, Susie doesn't even go here – but she met Pips while LARPing (really). Congrats, you two!
(03/03/14 10:44pm)
Yale Drama School may have the flawless Best Supporting Actress winner Lupita Nyong'o as an alumna, but Penn has cause for celebration this post-Oscar Monday. (Maybe not as much cause as Lupita's brother, though, who got in on the ultimate selfie of all time.)
A big congratulations to Morgan Neville (C'89), director and producer of "20 Feet From Stardom," the hit film about backup singers that won an Academy Award last night for Best Documentary! His speech was perhaps overshadowed by the legendary Darlene Love, a subject of the movie, slaying an impromptu musical performance, complete with standing-O – but as you can see above, Neville couldn't be happier. (This went down before John Travolta slayed the iconic Idina Menzel's name, in a bad way.) Mazel tov, Morg – you join the ranks of our Tony, Emmy and Grammy-winning alumni.
(03/02/14 11:29pm)
LIVE OSCARS BLOG -- The only place for real-time Academy Awards discussion and commentary is 34th Street's annual blog. Join us as we dissect the red carpet through Best Picture!
(02/22/14 9:26pm)
Madame President is out in full force this weekend, mingling with the masses on campus as the sun eminating from her perfect blonde locks melts the snow. A source informs us A-Gut made her annual sports appearance last night and was spotted at the Penn-Harvard basketball game (we lost), even playing the xylophone with the Penn Band! Today, she's rocking a to-die-for jacket while sauntering arm-in-arm with her elusive hubby on Locust, where she was last spotted one year ago. Thank you for gracing us, Amy G – get up when you feel it, it's your time chance to shine.
(02/19/14 9:03pm)
As if Seth Meyers didn't make us swoon enough, it turns out the soon-to-be Late Night host has a running inside joke with Penn alum and SNL star Vanessa Bayer about Bloomers, her old all-female comedy troupe! Watch this emotional Saturday Night Live cast and crew sendoff to Sethy above, but if you must skip, VB starts babbling about Seth cutting a Bloomers reference from the show at 4:15. Vaness, you've got to send us pics of him rocking that tee during final read-through! Pretty cool.
(02/18/14 3:00am)
DARY. The Class of 2014 will be serenaded off into the real world with the sweet vocal stylings of the legend himself, one Mr. John Legend! No word on if the Penn alum will deliver a musical address, but we're sure a spoken speech would be almost as engaging.
(02/17/14 4:13am)
Everyone would be more than okay with this weekend being a wrap on snow for the winter. Luckily, some brilliant Penn17ers made the most of the stuff before it melted into slush and black ice. Mucho love and kudos to the inhabitants of the Nipple in Fisher Hassenfeld, who crafted this uber-explicit work of art. The visionary Quad frosh helped this snowman and woman get down with their bad selves, complete with kinky props and (real?) glasses.
As a former Nipple dweller, this post's author salutes his successors' masterpiece, which is easily the best snow sculpture to hit campus in three years. So proud.