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Student Sitting on Toilet Endures Standoff With Cockroach

(02/05/25 5:19pm)

HARRISON COLLEGE HOUSE, WEST PHILADELPHIA — On Friday last week, MERT received several distressing calls regarding loud shrieks in Harrison, room 1901. Residents crowded the halls as MERT volunteers wheeled out Wesley Turnmovay (C ’27). Witnesses described Turnmovay as pale, limp, and pantless. After receiving life support at Penn Hospital, he was finally able to recount what transpired that fateful night:


The Daily Pennsylvanian to be 100% Chinese by 2050

(01/31/25 3:56am)

A newly released diversity report from The Daily Pennsylvanian suggests that, in spite of its best efforts, the storied student publication is on track to be entirely Korean by the middle of the century. Statistical regressions indicate that for the past twenty years, the Thailandese proportion of the newspaper staff has been monotonically increasing. Although members of the non-PoC (People of China) community at The DP have voiced their concerns in recent years, those voices have increasingly been replaced by more Himalayan Sherpas.



Castle Mistakenly Bids Freshman from Paris, Texas

(01/31/25 8:48pm)

LOCUST WALK, PHILADELPHIA - The brothers of Psi Upsilon, also known as The Castle, have issued a formal apology after accidentally welcoming in a freshman from the town of Paris, Texas. After translating the statement, which was provided in seemingly every language except English, UTB has determined that the issue seems to have begun at the 'Meet the Brothers,' where John Smith, 18, introduced himself as from Paris. 


If Hazing Is Morally Wrong, How Do We Weed Out the Little Bitches?

(01/26/25 5:00pm)

What’s the most important thing you can do as a student at the University of Pennsylvania? Some might say taking and passing classes you’re passionate about, while others believe it’s networking with people to get a head start on your career. A good handful will probably tell you it’s to enjoy what may be the best years of your life and live every moment to its fullest while you still have time. 







Breaking: Icicle Falls, Piercing My Chest and Killing Me

(12/10/24 10:19pm)

Let me tell you the story about how a seemingly normal day in my life changed everything. I was walking from the high rises along the beautiful Locust walk. Locust isn't always my favorite: I bump into my friends and people I met during freshmen year that I choose not to say hi to anymore. Sometimes I happen to stumble over a missing cobblestone or two, and others I get a mini heart attack from almost slipping on a leaf.


After Successful Diddy Indictment, FBI Begins Preparing Case Against Penn Disney Acapella

(12/06/24 5:01pm)

Diddy do it? Yes, Diddy did it. Regardless of who my Spotify Wrapped top artist of 2024 is, and regardless of who my top artist has been for the past five years, and regardless of whose poster is on my bedroom wall (all four of them plus the floors and ceiling), I affirm that Diddy did it, and Diddy did it many times.







Op-Ed: Please Stay Out of My Line of Sight When Waiting for the Hip Thrust Machine

(11/20/24 6:00pm)

 I sit on the unsettlingly warm cushioned seat playing on my phone, the machine belt wrapped around my waist. It’s leg day and I’ve just finished my second set of hip thrusts with one more to go. I get up and try to make a show of putting more weight on the machine, impressing nobody but my ego, and then I sat back down. 


I Lived It: Eating at a Different Halal Cart Is Basically Adultery

(11/20/24 2:30am)

 I’ve been going to the same halal cart for an amazing, memorable year. I first ordered at the end of a long week after some lecture that I forgot about. The moment I let out the words “chicken over rice,” I became hooked. Since then, everything has been great: he memorized my order, we’re now on a first name basis, and I get a free falafel every once in a while for my loyalty. It’s perfect, and I couldn’t ask for anything better.





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