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(11/04/08 3:05pm)
You've probably already seen this e-mail that's been making the rounds, a warning from the ominously named Committee of Seventy:
If you first push the button for the presidential candidate you want and then push the straight party button, you will cancel out your vote for president on the voting machines used in Philadelphia. This is because it will be as if you had pushed the presidential nominee's button twice: the first time selecting him and the second time unselecting him. If you want to vote the straight party ticket, just push that button and it will include that party's nominee for president. If you want to select a nominee for president individually then you need to select all of your candidates individually.
We find it a little disconcerting that we might somehow unwittingly void our own vote, so please heed this warning and be careful! Everything's going to be so much easier in the future when we can vote by text message.
(11/03/08 7:56pm)
Don't read UnderTheButton.com from Street on Vimeo.
(11/03/08 6:00pm)
Alright, troops: big day tomorrow. We, as a nation, will decide whether we want to be led by a crazy old man or the coolest/smartest guy evAR (N.B.: This is not biased because we didn't use their names! We are being intentionally vague!), and because this decision will involve a lot of hard work, Ben & Jerry's is rewarding us with free ice cream. Just show up at the store (on 40th between Locust and Walnut) between 5 and 8 p.m. with some kind of proof that you have indeed voted (sucks for Canadians/convicted felons), and you will get your very own scoop of democracy. And by democracy we mean ice cream.
(11/03/08 4:00pm)
UTB political correspondent and chief analyst of imaginary polls Julie Steinberg writes in to bring a much-needed international perspective to tomorrow's election.
(11/01/08 7:33pm)
Greetings from a kitchen several yards west of campus, where we are currently camped out blasting Miley Cyrus to drown out the fratty mess a few doors down. And, hey, is it just us, or is this the ultimate nexus of party weekends? Homecoming, Halloween, Phillies championship, pre-election last hurrah...what can't we party about today? The mega-party has some unforseen consequences, however: our doorbell keeps ringing. Stray trick-or-treaters, random alumni who claim eminent domain and barge in on their old living spaces, Jehovah's Witnesses...today, we've seen them all. Damn you, whatever team we're playing, and damn you, Franklin Field, for charging $4.25 per hot dog. We're just going to hibernate for the rest of the weekend. But first, a list of the Best and Worst Costumes We Saw This Weekend (e-mail with your additions!):
(11/01/08 3:47pm)
Penn's Ivy cousin Cornell gets namedropped left and right on The Office, but because this blog is called Under The Button (as opposed to "Inside The Gorge" or something Ithaca-y like that), it doesn't usually warrant a post. On Thursday night's episode, however, Penn finally got a mention! And it wasn't a lame joke at Penn's expense, as many Penn pop cultural references tend to be, so double hooray!
(10/30/08 2:10pm)
Darkness falls across the land, the midnite hour is close at hand, etcetera etcetera...Happy almost Halloween! As we were googling "Vincent Price" just now, we totally realized, and pardon us if this was obvious to everyone already, that "Disturbia" is a modern update of "Thriller"! Just like how "Love Don't Cost a Thing" is an update of "Can't Buy Me Love." (And we're talking about the Nick Cannon/Patrick Dempsey movies, not the songs, FYI). It's really all coming together today! And hey, it's Thursday, that means there's a new issue of Street to read!
(10/28/08 4:30pm)
Though we have sporadic bursts of real-life celeb stalkage, if want to get our voyuerism fix regularly, we have to rely on People.com headlines and another type of people: the kind that just look like celebs. In that spirit, we present Penn doppelgangers. They say everybody's got one; here are a few that stood out to us. Peruse the pictures, and then vote for the pair you think has the clearest resemblance. (And, psst, do you know someone who should join the doppelgang? E-mail us!)
(10/28/08 2:45pm)
Wednesday, 10/29: Spookeasy at the Kelly Writers House, 8 p.m.
A Halloween twist on the Kelly Writers House's zany coffeehouse/speakeasy/old-timey salon. We can guarantee that there will be lots of free candy and almost as many poets.
(10/27/08 9:23pm)
Is it just us or has Locust Walk resembled an archeaological dig over the past few weeks? Seemingly every day a new section of the walk is cordoned off and dug up.
(10/27/08 2:49pm)
Welcome back to Over It, the occasional feature that consists of a UTB contributor ranting about something they are so totally over.
