Campus Life

What’s wrong with kids today? It’s a question that has followed us from our jelly shoe-clad childhoods, to our MTV/TRL/TGIF loving adolescence, to our Not-Penn-State and definitely Not-Berkeley-circa-1960 University of Pennsylvania.
April 8, 2009 at 10:53 pm

Street: There are two types of people at Penn... Dean Tye: Kids who like Animaniacs and kids who don’t like Animaniacs.
April 1, 2009 at 11:58 pm

Jackie Backer Favorite designers: Givenchy, Acne and Proenza Schouler Favorite Philly boutiques: The Salvation Army on 21st and Market Definition of your personal style: Miss Piggy meets Woody Allen Definition of Penn style: BlackBerrys, logos and pajama pants Favorite item of clothing: My gold beatle boots or things that don’t match. If you could be in any fashionable city in the world, where would that be? Stockholm or Tokyo Veliz Perez Favorite designers: Yves Saint Lauren, Alexander McQueen, Manoush, Ralph Lauren and anything Chanel Favorite Philly boutiques: Joan Shepp, Adresse, EchoChic Definition of your personal style: Class, sass and grandmother chic Favorite item of clothing: Vintage clip-on earrings If you could be in any fashionable city in the world, where would that be? Paris — brie and red wine in hand.
April 1, 2009 at 11:52 pm

I went to Mecca last year. I skipped out on a couple of Friday classes, packed a backpack with a change of clothes, and hopped on a train to New York.
April 1, 2009 at 7:23 pm

I recently asked a friend if she knew a guy I’d met. “I think so,” she said confusedly. “Oh wait, no.
March 25, 2009 at 8:51 pm

A car sits motionless. Onlookers walk by. Drivers pass, unable to help and unable to stop. The oxidized metal burns orange under the daylight.
March 25, 2009 at 8:28 pm

Street: Tell us about your work as the director of Community Schools Student Partnerships. Blanchard Diavua: We are a community orientated student organization that tutors and mentors K-12 grade students in West Philadelphia schools after the regular school day.
March 25, 2009 at 8:25 pm

After six days of training in Maryland, one month of “freedomizing” lesson plans, and three days of Trading Spaces-esque classroom setup, I donned my uniform t-shirt and boarded the 10 Trolley West.
March 25, 2009 at 8:20 pm

I discovered at the tender age of five that I was in possession of a very vivid imagination. I never hung upside down on a jungle gym, but rather from a tight rope in the middle of a floating circus in the sky.
March 19, 2009 at 2:47 am

Originally started by two Philadelphia bike messengers frustrated with their bags, R.E.Load Baggage has grown from a service spread by word-of-mouth to a company that sells their bags in bike stores all over the country.
March 19, 2009 at 12:07 am

Want to get started on a two-wheeled life of your own? There are plenty of places right in West Philly that can help.
March 18, 2009 at 11:59 pm

Mountain Bikes There is no reason for someone to ride a mountain bike on our effectively mountain-less campus.
March 18, 2009 at 11:55 pm

Street: When you’re not on a bike, you’re most likely...? Bob Goldman: Doing yoga, or eating, or both. Street: There are two types of people at Penn.
March 18, 2009 at 11:51 pm

As the garbage trucks roll through West Philadelphia at 6:30 a.m., John MacDuffie Woodburn is roaming the streets on his bike. Might this guy on a bicycle be your new garbage man? Woodburn is the founder and director of the Pedal Co-Op, a Philadelphia company that performs trash pick-up, composting, and deliveries for small businesses — all on two wheels. The idea is about going green: in performing these daily duties by bike, the aim is to reduce the harmful effects hulking garbage trucks have on the environment each day.
March 18, 2009 at 11:45 pm

Each team has five players on the track at a time — three blockers and one pivot play defense, and the sole “jammer” is able to score.
February 26, 2009 at 1:45 am

College senior Mike Zorger knows how to work under pressure. Whether overseeing SPEC Connaissance as its director or selecting distinguished movers-and-shakers for a university-wide audience (what up, Madeleine Albright), he has what it takes to make moves on campus. Street: What’s your favorite thing about being on SPEC? Mike Zorger: Doling out your tuition money like it’s my job.
February 26, 2009 at 1:43 am

Street: How did you get your start? Euro Trash: I went to the first Philly Roller Girl bout ever and fell in love. Street: What’s your day job?
February 26, 2009 at 1:41 am

The roller derby dates back to 1922, with the track-style races drawing crowds to witness the multi-day events.
February 26, 2009 at 1:38 am

For students who develop a Big Three inferiority complex as soon as acceptance letters roll in, the desire to perpetuate a “Work hard, play harder” Social Ivy image seems contradictory.
February 25, 2009 at 11:57 pm

As I write this, there are several other things I could, or rather should, be doing. I should, for example, be writing my 10-page paper (D-Day minus 2), doing my 200 pages of reading (D-Day minus 1) or studying for my midterm (D-Day minus 4). What I should not be doing is watching reruns of Full House or taking multiple naps.
February 18, 2009 at 10:43 pm