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So we're a little late on this (we were so busy celebrating?) but the Quakers became Ivy League champs yesterday (sorta) in their last home game against Harvard, with a final score of 34-14. Though we'll be Ivy Champs of some variety, we aren't officially champs until next weekend, when we play Cornell on their turf. If we lose, we could potentially have to share the title with Yale.
The "It Gets Better" Project is growing in popularity nation-wide with their videos, which feature both celebrities and regular people, urging LGBT youth to stay strong because "it gets better". And what could be better than having the president of the number one gay friendly university featured in one of these vids? Our favorite prez stars in an "It Gets Better" clip and reveres Penn as a school of LGBT-friendly individuals. We believe this is true, but posts like this, which are written by Penn students, are also a cause for concern. We're glad Amy is pushing us onto the right track, though. Plus her glowing hair and velvety red suit make us feel extra safe.
And a bowl of soup! A fundraiser for the University City Hospitality Coalition, which feeds the homeless, is happening tonight at Penn's Newman Center. Five dollars at the door will buy you a bowl of soup and a seat to watch performances by such favorites as Excelano, Off the Beat, and West Philly Swingers, among many others. Each guest will receive one bowl of soup to see what it is like to go hungry for a night and all the proceeds will go toward UCHC.
Engineering senior Siddharth Chandrasekhar just won his first round of the Jeopardy! College Championship. The episode aired at 7 p.m. and we just had to rush to our computer to let the whole world know that Penn is smarter than everyone else. Also, according to our favorite source, Wikipedia, the prize for the winner of College Jeopardy is $100,000. Yes, those are five zeros. Let's hope he makes it to the end and treats us all to Chipotle or something.
Remember when we deemed the new Meyerson Basement Lounge "Cafe Shit-tay"? Well some higher being must have caught wind of this and decided to make a slight update to the lamest lounge on campus. Meyerson is now decked out with new semi-cool chairs in red and clear plastic to give the dank basement a more modern look. Hey, it's better than the folding chairs.
Sometimes Penn kids like to make the world a better place, and sometimes we like the world to know about how we're improving it. Philadelphia Weekly gave Penn a shout-out for the new community service-based WriteCorp program, where students go into schools and teach creative writing to the wee ones in the Philly school system. More info on WriteCorp after the jump.
Advanced Registration Is Open (and has been for a while...) - After weeks of playing with your mock schedule and course cart, advanced registration finally opened on Penn InTouch. We realize it was enabled on November 1st, but thought we'd point it out now to anyone who happened to forget and/or is too focused on partying to remember that they need to take classes. Get your registration requests in by November 14th!
In what has to be one of the most exciting things ever, the legendary South Street Bridge is finally functioning once again starting at 2 p.m. today. It will be open just to bikers and pedestrians for a full hour before cars will be permitted to cross, and we know you want to be the first one to walk or bike across it. A ceremony will also be held at 3 p.m. so all you bridge enthusiasts ought to check that out as well. West Philly, get ready to be reconnected to Center City in ways you haven't been since 2008.
If you renew your lease, that is. The Radian is arguably the fanciest building Penn kids live in (other than Huntsman, where plenty of students end up sleeping on a daily basis) and they are baiting current residents to live there again next year with promises of a potential trip to Las Vegas for two. We aren't quite sure how the winner will be chosen or what the winnings entail, but we do know that we'd be willing to renew our lease just because there is a washer and dryer in every apartment. Who needs Vegas when we have built-in laundry facilities that make us feel like real adults?
Last week to promote his "Rally to Keep Fear Alive", Stephen Colbert featured his TV personality's biggest fears in a segment titled "Fear For All" on The Colbert Report. Along with being afraid of Mexicans, bears, and Muslims, Colbert claims to be terrified of robots. To help keep his fear alive, he brought in Penngineering professor Dan Lee to talk about how robots (don't) have emotions and whether Lee is, in fact, a robot himself. More screen-shots and witty commentary after the jump.
Rock The Vote Before It's Too Late! - You've probably been hearing this all day but we're here to remind you that polls close at 8 p.m. Still undecided? Check out this Inquirer article that may give you extra information on the candidates. Not sure where your polling place is? Click here to find out. And don't forget to keep track of the race via The DP here.
Perez Hilton is known to bash the world's most attention-starved celebs but a tipster sent us this photo from the gossip king's site, which was found in Perez's Halloween Fan Photos Gallery. We don't know who this person is or what they're supposed to be but we'd recognize that statue and its surroundings anywhere. It's just too bad Perez didn't use his infamous Microsoft Paint to point out the potential baby bump or impending nip slip. Anyone know who this stud is?
Excelano is known around Penn for dropping mad beats and above is their ad for their Fall show. They're calling it In//Verse (lol poetry joke) and though the video's cinematography focuses mainly on chairs and other inanimate objects, the poetry is slammin'. The tone is uncomfortably somber but we know the live performance we'll be sweet. Show info after the jump.
