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Awkward Post-Winter Break Conversations

Awkward Post-Winter Break Conversations

Although it’s exciting to be back at school seeing our friends and getting back into all our respective grooves, there’s one thing that absolutely no one wants to deal with: awkward conversations.

You can smell one of these coming from miles away. You’re buying emergency I-forgot-I’d-run-out-of-toothpaste-before-break toothpaste at CVS when su...

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University of Chicago Allows Co-Ed Dorms; College Gets Potentially Way More Awesome

University of Chicago Allows Co-Ed Dorms; College Gets Potentially Way More Awesome

Following in a nation-wide trend, the University of Chicago will now be offering co-ed dorm rooms, Associated Press reports. Currently, more than 30 campuses allow girls and boys to share dorm rooms together, including Stanford, Brown, UPenn, and Weslyan.

 

A letter was sent out last week letting parents know that the school would begin allowing...

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Bored at Home? Go Elf Yourself

Bored at Home? Go Elf Yourself

Penn’s finals ended today, which means that now everybody is home with not much to do. Sure, you can shop a bit with your mom, and see all your high school friends, and drive around your town in your old car…but that all gets boring in about three hours.

So what can you do when you’re lounging around your house in ripped sweatpants and your ret...

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The Twelve Best Strange, Absurd, Creative College Flash Mobs Ever

The Twelve Best Strange, Absurd, Creative College Flash Mobs Ever

While drinking is undeniably the #1 college pastime, there are still plenty of other things college students do to avoid studying, reading or writing.

 

Today, we took a look at a longtime favorite of mine: the flash mob.

 

For the uninitiated, a flash mob is a group of people who gather at a specific location at a predetermined time and perform...

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Comforting Words From An I-Banker: "Say Goodbye to [Your] Wall Street Dreams."

Comforting Words From An I-Banker: "Say Goodbye to [Your] Wall Street Dreams."

According to IvyGate, graduating seniors with aspirations of making it on Wall Street should re-evaluate their short-term career goals–as soon as possible.

 

Speaking to an unidentified Ivy-Leaguer-turned-investment-banker, Dan Haley confirmed that, due to the current economic climate, internships at financial firms have become the unicorn of th...

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President Richard Nixon Hated the Ivy League, Secretly Planned Its Destruction

President Richard Nixon Hated the Ivy League, Secretly Planned Its Destruction

Last week, the Nixon Library released over 198 hours of President Richard Nixon ranting and raving about--more or less--everything.

 

From the press to the Ivy League, Old Dick Nixon hated it all, and he wasn’t afraid to let everyone within an earshot know it—whether they cared to listen or not.

 

Thankfully, the mad ramblings of this presidenti...

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Former Economics Professor Appeals Manslaughter Sentence, Enrages Everyone

Former Economics Professor Appeals Manslaughter Sentence, Enrages Everyone

In November 2007, Rafael Robb, a one-time economics professor at Penn, pleaded guilty to voluntarily bludgeoning his wife, Ellen, to death with a chin-up bar after the couple argued about their daughter’s vacation plans.

 

As the crime was considered an act of rage, not premeditated murder, Robb received a voluntary manslaughter charge that carr...

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Jade Vixen, Ivy League Dominatrix, Targeted in Love Triangle With Lawyer and Killer

Jade Vixen, Ivy League Dominatrix, Targeted in Love Triangle With Lawyer and Killer

Jade Vixen, nee Edythe Maa, is an S&M dominatrix who describes her interests on PlayTime411.com as “sensual teasing and denial, rope bondage, sissy-slut training, dog training, tickle torture, and corporal punishments of a traditional nature.” The former UPenn Ph.D. candidate in engineering recently found herself mired in even more scandal than ...

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Penn's Most Awkward Places to Bump Into a Random Hook-Up

Penn's Most Awkward Places to Bump Into a Random Hook-Up

Some call us slutty, irresponsible underage alcoholics – I just call us college students. In terms of the first of those flattering adjectives, I’ve come to embrace the fact that we’re all bound to make some stupid sexual decisions during our time at Penn. Better that we get it all out now than when we’re 45 years old with three kids and an attr...

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Penn Stuff to be Thankful For

Penn Stuff to be Thankful For

You know how some families go around the table at Thanksgiving dinner and everyone is supposed to say what they’re thankful for? Though that’s a lovely tradition, it’s harder than it looks to think of something original to say – especially when you’re put on the spot just as you’re chewing a hunk of turkey smothered in cranberry sauce.

So, yes...

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