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The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending March 27th

The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz: Seven simple questions about the week that was. Are you a newser … or a loser?

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Why Frat Scandals at Penn State and Elsewhere Actually Matter

It was awful when we discovered that a Penn State fraternity had allegedly been posting pictures of nude, unconscious college women on a secret Facebook […]

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Mo’ne Davis Just Wrote the Book on Twitter Trolls

By now, I’m used to Mo’ne Davis making me feel bad about myself. At 13, she throws a 70 miles-per-hour fastball, has been on the […]

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Jimmy Rollins: Out of Philadelphia, I’m Now “Free”

Last year, Jimmy Rollins passed Mike Schmidt for the most hits in Phillies history. I happened to attend the next day. Rollins led off. He […]

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Why Starbucks’ #RaceTogether Campaign Flopped

  Last week, in a fantastic advertising campaign disguised as a social initiative, Starbucks launched #RaceTogether, encouraging employees at 12,000 U.S. locations to write “Race […]

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How a Bagless Bissell Vacuum Cleaner Changed My Life

I have a long and checkered relationship with vacuum cleaners. Such simple appliances, yet they can cause such angst. You plug one in, you run […]

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When Murder Turns Us Into Monsters

Last week, I spent the majority of my time reporting on the murder of Jim Stuhlman, an unarmed 51-year-old man who was shot dead on […]

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Confession: I Hate Spring in Philadelphia

I woke up on Friday morning with a distinct, creeping sense of dread. The kind of dread that makes you afraid to open your eyes, […]

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Bruno Lives!

God, what a winter. And then, on the first day of spring, we got hit with this? No wonder the whole city’s in a foul […]

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The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz for the Week Ending March 20th

The Phillymag.com Pop Quiz: Seven simple questions about the week that was. Are you a newser … or a loser?

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Who Cares About Student Athletes’ Grades?

As the NCAA’s three-week run of March Madness begins, it’s time to talk about basketball student-athlete … academic fraud? Syracuse University has not been included in […]

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3 Thoughts From the Mini-Riot at the Policing Town Hall

Three thoughts following Thursday night’s mini-riot at the policing town hall at Lawncrest Recreation Center. 1. Brandon Tate-Brown’s family said on Thursday they didn’t want to […]

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No, It’s Not Time to Abolish Fraternities

It was a bright spring day in New York City. And the doorman was just minding his own business, watching the traffic go by on […]

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5 Reasons You Should Root for Villanova in the NCAA Tournament

I like Villanova’s basketball team. I realize this is not a popular opinion for all basketball fans in Philly. Villanova is the Duke of the […]

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Should We Ban Fraternities? Or Just Watch Them Destroy Themselves?

At this point, we probably shouldn’t bother pretending that we’re shocked by the news coming out of Penn State. (Which is unfortunate, as shock makes […]