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Emma Watson attends the premiere of Paramount Pictures\' \'NOAH\' at Zoo Palast on March 13, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures)

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star Emma Watson has decided on Penn for graduate school. And, looking on Twitter, there’s quite a bit of excitement at the news:

— Amber Heffelfinger (@AmberHeff) March 25, 2015

@EmWatson penn for grad school? can we hang out?

— Eddie Dean (@NCG_Terry) March 25, 2015

my sister got to go to Brown with Emma Watson and now I get to go to Penn with her. She\'s basically fam ❤️

— Nicole Loor (@_nicoleloor) March 25, 2015

’s annual joke issue, released around April Fool’s Day. In the same issue, you’ll see that the

is also reporting that Amy Gutmann has signed on with CoverGirl, the Penn campus is set for an AstroTurf conversion, and area Starbucks shops are actually serving Folgers coffee.

Still, though, we here at Philly.com have been forwarded this story many times today. So, for posterity’s sake, let’s examine the

Kingsley Pennyton, Watson’s publicist, said that after discretely visiting campus and speaking to individuals from the English Department, Watson fell in love with the school.

“Kingsley Pennyton” is the fakest British name ever conceived. And, not only that, but there’s one primary result for that name in Google — the

“I’m excited,” said Catherine Bennet, head of the Graduate English program. “I think Emma’s beliefs mirror those of the English Department here at Penn.

A simple search of Penn’s site reveals that there is no one named Catherine Bennet who works in Penn’s English department, graduate level or otherwise. She is also a character in Jane Austen’s

, though in that novel she is referred to as Kitty Bennet. Lit majors, man.

Pennyton emphasized that she wants to experience normalcy and avoid unwanted attention while on campus.

If Emma Watson moved to Philadelphia, she’d instantly be the biggest celebrity in Philadelphia — not exactly conducive to normalcy. Besides fan interaction, we (the media) would likely cover every time she ordered a cheesesteak or sipped Yuengling. This fact would probably not escape an actual publicist.

So, no, you won’t be seeing Emma Watson around Penn’s campus anytime soon. Still, though, at least two mainstream news outlets have been fooled by the

Meanwhile, the actress confirmed on March 24 that she will attend Penn for graduate school after she graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature.

The actress will continue to do her bookish alter-ego Hermione Granger proud when she attends graduate school at University of Pennsylvania: Penn.

Penn kids, however, can buck up — as a consolation prize, they’ll host Kesha at their upcoming Spring Fling next month.

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