Street Book Club: American Pastoral
Book: American Pastoral by Philip Roth
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Book: American Pastoral by Philip Roth
America’s first family is back. But their last name isn’t Obama, Trump or even Bush. It’s Bluth.
Street: Do you have a favorite meme from the Official Unofficial Penn Squirrel Catching Club?
Street: Do you have a favorite meme from the Official Unofficial Penn Squirrel Catching Club?
Hit it: Summer Curfews
We get it, Gretchen, your dad is the inventor of Toaster Strudel. But are you realllllllllly putting your best Stuart Weitzman–clad foot forward when your fun fact at your SPEC Connaissance meeting icebreaker consists entirely of the fact that your parents donated one of the shitty study lounges in the quad?
The famed Penn news source “Unofficial Official Penn Squirrel Catching Club” features some heavily circulated memes about Penn’s concerning lack of mental health infrastructure. Though funny, the memes are getting at something important. And our mental health concerns can't disappear over the summer. With the stress of moving, new routines and transitions to work or back home, summer can seriously suck. Street is here to give you some tips on how to take care of yourself this summer, no matter what you're up to.
With June, better known as Pride Month, almost over, Street conferred with Thomas Calder (C'20) to talk about his reactions to his inaugural pride, even in the Trump era. Thomas Calder is living in Philly this summer and attended some of the city's Pride celebrations the weekend of June 16. Thomas walked us through the all–important process of picking the right events, outfit and entourage for Pride.
Alexis Masino (C'20) chose to spend two months of her summer to work in Calcutta, India, with a sex workers' collective. The social work program, headed by Penn's graduate school of Social Work, sent a cohort to India to study feminist texts, work directly in Songachi, one of the world's largest red–light districts, and to live like locals. Alexis explained this unorthodox program to Street (Ed. note: we commend her resourcefulness in finding wifi).
Since the most recent election, Penn has gained a new representative in government other than POTUS—Louis Lin (C’20). He will serve as a Judge of Elections in Philadelphia’s 27th ward, the zone in which Penn falls, as a Democrat.
Hanna Yang (W’21) is a polymath. She excels at painting, aced the SAT and curates the hell out of her Instagram. The native of Downingtown, PA received ED admission to Wharton. But with that admission comes a culture shock, or at least a bit of change. Street spoke to Hanna about what she thinks life at Penn will be like (ed. note: truth be told, Street still doesn’t know. Penn is full of surprises.).
Penn students don’t tend to have a lot of free time. And if they do, it’s probably spent sleeping. But during the summer, the introduction of new leisure time brings an opportunity to do something many of us haven’t done in years—read.
Rohan Shah (E ’19) has created one of the most buzzed–about startups at Penn and in the financial world. His venture, Slice Capital, will be unveiled in about a month.
It’s a sunny Saturday morning in Harnwell. You’re expecting a call from the cute guy/girl you met at Smokes’ last night. But your roommate is on the landline with her loudmouth mom—this could take a while.
On an otherwise unremarkable Tuesday, I felt the need to bring academic masochism to an entirely new level. How? By staying in one of the most sophisticated academic buildings in the world (and my personal hell) for 24 hours. Straight. Don't try this at home.
It's only April. Okay, it's only the start of April. Many of us still aren't sure what we're doing this summer-—and that's okay. Take some deep breaths, whip out your laptop, and scroll through these handy sites to snag that dream internship. You don't even have to leave your bed. Take that, OCR.
It’s easy to break an iPhone screen. But in a city like Philadelphia and at a school like Penn, it’s even easier to get it fixed.
You can change the world with the change in your pocket, thanks to an online–based giving platform called Good St.
This Federal Donuts outpost has quite a few things going for it before you even step in the door: it takes Fed ‘Nuts’ famous chicken, uses the scraps and converts them into stock. The stock is then used to make the eponymous soups. The restaurant doesn’t carry its parent company’s trademark fried chicken or donuts, but it does live up to the quality comfort food reputation. In addition, their mission statement is that “100% of our profits go to support vulnerable Philadelphians through Broad Street Ministry’s Hospitality Collaborative.” This Collaborative supports Philadelphians who are food insecure and serves meals daily (as if you needed another reason to go there).
Love isn’t always all it’s cracked up to be, especially when you add technology and pheromones into the mix. For a well–rounded look at Valentine's Day, Street cut the Hallmark bullshit and spoke to Penn students about their worst experiences with a dating app. From fuckboys to fake profiles to full–on stalking, these are their stories.
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