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LETTERFROMTHEEDITOR

2017

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I didn't really have a group in high school. At least, not for a long time. I transferred into my high school's feeder middle school in eighth grade, and I spent most of that time trying to figure out how to talk to other people.

Do you know how hard it is to try to make friends as a thirteen–year–old?

I'll tell you. It's impossible.

Sophomore year, I met my best friends. I had people I could support and who could support me. I had people who made my stomach hurt because I laughed with them so much and made my heart ache because I loved them so much. And then, of course, I decided to move to Philadelphia after graduation.

My high school friends are visiting me this week. In fact, by the time this letter is published, they'll be on their way to Philadelphia. I might even suggest they read it on the train here (and if you are reading this, hey guys).

I'll admit: I'm a little nervous. I've never had home friends visit me before (but, to be fair, I'm from California and it's a hell of a flight to get here). Will they like my school, my friends, my home, my life here? Am I a different person at school versus at home?

But that all fades away. I love seeing my high school friends because every time I do, I revert into this instant comfort. I don't have to be on. I don't have to make the hard decisions that I am (quite literally) faced with every day at Street, or in classes, or at home. I just get to be with people who have known me very well for a very long time. I get to enjoy the comfort of knowing that I have my best friends for life, really and truly. Most of all, I'm excited for my home friends to meet my Penn friends. I'm excited for the contrasts and the similarities, to see how two completely different (but both incredibly important) parts of my life come together.

Welcome to Philadelphia, my friends. I'm sorry it's been raining all week.

3 HIGHBROW

strange penn addiction, hit it or quit it, overheards

4 WORD ON THE STREET fire

5 EGO

eotw, kelly writers' house

8 MUSIC

ed sheeran, defense of album

10 VICE & VIRTUE

Plan B, Millenial Pink

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12 FEATURE gay greek life

14 ARTS

squirrel catching, reclaiming philly's architectural influence

18 TECH

good street, tedxpenn

20 F&TV

grace and frankie, penn student film festival

23 LOWBROW LOL

subletting, free printing

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MY STRANGE PENN ADDICTION:

WEBSITES YOU SHOULD REALISTICALLY NOT BE SPENDING ANY TIME ON BUT HERE WE ARE

There's more to life than Buzzfeed.

ELENA MODESTI

over heard PENN at

Photo: Steyn Viljoen / Creative Commons

Your Average Stoner: If I ever took a drug test...I don't think I'd be good at it.

Oh, people read the news in their spare time? Pick up a book? Watch a documentary? Work on their start–up? Well, we don't trust those people. Here are a few websites that may destroy your work ethic and render you homeless one day, but are amazingly underrated nonetheless.

1. STALKING GREEK RANK

This website may represent everything that's wrong with the world. But so does almost everything at Penn, so let's look past it. Curious to see what your frat is ranked based on empirical and trustworthy data? Don't go here. Do go here if you want to know that AXO's best chapter is at Brenau University. Invaluable information to say the least.

2. FOODPORNDAILY.COM

During exam week in high school, I had

to block this website. Not Facebook, not Twitter, but FoodPornDaily. I don't know what that says about me, but if you don't know about this "Mecca" of sexy food pictures, I know what that says about you.

And it's not good. If you think you don't need to see a picture of Georgia pecan cinnamon rolls drenched in dulce de leche icing, you're just wrong.

3. FORMSPRING

If Uggs are still a thing, Formspring should be too. How the hell are we supposed to know who has a crush on who without this extraordinary source of information? For those of you who skipped all of middle school, Formspring is (was) a website where you could anonymously ask questions on a person's profile such as "is it tru u hve had sex w katie," and the person could respond subtly, "mayb, ask me n person," and so on. But also

HIT IT OR QUIT IT

why did psychopaths have to ruin a good thing and tell me publicly on Formspring that I should pluck my eyebrows, sending me into a spiraling state of anxiety for the majority of my 7th grade experience? *Starts reflecting* Let's actually not bring back Formspring.

4. VENMO

Oh yeah, Elizabeth, I'm SURE you're paying John for "groceries" and not for last night's taxi ride where you two were hooking up in the back and consequently ended up at 52nd street because you forgot to tell the driver to stop. Only a romp on the Venmo feed will tell you the true timeline of Elizabeth's Friday–night events. Standing question: Will we ever know what caption to put when paying a weed dealer besides the leaf emoji? Probably not.

benefits thing is hard to maintain, but now we can’t be so sure that Drake isn’t 1. into men and 2. pee–shy.

Avid supporter of Penn's Department of Public Safety: I was so high last week that I called PennWalk to see if they would pick up my Copa.

Corporate sellout: Honestly, half the reason I want to transfer into Wharton is so I can book a GSR. Girl Doing God's Work: You took a pole dancing class on Ash Wednesday?

Girl Definitely Doing God's Work: I wanted to make Jesus proud.

HIT IT: BREAD THAT NEVER RISES QUIT IT: BREAD WITH HIGH HOPES

HIT IT: MORE LIFE HIT IT: MEMES It’s matzah season betches! You might be QUIT IT: AVERAGE AMOUNT OF LIFE QUIT IT: ANY OTHER FORM OF thinking, why is this night different from all other nights? But four questions is honestly COMMUNICATION Drake dropped a new album (okay, fine, "playlist") and hit us with some really important, life–changing thoughts. Hermes link, Ice Blue Mink? Interesting combo, if you ask us. How come we can never “slash” and stay friends?

This one has been getting a lot of action out in the social media sphere. According to Urban Dictionary, "slash" could refer to a relationship between two men or it could mean peeing. Our first guess would be that it’s Drake lingo for “smash” because that friends with

If your roommate hasn't tagged you in four– plus memes today, are you even sure she's alive? There's no need to text anyone anymore; we streamline all our communication in the comments of our favorite memes. Relationship status? Please, the only update we need to see who's cuffing whom is the telling "So–and–so tagged Blah Blah in a comment" line in our feed. We're putting the "memes" in memories.

too many and we haven’t been the youngest in our families since 2006, so it’s really not our problem. Which brings us back to matzah: no leavened bread for us––we’re rolling with the flat stuff for eight days straight. Cream cheese?

Butter? Jelly? We don’t care how you eat it, just handle with care because those things crumble just as fast as our lives during midterms.

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WORD ON THE STREET

word on the STREET Smoke and fire performed a duet that left the entire neighborhood in a standing ovation. I wanted to remove myself from the audience but my eyes were glued—it was my house that was putting on the show.

I hadn't seen my neighbors outside their homes in years. Now they stood in front of their overgrown lawns, lining the street. Their worried expressions were catching onto each other like the flames. I remember that night in a series of slow seconds that seemed to drag on until it all ended, suddenly and without any warning.

Second one: I am doing biology homework in my brother’s room and I smell the charcoal of our barbecue. My mom must be grilling some killer steaks for dinner.

Second two: The front door swings open, and my dad screeches.

By second three, I almost fall down the stairs from moving too quickly.

