Lifestyle
More College Students Are Living on Campus
There was a fascinating little statistic tucked into this story in the Sunday Inquirer about residence-hall construction on local colleges. According to Robert Morro, vice […]
Self-Checkout Sucks!
The world is becoming a less civil place, little by little, day by day. We flip off drivers on the Expressway, bellow into our cell […]
The Pains of DIY Dental Care
Some would call it an error in judgment. Others, a miscalculation. Alan Atlas, my dentist, will likely call it “money for the college fund.” The […]
GLAAD Wants Flyer Punished
Wayne Simmonds—one of the new Flyers acquired in this summer’s philosophical realignment made news last week when—during a shootout against the Red Wings—a fan hurled […]
Environmental Report Says Philly’s Air is Dirtier Than We Thought
A report had shown that the greater Philly area had the fifth worst air in the nation with 29 smog days and three red-alert days. […]
Group Protests SEPTA’s Gender Stickers
SEPTA’s monthly passes have a small sticker that indicates whether the rider using the card is male or female. Riders Against Gender Exclusion (RAGE) is […]
John Bolaris Battles Fake John Bolaris on Twitter
Ah, the honeypot—an espionage classic. Last year, Philadelphia weatherman and notorious “socialite” John Bolaris made a bit of a splash in the news when he […]
PECO Fixes Everybody’s Power
Hurricane Irene swept through Philly last weekend leaving 500,000 PECO customers without power. As of last night, PECO had restored power to nearly all 500,000 […]
Poll Shows Half of Pennsylvanians Support Gay Marriage
A Franklin & Marshall College Poll shows that half of Pennsylvanians strongly or somewhat supports a constitutional amendment allowing gay marriage. In 2009, only 42 […]
Marcellus Shale Not as Full of Gas as We Thought
The Marcellus Shale has been the subject of a great deal of recent public discourse. Whether people were talking about the dangers of fracking, the […]
Philly’s Top 10 Drug Corners
Steve Volk has the low-down on the (not so) down-low drug trade in Philadelphia. In a special report, Volk writes about the top 10 drug […]
Accident on Morey’s Piers
Earlier this summer an 11-year-old girl was killed when she fell 150 feet from the Ferris wheel at Morey’s Piers. Luckily, this accident wasn’t nearly […]
Bridal Shop Owner Refuses to Sell Dress for Lesbian Wedding
A woman who went to Here Comes the Bride—a bridal store in Somers Point, New Jersey—was turned away after she crossed of the word “groom” […]
Cloudy Water at Arrow Swim Club
The Scoop doubts that it’s a doodie—er, a Baby Ruth—but something has the water at the Arrow Swim Club all cloudy. Their pool company will […]
Chase Utley Got Mac Fat
Rob McElhenney packed on 50 pounds for the filming of the upcoming season of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Apparently, he did so the healthy […]