Word on the Street

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

You know that Ego of the Week question, “There are two types of people at Penn …”? Well, after a little social experiment I took part in these past couple of weeks, I would divide Penn into BlackBerry users and everyone else. It’s no surprise that smartphones took over campus long ago, but I didn’t realize the ubiquity of the BlackBerry in particular until I suddenly found myself without.
January 28, 2010 at 12:41 am

If I had a nickel for every time a Penn student complained that classes started the week before Martin Luther King Day, I could stop using BURSAR.
January 21, 2010 at 1:46 am

When I was a freshman, my Intro to Sociology professor began a lecture with the following question: “By a show of hands, how many of you agree with the statement ‘I am a feminist?’” In a room of over 100 students, only three hands went up.
December 3, 2009 at 12:23 am

I didn’t go to class last week. A disclaimer: I’m not one of those people — the kind who view lectures and seminars as obstacles to “experiencing college.” I love my classes.
November 18, 2009 at 10:29 pm

If, like me, you are silly and female, then you most likely walk home alone in the dead of the West Philadelphian night.
November 12, 2009 at 12:17 am

When I think of Homecoming, I don’t necessarily think of football games or seeing old friends. I don’t think about tailgating or special alumni receptions or anything related to Penn, really. I think of high school dances. You know what I’m talking about.
November 4, 2009 at 7:00 pm

Remember R. Kelly’s soulful jam “I Believe I Can Fly”? It was really big circa 1996. 1996, now that was a good year.
October 28, 2009 at 9:36 pm

I have several nicknames — none of them good — that I would like to share with you: Negative Nancy, Pessimistic Polly, Debbie Downer and Fatty McLovehandles.
October 21, 2009 at 5:36 pm

Last Friday night, a mere 12 hours before I would sit for the impending doom that is also referred to as the LSATs, I called my mom for the requisite night-before-the-exam confidence booster.
October 1, 2009 at 1:10 am

When I was in elementary school, one of my favorite parts of the year was pre-Christmas fundraiser season.
September 23, 2009 at 8:42 pm

New Student Orientation: the best week of the academic year. Giant parties, free (albeit watered-down) booze and no nagging schoolwork to ruin all of your fun.
September 16, 2009 at 10:54 pm

When I was in middle school, folks from the local Christian college came into my English class to convince us not to have sex until we were married.
August 5, 2009 at 10:16 pm

April is my favorite month of the year. Another bleak winter is washed away by daytime showers. All of us who hibernate through the winter come out, and you are able to witness campus waking up from a deep sleep.
April 23, 2009 at 1:21 am