Columnist encourages canvassers to stop hassling broke college students

Columnist Victoria Marchiony writes an open letter to canvassers on Main Campus. The weather is warm, the trees are in bloom and the canvassers are back for another round of harassment. In response to the 40th activist who tried to accost me for money this week, I have written up my feelings – and, to [...]

Music Issue: Pixel8ter

In the past year, the word “dubstep” has been on the tip of many music lovers’ tongues as the popularity of artists such as Skrillex, Deadmau5 and Bassnectar has skyrocketed from the electronic music scene to the mainstream. Meanwhile, from his home studio on the outskirts of Philly, Pixel8ter has been working tirelessly to perfect [...]

Street Sounds: Vahe Sarkissian

Philadelphia is positively swarming with music students. Despite their presence, the question that few of them ever seem prepared to answer of, “What are you going to do with a performance degree?” always lingers. Vahe Sarkissian is a guitarist who is challenging the assumption that all instrumentalists go to Los Angeles to starve. After winning [...]

Introvert columnist favors alone time, rejects peers’ pity

Columnist Victoria Marchiony argues that introverts are not socially awkward, but actually prefer being alone. I recently had a conversation with an acquaintance, during which I was told, “I always feel bad when I see people eating lunch alone.” When I asked why, he explained that he saw it as an indication of social awkwardness. In [...]

Springtime returns with noxious plants

Columnist Victoria Marchiony discusses the smells emitted from the blooming trees on 13th Street and Cecil B. Moore Avenue. Ah, springtime. The weather is warm, the clouds are thin and the hemlines are rising. On one of the first hot days of the season, I walked out of my residence hall and paused to take [...]

Galactic brings New Orleans funk to Philly

Often, it’s easy to complain that most of what gets played on the radio is six degrees away from actual music, and to lament that technology is being used to strip all of the soul out of the art. While some music critics contend that this is true for the majority of top 40, there [...]

Columnist puts ‘freeze’ on weather-inappropriate trend

Columnist Victoria Marchiony discusses the ever-popular trend of womens weather-inappropriate party clothes. At this point in the flu-season, I figure everyone has popped into Student Health Services at least once, and has seen those charming anti-smoking posters that read “It’s 30 below, your teeth are chattering and you’re thinking ‘I’m not addicted, I’m not addicted, [...]

Keep V-day affections behind closed doors

Columnist Victoria Marchiony reclaims the 14th as a day for loving all. I love Valentine’s Day. Despite never having been in a relationship during this Hallmark holiday, I have consistently been blessed with single friends who are in the mood to pamper me. Back in middle school, my best friend and I decided that at the [...]

Colored coat teaches lesson in humility

Columnist Victoria Marchiony recalls her experience with a pink puffy coat. People like to fit themselves and others into groups because it makes it easier to process the very overwhelming world around us. One of the ways that we categorize each other and ourselves is through clothing. This is the story of a magical rosy [...]

Take a break from the boring break

In her introductory column, Victoria Marchiony recommends shedding the monotonous routine in favor of something new. I’m one of those people who has spent her entire life causing awkward silences at dinner parties by making obscene and or scathing comments regardless of company. And my somewhat trademark inability to avoid saying exactly what I’m thinking [...]

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