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Would You Let a Robot Put You On?

College students report feeling the greatest disillusionment with dating apps compared to any other group, a shift in opinion that raises questions about the future of what is currently a multi–billion–dollar industry. 



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Why Women Yearn for Male Yearning

Sadie Daniel traces the cultural obsession with men who pine, ache, and stare longingly across rooms—or hockey rinks. Why do women yearn for yearning men?


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Love on the Walls

Sophia Mirabal traces the hairline cracks of Philadelphia’s public art scene in this photo essay on graffiti, monuments, and the small act of meeting love where we find it.


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The LOVE Statue: Love on Command

Laura Gao examines the history of Penn’s LOVE statue, from its controversial unveiling on College Green in 1999 to its role today as a focal point for protests, vigils, and student life.


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Rethinking Remains at the Mütter Museum

Saanvi Ram explores how Philadelphia’s Mütter Museum navigates ethical debates over human remains, consent, and repatriation. Examining the Postmortem Project and the museum’s 2025 human remains policy, she unpacks the tension between bioethics and museological ethics shaping the future of this historic medical museum.



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What if These Worlds Were Within Us?

Old City’s latest art exhibition is playful, dreamy, and modernist, featuring Aitor Lajarin–Encina’s Flora, Fauna, and Furniture and we call the moon the people’s wife, in collaboration with Vox Populi. 


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Running Away to Alaska

Jules Lingenfelter reflects on a summer spent on the final frontier, her encounters there, her revisions of self, and what she fled from in the first place. 


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Street’s 2026 Grammy Predictions

If you’re anything like Street writers, you already have a lineup of predicted winners you’re ready to bet on; our roster features Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, Olivia Dean, and more. Read to find out why, and drop us a line if you disagree—we’re ready to battle it out.


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Put Your Phone Away

Who would have thought? No phones make a show–going experience so much better. Gregory Alan Isakov delivered a captivating, all the more resonant performance at The Met in Philadelphia.



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Learn on the Job

In an increasingly dynamic startup world, some Penn students wonder whether higher education is necessary to keep up.



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OCD Online

These mental health influencers have the Internet obsessed, one reel at a time.