(10/25/08 6:58pm)
Who subscribed us to this McCain/Palin e-mail list? We are not laughing. DO NOT WANT.
(10/24/08 3:48pm)
A tipster tells us that Alicia Sacramone, Olympic gymnast and fellow Ivy Leaguer (she goes to Brown), made a cameo at Smoke's on Wednesday night. Um, whoa! She totally won us over this summer, and not just because she's pretty and Ivy League, but also because she seems tough, like that rebel gymnast in Stick It. And we happen to know that she was in town for a gymnastics event at the Wachovia Center yesterday, so she must have decided to squeeze in some Sink or Swim while she was in Philly. Smoke's is pretty strict with I.D.'s, but we guess exceptions can be made for Olympians who don't turn 21 until December. (No such luck for fellow Olympians Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson, born in 1989 and 1992 respectively. And don't even get us started on the Chinese women's team--would they even be able to get into a PG-13 movie?) Anybody have any pictures with Alicia? E-mail us!
(10/24/08 1:00pm)
Street Food & Drink editor Eliza Rothstein took a break from her gastronomic pursuits to snap this picture for us. Merci beaucoup!
(10/23/08 4:00pm)
Because they recognize that cinematic genius takes many forms, the editors of 34th Street's illustrious film section (they interviewed Michael freaking Cera) bestow upon us one YouTube treasure each week.
(10/23/08 2:00pm)
It is Thursday, and by the transitive property, that means there's a new issue of Street for you to lovingly peruse:
(10/23/08 3:08am)
Apologies for the lack of posts tonight. UTB was busy stalking Henry Kissinger, who was on campus for Impact '08. Our previous knowledge of Kissinger is limited to what we learned from watching that Kirsten Dunst movie Dick, but we found the actual Kissinger to be smart and well-informed. Governor Rendell, Amy Gutmann, Mayor Nutter, and former Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin also spoke, and the festivities included a highly entertaining "lighting round" between Kissinger and Rubin, in which the secretaries offered concise opinions on Russia, China, Palin and Obama. Henry K. was the highlight of the evening in our opinion--we even got to bask in his glow up close when we snuck into the Annenberg School's library to check our e-mail before the event started--the building's lobby was being used as a reception area for various V.I.P.'s, and as we walked out, Kissinger was being led in! As far as political spottings go, it was even cooler than when we saw Michael Nutter at a hot dog stand last Halloween.
(10/22/08 1:00pm)
Foobooz informs us that Metropolitan Bakery is celebrating its 15th birthday this fall. They're putting together a calendar full of recipes and customer anecdotes to benefit a local charity--how benevolent of them! Because of the DP/Street office's close proximity to Metro, many staffers are regulars there, and this affords us a slightly different perspective on their current charitable endeavor: namely that that Metro employees are some of the most bitter and pretentious people we've ever had the displeasure of interacting with. But still, good luck with the calendar!
(10/22/08 1:45am)
Penn Leads the Vote's new video just landed in our inbox, and we are quickly becoming obsessed with it. It's basically a non-musical bipartisan version of Yes, We Can featuring various Big People On Campus. Some of the boldfaced names include senior class prez Brett Perlmutter, UA bigwig Wilson Tong, women's track star Camille Richard, the ubiquitous and super-smiley Erica Evans, and several former and future Ego's of the Week. But we think PLtV must have hired some ringers for the video, because we've seriously never laid eyes on some of them. That British, be-scarfed guy, for example--c'mon, does he really go here? In any case, it's a fairly amusing video: first they tell us not to vote, but (~*spoiler alert*~) don't worry, they're just kidding! Watch out for a UTB parody, coming just as soon as we can get our hands on a video camera.
(10/21/08 10:19pm)
Little follow-up on that treasure hunt we posted about last week: the hunt went down as planned, sending participants on a National Treasure-esque wild goose chase through Philly. And who stood victorious at the end? That's right, bitches, some Penn kids! Seniors Brett Muhlada and Nancy Duan, who have been dating for three years (cue chorus of "aww's"), were the first to complete the Diamond Dash, and claimed as their reward a $20,000 diamond ring. Check out a picture of the sickeningly adorable couple:
Congrats, guys! If you end up pawning the ring, you can probably use the money to pay for one semester's tuition.