Second four: It wasn’t steaks after all.

It was a fire—causing our garage to combust.

Second five: Where’s my phone?

Second six: “911.

What’s your emergency?”

Second seven: “My h–h–h–house is on fire.”

Second eight: I never thought I would be the one saying that.

Nobody ever thinks they're going to be the one saying that.

Second nine: “Mom, where’s Tom?” (Our beloved 35–pound Shih Tzu).

Second ten: Dad looks determined. He pulls cars out of the driveway, as far away from the flames as he can.

Second 11: Mom is desperately using the garden hose. Her hair is red like fire, but more beautiful.

It’s no use.

The flames spread faster than the firemen can drive.

I’m watching my mom, brave with that hose in hand.

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THE THINGS WE BUILD LAUREN DONATO The sort of bravery you admire and fear all at once.

Second 12: She tells our frightened neighbor to help. “C’mon, get your hose!”

Second 13: Sirens.

Second 14: The firefighter grabs mom by the shoulder and pulls her away.

Second 15: Everyone I love is safe and I haven’t thought about the things left inside once.

Second 16: “Stevie, I know you’re at school but I just, umm, wanted to let you know our house burned

down.”

Second 17: I probably shouldn’t have called Stevie—but he’s my older brother and he’s strong enough to listen. I needed him to.

Second 18: How am I going to finish my biology homework? **** The fire marked a definite Before and After in my life. Before the fire, I searched for comfort and peace within the walls where I grew up. I would venture to my aqua–painted room and always find answers. These were the walls that my brother and I marked with ticks to compare heights. One of these walls was the one

My House Burned Down. Then I Found Home.

he pushed me through when we played soccer too aggressively.

When the walls that built my childhood were nothing but soot, I built new meanings out of the word home. Through the tears and the flames, I discovered that home is a feeling. I found it in memories and relationships I had constructed my entire life. I found home in what I'd built. Those walls are inflammable.

The fire happened on a Sunday night, and wanting to be no place else, I went to school on Monday. When I stepped onto campus, the knots in my stomach immediately loosened.

Before the fire, Peddie was merely the place I attended high school. After the fire, it was the closest thing to home I had.

I felt at home sitting at Harkness tables and seeing the faces I passed on my way to classes. What I had been forging within myself while growing up at Peddie—the courage, the kindness, the work ethic—was still there.

Even though my house wasn’t, I was still standing. The things I had been building were, too.

Since Peddie, I have attended two colleges— first Davidson College, and now Penn after transferring in August. I have found a home in both of them—in the people I love at each and the lessons I learned on both campuses. Home for me is no longer a house, but it's powerful enough to traverse states and long distances.

Meaning lies in what we build. The walls of a house are nothing without the life that resides inside of them.

We build things every day. We build relationships with friends and professors, we build networks of kindness, we build self–confidence and appreciation for the world we live in. We make foundations powerful enough to withstand any worry or doubt.

So, the next time that you’re feeling homesick, look at the beautiful skyscrapers that line our campus.

You’re building things just as tall and as beautiful as them—but you carry them with you.

EGO

EGOOF THE WEEK: OLIVIA NELSON Meet the ~definitive queen~ of marketing nerds. BY ANNIKA IYER

"There were kids from my high school who were super gung–ho about business," Olivia Nelson (W '17) says, "And looking back, I was probably one of them."

As she sits calmly in a GSR, it's not obvious how "gung– ho" is a word that could describe her. On the contrary, Olivia has a relaxing presence.

She speaks with a measured, comfortable tone, confidently opening up about her Penn experience. As the words start to pour out, her passion and commitment speak louder than all else. The small study room transforms into her space.

Since she arrived on campus, Olivia maintained that she would stay true to herself and her passions. Olivia is con-

tent to give her all to the organizations she loves. “Even just one club can define your Penn experience. At the end of the day, I would give any amount of time to the clubs I’m passionate about,” she shares. "Namely, Wharton Ambassadors and SPEC– TRUM." Olivia joined Wharton Ambassadors, an undergraduate–sanctioned club that works closely with administration, during her first semester at Penn. She now serves as president, spearheading outreach initiatives to reach prospective new students. "Wharton Ambassadors are the first ones to congratulate students via email when they are accepted and

OLIVIA IN HER OWN WORDS NAME: OLIVIA NELSON HOMETOWN: SCOTCH PLAINS, NEW JERSEY MAJOR: MARKETING, HISPANIC STUDIES

are in charge of Quaker Days," Olivia says. She is also a Wharton Peer Advising fellow, where she meets informally with peers to chat and provide academic guidance, and an RA in Harrison College House.

Olivia is also director of the Social Planning and Events Committee to Represent Undergraduate Minorities, known as SPEC–TRUM. "Last semester, Rob Stone was one of the openers for our fall show. Before the concert, he and his manager needed to transfer files of his tracks or something, so he asked

to borrow my computer," she recounts,"So I still have some of his track files that were personally uploaded by him and his manager on my laptop!"

She finds solace in music— from the minute she wakes up until the moment her head hits the pillow at night. “I will literally wake up and start blasting music. It’s also not mellow music. A lot of the time I’ll be listening to trap music, like turn–up music.”

It's one of the many ways Olivia helps keep her balance.

She maintains a naunced per-

spective on taking on so many activities at Penn.

"We are essentially on the cusp of adulthood," she says.

"We are making decisions in this microenvironment of Penn that have huge implications. As you go on, you sort of cut things out because you realize that isn’t sustainable," she adds. "Especially when you have so many options, you have to stay true to what you are actually interested in.”

Street: There are two types of people at Penn…

Olivia Nelson: Those who SABS as a hobby and those who try to avoid running into people!

Street: Which category would you fall under?

ON: Probably the latter. I’m super introverted and would describe myself as antisocial.

That probably sounds more dire than it actually is, but it actually

takes a lot of energy, so I prefer to keep interactions to a minimum.

Street: Go–to drunk eats?

ON: Pizza, but there have been times when I’ve been very active about the snacks in my room, so I’ve just come back and eaten a pear. I know, wild right?

Street: What would you sing in a lip sync battle?

ON: "All Falls Down" by Kanye West.

Street: Best brunch?

ON: Renata’s Kitchen. It’s incredible.

Street: Savory or sweet?

ON: I literally struggle all the time. I have a sweet tooth, which I’m trying to be better about, but my natural instinct is like French toast. I don’t know why more brunch places don’t offer split menus so you could get both!

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FULL HOUSE: KELLY WRITERS HOUSE EGO

Fresh ideas and coffee are always brewing in the place artists and writers call home.

EMILY CIESLAK

It’s another cold, violently windy day in Philadelphia, but in the kitchen, sun streams through the window above the sink. People bustle around the counter, pulling out milk from the fridge, frying eggs and pouring coffee. Cups clink, spoons stir and voices vibrate.

The scene looks stolen from a commercial for Folgers or Eggo waffles, but it's just another weekday morning at the kitchen—or as Professor Al Filreis calls it, the “core” of Kelly Writers House.

