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Neither SPEC nor Mask and Wig are strangers to UTB, so we were totally stoked to hear that they were collaborating on an upcoming event. On February 10th the Zellerbach theater will host the Comedy Festival, or if you totes abbrev then "ComFest" (not to be confused with SPEC's trillion other fests).
Here's a good one from the gossip grapevine: Greek ladies report that during the first day of sorority rush, some freshman girl had the oh-so-brilliant idea of writing "Santa Claus" on her calling cards instead of her real name. But after making a few rounds around the houses, the sorority girls couldn't take the confusion and kicked "Santa" out.
Everyone's favorite school-starting, nation-founding, getting-struck-by-lightning babe magnet turns 304 today! Honestly, Ben doesn't look a day over 175. Let's all celebrate by not peeing on his statue. Or celebrate by peeing on his statue. Either way works for us.
A couple of weeks ago myGreek.org launched at Penn. Pretty much everyone we know, Greek or not, got an email about this "Greek social networking site," so we were intrigued. We snooped around the site for a week or so, and we have some thoughts.
The other day, someone forwarded us this email in which some dude (actually, a now Penn Law student and former class prez) recounts a conversation he overheard in Van Pelt. We laughed, but didn't think much of it...until we received the email on like, twelve other listservs we're subscribed to. When we looked back over the email, we had a number of concerns, including but not limited to: why is everyone declaring their love in Rosengarten? Also, did this guy sit there transcribing this whole exchange? Considering how quickly excited freshmen speak, we find this words per minute count to be impressive. Oh, and...to all the "Obnoxious Girls" and "Awkward Boys" out there — we salute you.
Couldn't wait to schmooze at President Gutmann's house tonight? Neither could she! El Presidente stopped by Hillel's "Hanukkasino" event to pregame her own holiday party and light the menorah. After a rousing cry of "Chag Sameach!" (which we're assuming is Hebrew for "you're the most talented and diverse mix of dreidel-spinners we've ever seen"), she gracefully departed to her totally decked-out pad.
Our first snow pic comes to us via star tipster Jayme van Oot (mad props for the Button cameo!):
Street is all about telling you what's up. And this week we tell you all sorts of crazy stuff, like about how the military loves Penn and how gluten-free doesn't have to mean fun-free. We also break down your winter break film schedule (and your study music playlist). Our Ego of the Week is a senior society all-star, plus the Roundup reminds you that there is life outside of Van Pelt. And did you know about all this super important stuff that happened?
PSA: This is not from the actual Penn LGBT Center. Uncool, "upennlgbt@gmail.com" — we know who you really are...
Question of the afternoon: why is there a two-block line outside of Allegro right now?
We have some other stuff in this week's issue, too. Like what? An interview with Mike Posner (who is performing at the SPEC-TRUM concert tonight), a look at dysfunctional celluloid families and a review of the delicious Chew Man Chu. Plus we have the Roundup, Ego of the Week and our feature about the Penn Medical Emergency Response Team.
Big Man On Campus is tonight at 8 p.m. at The Troc. We stopped by the rehearsal to see what type of training goes into making these guys larger than life. Turns out it involves a lot of high kicking and jazz hands. More pics after the jump.
And we use our powers for good. This week we learn all about Redcap's Corner, that place next to Strikes that you pass on the way home from Smoke's. BMOC takes over Ego of the Week, dead musical genres get their due and Penn performers crush on each other. Speaking of, we're totally crushing on the Hub Bub and Coup de Taco guys. Plus, we round things up and introduce you to Side X Side. Tis indeed a magical week.
Today's PSA: Street didn't accidentally print on a Wednesday. Nope, we just decided to give you a bonus issue this week. While you can enjoy normal Street-ness tomorrow, pick up our Fall 2009 Dining Guide today!
As per the DP:
Man, you guys sent in so many entries for the SPEC Fall Concert contest. Since your job was to come up with a band name that was at least eight words long, we spent hours and hours reading all those words. Too many words! Anyway, it was tough, but we picked a winner. Congratulations, Stephanie! You won with:
The Panhellenic Council has teamed up with Operation Warm for "Kill the Chill" week in an effort to provide winter coats for local children. We totally back this great cause, and are particularly excited about tomorrow's Sprinkles event (15% of all sales go to Operation Warm). As per Panhel:
This weekend is Homecoming, which among other things means Penn students will remember what daydrinking is and alums will come back and hook up with nubile young coeds. It also means that there is a football game or something.
We love giving stuff away and we're sure we're going to love this SPEC concert at Irvine on Friday. Needless to say, we are thrilled that we have an opportunity to combine those passions. If you want a free pair of tickets, here's what you have to do: