In the wake of the University’s proposed Guidelines on Open Expression, students and faculty fear being silenced. The administration isn’t talking either.
Months after being kicked off the ballot, Green Party gubernatorial candidate Tony Dastra is still keeping the faith.
The Libertarian candidate for governor is mad as hell, and he wants to let the whole state now.
In their struggle for benefits and equitable pay, the Penn Libraries Union is demanding that the University opens the books.
The City of Brotherly Love lacks a social scene for its sapphic sisters. At Penn, it’s folded into the fabric of queer nightlife as a whole.
We experience sexual violence more often than we talk about sexual violence. Here’s a guide to support groups and resources for survivors on campus.
In the wake of the University’s proposed Guidelines on Open Expression, students and faculty fear being silenced. The administration isn’t talking either.
Months after being kicked off the ballot, Green Party gubernatorial candidate Tony Dastra is still keeping the faith.
On the green couch of the Kelly Writers House, Sophia Hall creates enveloping worlds with her words.
On student journalism, protest photography, and the politics of staying objective.
The long–awaited sequel to ‘The Social Network’ loses sight of what made the original a classic.
Cristian Mungiu’s Palme d’Or winning feature separates truth from “right and wrong.”
HBO’s new DC series wants us to celebrate John Stewart’s rise, so why does it feel like the wrong man won?
Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s controversial new film stages a climate satire, then turns the spotlight on everyone laughing at it.
On Qrömelife, Quavo’s chrome armor catches the light but hides the man underneath.
What happens when you look up the same artist on different platforms?
On Popstar, the singer turns genre–hopping, sensuality, and self–doubt into an exercise in effortless performance.
The recent book launch of Penn’s Department of Landscape Architecture lives at the intersection of horticulture, landscaping history, and visual arts. Arts beat Demi Marhule takes some time to reflect on the campus as an intentional space.
From the New Yorker to the Met, Patrick Bringley shares ‘All the Beauty in the World’ from the eyes of a museum guard.
An alleged murderer, a convicted fraudster, and a rap mogul accused of sex trafficking walk into a prison cell and break into song. Film and TV writer Chenyao Liu breaks down the comedy in “Luigi: The Musical,” exploring our fascination with crime, celebrity, and the myths we build around them.
Professionally recorded theatre and concerts are on the rise. But why?
Patience might be a virtue, but as viral food trends take over city sidewalks and lines stretch around the block, it seems to be the barrier to entry.
With misshapen teeth, threatening eyes, and distorted nose proportions, “funny–ugly” monsters have risen to popularity over the recent years. In the beginning, Fuggler adoption reflected a shift in consumer preferences towards hand–made, imperfect collectibles, but the mass production of the toy has complicated the matter. Arts beat Lynn Yi questions what it means to standardize ugliness.
Penn’s favorite bar gets its staying power from its adaptability.
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