Pennsylvania Punch Bowl
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| The Pennsylvania Punch Bowl | |
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| Editors-in-Chief | Rahul Sharodi (2007-present)
Alex Jacobson (2008-present) |
| Categories | Satirical Magazine; Internet Humor Website |
| Frequency | Thrice Yearly, Daily Online |
| Circulation | 5,000 |
| Publisher | Amy Gutmann |
| First issue | 1889 |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.ThePunchBowl.net |
The Pennsylvania Punch Bowl is a humor magazine published by students at the University of Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1889 and has existed continuously since then.[1] The magazine is currently printed three times a year, coming out at the end of each semester and when the students arrive at school in the fall.
In answer to a question about his advice for the young, University of Pennsylvania alumnus Ezra Pound refers to the Punch Bowl in a 1962 issue of The Paris Review. "In fact the University of Pennsylvania student Punchbowl used to have as its motto, "Any damn fool can be spontaneous."[2]
In fall 2006, the magazine created a new Web site, which adds new humor pieces every day. Recurring pieces in the magazine and website include "Letter from Amy Gutmann" and "Pokemon University." [3]
The Winter 2008 Issue - "The Racism Diversity Issue" - attracted attention and created a minor controversy on campus because of pieces inside that certain student groups saw as unfairly targeting or aiming a disproportionate number of jokes at certain racial groups. [4], [5] The University's campus newspaper later criticized these student groups for their overreaction to the issue.[6] As a result of this minor ordeal and to better assuage the offended parties, the Punch Bowl made their Spring 2008 issue "43% less racist." [7]
[edit] References
- ^ About the Pennsylvania Punchbowl. Retrieved on 2007-02-06.
- ^ Paris Review, Art of Poetry No. 5, quote on page 8.
- ^ Pennsylvania Punch Bowl, Winter 2008.
- ^ Punch Bowl "Diversity Issue" a Paragon of Subtlety and Restraint. Retrieved on 2008-03-18.
- ^ Finding where APAs belong, Opinion, Daily Pennsylvanian, 2008-02-22.
- ^ Cheers and Jeers, Opinion, Daily Pennsylvanian, 2-5-2008.
- ^ Pennsylvania Punch Bowl, Spring 2008.
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