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For many of us, post-Spring Break readjustment to the cloudy hum drum of campus is just so hard. A quick plane ride back to Philly separates sunny, boozy bliss with the routine of life as a college student -- there's too much work, too many familiar faces, and dear ol' Penn looks just a little bit duller.
"Campus' favorite" new phone-friendly PennApp -- MeepMe -- made its campus debut last Thursday night at Smoke's. Reps for the app gave willing participants "MEEPID" numbers at the door, and from what we hear (or received screenshots of), Penn jumped at the chance to get its skeeze on. MeepMe cruised straight past an "interactive way to flirt" and on to a service resembling those late night just-for-local-singles hotlines.
From Amy G in a tweet from Arianna Huffington and the Engineering school's scary acrobatic builder bots on Stephen Colbert's ThreatDown, Penn has enjoyed quite a spell basking in the attention of the national media. But while Penn seems to be appropriately prominent in the realms of news and reality-based television, our alma mater remains relatively irrelevant to mainstream pop culture. Or, at least, until this past Monday.
A disgruntled SPEC insider forwarded us the above screen shot from the pop star's Pollstar -- believe it or not, she's committed to performing at some nearby college we've never heard of. This seems like quite an unlikely steal for a 1500-student liberal arts college in god-knows-Williamsport, but we can only assume it's because SPEC has a far better performer lined up for our drunken enjoyment. Here's to high expectations and inevitable disappointment.
Yup. Here they are. Read them. Love them. Live them.
Back That Up - After a convincing 31-7 win over Cornell, the Quakers have clinched their second outright Ivy League Football Championship in as many years. Yale, who could have potentially claimed part of the title, lost "The Game" to Harvard anyway. See the DP game recap here.
Care for some punch? - The chill pre-cursors to next semester's Panhellenic Formal Recruitment -- sorority 'Open Houses' -- are taking place this weekend. SDT, Theta, Alpha Phi, SK and Zeta (at AXO) will be open for girl flirt on Saturday; AXO, ChiO and TriDelt on Sunday. Freshman 'women:' go to upenn.mycampusdirector.com to register.
If you haven't yet met Marcel the Shell, then consider yourself a novice in the art of midterm week procrastination. Just ask mbrowne30, a Penn kid (we think!) who set the video's script to song:
Without even really meaning to, we have a spooktacularly Halloween-themed Street for you this week. Our cover story this week is a creepy, crawly tour of 'Spookadelphia' -- turns out that our dear city is chock full of ghosts, ghouls and otherwise paranormal happenings. Freaky! Also inside the mag is your guide to all things Halloween: tricky treats in Food and Drink, local costume shops and hallowed happenings in Ego and Film has cinema-inspired (just like this week's Ego of the Week!) costume ideas.
Meeting with OSL to make sure the place would be safe for Michelle Obama should she just happen to stop by on Monday? Nahhhh.
"Progressive bluegrass" band Punch Brothers stopped by the campus Ben & Jerry's this afternoon to play an acoustic set as a part of the Bonnaroo Music Festival's "Bonnaroo Buzz" campaign. After the show (now! hurry!), they're giving away samples of the new "Bonnaroo Buzz" ice cream flavor and a few tickets to the Punch Brothers' show at World Cafe Live this evening. See after the jump for more information.
Looks like Cosí has helped itself to some of Urban's receipt paper -- does this mean that legally "all merchandise" (like that Chicken TBM you didn't quite get to for lunch today) can be fully refunded when returned within the first 30 days of purchase and accompanied by the original receipt?
After what we assume was a blustery stroll through the creepy alley between the Rotunda and 12 Lounge (RIP), a tipster alerted us to this strange array of forgotten school supplies, rubber ducks, and (dare we say?) random bits of trash.
The long-heralded Meyerson basement lounge is finally taking shape -- though we think you can hardly call a dozen tables and folding chairs sitting on an island of ambiguously patterned carpet squares a lounge. The caution tape perimeter suggests that the hang out area isn't completely finished yet, but these archi-geeks didn't seem to care.
Listen up kids, 'cuz Street is back in the habit ... of shitting on freshman, cleaning them off, hugging them a little too hard and showing them how to join the rest of us as full-fledged Penn students. Go ahead, flip to the (figurative) back of the magazine: it's the 2010 Freshman Superlatives! And if you're a current senior, check out Superlatives 2007: Now and Then to relive your glory days and glance at the former superlatives WHO HAVE LEARNED NOTHING.
Surprise! Our very own Quaker was invited to College Gameday announcer Lee Corso's birthday party -- or at least the scripted version filmed for this Gameday promo. Also on the invite list? Mascots representing a smattering of college football's most significant programs: Florida's Albert Gator, Ohio State's Brutus Buckeye and Texas Tech's Raider Red, among others. Though we love the Quaker, and can't wait for the season opener against Lafayette come Saturday, it seems odd that Penn Football was included in this rather exclusive fiesta. Perhaps this is the first time that being mistaken for Penn State has ever worked in our favor?
Yet again another confirmation that Penn likes its students to be good and sauced: Penn Athletics has designated the concrete spot between the Lott Tennis Courts and 33rd Street as "THE area" for pre-football game tailgates.
And by BOP, we of course mean Best of Penn. Yes, we hear what you're saying; "By Golly, I can't believe it's that time of year again." Oh, but it is. And aren't you excited?
What do a bunch of zany teens in FNAR-337: Information Design and Visualization do when you hand them a bunch of numbers? Why, make some diagrams of course! The students were instructed to find an interesting way of expressing the data... And there's what they came up with.
And the onslaught of opportunities to win free Fling Concert tickets has officially begun.