Word on the Street

If you were to poll the average female Penn student on her study techniques and procrastination methods, I assume she would, reluctantly, admit to high volumes of Facebook stalking, online shopping, perhaps a little Netflix and some New York Times for the sake of being informed.
February 24, 2011 at 2:37 am

One text message just changed my life.
February 17, 2011 at 3:42 am

After analyzing gender dynamics in Eliot’s Daniel Deronda, I left my 19th Century Lit class and went home to retrieve my slightly oversized suit jacket.
February 10, 2011 at 2:37 am

It all started out so innocently.
February 3, 2011 at 1:43 am

My name is Tucker Johns, and I live by myself.
January 27, 2011 at 3:04 am

"Did you have, like, the time of your life?” When I tell people that I studied abroad last semester, this is the near–unanimous opening question.
January 20, 2011 at 11:45 pm

Joke Issue: Thoughts by Cholly Knickerbocker Yesterday evening, in what can only be proclaimed as an offense against my rather placid senses, a certain co–resident of mine — a man who we in the Quadrangle are ashamed to call one of our own, although he shall remain unnamed — disdained me for foregoing the traditional shirt and cummerbund combination in favor of the slightly marvelous backless waistcoats, seen on Savile Row this past year.
December 9, 2010 at 2:45 am

The other day a friend tweeted “What if I wrote one page every day for my 20 page paper due Dec. 21?
December 2, 2010 at 4:45 am

So I’ve never registered for classes during advanced registration before. No, seriously. I’ve always miraculously either slept through advanced registration or procrastinated to the point of Real–Housewives–of–D.C.–reunion–show oblivion, and watched advanced registration period become a blip in the distant past.
November 18, 2010 at 5:17 am

On Thursday, October 14th, popcorn saved my life.
November 11, 2010 at 3:30 am

Seven months away from graduation, and I’m starting to stress about leaving the comfort of the Penn nest.
November 4, 2010 at 3:50 am

I suppose I should begin this tirade with an admission. Despite the fact that I am in possession of a rather acute British accent, and despite the fact that I am constantly extolling the virtues of my Middle–Eastern background, I am, well, an American.
October 28, 2010 at 3:06 am

As a Californian, I’ve been made pretty happy here by the sheer novelty of Ivy League architecture and the concept of seasons.
October 21, 2010 at 4:20 am

I’ve gotten to the point in my college career where it would be wholly more efficient and cost effective if I just kept a constant intravenous flow of caffeine straight into my bloodstream.
October 14, 2010 at 3:42 am

When you go out, do you: a) have fun with your friends, or b) snap pictures on your cell phone to post on Facebook?
September 30, 2010 at 4:45 am

I walked in to room 329 of the Anthropology department a little late on the first day of classes. Sure, it was a little unsettling that everyone around me looked prepubescent, but I just assumed I was feeling a little more senior than usual. It wasn’t until the professor asked how we were finding freshman year that I realized: I was in a freshman seminar.
September 23, 2010 at 5:00 am

“When is it appropriate to say hello to someone because they’re wearing a Penn sweatshirt?” I asked a friend this summer while we ate dinner at a sidewalk cafe in New York.
September 16, 2010 at 3:27 am

April has been a month of lasts. Last week, I suffered my final round of college midterms. This past weekend I took my last day stumble through a Flinged-out Quad.
April 22, 2010 at 2:02 am

There is nothing like a spell of clement weather to bring out the uncompromising Brit within. Every day I wake up with Al (as in Roker) and depend on his soothing voice to dictate my choice of attire and more importantly, my mood.
April 14, 2010 at 11:30 pm

Last week at our Passover Seder my family got into a political discussion (read: screaming match). Someone brought up Israel and before you knew it Grandma was foaming at the mouth yelling something about Palestine.
April 8, 2010 at 3:11 am