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I once spoke with ?uestlove at 30th Street Station; he asked me for the time. Though I can't say I've been curious about his life after that glorious moment passed, maybe you are. And now you can read his mind--well, 140-characters of it at a time--by following the Twitter of the Roots drummer. According to Philebrity, his handle is qoolquest.
Midterms bring out the ugly in all of us, and one of the ugliest of truths is that we feel compelled to suck up. You may not want to admit it - you may do it yourself and still hate others for doing it better than you - but regardless: when you're sitting the library for hours on end, feeling more and more disillusioned about your worth as a student, you undoubtedly feel the urge to accrue as many brownie points as possible. (Or is that just me?)
Penn Dining recently sent out an email ever-so-kindly pointing out meals to be had on-campus for under $6. (Which only makes the yearly meal plan push even harder to bite into.) I'm all for cheaper eats, but I do wonder what motivated the email. Is Subway concerned about our thinning wallets? Or has there been a drop-off in customers? But wouldn't a college campus provide a steady customer base, even amidst economic woes? Or -- gasp! -- have we begun cooking?
When seniors receive their $160,000 diplomas and SEO-based advice from our commencement speaker this May, five other notables will get honorary Penn degrees -- doctorates! -- for free. And we thought academia was the one place where "real world experience" didn't matter.
Van Pelt has finally implemented printers that can print double-sided! Not only does this save paper and lighten the load you have to carry, but it's cheaper too: one double-sided sheet costs 10 cents, and since each single-sided page is 8 cents, you're saving over a nickel per two pages printed. (Thank you Ideas in Mathematics.)
The timing is almost too perfect. Just as everyone is packing up and deserting campus for three-ish weeks of no class & no exams, one of our favorite Philly blogs, Philebrity, broke the sad news about our own Philadelphia International Airport (PHL): it has been titled the "Most Stressed Airport" in the US for 2008! We hate to be mean, but this does seem more fitting for a city known as "Killadelphia" than a World Series win.
For those of you who are not incarcerated in Van Pelt for the next week and a half (we hate you), you can venture to President Gutmann's Holiday Party tonight. Her socialite assistant, Leah Popowich, sends these details:
"Final" does not have two "i"s, but asinine does.
SAS webmail is out of control. First there was this bizarre phenomenon (which then stopped for awhile, but recently began again) and this morning I received the quintessential scam email regarding my webmail. Read below:
We're not exactly sure why English House Gazette, a blog for "news & information by students at Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges," is writing about our favorite all-male South Asian a cappella group, Penn Masala, but really, is a reason even necessary? As the story details, they're a cappella all-stars: Riding on the success of previous albums, their newest one features three original Hindi songs, which have been written and composed collaboratively by the group. One of the songs ‘Pehchaan’ which literally translates into identity has truly established Penn Masala’s identity on the a cappella scene as it will be featured on the BOCA or ‘Best of College A Cappella’ 2008 album. Though we may not have known such a disc existed, we are impressed nonetheless. Congrats, guys!
Though Philadelphia Magazine is not the rag you probably reach for, December's issue covers the top 100 moments in Philly in the past 100 years. The magazine's website strategically offers little insight about what these moments are -- guess we'll have to read it while lurking at Barnes and Noble -- aside from a slideshow of the top 10 moments. Consider this a supplement to HIST 204.303.
Sure, he's here to discuss the economic crisis, but more importantly: you have the chance to catch a glimpse of him! Obama's meeting with the National Governors Association at Independence Hall today, so dropping by there is your best bet for sneaking a peek. Palin is expected to be in attendance too, so that promises some awkward good fun as well!
Street loves haikus. We write haikus about ingredients like quinoa and kid classics like applesauce. We even enjoy writing about people who write haikus.
The Rhodes Trust just released the 2008-2009 winners of the Rhodes scholarship to Oxford. Sure, Princeton can claim 3 winners this cycle but we have Abigail Seldin (C'09) to rep our good name. Her winner bio details: Abigail P. Seldin, Tierra Verde, Florida, is a senior at the University of Pennsylvania where she majors in anthropology. Elected as a junior to Phi Beta Kappa, she is the first undergraduate to curate an exhibit at the Penn Museum, a major collaboration on the Lenape Tribe, based in part on her original ethnographic research. She also has field archaeological experience in Egypt and France, and is interested in preserving cultural heritages across the world and in cross-cultural collaboration in museums. At Oxford, Abby plans to do the M.Sc. in materiality and museum ethnology. Congrats, Abigail!
Yesterday was the highly anticipated matchup of Penn visiting Drexel for the first time in school history. The 10 a.m. game ended in a 66-64 win for the Dragons (1-0), although it wasn't that close. Penn (0-2) only lead for 39 seconds, yet came back from down 14 point to almost tie it up at the end of regulation.
With finals inching nearer and nearer, Van Pelt has initiated extended hours for floors 1-5 of the library, which are now open until 2 AM. Rosengarten will be open 24 hrs, 7 days a week--yes, even on Fridays and Saturdays--so the comforting fluorescent lights of the Undergraduate Study Center will always be available to you.
Big news for Penn sports: tomorrow at noon is the Penn vs. Harvard football game and at 7:30 PM Men's Soccer battles Harvard in the Ivy League championships, held at our own Rhodes Field. And they want an audience--so much that they're not playing games with these games. A tipster notified us that Penn Athletics is promising free Penn knit caps for the first 1000 attendees!
Street counts itself as a proud follower of the cult of James Bond. And how could we not? Long before The Office got the phrase "that's what she said" stuck in our heads, Agent 007 was making ridiculous sexual innuendos. And in case you're wondering exactly what he said, Maxim has compiled clips of the best Bond sex puns. Now hit that.
Yesterday's DP wrote about sophomore underwear activist, Calina Cuevas, who has founded a Facebook group dedicated to getting Victoria's Secret's PINK collection to manufacture Penn-branded underwear. Though she follows in the successful Facebook footsteps of the Penn students who called for firing certain McDonald's employees at the 40th and Walnut location, we think it'd just be easier to make the panties ourselves. It's cheaper, and fun!
We hear that over the weekend some students with SAS email accounts began to receive emails seemingly sent to their SAS account from their SAS account... a technical feat beyond our understanding. Does anyone have an explanation? Has anyone else been told this mysterious force has "all their personal information"? If you can help us out, shoot us an email.