“Everyone is a human in a kitchen,” Filreis, Faculty Director of Kelly Writers House, said.

The Writers House is 1,000 feet away from Huntsman Hall.

Inside, staggered staircases lead to a jigsaw of rooms where students study on couches, publication groups review submissions and famous authors share meals around a dining table. Doors are open daily, and anyone in Philadelphia can enter to find conversations about not only

writing, but also ideas at large.

Creating and maintaining a space where community and connections organically flourish does take work—in this case, the work of more than 30 students and adults. While 3805 Locust Walk provides the space, it’s the people that have come through the past 20 years who have made it a home.

“When I first started, Al gave me two big areas to cover,” Director Jessica Lowenthal said.

“Don’t mess up the community, and don’t burn down the house.”

“The Hub,” a group Filreis describes as student activists and radicals, set out to shape the Writers House. They drafted a charter for the space with key principles: the house should be open to everyone, be democratic and explore all kinds of art. Each room was given a purpose that, for the most part, remains today.

“We figured writers are more likely to thrive where they feel at home with coffee, tea and food,” Al said.

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Food truly is one force for community–building at the house. The kitchen is always stocked with that ingredient you forgot on your grocery trip.

So many of KWH’s signature events incorporate food as a

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way to engage with texts. The Edible Books Party calls on the community to create dishes inspired by a specific piece of literature. Of Rice and Ramen, for example, took inspiration from Steinbeck’s classic Of Mice and Men. The Mind of Winter event juxtaposes warm stew and cold poems. On March 30, the Marathon Reading will pack as much of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy into seven hours as possible, as well as fuel its guests with themed food.

“Here, the process is as important as the product,” Lowenthal said about the execution of events. “That is how we build community; we provide open spaces to do fun things. One of my jobs is identifying ideas that come from the community and ushering them into programs, art projects and meetings.”

A core group that builds and spreads the KWH spirit is the students who work there, mainly as work–study. Alli Katz, programing coordinator for the

Writers House, supervises the hiring process and said she specifically tries to get freshmen who will continue at the house for their whole college career.

Autumn Wynde (C '19) originally wasn’t sure if she wanted to come to Penn. But a meeting with Jamie Lee Josselyn, associate director for recruitment, changed that.

“I found an inclusive and transparent community that’s ready to talk about real life aspects,” Autumn said. “I don’t think I would stay at Penn without Kelly Writers House.”

Having worked there since her freshman year, she calls it her largest extracurricular involvement. She works as a program assistant, helping set up for events, taking photos, buying groceries and doing whatever needs to be done.

“No matter the position, the students are stewards of the space,” Katz said. “The space itself breeds respect between people and those that come here.”

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MUSIC

KILLER LYRICS FROM

ED SHEERAN'S NEW ALBUM LAUREN DONATO

Divide multiplied all of the feels.

Whether or not the soundtrack to your walk on Locust lately has been Ed Sheeran's new album, Divide, there's one thing you can't deny: he's got a way with words (Ed. note: get your tissues ready). Sheeran is a storyteller in this album, exploring love, loss and self– discovery through his tracks, which are sung and delivered with a lovable mixture of emotional honesty and charisma.

Sheeran embraces sincerity in this album—he has an ability to sing arguably corny or overtly sentimental lyrics and still make them sound real.

He's also extremely self–aware of his fame and position in the music industry. By sharing his experiences and singing about them so thoughtfully, he crafted an album that tells a story.

Here's my favorite lyrics from each of his tracks: 1. "I CHASED THE PICTURE PERFECT LIFE, I THINK THEY PAINTED IT WRONG" — "ERASER" We all have this idea of a picture–perfect life or college experience, and well, sometimes the picture isn't clear all of the time. We get off track, lose purpose and feel inadequate amongst others around us. Ed turns this equation around and makes the picture seem imperfect, not us.

2. "ONE FRIEND LEFT TO SELL CLOTHES/ ONE WORKS DOWN BY THE COAST/ONE HAD TWO KIDS BUT LIVES

ALONE/ONE'S BROTHER OVERDOSED/ONE'S ALREADY ON HIS SECOND WIFE/ONE'S JUST BARELY GET-

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TING BY/BUT THESE PEOPLE RAISED ME/ AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GO HOME" — "CASTLE ON THE HILL" I love the way that Sheeran describes his friends as "raising him." We often think of growing up with our childhood friends, but I've never thought of how we may raise each other into the people we become.

Just another reason why they say, "There's no place like home." Sometimes home isn't the walls of the house, it's the people around. Well said, Ed. 3. "YOU'RE A MYSTERY/I HAVE TRAVELLED THE WORLD, THERE'S NO OTHER GIRL LIKE YOU" — "DIVE" It's simple to say that all people are mysteries another needs to uncover. I love how this is the way he describes this girl whom he loves. And, Ed has actually travelled the world, so it makes this line even more honest and beautiful.

4. "YOUR LOVE WAS HANDMADE FOR

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SOMEBODY LIKE ME" — "SHAPE OF YOU" This song is hands down the sexiest on the album. However, I love how he intertwines the love he has for this woman into the song, rather than just singing about the physical.

This would make a beautiful Hallmark card saying. Love is unique even though it can be sung about so universally.

5. "BABY, I'M DANCING IN THE DARK, WITH YOU BETWEEN MY ARMS/BAREFOOT ON THE GRASS, LISTENING TO OUR FAVORITE SONG" — "PERFECT" The title of this song is "Perfect," and so is this scene. Ed's telling us this story of this night, and, well, I feel like I'm there—or wish I was.

6.) "As we fill up our lungs with the cold air of the night/I walked her home then she took me inside/Finish some Doritos and another bottle of wine" – "Galway Girl" Read more on 34st.com Photo: Kevin / Sketchport

MUSIC

Photo: Bygone / Flickr

IN DEFENSE OF THE ALBUM I don’t really watch movies.

People like to make fun of me for it. During my senior year of high school, an entire English class devolved into all of my classmates roasting me for not seeing any of the so–called “classic” movies they named. I left that class with a list of 68 movies to watch. Four years later, I think I’ve seen three of them—and one of them was Mean Girls. Stop trying to make movies happen. It’s not going to happen.

The thing is, I get the appeal of movies. When I’m actually in a theater, I find the immersive experience to be awesome.

I just don’t do it that often.

When I try to watch movies at home, I usually get distracted and end up doing something else before I can finish it. It’s because I can get the satisfaction others get from movies by listening to a well–crafted album.

People who love books love them because they’re allowed to apply their own vision to the story. They use their own mind to picture the characters and settings, create voices for them and build the novel’s world through their own understanding of the world.

Movies do all of that work for you—which can be cool—but it’s an inherently different form of storytelling. The viewer pas-

sively takes in the director’s vision. Albums are like books to me in the sense that I can paint a picture for myself using the colors the artist gives me. It takes the issue of my attention span out of play—you can’t watch a movie while walking, but you can definitely listen to an album.

