Word on the Street

The other day a friend tweeted “What if I wrote one page every day for my 20 page paper due Dec. 21?
December 2, 2010 at 4:45 am

So I’ve never registered for classes during advanced registration before. No, seriously. I’ve always miraculously either slept through advanced registration or procrastinated to the point of Real–Housewives–of–D.C.–reunion–show oblivion, and watched advanced registration period become a blip in the distant past.
November 18, 2010 at 5:17 am

On Thursday, October 14th, popcorn saved my life.
November 11, 2010 at 3:30 am

Seven months away from graduation, and I’m starting to stress about leaving the comfort of the Penn nest.
November 4, 2010 at 3:50 am

I suppose I should begin this tirade with an admission. Despite the fact that I am in possession of a rather acute British accent, and despite the fact that I am constantly extolling the virtues of my Middle–Eastern background, I am, well, an American.
October 28, 2010 at 3:06 am

As a Californian, I’ve been made pretty happy here by the sheer novelty of Ivy League architecture and the concept of seasons.
October 21, 2010 at 4:20 am

I’ve gotten to the point in my college career where it would be wholly more efficient and cost effective if I just kept a constant intravenous flow of caffeine straight into my bloodstream.
October 14, 2010 at 3:42 am

When you go out, do you: a) have fun with your friends, or b) snap pictures on your cell phone to post on Facebook?
September 30, 2010 at 4:45 am

I walked in to room 329 of the Anthropology department a little late on the first day of classes. Sure, it was a little unsettling that everyone around me looked prepubescent, but I just assumed I was feeling a little more senior than usual. It wasn’t until the professor asked how we were finding freshman year that I realized: I was in a freshman seminar.
September 23, 2010 at 5:00 am

“When is it appropriate to say hello to someone because they’re wearing a Penn sweatshirt?” I asked a friend this summer while we ate dinner at a sidewalk cafe in New York.
September 16, 2010 at 3:27 am

April has been a month of lasts. Last week, I suffered my final round of college midterms. This past weekend I took my last day stumble through a Flinged-out Quad.
April 22, 2010 at 2:02 am

There is nothing like a spell of clement weather to bring out the uncompromising Brit within. Every day I wake up with Al (as in Roker) and depend on his soothing voice to dictate my choice of attire and more importantly, my mood.
April 14, 2010 at 11:30 pm

Last week at our Passover Seder my family got into a political discussion (read: screaming match). Someone brought up Israel and before you knew it Grandma was foaming at the mouth yelling something about Palestine.
April 8, 2010 at 3:11 am

I’m a census nerd. I always have been. Plenty of people love the Constitution, so I don’t really understand why there aren’t more losers like me.
April 1, 2010 at 1:06 am

It’s been almost four years of midterms, finals and more papers than I’ll ever remember writing.
March 25, 2010 at 2:00 am

The end of spring break means different things for different people. For some, it’s a chance to venture through West Philadelphia without a heavy jacket again.
March 18, 2010 at 12:49 am

ChatRoulette is completely insane. When you press play and your web cam turns on, you enter a land of utter and complete crackpot madness.
February 25, 2010 at 12:08 am

When I tell people that I’m from Buffalo, NY I get two inaccurate responses: “that’s cool!” and “it’s cold there.” These people have never lived in Buffalo because it is neither cool nor cold.
February 18, 2010 at 12:50 am

I walked into a seminar last week and no one had any paper. We’d all read the PDF’s uploaded to Blackboard, but no one had bothered to print them out.
February 10, 2010 at 8:46 pm

I look both ways before I cross the street. Twice. No, this is not a metaphor for a paralyzing fear of the world, nor is it a commentary on the nature of Philly cab drivers.
February 3, 2010 at 11:51 pm