Campus Life

We asked Yasmin "everybody knows her" Radjy how to make friends and influence people. Street: Why do they call you "Big Pun?" Yasmin Radjy: Because I pun-ish my friends and family regularly with my pun-gently awful sense of humor. Street: Can you pun in different languages? YR: Yes, bilingual puns are my favorite.
September 27, 2007 at 12:00 am

We give ourselves names in order to belong, in order to give ourselves a history. Although few Penn students are likely to be involved in any official street gang or mob activity, the need to create a family endures.
September 20, 2007 at 12:00 am

My housemate just got blindfolded and kidnapped. Should I frantically flag down a Spectaguard or break in the new PennAlert system?
September 20, 2007 at 12:00 am

Street: How long have you been friends? David Rimoch: We met in middle school when we were 11, but became friends sophomore year of high school. Street: What were your first impressions of each other? Pedro Gerson: One of the first stories I have is that in 8th grade I was in the principal's office and I saw a list of the class rankings for everyone in our year.
September 20, 2007 at 12:00 am

At the end of the summer when many of my classmates, and most of my friends, jetted off to their new and exciting locales for this semester, I hopped on a plane headed straight back to junior year in Philadelphia.
September 20, 2007 at 12:00 am

Street: What was your first reaction when you found out what your freshman superlative ["If Rivers Cuomo and Kermit the Frog had a child.
September 13, 2007 at 12:00 am

Early one Saturday morning, we woke up ready and willing to get our asses kicked by Punk Rock Boot Camp.
September 13, 2007 at 12:00 am

TUESDAY $140: Fake ID Bring it on, Smoke's. WEDNESDAY $425: Brother's Fine Furniture Look up classy in the dictionary and you'll see a picture of my red leather couch. THURSDAY $250: Wine & Spirits I didn't mind that this all disappeared in one night, but did they have to drink all my Martinelli's?! $2.12: McDonald's Every good story begins with, "So it was 3 a.m., and I went to McDonald's." $10.89: Lowe's Told parents I bought spare light bulbs; really bought the parts for a beer bong. $16.11: Fresh Grocer You can't have a party without Solo cups. $13.00: Liberty Taxi A sound investment if your idea of a good night is a half hour wait outside Red Sky. FRIDAY $586.51: Campus Bookstore I hate this place so much, but behold the power of bursar. $76.06: Tangerine Restaurant If your date isn't all over you by the end of dinner here, you have no game. SATURDAY $100: Apple Computer credit Not looking so cool for buying the iPhone early now, am I? $21.47: PhillyCarShare I wonder if transporting a 300-pound ice luge in the backseat is a breach of contract. SUNDAY $5.09: CVS I admit it, I was the guy who was stealing the rest of the house's body wash this week.
September 13, 2007 at 12:00 am

Forget what you eat - you are what you do. Penn generously gives you four months of summer to use as you wish.
April 19, 2007 at 12:00 am

there is no better way to learn tolerance and become more culturally aware than by living and interacting with a variety of people.
April 19, 2007 at 12:00 am

Street: Has anyone ever told you that you looked like a celebrity? If so, who? Jim Newell: Not really, only in spurts.
April 19, 2007 at 12:00 am

With temperatures far from spring-like forecasted for the weekend, it can be hard to rally enthusiasm for this favorite Penn tradition.
April 12, 2007 at 12:00 am

We may call ourselves "social," but the fact is that, for better or for worse, we are an Ivy. And though it is Penn's Ivy-ness that drew us here, it is also this same quality that tortures us most on Spring Fling weekend.
April 12, 2007 at 12:00 am

Consider Flinging with College senior and FlingSafe emeritus Josh Matz. He's infectious. Street: Looking forward to Fling? Joshua Matz: I don't think I've done Fling since freshman year. Street: Where did you live freshman year? JM: I was in the Quad in the residential program for the study of emerging infectious diseases.
April 12, 2007 at 12:00 am

Street: Is psychology a hard major or an easy major? Brooke Tancer: You can make it an easy or a hard major.
April 5, 2007 at 12:00 am

Freud once said, "Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average." Nowhere is that more clear than on Penn's great libidinal playground, Locust Walk.
April 5, 2007 at 12:00 am

Street: What is the breakfast of champions? Reg Tigerman: Breakfast is for losers. I eat brunch.
March 29, 2007 at 12:00 am

We get down under with College senior and activist Alexis Ruby Howe. Street: What are you involved in on campus? Alexis Ruby Howe: I am the Big Lesbian on Campus, in case you didn't know.
March 29, 2007 at 12:00 am

You'd be forward if you saw him, too. Mark Zoller, College senior and Quaker forward gives us a little peak inside the brain of a baller.
March 29, 2007 at 12:00 am

You may have heard of a little video called, "Box in A Box," the female response to Saturday Night Live's digital short about the gift that keeps giving.
March 29, 2007 at 12:00 am