Not every artist knows how—or tries—to make a good album. There are plenty of artists who are just singles artists—they’ll make a great song, but they don’t try to apply it to a larger body of work.

In terms of contemporary artists, I can tell when the likes of Frank Ocean, Tame Impala and Childish Gambino put extra effort into crafting that larger project.

Take Tame Impala’s Currents, for example. While each individual song is awesome in its own right, the collection of songs together tells the story of a guy going through a breakup (and Tame Impala frontman Kevin Parker has alluded to this in interviews). The tracks are ordered in a way that shows the change in the main character’s state of mind—he comes to terms with his decision to end the relationship on “Yes I’m Changing,” has that awkward “going out for the first time after a breakup” experience on “The Less I Know the

Better,” has a fit of faux–hypermasculine insecurity on “Cause I’m a Man” and finally leaves that drunk voicemail of closure on “Love/Paranoia.”

When listening to these tracks in order, you get to feel that experience as if it were your own.

The art of the album was developed out of necessity. Back in the days before Spotify, even

before MP3s or CDs, vinyls used to be something other than what you get your cousin you don’t know that well for Christmas from Urban Outfitters. Because artists had to sell music in that form, they would package their songs into albums—and some decided to get creative with it (think David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust

MARK PARASKEVAS or most of the good Beatles albums). But just because artists don’t need to release albums anymore doesn’t mean that the form can’t still be appreciated.

Sit down with Blonde, Awaken, My Love!, Currents or any Kanye album that isn't The Life of Pablo (hot take) and turn the shuffle button off. You’ll thank me later.

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VICE & VIRTUE

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THE BIG B:

PLAN When Pulling Out Doesn't Stack Up

The panic rises from your stomach, shakes in your chest.

It's the morning after. And you don't know what to do.

Probably one of the worst post–intimacy feelings is the anxiety after unprotected sex occurs. Condoms break, accidents happen, and extra precautions sometimes need to be taken. Despite our best intentions, sometimes it is just an "oh shit" moment. So, what happens next? Where do you go from there?

Well, probably to the drugstore. The morning–after pill, also (aptly) known as Plan B, is available over the counter for around $35–$60, depending on if you buy the generic brand or not. The morning–after pill isn’t the same as an abortion pill, which will terminate an early–stage pregnancy. Rather, Plan B and its equivalents are a one–time pill that prevents pregnancy by delivering a high dosage of levonorgestrel, a hormone that can delay ovulation, prevent fertilization, or prevent a fertilized egg from attaching to the uterus.

Plan B really should only be used as Plan B. Though

multiple uses of Plan B hasn’t been proven to be harmful to a woman’s health or fertility, it’s not a great continual birth control method because it doesn’t protect against STIs— and let’s not forget, Penn has been shown to have one of the highest rates of STIs on campuses nationwide.

But, if you need Plan B, don’t let the hefty price tag of the pill dissuade you from seeking it out. It’s always better to be safe than sorry, and, fortunately, if you go to Women’s Health at SHS with the proper paperwork, you can purchase an emergency contraception pill for around $20.

SHS can also write you a script for emergency contraception that can be refilled up to three times. Depending on your insurance, it may cover the whole cost of the pill, but even if it doesn't, insurance should subsidize it in some capacity. This way, you can have one waiting, on hand, in case you do have an "oh shit" mo-

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ment. If you aren’t on the pill, it might even be a good idea to make an appointment with SHS proactively, just to have the script on hand if one day you really need it. I spoke with a nurse practitioner at SHS, who said that they offered this to anyone who was not on a

available at the cashier!"

However, if your insurance doesn't cover Plan B fully, or if it only covers a certain portion of the cost, and you're left with the "who's paying?" question, it's perfectly acceptable to ask your partner to pitch it. While there is some debate over who exactly should be fiscally responsible. As James* (C'18) puts it, "At the end of the day, I think it is the responsibility of the male if he does fuck up, but he's hard for me to give a consensus on [who should pay] because of the underlying factors of the situation."

David* (W'19), disagrees, however, saying "I think it is on both parties to pay for it. It was an action that involved both people that led to the necessity of the pill."

After all, it takes two to tango, and it should take two to handle the aftermath, from going to the pharmacy to pick it up, to handling the cost at the register. Now with apps like Venmo, it's easier than ever to

PSA: STUDENT HEALTH CAN GIVE A PRESCRIPTION FOR PLAN B reliable form of birth control.

"With a prescription you don't have to pay, and because the cost [of plan B] can often be a deterrent we do what we can to help." She made sure to add, "there are also free condoms

split the bill.

Contrary to its name, you don’t have to wait until the morning to get Plan B. You can take it as soon as unprotected sex has occurred, though you should take it at most 72 hours after unprotected sex has occurred for maximum efficacy.

If you find yourself in a bind, there is another version of the morning after pill, called Ella, that is effective up to five days post–unprotected sex, but Ella is only available through prescription.

For some people, the pill will have no side effects. The nurse practitioner I spoke with said, you "may experience some nausea and your next period may be delayed." As for the other purported side effects such as: spotting, breast tenderness, dizziness, headache, fatigue and cramps, those are "relatively rare, but in the literature."

So if the condom breaks, don't freak out. Keep calm, head to SHS or CVS, and remember: it's going to be alright.

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Tumblr Pink, Scandi Pink, Rose Quartz and Millennial Pink. These are the four different ways to refer to the trendy, soft pink color that has slipped its way into almost every facet of life these days. Millennial Pink, the more dusty, toned–down version of Barbie Pink, has become ubiquitous in pop culture and fashion. If you’re having trouble conceptualizing this color, look no further than Drake’s “Hotline Bling” music video and

album artwork, Rihanna’s Fenty Collection or Zayn’s pink hair.

Indeed, Millennial Pink has taken over the majority of our Instagram feeds and has most likely found a place in your closet. You can buy almost anything in this shade of pink, household items, clothing, electronics and even musical instruments. While not quite Millennial Pink, rose gold might have found its way into your pocket in the form of a shiny

new iPhone 7. *** Most trends don’t need an explanation, they just sort of happen. However, New York magazine tried to explain why this color is so popular, and tracked its decade long climb to popularity in a recent article. Their explanation is that Millennial Pink’s popularity has a lot to do with a younger generation’s beliefs on the spectrum of gender. Ideas on gender flu-

idity, such as gender neutral fashion lines, allow pink to be a color that both genders can use. Pink, a color that was always associated with femininity, is now a trend that works with both genders on a mainstream, popular level.

To gain some more insight on the popularity of colors, we spoke with Penn Design Professor David Comberg.

When asked about how we can explain the popularity of colors like Millennial Pink he said that “color preference is very subjective—perhaps it's most influenced by emotion and cultural associations like fashion, advertising, and environmental factors. It seems color preferences lack

any rational or predictable basis.” He also mentioned that the Color Marketing Group provides pseudo–scientific methods that attempt to predict and explain color trends, but that this can be a slippery slope. While it’s an understatement to say that it can be hard to explain these types of trends, it may even lead to some false conclusions as well.

