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(09/09/11 12:08am)
Penn football is great at a lot of things: Ivy League Champs for the past two years, and the projected winner for the 2011 season. On the other hand, it seems that spelling may not be one of their stronger suits. One tipster sent us Penn football's rumored new t-shirt that was supposedly found outside of the Palestra. Though there's no way to say if this is for sure a piece of football paraphernalia, it appears somebody needs to apply this mantra to her life in more ways than one.
(08/26/11 7:10pm)
For students participating in early move in, Penn has officially postponed the date from Sunday, August 28 to Monday, August 29 due to Hurricane Irene's plans to wreak havoc on the East Coast this weekend. Penn also advises that students traveling from far distances within the next few days should delay their plans until the storm has cleared. Public Safety will be frequently updating their website with safety precautions for those bracing the storm in Philly. Stay inside and be safe, everyone!
(08/24/11 4:29pm)
If you missed all the hype about uBeam back in June, the interview of inventor Meredith Perry (C'11) on NPR is a good reason to start paying attention. The conversation plugs (we made a pun) the product, a wireless apparatus that uses ultrasound frequencies to charge electronic devices, while also addressing the potential directions Perry could take with her impressive gadget.
(08/15/11 8:26pm)
A fast approaching school year can only mean one thing: stocking up on some new Penn apparel. At least, that's what Un-Buttoned wants you to think. Operated by five Penn kids (who all seem to like eye protection, water and sport), Un-Buttoned prides itself on a mission that includes what seems to be the new standard for 21st-century business: sustainability, environmental protection, human rights and social responsibility.
(08/11/11 7:10pm)
It is a rare occasion when we post something that generates reader consensus, but the discovery of a possible leukemia treatment by Penn pathology and laboratory medicine professor Dr. Carl June certainly justifies widespread celebration. The treatment, a gene therapy that causes T-cells of the body's immune system to attack cancer cells, leaves many optimistic about the medical community being one step closer to finding a cure for cancer.
(08/09/11 9:21pm)
For the first time since 2005, Penn football was picked as the Ivy League preseason favorite to win the Ivy League title. Hooray! The creatively-titled Ivy League Football Preseason Media Poll cast their prediction based upon a 17 member voting committee, twelve of whom voted for Penn. What were the other five people thinking? Hellooo, Penn football won the Ivy League championship in 2009 and 2010. Doesn't take much to see a pattern starting to shape up (no pressure, boys).
(08/09/11 3:05pm)
So what if this Craigslist posting is a little further West than Penn's campus; we couldn't let it slip through our fingers without giving it the attention it deserved. If you know how to "throw down," are ready to "protect the awesome community" and also want a 50% discount on your rent, you just might have the chance to be Philadelphia's newest resident on S. 46th Street.
(08/02/11 2:41pm)
Gone are the days of making jokes about Penn kids creating start ups and inventing shit because they clearly have a propensity for doing so. Plus, this time we're talking about compact grills (hehe). The Pocket Grill, started by Penn alums "Ben and Jay," is a grill that can be folded up and kept safe in your pants while you're preparing to cook the 10 lbs of meat (or assorted grill-ables) that it's capable of holding.
(07/30/11 2:32pm)
Earlier this summer, we posted about an opportunity to feast your eyes on some melon. It seems summer has come full circle: on August 3rd, City Tap House plans to celebrate the all-important "National Watermelon Day" from 4-8 p.m.
(07/29/11 4:46pm)
If you happened to hear a loud wailing in the vicinity of Huntsman Hall this morning, it is either because our nation is potentially on the brink of more economic uh-oh, or because Bloomberg ranked Wharton as #4 (AGAIN!?) on the list of Best Undergraduate Business Schools 2011. Most people would celebrate even the prospect of being ranked number four, but keep in mind: we're talking about a place that gets competitive over GSR space.
(07/22/11 1:11pm)
West Philadelphia is waiting with bated breath for the opening of Aksum, a "new café/hookah lounge" at 46th and Baltimore, expected to be opening in a few days. Owner Saba Tedla claims she wanted to add something with a "chic vibe" to the neighborhood, and it looks like she's doing just that.
(07/14/11 6:22pm)
We were just as shocked as you when we realized we hadn't posted about a Penn startup since last week yesterday. Today, we début* Sportaneous (who doesn't love a good portmanteau*), started by a Penn-Columbia tag team. The new app enables users to organize pick-up sports games with other users in the same city, all thanks to GPS technology. So it's essentially a mélange* of match.com for the commitment-phobe and foursquare for the socially-functional creep, non*?
