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Campus Life

How Percy Jackson Helped Me Face My “Fatherless” Reality

Thank you, Rick Riordan 

by KIRA WANG

Ego of the Week: Jacob Dubner

Meet the pre-med student combatting global health disparities (and trying to cure cancer).

by JULIA DAVIES

A City of Poets

A conversation with former Philadelphia Youth Poets Laureate Husnaa Hashim (C’22) and Wes Matthews (C’23) 

by NICK PLANTE

Liz Seibert: Full-Time Model, TikTok Star, Penn Student. In That Order.

Meet the international relations major who deferred her acceptance to pursue a modeling career.

by JULIA DAVIES

YouTube Star Domonique Cynthia on Opening the Door Wider

Meet the Wharton junior who goes on college tours every week.

by NICK PLANTE

My Fight as a FGLI Student

For the past three years, I’ve had to combat impostor syndrome, internalized inadequacy and classism. 

by TYIRA BUNCHE

Jay Falk on the Power of the Youth Vote

Meet the founder of the High School Voter Project.

by JULIA DAVIES

Jonathan Webb, Black Comic

Jonathan (C'21) is ambitious with a morbid sense of humor: finance internships aside, his ultimate dream is stardom.

by TAMSYN BRANN

Alyson del Pino on Finding a Home in the Kelly Writer's House

Meet the student—artist with a passion for Zines, hand-set printing and material texts.

by JULIA DAVIES

Simi Ayinde on Educational Empowerment

Meet the Chief-of-Staff of the ACLP Future Scholars Program

by JULIA DAVIES

Meet Professor Simensky and Her World of Animation

The Bugs Bunny-quoting, cartoon obsessed Cinema Studies professor is entering her eighth year of teaching at Penn—and her second as Head of Content for PBS Kids

by NICK PLANTE

Dine–In Guide Fall 2020

From the kitchen to the couch, Street's first–ever Dine–In Guide has you covered.

by 34TH STREET MAGAZINE

Ego of the Week: Allie Shapiro

Meet the tour guide, baker, restaurant connoisseur, entrepreneur and lifelong lover of food.

by JULIA DAVIES

Meet Mia Van der Meer, the Penn Senior and Le Cordon Bleu Chef

A look into Mia Van der Meer’s (C'21) year of taste testing

by NICK PLANTE

Ego of the Week: Carson Eckhard

This senior is shining a light on our history and brightening our future.

by NICK PLANTE

Letter from the Editor 09.19.2020: For Ruth

“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” —RBG

by TAMSYN BRANN

Rewriting My Undergraduate Experience

How staying home during fall 2020 allowed me to re-imagine my future

by KESHAVA KATTI

The People Behind the Petitions

Creating change with Jessica Reiner (C’21) and Professor Eric Orts

by NICK PLANTE

Branching Out, Starting Conversations

Members of the Lotus Collective discuss their activism in Philadelphia. 

by FERNANDA BRIZUELA

The Defining Decade: A Penn Love Story

And it all started with a mock finance interview.

by JULIA DAVIES

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