Campus Life

What makes us choose Chipotle over Qdoba? iPods over Zunes? Christianity over Judaism? Marketing. You can try to convince yourself of the benefits of one product over another, but rest assured that a well-crafted marketing campaign had a lot to do with your ultimate decision.
January 28, 2009 at 7:12 pm

While the rest of you juniors are complaining about the “culture shock” of returning from abroad, junior Ilana Millner actually has license to do so.
January 22, 2009 at 12:42 am

Weather.com informed me that last Friday afternoon would be “18 degrees, feels like 1.” So I bundled up in six layers and proceeded to class in College Hall, where I removed four of them in response to Facilities’ overzealousness with the classroom heaters.
January 22, 2009 at 12:08 am

Dear Street U., I know you’ve probably been asked this like, a thousand and eleventy times, but I’m just so totally confused and whatnot.
December 3, 2008 at 9:30 pm

Street U.: What kind of music do you like? Joe Francis: Whatever sets the mood. Street U.: If you could have a superpower for a day, what would it be? JF: What, have you not heard about my magic fingers? Street U.: What’s your favorite word? JF: Lift-your-shirt.
December 3, 2008 at 9:28 pm

Football games here at Street U. are more than just a chance to show your undying support for those hunky men out on the field.
December 3, 2008 at 9:23 pm

Next time you’re at Van Pelt, strolling through the fifth floor stacks on your way to isolation, take a look at the books that line the shelves.
November 20, 2008 at 3:20 am

The foxy men of Alpha Chi Omega’s Big Man on Campus pageant love themselves. And their pelvic thrusts.
November 20, 2008 at 3:16 am

A real live Ivy League-endorsed major sounded so glamorous. I woke up with a rare jolt of energy a few Wednesday mornings ago and blow-dried my hair for the first time in a while.
November 20, 2008 at 3:12 am

Temitope Maiyegun has lived everywhere from Nigeria to Vienna. Now Philly-local, she talks Kanye and candy. Street: There is a Facebook group entitled “The REAL Temi Maiyegun.” Are you in fact the real Temi? Temitope Maiyegun: If there’s a fake Temi, let me know!
November 13, 2008 at 2:46 am

Welcome to Brown-town: the homebase of Penn's South Asian population. The brown — pretty evident. The town?
November 13, 2008 at 2:42 am

Now that the presidential campaign — replete with spam, robocalls and SNL skits — has begun to recede into the background, two words come to mind: now what?
November 9, 2008 at 6:19 pm

Monday night, the boys of Phi Delt hosted gallivanting hipsters and Whartonites armed with neon spray paint and glitter sticks, respectively.
November 6, 2008 at 3:04 am

They dress each other, they feed each other and heck, they even cuddle. BFFs and men-about-town Josh Acheatel and Jeff Fronek give Bert and Ernie a run for their money. Street: How long have you boys been friends? Jeff and Josh: Since sixth grade. Street: What were your first impressions of each other? Josh: Within less than a year of knowing Jeff, I decided to make him an usher at my Bar Mitzvah.
November 6, 2008 at 3:00 am

Well, it’s finally Halloween and we all know what kind of weekend we’re in for — or, if you’re one of the lucky ones with late Thursday classes, what kind of weekend has already started.
October 30, 2008 at 3:19 am

Senior Michelle Burton is a member of Bloomers, Penn’s all-female sketch comedy troupe. She took a break from rehearsing for their upcoming show to talk to us about fat suits, Brick Breaker and Sinbad.
October 30, 2008 at 3:19 am

When the cultural zeitgeist that is Sex and the City emerged from the annals of TBS re-runs and came to the big screen this past summer, millions of women rejoiced as Carrie Bradshaw finally tamed Mr. Big.
October 30, 2008 at 3:16 am

For those of you living under a rock the size of Alaska, the presidential election is five days away.
October 30, 2008 at 2:45 am

This year for Halloween, instead of being a Catholic schoolgirl or throwing on a Lakers jersey to be Kobe Bryant (or Ms. Walk of Shame) again, why not show everyone how culturally aware (read: pseudo-intellectual) you are?
October 23, 2008 at 2:52 am

Street: What's the soundtrack to your life? Benjamin Alisuag: The soundtrack to my life is In Search Of… by N.E.R.D.
October 23, 2008 at 2:49 am