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Campus Life

NSO: The Breakdown

A refresher of all those events that you DEFINITELY attended your freshman year.

by SABRINA QIAO

Street Staff's Advice to Freshmen

Here's the deal, kiddos - we learned some of these lessons the hard way. Now, you shouldn't have to. 

by 34TH STREET MAGAZINE

Ask A Pre–Frosh: Becca Bean

Were we ever so young?

by ANNABELLE WILLIAMS

Ask a Pre–Frosh: Aashna Jain

Were we ever so young?

by ANNABELLE WILLIAMS

You Definitely Need to Do These Things This Summer

Is summer even worth it if you don't everything on this list?

by JULIETTE PALERMO

5 Types of Naps You Take During the Summer

Because summer naps are very different than mid-semester procrastination naps.

by JULIETTE PALERMO

Hit it or Quit It: Summer on Campus

Hit it: Summer Curfews Quit it: Philly nightlife Between the mandated curfew for 9–18 year–olds in Philly’s 18th police precinct and the overabundance of summer programs adding to the already–long list of infestations in the Quad, it seems like our beloved corner of the city is shutting down.

by ANNABELLE WILLIAMS

Highbrow Can't Even: Name–Dropping

We get it, Gretchen, your dad is the inventor of Toaster Strudel. But are you realllllllllly putting your best Stuart Weitzman–clad foot forward when your fun fact at your SPEC Connaissance meeting icebreaker consists entirely of the fact that your parents donated one of the shitty study lounges in the quad? Never do you hear more “my ‘father/uncle/second–cousin/ex–boyfriend's family friend’....is ...” than during OCR.

by ANNABELLE WILLIAMS

Summer Spotlight: Cindy Lou

Cindy Lou is a rising sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences looking to major in economics and considering minors in both law and society and East Asian Studies.

by JULIETTE PALERMO

Street Book Club: A Wild Sheep Chase

Book: A Wild Sheep Chase (1982) by Haruki Murakami Recommended by: Cătălina Drăgoi Genre: Magical realism Synopsis that won’t give away the plot: While not necessarily one of the first works that come to mind when thinking of Haruki Murakami, his third novel is arguably the most famous in the “Trilogy of the Rat”. The plot of this relatively short book—approximately 300 pages, depending on which publisher you choose—is rather simple.

by CAT DRAGOI

Summer Spotlight: Jisoo Kim

Rising senior Jisoo Kim has been involved with the green scene at Penn from the very beginning—and now she’s in Paraguay doing amazing, sustainable things for the future.

by JESSICA LI

Penn Students Celebrate Pride

With June, better known as Pride Month, almost over, Street spoke to Thomas Calder (C'20), who is living in Philly this summer and attended some of the city's Pride celebrations the weekend of June 16. 

by ANNABELLE WILLIAMS

Summer Spotlight: Alexis Masino

Alexis Masino (C'20) chose to spend two months of her summer to work in Calcutta, India, with a sex workers' collective.

by ANNABELLE WILLIAMS

Summer Spotlight: Louis Lin

Since the most recent election, Penn has gained a new representative in government other than POTUS—Louis Lin (C’20). He will serve as a Judge of Elections in Philadelphia’s 27th ward, the zone in which Penn falls, serving Division 20 as a Democrat.

by ANNABELLE WILLIAMS

Ask the Class of '21: Hanna Yang

Hanna Yang (W’21) is a polymath. She excels at painting, aced the SAT and curates the hell out of her Instagram.

by ANNABELLE WILLIAMS

Leading on Campus as a Woman of Color

Not a monolith.

by LILY SNIDER

Why I Love Greek Life at Penn and Want to See It Be Better

A Call to Action to the Greek Community

by CAROLINE OHLSON

The Definitive Penn Bucket List

DO IT, THE OLD YOU WOULD HAVE.

by 34TH STREET MAGAZINE

Shoutouts: Spring 2017

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Religious Studies—It's for everyone! (Even if religion isn't.)

Yes, religious studies is a thing, and yes, they have an undergrad journal now.

by SHILPA SARAVANAN

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