Professor Comberg ended with the open ended, but hardly untrue conclusion: “Maybe just blame it all on culture, evolution, or Instagram.”

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Alec Josiah (C’17) grew up in Tennessee with a very specific idea of what fraternities should be. He envisioned a state school archetype of hypermasculine misogynists, collected into “places he did not want to be at all.”

He came to Penn and found it difficult to apply this catch–all mold to the fraternity brothers he interacted with. But he was always wary of the social spaces he entered and explored his freshman year, and the dialogues that dominated them.

“I did the whole recruitment process and I was in the closet at this point,” Alec explained, “so I was always paying attention to what people were saying at parties.”

It wasn’t uncommon for him to hear gay slurs and witness people use the word “gay” to negatively connote something. He was looking out for slips of the tongue or blatant gestures that signaled that a fraternity might not accept a person like him. He didn’t encounter any of this at Sigma Alpha Mu, more commonly known as “Sammy,” and decided to join.

But while Alec has had a positive encounter with Greek life at Penn, many other queer students, like Taylor Hosking (C’17), haven’t felt the same comfort.

Though she didn’t consider herself to be out during the rush process, Taylor identified as queer to people in her immediate friend group. She went to an all– girls school and was convinced she could find a similar community through the formal rush process.

She accepted a bid in her freshman spring at Chi Omega, and was plunged into a whirlwind of fraternity parties and programmed male friendships. She recognized that she was one of the few, if not only, queer women of color in the sorority and oftentimes 1 2 3 4 T H S T R E E T M A G A Z I N E M A R C H 3 0 , 2 017

felt alienated by the gentle nudges to dress in “sexy and feminine” clothing for social events that centered on meeting men.

Just a few months later, in the fall of her sophomore year at Penn, she decided to deactivate from Chi Omega.

“I didn’t necessarily know how to figure out a queer space for myself in general, and I was giving a lot of time to being in a social circle that was most likely not going to be that,” Taylor remarked.

While increasingly more queer–identified students are entering into fraternities and sororities, there is no universal experience. Despite university and administrative initiatives to make these spaces more welcoming, most LGBT students agree that their participation in this system is at best an imperfect fit, one that either motivates them to make internal change or disengages them from Greek life altogether.

Taylor can pinpoint a specific instance that led her to deactivate. Her sorority had organized a “Chi– sino” philanthropy event and sold tickets to fraternity brothers. Sorority leadership strongly persuaded sisters to dress in tight black dresses and heels, so that they could better embody their roles as blackjack dealers and bartenders. Taylor texted friends in her pledge class to see what they were going to wear, and slowly realized from their responses that she would have to sport the suggested outfit if she wanted to avoid sticking out.

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“I was really upset about the event, but I didn’t feel like there would be a way to explain to people that that can’t happen anymore,” she said. “Partly because it’s such a large organization, like 200 people or something, it’s hard to influence the group culture or dynamics if you disagree with something that’s going on or are a minority in the space racially or with your sexuality.”

Taylor’s experience with feeling uncomfortable as a queer person in a Greek organization is not an isolated one. Many students report feelings of unbelonging and frustration with the creeping pace at which these organizations seem to accommodate them.

Zoe Stoller (C’18) recalled being uncomfortable with the inherent girliness of rush freshman year, and chose not to fixate on her hair, wear makeup, or don the requisite snappy casual little black dress for the rush process. Her being cut from most sororities thereafter seemed to confirm her hypothesis that these organizations focus heavily on appearance and traditional female identification.

“I didn’t feel entirely comfortable in the Greek life situation as a gay woman,” Zoe said. It felt strange to me, I felt out of place.” She decided to leave Zeta in her junior year and join an affiliated fraternity that unofficially accepts members of all gender identities.

Additionally, the rush process itself rests on a binary: girl’s rush and boy’s rush. For gender nonconforming or non–binary people, this can introduce its own set of confusions, especially since admittance of trans individuals into Greek life has just entered into national chapter conversations.

“I know I felt weird about joining a sorority because I didn’t think of myself as a girl,” explained Seb Dombrowski (C’19), who identifies as agender and uses they/them pronouns. “At first I wasn’t gonna join anything.”

Seb eventually joined Zoe's fraternity too too, after positive experiences meeting and talking with members of the organization who identified as queer.

There once was an on–campus organization that seemed to remedy this inclusivity issue entirely: Delta Lambda Phi, a fraternity for gay, bisexual, and transgender men, whose Penn chapter was open to members from other area schools. “They’re no longer active in Philly,” LGBT Center Director Bob Schoenberg explained.

Some students have found their community in multicultural Greek organizations, which are governed by the national Intercultural Greek Council (other “traditional” fraternities and sororities are under the umbrellas of the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Council, respectively). José Armando Lopez (C'19) initially got a bid from an IFC fraternity, but dropped a few weeks before being initiated.

“I didn't feel as connected as I should've been,” he

explained. "I couldn't relate to most conversations that were being brought up because I'm queer and it's not really a space for me."

He knew he wanted to still be in Greek life, so he kept his ears open. When a friend in a Latin dance group told him about Lambda Upsilon Lambda, a Latino fraternity under the jurisdiction of IGC, he was excited to join. All the members have a common identity to unite around, which he feels has made him feel less alienated as a homosexual man. He crossed (was initiated) just last semester.

Rashad Nimr (C’17) joined Tau Epsilon Phi (TEP) his freshman year, after initially not planning to join Greek life.

“I thought that it would be a very chill, accepting place, and it predominantly was,” he said. But he found himself surviving in TEP, rather than thriving.

“It was not created for people who are queer or people of color or people who are disabled,” he said.

And for someone who identifies as all three, “I think because I just hit on too many things, I didn’t actually ever enjoy the space itself.”

In fraternity life in general, he thinks that there are many people who “aren’t critical of how sexist everything is.” In this way, both heterosexual and homosexual men can participate in a culture that alienates women.

“So you’ll have people who are queer at the door, still enforcing a ratio. That’s a weird thing to be, to be oppressed by a specific system and then become a part of the same system,” Rashad said.“That kind of scares me in a way, but that’s what I had to do to survive there.”

Rashad attempted to recruit more queer people and more people of color into the fraternity, but he still felt that the institution remained very white and straight.

His efforts having failed, he ultimately decided to leave TEP at the beginning of his senior year.

It was ultimately the peace of mind Alec received in meeting a gay man in Sammy while rushing his freshman year that motivated him to join. “It was good to have that, and to know that I wasn’t venturing into a whole sphere of the unknown,” he said.

He saw more than a few reasons to be initially deterred from joining: “Greek life is not created for someone like me obviously, someone who’s gay and who’s black. Just at Penn, there’s not many people of color in a lot of chapters. That was a reason back when I was a freshman that I was not planning on joining a fraternity.”

In his time as a brother, Alec has seen the space evolve into a much more accepting place, with more

queer members joining over the years.

