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Oh Melancholia! How I Felt When I Learned That I Was Excluded From the Hill 1-Green “Fake IDs” Group Chat

Turns out they were a group order of fakes in their own right. 


New Survey Finds Penn Students Chill AF, Move Different, Smoke That Chronic

Magill responded to the findings via IG story: "We are so back."


If 1 in 5 People in the World Are Actually Chinese, Why Do I Still Have No Ethnic Friends?

My lightweight rowing team also, suspiciously, is all white. Any group of 5 that I create out of them has no Chinese people in it at all.


Help! I'm Trapped in the Recursive Windows of Path@Penn!

 Fellow explorer of the unchartered territories of Path@Penn, if you find this, please tell my friends and family that I love them.  And please tell the professor that I am unable to drop the class, as I am dead.  


Ok Hypocrite: My Dad Tells Me To Study Hard for Finals After Failing His Paternity Test

He’s just a man to me. I always wondered why I looked Wasian despite having a white dad. Well now I know, this fool failed the test.



Red, Blue…Too Many Colors! Incoming Freshman Doesn’t Know Whether to Throw Up Crip or Blood

These freshmen just come to their Quaker Day, see a mirage of colors, grab the first bandana they see, and get straight to the felonies.



Fuck Summer Internships, I Want to Be Remembered for My Art

Internships are seasonal, art is forever.


Take THAT, Patriarchy! I (a Girl) Won the Harrison Bracket Challenge

There's a lot of stuff you don't know about me.


Faking Interest, 第四个

An advice column about love, life, and rock n’ roll, run by two of the sveltest broads in all of Pennsylvania.



“Hey, Sorry. I Was Kind of Walking Here” and Other Passive Phrases to Prevent Getting Run Over

Flipping drivers “the bird” is an overused and overly-aggressive defense to avoid getting hit by a car. Here are some nicer alternatives to properly communicate with Philadelphia’s finest automobile operators:


Damn, This Lovely Spring Weather Is Making Me Reflect on the Cyclical Nature of It All

How was your spring equinox? I almost forgot to ask.


Stupid Bitch! My Mom Refused to Upgrade Me to First Class on Our Family Trip To Bora Bora

AND that bitch from my history class invited my situationship to formal. Everything. Is. Ruined.


POEM OF THE WEEK: Heaven Looks a Lot Like Facebook Marketplace

Heaven looks a lot like Facebook marketplace


Accepted Class of 2027 Worried There Is Less Recess Time at College

They're the new kids in town. 


Gatekeeping the Toxic Situationship Soft-Launch Until You Slay

None of these words were in The Bible. 


When Penn Became Communist China: The Day I Had to Go Around the Fence on Locust Walk

Next thing you know, you're transferring out of Wharton and into the School of Working Makeshift Iron Blast Furnaces on the College Green.


I'm Done With These Halal Food Trucks, Point Me To The Haram Ones

Having Halal Food Won't Absolve You of Your Sins


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