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Penn Wants to Ban Smoking on Campus
Penn’s University Council Committee has recommended banning smoking. Like, not only in every building, where it’s is already prohibited, but in every nook and cranny […]
Laura Bush to Speak at Penn Commencement
What a clash of styles it will be next Monday in Philadelphia. On campus: Joe Biden, VP of 44, keynote speaker. Kimmel Center: Laura Bush, […]
Penn Wins Two Webby Awards (For Having Cool Websites)
Penn has won the internet. Both Penn Law School’s website and Factcheck.org, run by the Annenberg Public Policy Center, have won “People’s Voice” Webby Awards, […]
Buzzfeed: Penn University: Sexy And Smart. Temple? Halfway There.
Buzzfeed is awesome at making lists, and the site’s latest list is especially flattering locally: The University of Pennsylvania comes in fourth in Buzzfeed’s rankings […]
Penn Senior Going to the NFL, Baby!
Score one for the Ivy League! Penn Senior Brandon Copeland may have been bypassed in the NFL draft, but the Baltimore Ravens signed him as […]
Middle-Aged Creeper Flashing Women Around Philadelphia U
A driver of a green Jeep Liberty has been walking around Philadelphia University’s campus, asking “inappropriate questions,” to 18-26 year-old women. And in one particular […]
Penn Student In Hot Water After Leaking Video of Conservative Pundit
On Monday April 22nd, conservative pollster and talking head Frank Luntz gave a speech at Penn (he’s class of ’83). At one point he requested […]
Penn Students: Be Extra Careful At 38th And Spruce Streets
Yes, it’s the end of the semester, and yes, you’re probably busy nude modeling or something, but here’s a quick warning for you Penn Students: […]
Business Idea: Selling Nude Pics Featuring Penn’s Huntsman Hall
There’s your damned entrepreneurship! Via Under The Button comes the story of two Penn students who have taken their studies of capitalism at Wharton Business […]
Penn Targeted By Animal Rights Protesters
A press release has arrived, letting us know that the University of Pennsylvania will be the site of an animal rights protest today, 12:30 to […]
Mixed-Use Complex at 43rd and Sansom to Be Built Along With Liquor Store
Apartments at Penn generally buys properties, rehabs them and rents them to students. But now that the Zoning Board and the Spruce Hill community have […]
Texts from Spring Fling: Behold Penn’s Drunkest Secrets
For three years now, Penn’s gossip-ish blog Under the Button, has published drunken student texts sent during Spring Fling, and in the week immediately following […]
After Boston Bombing, Penn Relays Undergoing Changes
The Penn Relays, taking place next weekend, is instituting tighter security measures than usual, after this Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings. Here is a list of […]
Ira Glass Hosting A Giant Dance Party in Philly This Weekend
This American Life‘s Ira Glass is bringing a conceptual art performance/dance party to Philly, and it goes away forever come Monday. It’s called “One Radio […]
Wharton Grad Wants You to Charge Your iPhone Everywhere in Philly
If one Wharton grad’s start-up takes off, your late-night bootycalls may never again be ruined by a dying phone battery. Douglas Baldasare, through his start-up […]