Now a senior, he can look back thoughtfully on his experiences with rush and coming out to his brothers in his sophomore year of Penn. He found his time in Sammy to be supportive, and views his position as an older member in the fraternity as one of education and leadership.

Phillip Huffman (C’18) knew Alec when he was rushing Sammy and cites him as a reason he joined the organization. “I never felt like my sexuality was a problem there, which is why I gravitated towards my fraternity,” Phillip explained.

But the spaces aren’t without their faults. “I just think fraternities in general are a heteronormative space,” he said. Phillip never felt like his sexuality was an issue, but rather that he was operating in a space not expressly created for him, in terms of frat parties and social events created for heterosexual men.

“I think having one person who is extraordinarily open about their sexuality [will be] a catalyst for other people,” he said. “Being one of a handful of queer people in a group of mostly heterosexual people is gonna inherently come with questioning of yourself, but I think I’ve grown positively from it.”

When Emily Irani (C’18) first rushed during her freshman year, she didn’t know she was queer. She was mainly searching for a way to establish more female friendships, and found herself in Zeta Tau Alpha. It was the organization that she had set out to find, and having this Greek life community and common institutional support undoubtedly helped her coming out process.

She eventually came out to the rest of her sisters, telling them that she was dating another woman in their sorority. “The support network we got at Zeta was superb,” she said. “There were some girls who were a little confused by it, but most of the sorority were very supportive.”

In total, Penn has 48 university chapters, which are all subject to the jurisdiction of Penn’s Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life (OFSL).

OFSL requires all new fraternity and sorority pledges to complete a New Member Education program within six weeks of being offered bids, which includes an event hosted by the LGBT center focusing on sensitivity towards queer brothers and sisters.

While these events are mandatory, only a few mem-

bers of each pledge class are required to be at each panel. Alec attended the New Member Education event at the LGBT Center in his freshman year, and while he feels that it was a step in the right direction, he added, “It felt like a sort of checking the box thing.”

Phillip recalled a similarly ineffective experience with this LGBT sensitivity initiative: “I felt very uncomfortable during it because it just felt like a room full of straight men and like four gay men in the front.”

Despite the efforts of the LGBT Center, these events are organized at the request of one of the three Greek councils, and only then can be sponsored and held in their space.

“We’re not pulling them in, we sort of wait for the requests to come in,” said LGBT Center Associate Director Rebecca Schept. “It has to come from the president, or from the administration of the fraternity. It can’t just come from OFSL or us.”

In other words, only the Greek organizations that think they need help will reach out for it, and these are usually the sororities and fraternities that already have a healthy body of queer members in the first place.

“There’s nothing worse than doing a training for people who don’t want to be trained,” Schept continued. And under current operations, the people who don’t want to be trained really don’t have to be.

Even with these imperfect educational initiatives, administrators at the LGBT center have noticed an increase of LGBT student involvement in fraternities and sororities.

Alec is proud to be openly gay, as it signals to possible closeted brothers and younger rushes that this is a place where they can feel welcome. But he’s also aware that fraternities still accept a very specific type of homosexual man, one who fits a more traditionally masculine mold.

Outwardly queer presentation can be a problem for many LGBT students during the rush process. “I know our students feel like if they look different, when they rush they won’t be accepted,” Schept explained.

“For a lot of queer folks, their clothing style, their hair length, the way they express themselves is different from what you normally see in sororities.”

Some queer people are fine to assimilate and remain quiet, but other more outwardly queer people don’t have that option. Sesana Taylor, the Panhellenic Council’s first–ever Vice President of Diversity, has been working toward ensuring that sororities are diverse racially and in terms of gender and sexuality.

She pointed to a sentence from Kappa Alpha Theta sorority’s national website—“Those who identify as women are eligible for membership in Kappa Alpha Theta”—as an exemplary marker of this shift in sensitivity. Though this small step in phrasing might seem invisible and insignificant to some, it could make a world of a difference for a trans person interested in joining the sorority.

“It’s getting better for LGB folks, even if it’s not perfect,” Schept diagnosed. “If you’re a queer woman who sort of fits into the stereotype of what a woman in our society looks like, a sorority might be a good place for you.”

Schept’s exclusion of the T from the acronym is intentional. As so often occurs in social movements within the queer community, trans issues are forced to take a secondary role to homosexual and bisexual concerns. For Seb, this is exactly the case with Greek life at Penn.

“I think that while it would be fantastic to recognize that people who don’t conform to the traditional gender binary exist and would possibly want to rush frats and sororities, most frats and sororities aren’t in a place where they’d be super progressive because some of them are focused on making non–heterosexual people feel comfortable,” Seb explained.

Schoenberg, who has worked at the LGBT center since 1982, can only ever recall having one trans person in a traditional on–campus Greek organization, citing a person who identified as a trans man who joined a fraternity about ten years back. Though he did not encounter any problems or report anything to the university, the man decided to deactivate because he wanted to concentrate on his studies.

Schoenberg remembers a time when homophobia was much more commonplace in Greek life—he recalled one instance when two gay men were spat on by fraternity brothers for being too overt at one of their parties.

But now, when Alec has brought another guy to a date night or formal, he’s found his brothers always to be supportive. “It goes to show that while we’ve made progress and we have frats with openly gay brothers, there’s still a lot of work to do.”

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What Was the Philadelphia School? is a new exhibit open in the Philomathean Art Gallery on the fourth floor of College Hall.

Curated by Jason Tang (C ’16) and Izzy Kornblatt (Swarthmore ’16), the show seeks to question the Philadelphia School’s place in architectural history and even its integrity as a school. “One

thing this exhibit tries to do,” says Jason, “is highlight the lesser known architects, like Robert Geddes of GBQC, John Rauch of the original Venturi & Rauch and John Bower, whose contemporary influence and prominence has matched that of the more well–known architects like Venturi & Scott Brown, Giurgola, and Kahn.” He argues that these architects, among others, formed a loose coalition that looked to site–specific context in their practice, to social analysis and to the multiple, mechanistic functions of architecture.

Despite the seemingly clear connections between architects and practices demonstrated by the exhibit, the Philadelphia School has struggled to gain recognition as a true school, as something more than just a haphazard group of architects without much linking them together. What Was the Philadelphia School? hopes to dispel these trepidations firmly.

Jason asserts, “We wanted to show that it was more about ideas, about aesthetics.”

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CREATING THE PENN MEME GROUP

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The "Official Unofficial" story.

If you haven’t yet heard of “Official Unofficial Penn Squirrel Catching Club,” where have you been? The infamous meme group changed its privacy settings from “Closed” to “Public” two weeks ago, and its membership has more than doubled in the past month—to 4,000 people (at Penn and elsewhere) and counting.

BEGINNINGS Though many students found out about the group only recently, “Official Unofficial” was originally created over a year ago under the name “University of Pennsylvania Class of 420AD.” (It only became “Official Unofficial” last fall.)

