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Meet the Man With Three Fridges and No Vegetables

NEWS | Patrick Rich Monday, Feb. 17, 2020Mon, Feb 17, 2020

Henry is a 21-year-old Wharton student with a love of Corona and a mild case of scurvy. He and his roommates (Chad, Brad, and Mad (short for Madthew)) have three fridges in their Hamilton Court apartment. And yet, a thorough inspection of these fridges would yield not a single vegetable. We sat down with Henry to learn more about his story.


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Boring Stat Professor Fails to Reject the Dull Hypothesis

NEWS | Patrick Rich Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020Tue, Feb 11, 2020

Look, the joke is in the title. I really don't have that much to say about this. I came up with this while bored in STAT-102. It's not even the professor's fault, he's actually a fairly engaging lecturer. Does that compromise the premise of this article? Maybe.


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Exposé: 34th Street Offices Actually on 40th

NEWS | Patrick Rich Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020Sun, Feb 9, 2020

My personal faith in our media institutions have been shaken- what's next, The Statesman not actually having any of the respectability or basic moral decency that such a title invokes? Absolutely unthinkable.



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Patrick's Conversation Tips

OPINION | Patrick Rich Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020Sun, Jan 26, 2020

Hi, my name is Patrick. I've overheard thousands of conversations and have been included in 3 or 4. If you're not a gifted conversationalist like me, you might be wondering, "how do I do these dang things?" But don't worry pal, I'm here for you. Here are some helpful tips that can get you started.


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From McKinsey to K-Pop: Wharton Alum Has Locked BTS in a Cage

NEWS | Patrick Rich Friday, Jan. 24, 2020Fri, Jan 24, 2020

When 2017 Wharton MBA graduate Steve Donovan left McKinsey, he was worried that his days of facilitating the immoral detainment of innocent people were over. He doesn’t have to worry anymore! As of this morning, Donovan has locked world-renowned K-pop supergroup BTS in a small steel cage.








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White Guy Really Leaning into Spanish Pronunciation of 'Quesadilla'

NEWS | Patrick Rich Friday, Nov. 1, 2019Fri, Nov 1, 2019

Avid MexiCali fan and Wharton senior Connor Milliken was overheard today ordering lunch from the local food truck, and boy did he really lean into a Spanish pronunciation of “quesadilla.” Witnesses report that he did “some kind of accent,” which one onlooker described as “hard to place, but definitely not cool.” 


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Correction: HamCo Actually Short for Ham Company

NEWS | Patrick Rich Monday, Oct. 28, 2019Mon, Oct 28, 2019

This embarrassing correction was made in an emergency statement issued by the building manager, Jebediah Ham, late last night. Ham shared some passionate words with UTB reporters on the scene. “My father, Lawrence Wyatt Ham IV, did not construct this building with his own two hands for ungrateful college students to refer to it as ‘Hamilton Court.’ Us Hams are proud folk, and we simply will not tolerate this widespread misconception.”