On April 11th, Penn junior Ao “Olivia” Kong was killed by an oncoming SEPTA train near 40th Street Station. The death was later ruled a suicide. […]
You know those conversations you’ll never forget because they just left you so confused? I had one of those with my best friend, Anja, when […]
I spend a lot of time in my own head. Sometimes, being inside my own head can be fun. I like playing games in my […]
Don’t get me wrong, I love a good green juice. But juice alone for days on end? No, thank you. But ’tis the season for lifestyle […]
Elizabeth Kennedy, 19, is a poet and playwright who occasionally rocks purple hair. “I dyed it purple after I had pneumonia,” she says. “I was […]
The Annenberg Public Policy Center at Penn has some good news for people who appreciate accuracy in media: Last year, for the first time in […]
• It seems, in this day and age, we are all obsessed with the idea of achieving — and flaunting on social media, of course […]
Parents of newborns have it hard enough: There’s the whole not getting any sleep thing, then there’s the fact that they are now responsible for the […]
I am not the kind of person who likes to get wet. I’ve said it before: Water sports are not my thing; I hate showering […]
• A few years ago, my best friend got married in her parents’ living room and I videotaped the entire thing. But it wasn’t really […]
A friend and I regularly play a game, where I read a Tinder profile aloud and she has to decide whether to swipe right or left […]
I watch a lot of Grey’s Anatomy. Honestly, it’s embarrassing. So when I read the piece “Rudeness in Medical Settings Could Kill Patients” on Science […]
In July of 2014, a homeless, schizophrenic man smuggled three Peppermint Patty candies from a Philadelphia-area dollar store. Criminally charged with retail theft and deemed […]
In our area, beach-bound Labor Day weekend traffic is, well, a given. It’s as inevitable as the sun burn you’ll get when you forget to […]
It’s the middle of August. The sun is shining, kids are out of school and it’s scorching hot outside — but you’re likely to still […]
