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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.


Life’s Better on Saturn: I Contracted Dysentery From the Theos Luau Kiddie Pool

Submerging my body into that blue neon abyss was like reaching nirvana.


OP-ED: I’m Glad There’s No Quegger for Gay Men

You'd All Be Too Messy


10 Ways to Boost Your Social Status at Penn

10 tips from the hottest social climbers in University City. 


Lights, Camera, Action: Student on Ozempic Desperate To Go Nude for Your Student Film

Carving a semi-glutide to student film pipeline


Op-Ed: Penn Should Accept More Qatari Money

It's kinda like printing more money but not bad.


Paid Advertisement: Penn Mock Trial Team Searching for White Male Pervert to Play Role of Jeffrey Epstein

When we decided to conduct a mock Epstein trial, we knew that we needed someone who committed the same exact crimes as Jeffrey, down to the smallest, most minute detail.


Local Student Attempts To Steal From Pret; Gets CHASED Over Bridge And Spanked

The student was found staggering across High Rise field, muttering "I must not steal, I must not steal."


Penn’s New Regulations Regarding On-Campus Protest: Scary Larry Given License to Kill

Interim President Jameson has announced he is done fucking around and is now strapped.


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