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(01/17/18 2:52am)
Ever since my freshman year, Shoutouts have been one of my favorite parts of Street (Ed. note: bye bye Shoutouts). Every time the biannual issue comes out, I pore through it, hoping to find a juicy reference to decipher or a Shoutout I wrote to friends. Last fall, before I could even open the Shoutouts issue for myself, my friends bombarded me with texts about a Shoutout that they thought was about me. It read: “To my hot blonde Econ TA: It would be pareto optimal for us to hook up.”
(11/10/16 9:29am)
It is highly unlike me to make political statements, but I can’t stay quiet. I am devastated. I am devastated because it is small rural towns like the one I am from, where racism and ignorance is deep seated, that made key states like Pennsylvania red this election cycle. I have grown up around the hateful rhetoric that prevailed this election cycle, and I am ashamed and disappointed in myself for every time I came home from college and remained silent in the presence of this dialogue. I realize now that these comments were not harmless, but reflected a fundamental ignorance in our country that almost all of us underestimated. This is not to shame the rural population or my hometown; these are my friends, family, loved ones, and some of the hardest workers and smartest people I have ever met. However, people fear what they do not know, and growing up in a rural area can make you extremely insulated from the rest of the population. I realize how incredibly privileged I am to have had the opportunity to travel, live abroad, and engage with many people of different races, religions, and backgrounds. Had my circumstances been different, I may have different views than I do today.
(09/17/16 1:04pm)
If you Google almost any health–related claim, chances are you will find some illegitimate scientific study to back it up. After all, it’s 2016 and there are still people that are adamant that you shouldn’t vaccinate your children. In 2007, Philadelphia runner Eric Fiedler discovered a study conducted by Dr. Manuel Castillo at the University of Granada, Spain, that claimed: “At least in healthy, young adults, beer in moderate amounts is as effective as water for rehydration and recovery after exercise.” While running in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Fiedler and a friend decided to test Dr. Castillo’s study by stopping for beers at the end of the run. The Fishtown Beer Runners club was consequently born.
(07/28/16 2:57am)
It all began with a photograph of myself at a fraternity rush event, riding a shirtless pledge as if he were a horse (with an Indiana Jones-esque cowboy hat to boot). Being the millennial that I am, I immediately thought to myself, “This needs to be shared with my closest friends, acquaintances, and that really funny guy that I only met one time but who always comments on my Instagrams.” Sending the photo to one of my multiple group chats with friends felt cumbersome and awkward. However, the photograph was much too risque to post on Instagram or Facebook, for the eyes of family, love interests, frenemies and potential employers. Consequently, my finsta was born. I was now free to share my victory lap in the triple crown of fraternity hazing.
(06/23/16 9:00am)
In February, Penn announced a 3.9 percent tuition increase for the 2016-2017 academic year. The new total cost of attendance: $66,000.
(06/06/16 8:31pm)
Some people may argue that there's nothing worse than going through a breakup. Those people are wrong. There's nothing worse than going through a breakup with a shitty playlist. Luckily, Street has some music suggestions for all of your post-relationship woes.
(06/02/16 3:18am)
Perhaps between spring fling, finals, formal season and senior week, the last thing to cross your mind was finding a job for the summer. Maybe your altruism or passion for politics or sheer desperation led you to accept an unpaid internship. Either way, June is here, and you don’t have enough to make cover at Gilded Lily (or, if we’re being honest, at Smoke's). Luckily for you, Street scoured Craigslist for the best of the worst last minute summer employment options. (Ed. note: these are actually real Craigslist ads. The world is a crazy place, folks.)