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Fasting for God or Fitting Into Jeans? This Yom Kippur, UTB Asks: Why Not Both?

This Yom Kippur, I’ll be thanking God for the ultimate gift: repentance and a size 24.



UTB Investigation Finds Creepy Pottruck Portrait Couple Lowkey Chill

Although the portrait of the Meiklejohns can be offputting, UTB assures you that they’re pretty chill once you get to know them. 


Childhood Stuffed Animal on Girl’s Bed Seen A Lot Since Freshman Year

This little guy's been with her through thick and thin. And, he has the scars to prove it: a small tear from years of loving hugs, a scratched glass-eye from falling out the car window on a family road-trip, and now, a crusty patch of fur from Amanda’s recent situationship.


Beware: The Tickle Monster Is Coming to Crows

They will tell their bouncer to kindly inform all attendees that a “special guest” may be showing up.


Unsurprising: Wharton Student Found at Urinal With Pants and Underwear at His Ankles

This is not the first time this has happened to me, and I’m not longer shocked and appalled by it.


DP Sanctioned by Woke Mob After Reporting News That Did in Fact Happen

Under the Button would like to distance itself from any alleged associations with the Daily Pennsylvanian at this time.


WTF! WLCNO (Weingarten Learning Center New Offering): HTDAAP (How To Decode Acronyms At Penn)

Why tf are acronyms so difficult at Penn??   


Quiz: J. Larry Jameson Lunch Order or Bible Verse?

Eat, drink, and be merry!


What My Commons Dinner Says About You

I am the fucking Commons alpha.


Student Learns That the Slow Descent of Becoming Just Like Their Unstable, Alcoholic Parents Is Actually Awesome

Clark doesn’t describe himself as an alcoholic, however; rather, he is a connoisseur of the Lites.


Penn Announces Use of Nuclear Weapons in Fisher Hassenfeld Renovations

The idea has received 'glowing' reviews.


Crazy Thought: Let’s Install Urinal Dividers At Smokes

I am fighting for YOUR rights to not be metaphorically —or literally I’m not judging— smacked with dicks of varying sizes in your peripheral vision. 


This Fall, I'm Rushing Hashanah

My Bubbe always told me to reach for the stars.


‘An Inch Away From More Than Just Friends,’ Your Boyfriend and His Best Friend Know Every Lyric to This Chappell Roan Song

You found him the next week alone in his dorm with his eyes watering, staring at a picture of his best friend Richard Mater (C ’27), asking himself if it was casual now.


New Study Finds: The Worst Guy You Know Also Likes All of Keith McNally’s Instagram Posts

But, please, for the love of God. Just stop liking Keith McNally’s Instagram posts…


Don’t Talk To Me, I’m On My Theoriod

And this month, it’s getting heavy.


Oh, Melancholia! Everyday Pleasantries and Meaningful Friendships Reduced to Nothing With My Noise Canceling Headphones

If a tree falls in the forest, but I am wearing noise-canceling headphones, does it make a sound?


Student's Vow to Stop Vaping Undermined by Lack of Vow to Quit Drinking

“They’re gonna quit any day now,” said close friend Rick Flamenco, who always carries a Geek Bar set to burst mode on him, giving it during parties out to whoever asks. “I mean it’s not like any of us are addicted.”


Overheard At Penn: “Poor People Are Poor for a Reason” & 10 Other Statements

I swear these are all genuinely overheard.


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