Word on the Street

We asked real Penn students to tell us their 2015 New Year’s resolutions. Here’s what they said...
January 16, 2015 at 7:26 am

“A system cannot fail those who it was never meant to protect.” -W. E. B. DuBois
November 25, 2014 at 10:17 pm

There are benefits to ditching the scene and finding fulfilling activities outside the realm of bouncers and bartenders.
November 20, 2014 at 2:22 am

The summer before coming to Penn, I would have considered myself halfway out of the closet.
November 13, 2014 at 1:45 am

4 a.m. fears rarely stand to reason in the morning light. The irrational insecurities that race through your brain, colliding like cars on the Autobahn, slow down as the sun comes up.
November 6, 2014 at 3:16 am

Penn students could all benefit from being a little less afraid of our neighborhood. 
October 30, 2014 at 3:45 am

A pre–frosh recently asked me what my least favorite part of Penn is. My immediate answer was housing.
October 23, 2014 at 9:06 am

There’s no denying that at a school like Penn every minute is working overtime, and even then there never seems to be enough time.
October 16, 2014 at 2:43 am

For the majority of my generation, the Harry Potter series conjures memories of magical childhood nights lined up outside of Barnes and Noble and heated debates about which Hogwarts house you would be in.
October 1, 2014 at 11:32 pm

I have, over the course of the last few years at Penn, occasionally left my jacket behind at a party.
September 23, 2014 at 9:28 pm

September 11, 2014 at 12:13 am

Your life, cropped and filtered. 
September 1, 2014 at 4:47 pm

Better than coffee runs and Bank of America.
July 31, 2014 at 8:14 am

And you can, too.
July 17, 2014 at 9:23 am

Remembering an alumnus, leader and friend.
June 26, 2014 at 10:26 am

At the beginning of this summer, I made a 78–item to do list. Tasks ranged from the mundane (email academic advisor) to the absolutely critical (bikini wax ASAP) to the unlikely to receive a check mark (run half marathon). The List (one of many) is part of my Five Year Plan, an ambitious—probably cocky—set of goals which include drafting a novel before turning twenty two, getting into a top law school, and deferring the offer for a year or two participate in a fellowship abroad that fuses human rights research with journalism.
June 5, 2014 at 6:20 am

I think our understanding of a “general education” needs an update. Living World and Formal Reasoning are, in theory, useful subject matters.
April 17, 2014 at 9:30 am

It’s 1 a.m. on Thursday morning and I’m sandwiched between a mirrored wall and four drag queens at a booth in an empty gay bar.
April 10, 2014 at 9:12 am

Last Thursday, Penn released its regular admission decisions for the class of 2018. Only 9.9% of the 35,868 applicants were accepted.
April 3, 2014 at 8:21 am

Penn breeds Winners. Every hour of every day, we’re Achieving and becoming Leaders. And it never stops. 6–8 a.m., we’re competing for the title of “Woke Up Earliest to Do Homework.” 9–11 a.m., the game is on for “Has Too Much Class to Eat Breakfast.” 12–3 p.m., “Spent the Longest Amount of Time at Pottruck.” 4–6 p.m., “Too Much Volunteering to Eat Dinner.” 7–9 p.m., “Finished Lab Report Before Pregame.” 10–12 a.m., “Took Most Shots Without Blacking Out.” 1–3 a.m., “Stayed Out the Latest, No FOMO.” 4–6 a.m., “Slept the Least.” We just can’t stop competing, against our friends and ourselves.
March 27, 2014 at 8:51 am