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A Night of Mystery Shopping

The bartender caught me staring, again. 

Letter from the Dining Guide Editor

I think a lot about food.

Letter from the Entertainment Guide Editor

Penn, a warm (though belated) welcome back to campus. 

Everything You Need to Know About Wizard World Comic Con

Comic Con. Whether it's a mainstay of your geeky high school years or a phenomenon you've only seen on TV, here's your chance to get in on the action in Philadelphia. 

Letter from the Penn 10 Editor

Growing up, I was really shy.

Penn 10: Krisna Maddy

Krisna Maddy (C ‘18) has a mixtape. 

Letter From the Dining Guide Editor

I have a complicated love affair with cooking.

Root: If 'Mad Men' Were a Restaurant

“It’s much more of a ‘Mad Men’ feel over there,” our waitress at Suraya tells us while we get ready to walk over to Root Restaurant and Wine Bar. We are on a Greg Root mission today, determined to try both of his Fishtown restaurants: Suraya for brunch and Root for dinner. Luckily, they’re only a five minute walk from each other.

Beer Made with Frothy Love at Urban Brewing Village Company

On a Thursday night, there’s a conglomeration of people around: college kids, families with baby strollers, dinner dates, and groups of friends reuniting over beers. My friend and I walk in and come eye–to–eye with treasure chest piled full of board games. We look at each other and smile—here it is, Urban Village Brewing Company, a true neighborhood brewery.

Lip–smacking Lebanese Food Awaits You at Suraya

There’s a sprawling, steel light fixture that encompasses the majority of Suraya’s cafe area. It’s the first thing we notice when we walk in, and my friend and I stop to admire the cozy glow emanating from the hanging bulbs. Still, in the daytime, they’re hardly necessary; the place—all 12,000 feet of it—is flooded with light from the stretch of windows that overlook a row of quirky, multi–colored Fishtown townhouses. 

Meet Penn's Resident Student Tattoo Artist

Kelly Sullivan is a second year PhD student in developmental stem cell and regenerative biology. She’s also a tattoo artist with four tattoos of her own, three of which she did herself.  She’s been drawing tattoos for herself and her close friends for around two years now, since she was 23, but her artistry has been with her since she was a little girl. “I’ve been doing art for pretty much my whole life, ever since I was six years old,” she says, swirling a spoon in her cappuccino. “A lot of the subject matter has kind of stayed the same. It’s a product of boredom—I get a lot of weird hobbies all the time.”

Five Penn Clubs You Should Join Next Semester

There are more than 650 clubs on campus, which means there’s really a club for anything. Not all are SAC funded, which involves a two–year waiting period after a club’s inception, but even without university funding, many of these groups have been colonizing and growing.  To start a group at Penn, all you really have to do is log on to Groups Online at Penn and register. After an administrator reviews your application, you’re in. Sounds too good to be true, huh?

Walnut Street Café: From Cold Brew to Cocktails

Ceiling to floor windows, gold accents, and clean, straight lines: this is what you see when you walk into Walnut Street Café. 

How Students with Criminal Records Get Into Penn

It was an excruciatingly hot day in Mississippi. The kind of day that called for ice cream and soda in a sweating paper cup. The kind of day that called for McDonald's.

Civic Duty: An Agency of Change on Penn’s Campus

  Sitting next door to the St. Mary’s Church, directly across from Rodin College House, is Penn’s Civic House. It’s easy to miss if you’re walking by: the front of the house is shrouded in trees, with a few steel tables and chairs along the walkway up to the front porch, where a banner with "CIVIC HOUSE" painted across it hangs. Despite its 20-year history on Penn’s campus, the house is a bit of a mystery to many students. Those who are involved with Civic House dedicate a considerable amount of time to the multitude of initiatives and programs based there, including internships with community organizations, tutoring opportunities on and off campus, and alternative spring and winter break trips that center around domestic community service opportunities. 

Penn's Most Eligible Bachelorettes

All the single ladies? Well, some of 'em. We asked you to nominate Penn's Most Eligible Bachelorettes, and after much discussion, deliberation, and a fair amount of Facebook–stalking, the results are in. These ladies are smart, savvy, and single—so hey, at least you've got a chance.

The Key to Penn

NSO: The Breakdown

Summer came like a hit and run and fall is swinging into our periphery, which means New Student Orientation (NSO) is about to commence. In addition to being a great weeklong examination of the amazing drunken feats of freshmen, NSO is also a wonderful time to take advantage of all the school–sanctioned (i.e. FREE) activities that pop up during the week. This year, get hype—not just for the Bankers and beer pong, but for the following NSO classics.

Mother Knows Best: Moms in TV through the Years

Mom, mommy, mother—no matter what you call her, you’ve probably had your ups and downs with her. With Mother’s Day coming up (kinda), it’s time to pay homage to the women in our life who have raised us up and dealt with us through our terrible adolescent angst. In TV especially, mothers have gone through quite a transformation through the years. Once only depicted as the nurturing homemakers, now some badass moms grace the screen: running households and taking no shit while they're at it. From nurturing to neurotic, here is a round–up of the most memorable TV mothers. Pay special attention to the gradual shift in representation of women in the household as the decades change.

What to Do When The Condom Breaks

The panic rises from your stomach, shakes in your chest. It's the morning after. And you don't know what to do.