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Professor Assigns Problem Set That Is Just a List of Intimate Personal Issues

(12/14/18 4:16pm)

Physics professor Robert Ryker recently assigned a problem set to his physics 151 lecture that contained no physics problems. Instead, it contained a list of Professor Ryker's personal issues. For context, Ryker is 59 years old, twice divorced, infertile, and currently maintains a long-distance marriage with a Slovenian woman named Jaka. Below is a transcription of the professor’s problem set:  





OP-ED: Why We Should Close Walnut to Cars and Turn It Into the World's Largest Urban Iguana Sanctuary

(11/28/18 9:30am)

Cars harm the environment and clog up our cities, and it’s high time we do something about that. I believe that the University of Pennsylvania should send a message to the whole world and close down Walnut Street to cars. Beyond that, and more importantly, we need to turn the closed-off portion of Walnut into the world’s largest urban iguana sanctuary.  






BREAKING: Girls Wearing Matching White Adidas Want You to Go to Their Sorority's Philanthropy Event

(11/08/18 7:44pm)

College sophomore Peggy Rickleson was recently seen on Locust Walk selling tickets to her sorority’s philanthropy event, during which handles of vodka will be sold to benefit world hunger. She was wearing Stan Smiths and would wave flyers in front of passersby, at times even forcing the slips of paper into victims’ mouths.


Yikes: Student Who Says 'I'm Actually Really Interested in Finance' Not a Sellout, Just a Nerd

(10/16/18 2:45pm)

Wharton freshman Brett Michaelson recently told an upperclassman that he’s interested in finance while attending an information session for an investment banking club. It's not uncommon for Wharton students to say the same in order to make it sound like they're not singularly obsessed with money, but Brett is different—he really isn't obsessed with money, he’s just a nerd.  





Fine Arts Dept. Unveils New Course: 'How to Add Little Squiggly Lines to Photos'

(10/10/18 8:12pm)

The Penn Fine Arts Department has just unveiled its newest full-credit course: “How to Add Little Squiggly Lines to Photos.” The move comes after a rise in party photography at Penn, in which fraternities and sororities hire someone who owns a nice camera to photograph their drunk members and add fun little squiggly lines to all the photos. 








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