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(09/25/19 1:29am)
Unlike the glitzy restaurants peppered around Rittenhouse Square, many of the best Philadelphia spots are hidden in quiet, residential neighborhoods. Kalaya, a Thai restaurant that opened in Bella Vista this June, is one of them. If you’re going from West Philly, you’ll pass by the Italian Market before you find this little restaurant right next to a daycare center. It might feel like a major excursion from campus, but the restaurant has its ties to Penn: Nok Suntaranon, who co–founded Kalaya and is in charge of running the kitchen, is the wife of Wharton professor Ziv Katalan, who is Kalaya’s primary investor.
(04/17/19 3:21am)
Four professional musicians sit in the fourth floor of Fisher Bennett Hall, tapping their feet to the music they’re playing together. The violinist, violist, and cellist are used to playing together. They’re used to having a second violinist as well, but today she isn’t here, and an oboist is visiting from New York. They have three hours to finish rehearsing an oboe quartet for their concert in the ARCH building.
(03/27/19 2:26am)
I remember the first time I went to a Korean restaurant with my American friends. As we walked out of the restaurant, one of them asked: “So, was that legit Korean food?”
(03/13/19 5:26am)
Each weekend, Hyuntae Byun (C ‘20) bikes 30 minutes to Old City, walks into The Franklin Fountain, puts on a bow tie, and gets ready to work. At the old–timey ice cream parlor, he spends hours scooping ice cream from stainless steel tubs into waffle cones for a constant stream of strangers.
(10/24/18 10:00am)
During finals season, the offices at 3701 Chestnut Street fill with students looking to get their visa documents signed. Without a signature, they will be turned away at the border next semester. When they return to the U.S., they will explain to immigration officers that they are in the country to pursue a degree at the University of Pennsylvania, provide all ten fingerprints, and be waved off.
(09/24/18 12:00pm)
Food’s kind of like poetry: you know it’s good when each word or ingredient is there for a reason. If that’s true, then you know an expert made it.
(09/12/18 12:00pm)
In an article entitled “Here’s How Higher Education Dies,” education reporter for The Atlantic Adam Harris describes the decline of higher education. As Harris notes, the schools that will be safe from the eventual bursting of the academic bubble will be “the major players and media darlings such as Ivy League institutions and major public institutions like the University of Texas at Austin”—schools like Penn. With vicious marketing strategies and airtight branding techniques, these institutions transform themselves into “media darlings," corporate megaliths insured against the whims of the higher education landscape. With a $12.2 billion endowment as of 2017, the University of Pennsylvania functions more and more like a business with a mission to stay on top.
(04/24/18 1:00pm)
Whenever I get halal from one of the food trucks on campus, I have to think about where I can actually sit down and eat it. Next to WilCaf? Not sure if there would be an empty table. Mark’s Cafe? I'd have to hide the food in my backpack when I pass the security checkpoint. A bench in College Green? Ugh, I kind of want a table.
(04/22/18 1:00pm)
Pointy ears. Expressive tails. Round, furry backs. Soft purrs. Jelly bean toes. If this description makes you smile, you’re probably a cat person. Well, you are not alone. There are lots of cat–related activities nearby for all of the people in this city who want to hang out with kitties. Here’s everything you need to know to be a true cat lover in Philly.
(03/26/18 4:05am)
To find the best fried chicken in the city, look no further than across the South Street Bridge and down six blocks. Originally, when I had called Andy’s Chicken to ask if I could make a reservation, the woman on the line—slightly taken aback—told me it would be unnecessary. As I walked into 2108 South Street, it became clear why: Andy’s Chicken is a low–key eatery with two benches painted bright blue and a modest kitchen with about three employees. It’s the sort of neighborhood place where it wouldn’t be weird if a stranger next to you in line started talking to you. The TV on the exposed–brick wall was playing a 90s and 2000s Pandora station filled with Weezer and Green Day hits. There are several things reminiscent of Federal Donuts: the painted bright colored walls and the cute little T–shirts sold with a geometric chicken logo emblazoned across the front..
(04/01/18 1:00pm)
When you walk into your French 140 class and stop for a latte at WilCaf, you probably don't expect to stumble upon a thrift store. But—surprise!—nestled right next to WilCaf is Penn Closet, a student–run secondhand store.
(02/25/18 2:00pm)
The 2018 Winter Olympics are almost over, and it's been a hell of a ride.
(02/22/18 2:00pm)
For many Penn students, Reading is just the name of the farmers’ market on the opposite side of the Schuylkill. (Note: It’s pronounced Redding. It’s the fifth–largest city in Pennsylvania. The more you know). But one Penn alum holds Reading dear to his heart, so much so that he’s making a TV pilot based around the city.
(02/13/18 6:31am)
Penn is the university that never sleeps. I live in a hall with 29 other people, and I doubt that there has ever been a moment when all of us were asleep. Coursework, extracurriculars, parties, and workouts combine to shape a uniquely packed schedule for each of us. People are generally left to their own devices to squeeze some sleep in between their commitments, resulting in vastly different sleep patterns.
(02/22/18 2:00pm)
In today's post–Serial world, podcasting has reached an ubiquity that few saw coming. It stands to reason that the podcast boom would make its way to Penn. Here are just a few of Penn's podcasters, whether they're academic departments, individual students, or...Career Services? The more you know.
(02/23/18 2:00pm)
It’s time to clear out your room and sell your stuff. You write a quick post on the Penn Free & For Sale Facebook group to look for people willing to pay for your garbage—a very boring list of mattresses, drawers, clothes racks, and Tupperware. Then you come across…these. There's some weird shit on the Free & For Sale group. This is just the start.
(01/20/18 5:05am)
When I wiped out my entire Twitter feed to exterminate my fangirl past before I could follow any Penn people, of course, no one noticed. But on August 18, 2017, when country–turned–pop juggernaut Taylor Swift wiped everything from all of her social media, it was as if the entire internet was turned on its head. This was the single biggest publicity stunt Taylor did to promote her sixth studio album Reputation. Such is the power of Taylor Swift.
(01/17/18 3:25am)
Around the holiday season every year, several movies that have yet to make it on Blu–Ray hit the internet, bearing titles like “2017.DVDScr.XVID.AC3.HQ.Hive-CM8.” You may be wondering: where the fuck are these files coming from? Glad you asked.
(10/10/17 10:38pm)
Warning: LOTS of spoilers ahead. #sorrynotsorry.