Word on the Street
Word on the street
Word On The Street: 11.04.10
Seven months away from graduation, and I’m starting to stress about leaving the comfort of the Penn nest.
by 34TH STREET
Word on the street
I Pledge Allegiance
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.
by 34TH STREET
Word on the street
In Search Of My El Dorado
As a Californian, I’ve been made pretty happy here by the sheer novelty of Ivy League architecture and the concept of seasons.
by 34TH STREET
Word on the street
Word On The Street: 10.14.10
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.
by 34TH STREET
Word on the street
Word On The Street: 9.30.10
When you go out, do you: a) have fun with your friends, or b) snap pictures on your cell phone to post on Facebook?
by 34TH STREET
Word on the street
Dear Penn, I Hate Society.
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.
by 34TH STREET
Word on the street
Popping The Penn Bubble
“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.
by 34TH STREET
Word on the street
I Don't Wanna Grow Up
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.
by REBECCA GREENFIELD
Word on the street
To Fling Or Not To Fling?
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.
by ,
Word on the street
Politics Schmolitics
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.
by REBECCA GREENFIELD
Word on the street
Census Sensibility
I’m a census nerd. I always have been. Plenty of people love the Constitution, so I don’t really understand why there aren’t more losers like me.
by SARAH FELDMAN
Word on the street
All Dried Up
It’s been almost four years of midterms, finals and more papers than I’ll ever remember writing.
by JULIETTE MULLIN
Word on the street
Safe Haven
The end of spring break means different things for different people. For some, it’s a chance to venture through West Philadelphia without a heavy jacket again.
by WILL BASKIN-GERWITZ
Word on the street
Word On The Street
ChatRoulette is completely insane.
When you press play and your web cam turns on, you enter a land of utter and complete crackpot madness.
by PAUL RICHARDS
Word on the street
Word On The Street
When I tell people that I’m from Buffalo, NY I get two inaccurate responses: “that’s cool!” and “it’s cold there.” These people have never lived in Buffalo because it is neither cool nor cold.
by REBECCA GREENFIELD
Word on the street
In-toner-able Cruelty
I walked into a seminar last week and no one had any paper. We’d all read the PDF’s uploaded to Blackboard, but no one had bothered to print them out.
by ,
Word on the street
Street Walker
I look both ways before I cross the street. Twice.
No, this is not a metaphor for a paralyzing fear of the world, nor is it a commentary on the nature of Philly cab drivers.
by ANNETTE DONOFRIO
Word on the street
Back In Black(Berry)
You know that Ego of the Week question, “There are two types of people at Penn …”? Well, after a little social experiment I took part in these past couple of weeks, I would divide Penn into BlackBerry users and everyone else.
It’s no surprise that smartphones took over campus long ago, but I didn’t realize the ubiquity of the BlackBerry in particular until I suddenly found myself without.
by JULIA RUBIN
Word on the street
A Forgotten Dream?
If I had a nickel for every time a Penn student complained that classes started the week before Martin Luther King Day, I could stop using BURSAR.
by REBECCA GREENFIELD
Word on the street
Speaking Out
When I was a freshman, my Intro to Sociology professor began a lecture with the following question: “By a show of hands, how many of you agree with the statement ‘I am a feminist?’” In a room of over 100 students, only three hands went up.
by CHARLOTTE BORGEN
PennConnects
Newsletters
Get 34th Street's newsletter, The Toast, delivered to your inbox every Friday morning.
NewslettersMost Read
Latest Issue