And by squirrels we mean the animal, not the frat with the indoor jacuzzi and occasional hooker. We're not sure who is behind this page but we find it to be pretty entertaining. After all, everyone knows that Penn squirrels act like rabid beasts most of the time. This one in particular breaks into the Quad but no one seems to mind. At least discovering a squirrel in your room is slightly less confusing than finding a chicken in your shower.
If you want to rally with Mobama this evening you should probably get in line now. Entrance is first come, first serve and that shit is getting long.
In our first ever edition of UTB's What Not To Wear, we take a look at the Halloween costumes that all you crazy Penn kids came up with. And what better way to do that than with a comprehensive costume report card? Read on, friends. You may even catch a drunken photo of yourself that you don't remember us taking. Oooooh, scary. "Jose Cuervo" Alcohol-inspired costumes tend to be overdone but we enjoy them nonetheless: +5 The Mexican theme may be seen as offensive to people who are actually, uh, Mexican: -10 Shot glasses strapped across the chest. Convenient and festive!: +8 Fake mustache: +100 Final score: 103 "Rabbi" Sweet beard: +14 Humble tilt of the hat: +3 Possible walking difficulty in the long robes: -34 Using electricity during the Sabbath and thus not staying true to character: -46 Final score: -63 "Frankenfurter" Reference to Rocky Horror: +50 A man who isn't afraid to wear garters: +23 Camera-ready makeup: +102 Refusal to sing "Sweet Transvestite": -39 Automatic slut deduction: -45 Final score: 91 "DJ From Mars"...at least, we think that's what he said. Surviving the night with a giant box on his head: +9 Facial expression on said box: +43 Staying classy and warm in a suit: +17 Confusion over what exactly this costume is: -94 Extra Credit- Claiming to be a huge UTB fan: +4049503 Final score: A lot minus a little "Lady GaGa" Just one of many GaGa renditions we saw: -10 Crazy chains to hold down potential conquests for dance floor makeouts: +5? We guess? Gluing cigarettes to your sunglasses is much better than smoking them: +26 Using beer cans as hair rollers: +14 Final score: 45 "Salt and Pepper" Aww, friendship: +12 Forgetting that salt is white and pepper is black: -17 Admitting that they are Philly U students. Whatchu doin' at Penn?: -100 Being the only females we spotted with a costume that isn't slutty or boring: +107 Final score: 2 "Day Man and Night Man" It's Always Sunny references get us hot and sweaty: +200 Being the masters of karate and friendship for everyone: +124 It's cute when bros love each other enough to wear tight clothes together in the spirit of a holiday celebration: +19 We're a little afraid of what he's wearing (or not wearing) under the Day Man costume: -40 Final score: 3OH!3 (aka 303) "Bumblebee" (the Transformer, not the insect. Duh.) Transformers 2 was filmed at Penn so we automatically feel a deep connection: +45 The costume comes in two pieces. Inconvenient: -59 The craftsmanship is quite impressive for a Penn bro: +6 Not minding that we stole decorations from his house, including pictures of Mario Party characters: +10 Final score: 2 "Le Anh and The Real Le Anh" Paying homage to food carts: +900 Not getting into character enough to know why one Le Anh is real and one is not: -205 We love any and all Penn references: +400 Actual costume is simple yet creative. However, it would be better if they dressed like actual trucks: -18 Final score: 1,077. Winners? Who knows. That's all for our epic Halloween edition of What Not To Wear. For those of you who didn't make the list, we apologize. For those of you who are bound to get upset that not many females were featured, you should apologize to us for not wearing funnier costumes that we could both compliment and insult at the same time. By this we mean, no more Minnie Mouse or M&M costumes. Yawn. Until next year... xoxo UTB
Course And Majors Fair Going On Now - Head to the Hall of Flags before 2 p.m.to learn more about different courses and majors. Because it's pretty crowded, they even offer a handy map that will tell you exactly where to go to find your major(s) of choice. This way, frightened potential English majors won't have to talk to scary math professors and vice versa.
Boycott Divestment Sanctions is a Philly-based group that works toward justice in Palestine and they don't think Sabra and Tribe brands of hummus are cool at all. Apparently the profits from these companies "support illegal occupation and human rights abuse created by the government of Israel." We aren't picking sides here but we truly believe that the Lady GaGa inspired, hummus-themed song they break out in the middle of FroGro (complete with GaGa dance moves) is magical. The lyrics at the bottom even make it a sing-a-long experience which definitely earns the video bonus points.
After his disqualification from the 2014 presidential race, tabloid prince Ernest Owens is keeping himself busy with the new, mysterious Barbie Society of Penn, which we discovered on Facebook. We don't have much intel on the group, except that it describes itself as, "The most sexxy, sophisticated ladies (plus a gay) have established a society for all us Penn Barbies to unite!" Look out, it seems as though Penn's getting a dose of the Plastics.
Famous Music Critic Gives A Talk This Thursday - As a Kelly Writers House sponsored "Lunch and Conversation" (free food!), Ben Sisario will be talking to students interested in getting into music journalism and criticism, as well as the world of music in general. He will be introduced by Penn professor and Rolling Stone contributing editor Anthony DeCurtis. The talk will take place on Thursday at 12 p.m. RSVP to wh@writing.upenn.edu to attend.