Last February, friends Anton Relin (C'19), Tristrum Tuttle (E'19) and Owain West (C'19) found themselves in New York City, waiting for a train to a hackathon in Montréal. Suddenly, Tristrum realized he needed a place to post a spicy meme he'd just come up with.

Anton had previously created a group called "Penn Meme Cuisine," but according to Tristrum, the group had "devolved" to the point that the memes posted in it were "no longer specifically Penn–related." The rule for this new group: the memes had to be relevant to Penn.

“We had a few good [Penn– related] meme ideas between us,” Tristrum said. “So Anton made this new group, added me and Owain, and put up a cover photo of the Quaker Oats dude looking shifty.”

At its conception (and for several months afterwards), the group was less than one percent of its current size. It comprised about 30 members, all of whom the three current administrators—Anton, Tristrum, and Owain—knew in real life and had personally added to the group.

Originally, the group (as the name would suggest) consisted of spoofed specific posts in the Class of 2019 Facebook group: photos of found PennCards and descriptions of lost keychains and jackets abounded, as well as propositions for new clubs.

When the new school year began, memes about various issues in Rodin College House (elevators, hot water) began to appear.

“It was very different,“ Owain said. “We were just posting memes for ourselves, so there were a lot of in–jokes.”

However, the dynamic changed completely one month ago, when someone—the admins can’t remember who— linked to “Official Unofficial” in the “CIS@Penn” Facebook group. Membership jumped by 1500 people in two weeks, and the memes became accordingly more general interest.

The rapid, unexpected growth caused the admins a few issues—they recently added four new moderators to the team to help them deal with the sudden influx of memes—but these memes have also made them famous around campus. Anton recounts a time at Pike last week when “...two bros came up to [him] and were like, 'BRUH, YOU MADE THE PAGE!'”

“I was like, this is my legacy,” Anton said. “I don’t think my parents have ever really been proud of me... and I don’t think this is going to help.”

the gentrification of West Philadelphia.

“It kind of takes off Penn Face,” Anton said. “Looking at something like this, you realTHE MEANING OF ize that [these isMEMES sues] are common Despite their self–deprecat- to a lot of people. ” ing attitude towards their role in creating the “Official UnofWHAT ficial” phenomenon, the admins MAKES A all recognize the central role MEME ‘QUALITY’? that memes have come to play in the lives of Penn students.

“It’s funny, it’s relatable and “Memes are really cathartic,” it makes a good point,” Owain Owain said. “[When you post said. “And that’s hard to do with a meme], you feel like part of small text and a grainy image.” the community, but you also An essential concern in deterfeel like you’ve made some- mining whether or not a meme thing that’s worthwhile. Even is “quality” is whether or not it’s though it’s just a stupid Internet an instance of “OC”—original meme, you still feel proud of it.” content, as opposed to a repost.

Anton points out that “Of- According to Know Your Meme, ficial Unofficial” is also a place a repost is “any user–submitted for social commentary. Many of content that has been posted the memes tackle issues includ- before,” while original content ing, among others, the College’s is a meme created by the poster.

“If you’re reposting somesector requirements, CAPS funding, Amy Gutmann’s salary, and thing, it’s not as quality be-

cause people have seen it before,” Owain said. “Also, we can’t respect your ingenuity.”

Of course, memes are derivative by definition, but any given meme is “original content” if the poster came up with what makes the content funny.

“You’re all intelligent, smart Penn students—except for all the terrible Harvard students who have joined the group—so, you smart Penn students, come up with OC,” Owain said. “Do it for the good of humanity.”

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Michelle Pereira The Schuylkill Center Environmental Art Program shows us that the final resting place for a piece of art doesn’t have to be in the inside of a museum.

Instead, it shows us that art not only can exist outdoors, but it can also connect us to the environment.

For those unfamiliar with what exactly “environmental art” entails, it generally takes the form of outdoor sculpture. Often it either interacts directly with, or is made from, living material, and its subject matter or focus

is usually geared towards representing and facilitating discus-

sion of environmental issues.

Anna Lehr Mueser, the manager of Communications and Digital Strategy at The Schuylkill Center's Environmental Art program explains,

“Some of the art work done here is about educating about Environmental Science or Ecology, and some of them are about people thinking and feeling differently about natural things they encounter...

It’s all about getting people to form meaningful connections with nature.” Summing it up, Anna explains that most people think of green art as “art in the environment,” but at the Schuylkill Center, they think of it as “art with the environment.”

Just outside the neighborhood of Roxborough, The Schuylkill Center is about a 40–minute drive from campus.

On a nice day, Anna recommends strolling down the Schuylkill River Path to get there.

The Environmental Art Program is one of four core programs at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. The other three sectors include Education, Land Stewardship/Restoration, and a Wildlife Clinic for sick and or injured animals.

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These distinctions are somewhat arbitrary, since each program works so closely with the others. Jenny Ryder, an Environmental Art and PR Intern, notes that the center takes a very interdisciplinary approach, and the art program especially is aimed towards both education and restoration.

Jenny notes that almost all of the art projects have an educational aspect, and more and more are starting to have a functional side as well. Some of the projects, such as Rain Yard, actually solve an environmental problem, and do so in an aesthetically pleasing way. Rain Yard, which Anna describes as an “indefinite” installation (meaning they’ll leave it up until there’s a reason to take it down), was designed by Stacy Levy, and speaks to the problem of rainwater distribution.

Created as an intricate installation of pipes, buckets, and pumps, Rain Yard plays on the idea of constructive redirection of water. In most urban areas, rainwater usually pools in still areas or is directed towards a storm drain. Rain Yard on the other hand, redirects the water down snake–like royal blue pipes to the garden below the viewer’s feet.

The result creates a soothing, supple cascade of water, and, perhaps more importantly, brings life to the plants below.

Like Rain Yard, Jenny and Anna also point to Land Lab as another example of their art having a double nature, both as something aesthetically pleasing, and as something functional. Land Lab is a residential program that artists can apply to through the Center For Emerging Visual Artists,

and is geared towards creating art that also uplifts the ecosystem. On this, Anna categorizes a lot of the art as an “intervention.” Jenny responds, “Anna used the word intervention.

That’s a good way of understanding Land Lab is supposed to be doing… It’s supposed to facilitate art being done on our property as a living laboratory experiment.” WE THE WEEDS created by Zya Levy and Kaitlin Pomerantz and pictured above, is a perfect example of the interactive nature of the Land Lab's projects.

Another upcoming event, Art in the Open, will be a free event open to the public starting May 24th. It will have a variety of projects across all types of media; there will be an open–air accordion performance, an interactive pine tree grove, outdoor poetry, and an indoor gallery portion.

Anna, an alumna from Penn, explains what she feels the Schuylkill Center and Penn have in common, “There’s a lot of interest at Penn now with engaging with the environment… and kind of the interpretive human aspects of environmental issues. The Schuylkill center generally is very connected to those conversations, but specifically the art program.”

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Penn students can fix your phone, but not your life.

