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If you’re a really ambitious crafter, you can buy wire, beads and pliers at a craft store to create earrings, rings, bracelets and necklaces for the women in your life.
December 3, 2009 at 1:52 am

How to: Make a personalized shot glass... Step 1: Buy a shot glass and several tubes of paint (or paint pens). We found a set of six shot glasses (along with a handy decanter) at the Restaurant School at Walnut Hill College’s gift shop ($11.99) and two tubes of fluorescent paint from Urban Outfitters ($8). Step 2: Decorate the shot glass with artistic flourishes or pithy sayings. Step 3: Let the painted glass dry for 24 hours. Step 4: Bake the shot glass in the oven for 40 minutes.
December 3, 2009 at 1:45 am

Summer may seem far, far away, but the clock is ticking on those internship applications. Penn has tons of valuable resources to help you obtain internships and research jobs, and make some dough along the way.
November 18, 2009 at 11:16 pm

Calling All Top Chef Wannabes Can’t find the elective class you’re looking for in the course register?
November 18, 2009 at 11:06 pm

In a category all its own, the Excelano Project is Penn’s only spoken word poetry collective. The intensity and passion behind their performances go far beyond spoken word, poetry or prose, reaching into every niche of human emotion — from humor and joy to profound sadness and loss.
November 12, 2009 at 12:52 am

Notorious for collaborating with one another, these groups say they’re just friends, but we think it’s something more... Penn Glee Club @Penn Dance: “We love working with them.
November 12, 2009 at 12:49 am

Strictly Funk: This group stays true to its name by providing Penn with a range of hip hop, jazz, free-styling, lyrical, breaking, locking and funk moves.
November 12, 2009 at 12:45 am

Atma: Penn’s all-female South Asian a cappella group's got soul, something they express not only with their name, but also with their sultry blend of South Asian and mainstream music.
November 12, 2009 at 12:40 am

For those talented few on campus, performing arts groups like Penn Dhamaka and Pennaach provide outlets for guys and girls to let loose.
November 12, 2009 at 12:37 am

Still not sure what to do with Mom and Dad? Don’t worry! Penn has tons of visitor-friendly goings on this weekend.
November 5, 2009 at 12:29 am

Ask any fashionista what they’re doing at noon on any given day, and the answer will be a resounding, overwhelming “GILT!” The online sample site Gilt Groupe has blossomed in the past year, and boasts pieces from some of fashion’s top names at up to 70% off retail.
November 5, 2009 at 12:28 am

Homecoming is rife with reminders: we are reminded how fun school spirit can be, how ridiculous 35-year-old, balding investment bankers look while trying to relive their glory days and most importantly of our ancient rivalry with Princeton.
November 5, 2009 at 12:25 am

Matt Selman, C’93, a writer for The Simpsons and Seinfeld, was the editor of our very own 34th Street Magazine. Is it a coincidence that he’s written for two of the most hilarious and successful sitcoms ever?
November 5, 2009 at 12:20 am

College life is messy. And things get especially messy around Halloween. Fake blood and brains, sticky candy and trick-or-treat pranks can leave your place looking scary come November 1.
October 28, 2009 at 11:26 pm

Sure, it’s fun getting wasted and dressing up in a skanky costume for Halloween, but it’s also okay to indulge the intellectual Penn student lurking under that Party Ivy facade.
October 28, 2009 at 11:24 pm

With Halloween just a few days away, there’s no lack of scary entertainment. But sometimes reruns of Friday the 13th just won’t cut it.
October 28, 2009 at 11:18 pm

Have you ever asked yourself where the visionary founder of our fine university lived during his time in Philadelphia?
October 21, 2009 at 8:34 pm

Museum hopping is a dangerous business. It can cost you some serious dough to be an art devotee, and at school your resources are limited.
October 21, 2009 at 6:23 pm

If you don’t have your own printer, the eight cents per page at Van Pelt can really add up. Those extra pennies are so not worth it when you can print for free at these places: The LGBT Center From Spruce, the LGBT Center can be accessed via a walkway between Gregory College House and 3905 Spruce. English department office (in Fisher-Bennett Hall) Technically your copying should be English-related, but as long as you’re not copying Spanish homework or problem sets, you should be fine. Engineering buildings Computer labs in Towne M62, M70 and Moore 100 have free black & white printing. Weiss Tech House Printers are located on the second floor of the Graduate Research Wing at 3340 Walnut St.
October 21, 2009 at 6:21 pm

Ever wanted to find out what’s hidden behind those double doors on your way down to Meyerson B1 for your 200-person lecture (read: naptime)? Sorry to spoil the fun, but it’s not Narnia... or is it?
October 8, 2009 at 12:30 am