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We may groan endlessly about Penn's dining options (that shudder you're now experiencing comes courtesy of Houston Market), but as West Philadelphians, we're actually very lucky when it comes to food. In fact, some of our Philly favorites (White Dog, Sabrina's, Marigold Kitchen-- to name a few) are just a short walk away, and for the next two weeks, they're cheap, thanks to Uni City Dining Days.
We know that workin' off that Fourth of July BBQ is at the top of your priority list. We also know that it's too hot to do anything except frantically reapply your antiperspirant every time you look out the window. Which is why we're pleased to present Mini Golf at The Porch at 30th Street Station.
In our latest edition of impressive people who go to Penn, we present you with a former Penn swim captain, a current Penn swim captain, and a young woman who holds four University swim records-- oh yeah, and they're also all competing in the Olympic swimming trials this week out in Omaha. Rhoads Worster, a self-proclaimed "really competitive person" (surprising?), Shelby Fortin and Brendan McHugh are all goin' for the gold in their bid to join a former Quaker who has already secured a spot on the women's rowing team for the 2012 London Games.
Huntsman's Consolation Prize: Board Of Trustees– There's only room for one true president on campus, which is why we sure are happy to welcome former GOP presidential candidate Jon Huntsman Jr. to Penn's Board of Trustees after an 11-year hiatus, as the DP reports. "Penn was like family," Huntsman Jr. '87 was reported as saying upon acceptance of the position. Yeah, sure, whatever.
With 9 weeks left until we change our professional headlines on Linkedin back to "Student," we stumbled across this video which actually kinda made us miss campus. The vintage footage of old school Penn comes from 1957, a time when upperclassmen lived in the Upper Quad, Hey Day was called the Junior Cane Walk, and freshmen participated in a wacky tradition called "Dink Day."
Happy National Do(ugh)nut Day!--Celebrate 75 years of Krispy Kreme artery kloggers with a free doughnut today at the Center City location! If that's too far, or if you don't feel the need to burn off the calories (yet), hit up the more local option: Dunkin'. Your donut is FREE--as long as you buy a drink first. Our suggestion: go to Dunkin' and get a drink and donut on your walk to Krispy Kreme.
Look at trendy Philly making some moves (and shaking things up) with the arrival of Shake Shack to town! Next Wednesday, after nearly a year-long wait, the Big Apple's hottest burgers and shakes stand will be opening up its doors on 20th and Sansom, by Rittenhouse Square. It's the perfect location, considering its customized menu which will feature some Philly-themed "Concretes" (blended frozen custard), including the "Rittenhouse," "Center City Pretzel," and "Liberty Shell."
Eating a green chip may have ranked among your worst childhood nightmares, but one Penn professor (who already has a whole lot on his plate) thinks tasting the rainbow might actually help shed some pounds!
Penn released its semi-annual list of campus-wide CCTV locations yesterday, as per the University Policy (yes, there's a policy on such matters). For the uninformed, the list details all 218 locations of cameras, from 30th to 46th. Every garage roof, street corner, and lab is being watched.
A team of Penn engineers who solemnly swear that they're up to no good recently found a way to use a technology called plasmonic cloaking to create destructive interference, translation for "We just invented an invisibility cloak."
You're sitting at home during the most awkward three weeks of your life. Your internship hasn't started yet, and there's only so many more times you can leaf through "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" and your high school yearbook. So sit back, break out the Penn Alumni sweatshirt, and enjoy your grad vids. As if you need any more urging, we present you with a list of reasons to relive your last 15 minutes as a Quaker.
Want a real Intro to American Politics?– Obama For America is opening up a brand new West Philly office at 52nd and Walnut today! Head on over to shmooze about local politics from 6:30 to 8:30 or just to grab some grub, courtesy of our second-favorite President.
If you have a "Call Me Maybe" Pandora station or consider Tiësto a lyrical genius, check out WXPN's Music Film Festival at the Annenberg Center today for some more wonderful musical selections. The festival, which lasts through Sunday, will screen movies that feature Mumford and Sons, terrorist drummers (?), and real hipsters, whatever that means these days.
If you've overdosed on matzah this past week, then we've got some good news for you: when life serves you matzah, make matzah-ball soup, if you will. (Yes, we went there.) Max and David's, the recently-closed restaurant, is reopening as a kosher food truck on 34th and Walnut after the holiday.
Happy International Cone Day!– Celebrate 34 years of punny ice cream at Ben and Jerry's on 40th and Locust today from 12 to 8. Grab yourself a complimentary cone while you're at it!
Props to the insanely jazzy and groovy SPEC Jazz and Grooves for putting together its own mini music festival on Fling Friday! QuadFest, which will take place in the Lower Quad on April 13th from 12-6pm, is the perfect Tiesto/Passion Pit pregame. Not that you should pregame during Fling. Definitely not.
We know how bummed you are that you don't have an ABCS course to get you to walk North of FroGro, so here's a bit of good news for ya: Philadelphia got selected by travel mag Frommer's as one of the 10 Best Cities for Parks internationally! That puts us in the same league as London, Paris, and Tokyo. Penn Park, along with FDR Park and Fairmont Park, which is made up of 63 individual parks and 9,200 acres (10% of Philly), are just the first steps in Mayor Nutter's Green 2015 initiative to add 500 acres of park space by the time the freshies graduate.
SpringFest Is Raging On College Green Until 3– If sleeping out under the West Philadelphia stars wasn't your idea of a good night, stop by College Green today for your chance to win 2 free Fling Floor Concert Passes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-style. Unwrap chocolate bars in search of a golden ticket if you'd like, but if that's too corny for you, go for the trampoline and free Sugar Philly desserts.
If you didn't get a chance to drink off last Tuesday's loss to the Tigers over Spring Break, maybe this highball will lift your spirits: our (second-favorite) President's U.S. Department of Education awarded Penn the Presidential Award in the Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. That's right, we win! And the best part is, Princeton didn't quite make the cut.
Let them eat cake!– But only if they're in Wharton. In honor of our (other) founder's 186th birthday, Joe's Cafe in Steiny-D will be serving free cake at noon! Go grab some gratis grub, and let's party like it's 1826!