It’s easy to break an iPhone screen. But in a city like Philadelphia and at a school like Penn, it’s even easier to get it fixed.

There’s always the option of the huge white monolith

that is Philly’s Apple Store.

Located at 16th and Walnut, this store boasts immaculate white walls and the trademark Genius Bar. However, appointments can be scarce, particularly on weekends.

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Even if you do manage to snag a spot or a walk–in, the 5S and 6 screen replacement costs $129 and the 6 plus, $149. However, buying in store has its perks—an Apple–branded screen and a

90–day warranty if your device cracks again.

But for students living on or near campus, there’s another option. Enter pennrepairs.com. Started by students Daniel Salib (C'20) and Jeffrey Chen (E'20), the site seizes the gap in the market for affordable University City screen repair.

Penn Repairs offers free pickup and delivery to students living on–campus.

They also provide a $10 discount upon showing a PennCard. Daniel told Street that he began tinkering with screens in 7th grade. He says he “enjoyed messing around with technology” and after a friend of his asked for help fixing a broken iPhone 3GS screen, he attempted to teach himself the basics of screen repair.

This gave rise to a profitable business of fixing phones for friends and acquaintances and finally led to the formation of Penn Repairs in 2016. Daniel’s process? Just learn a few tricks to speed up the process after mastering

the basics, and don’t be too afraid—your phone isn’t as fragile as you think, so long as you’re careful.

There are other options for Penn students with shattered screens. Many third–party tech stores can fix screens and feature competitive pricing. A quick Yelp search reveals upwards of 20 in the area. However, one feature that both Penn Repairs and Apple guarantee is the use of Cold Pressed Glue to secure the screen. Some third–parties use hot glue to attach the screen. The longevity just isn’t there with hot glue, Daniel explained.

Of course, you should still be careful with dropping your phone. But just know that there’s more than one safety net if your life shatters around you.

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The premise: two elderly couples sit in a fancy restaurant. One couple is WASPY and polished, the other is hippy dippy. The two men—Sol and Robert—are long–term law partners, and they announce to their wives that they are also gay lovers. The two women, Grace and Frankie, move into a shared beach house, and despite their differences and shared trauma,

pendence, deal with emotions, sophomore. It’s a great way different way than Frankie, but and come to peace with their to detach from reality, which somehow they compliment circumstances. Relatable con- sometimes, ya gotta do. each other. tent!

3. THE CENTRAL PLOT OF 6. DRUG USE. On multiple 2. BUT IT’S NOT THAT THE THIRD SEASON. Grace occasions, parents get high with 1. IT’S RELATABLE. Well, RELATABLE. Like I said, it’s and Frankie struggle to start a their children. Chaos, naturally, as relatable as a show about el- about two elderly women living company called Vybrant (the ensues. California, amirite? derly women living in a Malibu in a Malibu beach house. They "y" for extra fun), that manu- Also, goals. Hi mom. beach house can get. But Grace have arthritis. They have grand- factures sex toys that are accessi7. REALISM! Grace and and Frankie are just two girls kids. The issues that plague ble to elderly women. They face Frankie is the realistic and betrying to make their way and their day to day life are rather obstacles like sexism, agism, lievable type of drama. The live their best lives, find inde- foreign to the average college nepotism, and religious groups! characters are multidimensionIt’s #inspirational and also #hi- al, the plots, while absurd, are larious. rooted in reality, and the writ4. FRANKIE IS FREAKY. ing is spot–on. Worth getting She’s your stereotypical, granola emotionally invested in.

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THE 2017 PENN STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL 21 submissions, 3 winners, all student–created

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George Hodan / Public Domain Pictures Just last week, Penn’s greatest cinematic creators gathered at the annual Penn Student Film Festival. The three–day festival, sponsored by Penn College Houses & Academic Services, provides students with the chance to have their work seen by an audience—and to compete for four top cash prizes.

The festival began on Monday, when 10 out of the 21 submitted films were screened in Gregory College House. After the second day of screenings, the festival’s judges selected eight finalists to be featured in Wednesday’s final round at New College House.

The winning film was ei: emotional intelligence, by Dennis Kim (C’20). This was hardly the start of the road for Dennis, whose film was selected as Vimeo’s Short of the Week just this past August. He has been featured in at least four professional film festivals, and has already racked up over 800,000 views on YouTube.

It’s difficult to pinpoint what stands out the most about Dennis’ short. While the

animation is breathtakingly gorgeous, the story, which follows two robots who experience deep and human–like love as their world threatens to crumble around them, is poignant in all of the right ways.

The second–place winner was Street Video Editor Emily Hason’s (C’18) romantic short film Blinded, created initially for Kinoki’s 48 Hour Film Challenge. With excellent camera work and editing, the film gives us a short and sweet scene that might not be exactly what it first seems.

The third place prize went to Justin Lee (C’18), for The Seagull, a beautifully narrated short about a little stuffed dog who leaves his only friend behind to explore the world.

In doing so, he experiences some of life’s highest highs and lowest lows, ultimately finding a new sense of peace and companionship. Justin, who participated in the festival last year but didn’t place, credits the Penn filmmaking community with his growth as a creator.

“I remember how restricting

it was making films by myself freshman year,” he recalls. “The Penn filmmaking community is the most collaborative group of people at Penn I know of.”

Because of this collaborative spirit, artists often find themselves acting in or helping out with their peers’ films. Student composer Nicholas Escobar (C’18) composed original music for both Dennis’ and Justin’s short films. “When a director explains to me the feeling that they want in their film,” explains Nicholas, “what I’ll do is I’ll send them just an initial three, four minutes of piano, or music that I create electronically, and I’ll ask them if they feel like it fits the tone.” While Nicholas states that Dennis ended up using the initial composition he sent him last spring, Justin’s piece, inspired by the soundtrack of the movie Her, took a little bit more back and forth.

The festival's fourth cash prize for Audience Favorite went to Elvire Audi (C '18), for her film Arete.

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With disappointing— though unsurprising—lack of self–awareness and generosity, Jon M. Huntsman Hall (Ed. note: how come the Hall never caught on as its nickname?) of-

fers free printing...only to Wharton students. Currently, there are no free printing opportunities for students in the College. “College students may as well get used to poverty

now,” wrote one alumnus in an email.

The business school’s students are most likely to have paid summer internships or any kind of employment af-

ter college, but students felt that this hard–earned money should go towards more important things. “If Trump kills free trade, coke prices are gonna be through the roof,” lamented one Wharton senior.

Wharton students do not pay any premium for their printing privileges. “Everyone pays the same tuition, so the only reason is to make other students feel inferior just for not being in Wharton,” explained a Wharton administra-

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Most College students resent this arrangement. But Street found some who have a more positive perspective. “Realistically, I’m going to live a more fulfilled life even if I make no money. They can have their free printing, they have nothing to look forward to anyway,” said an optimistic Fine Arts major. At the table next to us, a Wharton junior laughed while she bought herself a pair of Yeezy’s.

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