What's HapPENNing?

Dear readers, friends and acquaintances: Welcome back from Spring Break! We hope you had a restful week of sunburn and hangovers. Now that classes are in full swing, it's time to get back into the rhythm of school. Yeah, we know this sucks, but your professors don't want to see your face any more than you want to see theirs. Here's to a week of light work, eh? Now put away your Mardi Gras beads and sack up, this semester is (more than) halfway over and you've already made it this far!

Hillel Week
Who: Hillel
When and where: Monday–Friday; all over campus (check link)
Why: It's a week full of free stuff, noshing and other meshuggeneh activities for the Chosen People and the gentiles that culminates in the Purim Crawl. We can't promise that you'll be farshikkert off your tuchus for that, but a few sips from the ole' jug of Manischewitz never hurt anyone, amirite?

Chick Lit and Postfeminism
Who: Penn Women's Center and Penn Bookstore
When and where: Tuesday, 6–7 p.m.; Penn Bookstore
Why: The official description tags this event as an adventure in "gender relations through the lens of the romance genre," hosted by alumna Stephanie Harzewski. So, like, Fabio is gonna be there, right? But actually, it'll be a refreshing discussion about marriage and feminism, among other topics; and it's on a Tuesday, so what else would you be doing?

St. Patrick's Day
Who: Everyone and their mother
When and where: Thursday; It's always 5 o'clock somewhere
Why: It's St. Patrick's Day.

WQHS Presents: Future Islands
Who: WQHS Penn Student Radio
When and where: Thursday, 8 p.m.–midnight; Johnny Brenda's  (1201 N. Frankford)
Why: For the low, low price of $10: This. It'll be a nice change of scenery, especially if you don't want to be around the entire Greek/lame/aggressively drunk scene at Penn for the night.

QPenn 2011
Who: Lambda Alliance
When and where: Sunday, 5 p.m.–next Sunday 3 p.m.; all over campus (check link)
Why: Remember how Penn is the nation's #1 gay-friendly school? So there's that. During the week, there'll be free stuff, awesome speakers and plenty of workshops. Also, there's a drag show, which is... um, ok, uh, whatever.