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(04/24/19 8:00am)
It’s Wednesday, and Eden Harris (E '19) is peeling an orange. She removes the rind and picks at the pith until each slice is clean, then breaks them in half to eat them. We’re talking at the Penn First (First–Generation Low–Income) Town Hall, which is far less formal than it sounds. Today, we’re making lip scrubs out of brown sugar and coconut oil. There are apples and oranges for people to eat on the table, and everyone is making idle chit–chat.
(04/24/19 8:00am)
Emmett Neyman (E '19) finds comfort in groups. He thrives when he’s being social; It’s clear from the way he lights up when he talks about tutoring other engineering students, playing on his Ultimate Frisbee team, or how he tries to fit lunches with prospective students during Quaker Days into his schedule. Even his bright purple t–shirt—branded with the “Penn Engineering” logo—links him to a broader community. For Emmett, the Engineering Quad is his home base, and he couldn’t look more comfortable sitting at a small table in the white marble halls of Towne.
(04/24/19 8:00am)
Erumuse Momoh (C’19) started playing soccer at four years old. He’d been inside his family’s house in Silver Springs, Md., kicking around a ball—maybe a soccer ball, maybe a basketball, maybe one of those toy balls for kids to play with. Somehow, the ball got away from him and he shattered four of his father’s prize vases, leaving only the tallest one—as tall as he is now—intact. His dad walked in, saw the carnage, and carted him off to Little League soccer sign ups around the corner. And, as Erumuse says, “the rest was history.”
(04/24/19 8:00am)
Aadir Khan (C '19) was going to grill some sausages, but he was too busy prepping for his next presentation at the Pentagon, and got sidetracked. This will be his third time presenting there—in the past he’s presented to various organizations within the Department of Defense about Terrorist Financing, the legality of the Enhanced Interrogation Program, and other measures being employed in engagements against ISIS. This next presentation deals with National Emergency Powers. In these presentations, Aadir acts as a representative for the Center of Ethics and Rule of Law—an institution at Penn Law committed to promoting and preserving exactly what its name implies. Aadir has been working for CERL since his sophomore year—so at this point, these Pentagon gigs are commonplace.
(04/24/19 8:00am)
“I’ve only cried tears of pure joy two times in my life: one would be getting into Wharton, and the other would be getting my McKinsey offer,” Isabella Anastasoff (W’ 19) says, raking her hands through her hair, fighting the wind. “I hate to tie my highest high...of Penn to career only,” she insists, while sighing somewhat halfheartedly. I find this admission surprising because she truly loves business.
(04/24/19 8:00am)
No ordinary person would admit they were obsessed with bridges as a kid or filled camera rolls with pictures of interesting–looking fire hydrants. But as Jackson Betz (C ‘19) tells me about his quirky childhood passions, it becomes clear that he was no ordinary kid.
(04/24/19 8:00am)
Scott MacGuidwin’s (C, W '19) cat, Luna, wakes him up in the mornings by licking his face. During the day, Luna roams the halls of Scott’s fraternity house, Sigma Nu. At night, she sleeps in his room.
(04/23/19 7:44pm)
This year is legitimately almost over, and it’s starting to freak me out. As I write this letter, there are two weeks left until the last day of classes. Finals are sneaking up, the seniors are near graduating, and my friend is even getting married at the end of the year.
(04/17/19 4:22am)
Name: Teddy Kurkoski
(04/11/19 2:52am)
What do blood transfusions and puppets have in common? Both are on Susanna Jaramillo's (E' 19) plate this semester.
(04/10/19 5:13am)
Name: Luis Rosario
(04/08/19 5:08pm)
When Emily Cieslak (C '19) first walks into Fisher–Bennett Hall, her outfit demands everyone’s attention. She’s wearing black pants with frayed edges that are ruffled like a skirt, a daring length above her bright red heels. Her top is a thick sweater that is all black except for two sequined roses, the motif of red completed by her lipstick.
(04/03/19 12:34am)
Name: Stephen Damianos
(04/11/19 2:25am)
Professor Paul Rozin never lingers on anything. Every few years, his research takes a new turn, or he decides to teach a different course—and sometimes, he creates his own.
(05/21/19 7:00am)
When walking down Walnut Street, one invariably sees Lululemon, Adidas, and Nike–clad bodies in blacks, blues, pinks, and greys running in unison on treadmills through the windows of Pottruck Health and Fitness Center.When you enter this athletic sanctuary, the clacking of weights strikes your eardrums. Fit, unimpressed men and women scurry past you—off to their workouts. Feet sprinting on treadmills create a harmonized echo.
(04/02/19 1:07am)
What can you do in 5.37 seconds that can make you a world champion? Dana Yi (E '21) is the fastest female Rubik’s Cube solver in the world. She’s participated in 62 competitions, and won 25 bronze, 19 silver, and 11 gold medals. She’s traveled all over the world, spending weeks exploring places from the Eastern seaboard to all across Europe, making international friends in the cubing community along the way.
(04/04/19 2:00pm)
Double counting sector requirements, pass/fail grading, getting into that exclusive seminar—no one understands the frustration of refreshing Penn InTouch during Advance Registration like Arman Ramezani (C, W ’20).
(03/29/19 2:35am)
Name: Scheherbano Rafay
(03/29/19 2:38am)
Maybe it’s because I’m thinking about becoming an English major that I’m so entranced when Professor Deborah Burnham speaks. Maybe it’s because I already love writing. But I have the feeling that Burnham could talk to anyone and get them to love books just as much as she does, which—by the way—is a lot.
(03/20/19 2:33am)
When The Cut’s Anna Delvey piece came out in May 2018, it felt like my birthday. “How Anna Delvey Tricked New York's Party People” chronicled the meteoric rise of scammer Anna Sorokin, whose exploits in the moneyed New York scene belied her total lack of funds. This piece, and the immediate online reaction, ushered in an onslaught of think pieces, dream–casts for movies (the rights were optioned shortly after), and more than a few references to a Penn alum quoted in The Cut’s story.