(07/14/11 4:02pm)
There's been a lot of buzz lately about the ghostwriting accusation directed towards two psychiatry Professors at Penn. In particular, the Project on Government Oversight (POGO), described as a "nonpartisan independent watchdog," recently concluded that this supposed incident of ghostwriting - which happened nearly 10 years ago - necessitates President Amy Gutmann stepping down from her post as chairman of President Obama's Bioethics Committee due to what POGO feels was "inaction" by the university with regard to the ghostwriting issue.
(07/08/11 1:09pm)
We owe a lot to Campusfood, from feeding our famished brains during all nighters in VP to facilitating Allegro deliveries made just down the block (we're sorry). Now, Campusfood has raised the bar by brilliantly marrying two of our favorite concepts: food and entertainment. Read on for some sweet summertime dinner-and-a-movie-recs for this weekend, and ignore the fact that you probably can't find a restaurant with 'pre-cut sliced seedless watermelon.' This list (their creation) is essentially what would happen if you told Pandora what movie you were watching and she told you what food to eat.
(07/06/11 2:34pm)
Did you panic at the thought of missing The Bachelorette because you were out getting your red white and blue on? Fear not! Though there was no new episode this week because of the holiday, we couldn't resist this opportunity to cast our own predictions. If episode seven had aired last night, here's what we think might have gone down:
Sniffle, sniffle, tear(s). While previews may exaggerate some drama, they certainly never lie. The per episode ratio of Crying Ashley to non-Crying Ashley has been climbing faster than the unwavering affection each suitor has admitted to feeling for the perpetually pouting princess. "It's My TV Show And I Can Cry If I Waaah-nt To" may be a good theme song to adopt.
"I'm over Bentley, really!" Leave it to Ashley to reassure us of her feelings for animosity towards Big Bad Bentley in every episode, causing us to seriously question if she's for real or just feeding us a big bag o' bologna. Maybe now that the guys know of his visit, she will finally stop speaking of him. Is that realistic? No. We are certain that Ashley would have mentioned Bentley in this week's episode. Dot dot dot. Period. Whatever.
A cultural experience, of sorts. So we've now watched the crew travel to Hong Kong, Phuket and Chiang Mai. No visit has been complete without a date that also acts as a unique insult to interpretation of the local lifestyle. Perhaps this week may have featured something along the lines of baking fortune cookies in China.
Pep talk with Chris #12,978. Have you ever had a friend go on and on about an issue to the point where you are fresh out of advice and all you can offer is a sympathetic nod? Unfortunately for Chris, every such encounter he has with his amiga Ashley is aired on national television. So he has to start "making up rules" in order to convince Ashley that he's listening. Chances are high that in this week's episode Chris would have broken with convention (that is, reality TV convention) yet again in order to appease Miss (Dr.?) Hebert.
(06/30/11 7:05pm)
It seems that every online article these days practically begs its readers to "like" it, "retweet" it or somehow pass it along to fellow social media mavens. Have you ever wondered what it is that makes these articles like- or retweet-worthy? It happens to be more than just because the spirit moves you.
(06/29/11 8:48pm)
Were people even aware that Wharton has a location in San Fran?* Oh, well, it's moving. "Wharton | San Francisco" (not to be confused with "regular" Wharton here in Philly) is relocating from its current post at the Folger Building to a brand spankin' new campus at "the historic Hills Plaza building on the San Francisco Embarcadero." While this means absolutely nothing to us, there's no denying that its name change is one obvious upgrade.
(06/28/11 1:59pm)
For Penn researcher and alum Jim Gee, owning a designer home is not all it's cracked up to be. Cracks (pun intended) in the roof are just the beginning of a laundry list of reasons someone would likely be dissuaded from buying the radiologist's ex-casa. As if frequent roof leaks, "low ceilings, narrow staircases, cramped bedrooms" and Gee's inability to actually sell the home (oh, the real estate market sucks?) aren't bad enough, the worst part yet may be the fact that philly.com went on to publish all of these shortcomings for prospective buyers people to read. Ha!
(06/22/11 7:54pm)
Summer internships encompass the best of both worlds: either work blows and there's a very thrilling light at the end of a 10 - 12 week [carpal] tunnel, or you're crossing your fingers until your knuckles turn white in hopes that you get - !!!!! - hired for your dream job. Either way, UTB wants to hear it! For the remainder of the summer, we'll be compiling your best internship stories and sharing them every Sunday night (just in time for Monday morning, of course) in our new series Internment.
(06/22/11 3:22pm)
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