hb
The Gutter: 04.07.2011
Senior Society season continues, as Mortar Board, Omega and Sphinx began pledging this week, much to the delight of the selected juniors.
by 34TH STREET
Overheard at Penn: 04.07.2011
Professor: …Just like some people who are obsessed with Twilight, with the story of Edward and Belle.
Female Student: IT’S BELLA!!!!
Sorority sophomore right before a FNCE 100 midterm: I always write inspirational quotes on the sides of my cheat sheets, like 'Don’t forget, you ARE beautiful!'
Guy on cell phone on Locust: What, so we’re not gonna have sex anymore?
by 34TH STREET
Word on the street
Word on the Street: Internshit
Like many at Penn, I thought it would be a positive life decision to apply for an internship at an investment bank.
by IAN BUSSARD
The Gutter: 03.31.2011
Attendees at a weekend party during which a group of new Wharton TAs were initiated got a lot more than they bargained for whencops cracked down on the out of control proceedings.
by 34TH STREET
True Life: I Failed a Class
There it was, glaring and permanent, an 'F' on my transcript. Seeing it for the first time shouldn’t have been a shock, given my obviously less than stellar performance in the class, but it still stung.
The concept of failing a class was entirely foreign to me before coming to Penn.
by 34TH STREET
Dispatches: A Night in the Woods(er)
5:00 p.m.: Get a text from date: “FYI, dress code is flannel and jeans!!!!” Assume she’s being ironic.
by 34TH STREET
Overhead at Penn: 03.24.11
One guy in Hillel to another: Is AEPi more hardcore than TEP?
A’s guy: She was all over me, grabbing me.
by NICK STERGIOPOULOS
Word on the street
Word on the Street: Just Let Me Go
You’re in the final moments of your last Friday class, waiting for the minute hand to hit 50 so you can begin/continue drinking for the day and your weekend can officially begin.
by PAIGE RUBIN
The Gutter: 03.17.2011
Unfortunately for us, most of you seemed to have behaved yourselves over Spring Break.
by 34TH STREET
Dispatches: I was Poisoned on ASB
FRIDAY
9:45 a.m.: Little Nicaraguan girl brings me fruit from a nearby tree.
by 34TH STREET
Word on the street
Word on the Street: Majoring in Porn
I heard the myth. I read the syllabus and noted the word “pornography.” I read feminist theorists.
by JESSICA GOODMAN
Overheard at Penn: 03.17.2011
Boy: What’s Tabard?
Girl: I don't know, a bunch of British girls who dress like they don’t shower.
Girl #1: I wish I were an athlete.
Girl #2: Why?
Girl #1: Because then I wouldn’t be judged for dressing like I don’t give a shit.
Penn Masala member on Locust: And I was like, you know who’s gonna win?
by 34TH STREET
Highbrow
Highbrow Poll: Who is Having the Worst Week Ever?
You can thank the dudes over at MeepMe for only being able to vote once. Sorry!
by 34TH STREET
Overheard at Penn: 02.24.11
Theos boy after haircut: Don’t I look like a Kennedy?
Beta pledge en route to the Vagina Monologues: Do they show you what a vagina looks like?
SDT Girl #1: I’m still coming up with the answer to this — which do you love more, Israel or cock?
SDT Girl #2: I’m still coming up with THIS answer — would you give up getting eaten out, or cheese?
Theta in Marks Cafe line: Bagels make you super fat, right?
Guy in Houston: In other news, not Pokemon related, I just got a PlayStation 2 to work on my computer.
by 34TH STREET
The Gutter: 02.24.11
By all accounts, the Theos day party last Friday was a rousing success (even some moms showed up!), no doubt helped by the unexpected spring weather.
by 34TH STREET
PennConnects
Newsletters
Get 34th Street's newsletter, The Toast, delivered to your inbox every Friday morning.
NewslettersMost Read
Latest Issue
