Campus Life

I have several nicknames — none of them good — that I would like to share with you: Negative Nancy, Pessimistic Polly, Debbie Downer and Fatty McLovehandles.
October 21, 2009 at 5:36 pm

Street: Most underrated thing about Penn? Overrated? Raja: Underrated: The WALK. Overrated: Penn boys. Street: Favorite Penn designer? RG: It’s great to see so many students designing.
October 8, 2009 at 12:21 am

This fall, with the changing colors of the leaves comes a wave of masculine clothing for the feminine physique.
October 8, 2009 at 12:16 am

Last Friday night, a mere 12 hours before I would sit for the impending doom that is also referred to as the LSATs, I called my mom for the requisite night-before-the-exam confidence booster.
October 1, 2009 at 1:10 am

Friars and presidents of the Panhellenic and Interfraternity Councils, seniors Alissa Eisenberg and Shawn Woodhull sit down to talk with Street about each other, their love of running Greek life and New Jersey. Street: You’re both very involved and talented people.
October 1, 2009 at 12:16 am

Barbie's pride and joy The Room: Pink: the one word that immediately comes to mind when you enter this Fisher-Hassenfeld single.
October 1, 2009 at 12:07 am

Street: Most underrated thing about Penn? Overrated? Eliza Chute: Underrated: calling in to talk shows on WQHS.
September 23, 2009 at 9:11 pm

Started just this semester, Penn Jugglers focuses on the practice and teaching of circus-style juggling (and no experience is necessary to join!). Not only will learn how to juggle, but you can also pick up a few other parlor tricks (Diabolo, a form of Chinese yo-yo, anyone?). And if you’re lucky, you may find yourself mastering juggling stunts like the Orbit and the Double Half Suicide.
September 23, 2009 at 9:09 pm

Pattern Recognition by William Gibson Who: Casey McQuaid, Engineering ‘12 Why: “It’s a really recent book by the guy who wrote Neuromancer, the book that was the basis for The Matrix.
September 23, 2009 at 8:55 pm

Each year the Philadelphia Public Library system encourages the City of Brotherly Love to read a book as a way of coming together as a community.
September 23, 2009 at 8:51 pm

When I was in elementary school, one of my favorite parts of the year was pre-Christmas fundraiser season.
September 23, 2009 at 8:42 pm

Street: Most underrated thing about Penn? Overrated? Justin Reilly: Underrated: performing arts.
September 16, 2009 at 11:49 pm

New Student Orientation: the best week of the academic year. Giant parties, free (albeit watered-down) booze and no nagging schoolwork to ruin all of your fun.
September 16, 2009 at 10:54 pm

When I was in middle school, folks from the local Christian college came into my English class to convince us not to have sex until we were married.
August 5, 2009 at 10:16 pm

Summer tends to be a time for less-than-stimulating internships and the alarmingly rapid decay of one’s ability to think critically.
July 29, 2009 at 10:57 pm

Summer tends to be a time for less-than-stimulating internships and the alarmingly rapid decay of one’s ability to think critically.
July 29, 2009 at 10:57 pm

Our campus is home to what might be billed as the most important battle since good versus evil, the Phillies versus the Rays, or you versus everyone in Houston Hall at noon.
July 22, 2009 at 10:54 pm

April is my favorite month of the year. Another bleak winter is washed away by daytime showers. All of us who hibernate through the winter come out, and you are able to witness campus waking up from a deep sleep.
April 23, 2009 at 1:21 am

Street: What do you think of Street this semester, now that you’re gone? Kerry Golds: Love it.
April 22, 2009 at 8:59 pm

Marisha Pessl Special Topics in Calamity Physics, 2006 After reading the first two paragraphs of Marisha Pessl’s debut novel, you will want to throttle the narrator.
April 22, 2009 at 8:51 pm