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(02/09/09 4:38am)
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Our favorite meme of the past few weeks (narrowly beating out Paste Magazine's Obamicon generator) is this little doodad that allows you to make all your photos look like scale models. It's called a tiltshift maker, and while we have no idea why blurring half an image tricks our brain into believing it's been miniaturized, whatever, 'cause it's SO COOL. Check out some of our handiwork, with more after the jump.
Several tipsters have written in to lament the disappearance of Ruckus, the Penn-provided iTunes alternative that we didn't actually know still existed. But lo, Ruckus is indeed AWOL. Has it joined Juicy Campus in that big playground for collegial websites in the sky?
A tipster just sent us this snapshot of a typical Penn squirrel. What, are acorns considered a carb?
LOVE Park will live up to its name this Sunday when all the city's make-out sluts come together for a giant orgy of Seven Minutes in (Urban) Heaven. Philly's tourism department will be filming some kind of Valentine-themed commercial. Love + city seemed to work for New York ("I <3 NY"), so why not apply the same concept to Philly? Here's the scoop: This commercial is for a new push of the campaign with a special Valentine's Day twist. The filming takes place in LOVE Park and starts on one couple meeting at the Park. They immediately start kissing each other. The camera moves and we see another couple meeting and kissing . The camera continues to move and we see another kissing couple and another until we see a ridiculous number of couples all meeting and kissing at LOVE Park, as if everyone in Center City just stopped what they were doing and started making-out with each other. More details are here. But since Penn has its own LOVE statue and we are lazy, we're planning to just chill on College Green and make out with whoever walks by, even if it's a squirrel.
Gather round, kiddies, because the UA has another mind-bending survey for you to fill out! This survey (which--where our seniors at?--is good for exactly zero Feb Club stamps) asks us to identify the ways our Penn experience could have been slightly more awesome. Indeed, employing what strikes us as a very Carrie Bradshaw-esque turn of phrase, UA overlord Wilson Tong asks, "Do you ever wonder about what could have made your Penn experience even better?" Um, maybe less Survey Monkey links...aw, just kidding, UAsters.
You guys, Penn is in the market for a new provost. And guess what? You can apply!
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Today the crack investigative team at the New York Times reports on one of the financial crisis's most tragic consequences: Wall Street girlfriends and wives no longer have carte blanche! Quelle horror! But we think the NYT has failed to explore the collegiate angle of this dilemma: Wharton girlfriends. (See also: gold diggers, TheHos.)
Some Penn kids are planning a spooky event at the Rotunda for February's upcoming Friday the 13th. Think The Craft...goes to college! According to the craigslist ad, they're looking "for paranormal specialists (i.e. psychics, fortune-tellers, tarot card readers, ghost hunters, voodoo experts, spectral enthusiasts...) and people who have been contacted by the spirit realm." Psychic mediums, that's your cue!
There's still time to make reservations for Restaurant Week, the time when Philly's best restaurants offer prix fixe three course meals for the masses--it's officially restaurant week until Friday, but a number of places are also participating next week, from February 1st through the 6th. Translation: get thee to OpenTable! A list of participating restaurants and menus is available here, and also check out Phoodie-approved selections and tips from Foobooz.
Sadly, we heard that Dhamaka did not triumph at Saturday's Phillyfest (they were beaten by--ugh--NYU). Lucky for us, videos of the competition have been uploaded to YouTube, so you can decide for yourself whether Dhamaka was robbed or got served. Here they are, and please note the fake Mu Alpha Kappa frat house behind them, because we totally love it.
SPEC isn't scheduled to spill the beans on this year's Spring Fling performer until the end of February or early March, but we're hearing whispers right now (na na na) that this year's pick is none other than Akon! A listing for Fling Friday was spotted on concert listing site JamBase earlier today (but has since been removed), and the date is still up on Akon's Tour Tracker page (screenshot here).
BlackRock, Rothschild and UBS, oh my! On Campus Recruiting '09 may be a far cry from the boom years of yore, but there's still a fair amount of recruiting going on inside Huntsman (and, from time to time, the Inn at Penn). And you know what that means: swag!
It's preceptorial time! You know, preceptorials, those random non-credit just for the hell of it (and/or love of learning) seminars that meet a few times each semester. Some casual reconnaissance reveals that most Penn students have never actually participated in a preceptorial, but don't let that dissuade you: this semester's offerings look very promising indeed. We suggest opening Penn InTouch in a new tab--here are some UTB-approved selections:
It's back! We missed it more than Lost, more than our friends who were abroad, more than non-freezing temperatures: 34th Street! In today's issue, we're spirited away to the Class of 1923 Arena, where Penn has...a hockey team? Say what? It's true, we have a hockey team! And Emilio Estevez is their coach! And a young Joshua Jackson is team captain! Someone should really write a movie about this rag-tag group of kids...
If you're lucky enough not to have class tomorrow, but not so lucky that you're actually in D.C., you can watch the 'naug at any one of several Penn-provided spots on campus. For your convenience, we put together a map. Obama's head signifies an officially sanctioned inauguration-watching site.
Our weekend shopping trip yeilded an interesting discovery: FroGro has new winter-themed plastic bags! Now, unless we are mistaken, these bags were only introduced very recently. Starbucks and other companies start getting all snowflakey around November, so why did FroGro wait until January? Could it be that they made some sketchy deal for discount post-holiday bags? Developing...
Takeaway: There are two sides. They don't agree with each other.
This Tuesday, you have to choose between watching the most historic presidential inauguration of your lifetime...or attending your lame 10:30 class. Wilson Tong, UA chair and campus mensch, brought to our attention the UA's "open letter to faculty" regarding the whole ASTR 001 vs. OBAMA 4EVA conundrum. The letter encourages instructors to "accommodate any students who may miss classes owing to their presence at the Inauguration" and "those students who may want to watch the Inauguration ceremony live on television." And why should they do that? Understanding that discretion regarding attendance is yours, we encourage that you consider Tuesday as a secular holiday [...] Sweet! This gives us the extra time we need to bake a "Yes, We Cake." But in all honesty, most of your liberal elite professors will be just as excited as you are to watch the ceremony, and if not, hello? TiVo.