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Hit it or Quit It: Summer on Campus

Hit it: Summer Curfews Quit it: Philly nightlife Between the mandated curfew for 9–18 year–olds in Philly’s 18th police precinct and the overabundance of summer programs adding to the already–long list of infestations in the Quad, it seems like our beloved corner of the city is shutting down.


Baby Driver is a Blast

Edgar Wright’s latest film, Baby Driver is a high octane heist movie sure to please many audience members this summer. Baby Driver tells the story of Baby, portrayed by Ansel Elgort (Fault in Our Stars), a young, yet talented getaway heist driver for local kingpin Doc (Kevin Spacey). The film starts out with the engines revved up, as an exhilarating heist scene ensues with Baby and a few of his peer robbers (Jon Hamm, Jon Bernthal, Eiza Gonzalez), escaping the cops.


Street Book Club: A Wild Sheep Chase

Book: A Wild Sheep Chase (1982) by Haruki Murakami Recommended by: Cătălina Drăgoi Genre: Magical realism Synopsis that won’t give away the plot: While not necessarily one of the first works that come to mind when thinking of Haruki Murakami, his third novel is arguably the most famous in the “Trilogy of the Rat”. The plot of this relatively short book—approximately 300 pages, depending on which publisher you choose—is rather simple.




Penn Students Celebrate Pride

With June, better known as Pride Month, almost over, Street spoke to Thomas Calder (C'20), who is living in Philly this summer and attended some of the city's Pride celebrations the weekend of June 16. 






Read It and Eat It

When Theater Arts major Olivia Matlin (C'18) described her acting and playwriting style as dark comedy, she wasn't joking.