It Is 60+ Degrees Outside.
(11/08/08 5:13am)
Too soon, Douglas, too soon.
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Naked Chocolate Is Open?
(10/31/08 10:04pm)
We hear rumors that Naked Chocolate--the dessert cafe between 34th and 35th on Walnut which has been under construction for way too long--finally opened up this afternoon for business. Anyone been by there? Is it true? E-mail us!
FREE Movie Tickets + Jaeger Bomb Glass Sets = Us Looking Out For You
(10/28/08 1:13am)
Street and UnderTheButton.com are proud to have FREE tickets to an advance screening of the new film, Role Models, starring Sean William Scott and Paul Rudd. And we're giving them away to YOU! Here are the details:
The Sunday NY Times Wedding Announcements: Penn 3.5, Harvard 12
(10/26/08 2:24pm)
Before this week, I thought Penn was supposed to be the social Ivy. Shouldn't we be the ones getting hitched at an alarming rate? We're outgoing, we're interesting, we know how to balance work and play... or at least play and play. But maybe all we are doing is playing, because our objective tally shows that regardless of Harvard's social reputation, it is the Ivy with the most mentions in the New York Times Wedding Announcement this week. The couple that deserves the most accolades is the Kleins, who together earned Harvard a whomping 5 points! They both received undergraduate degrees there + he received a MBA + she received both a law degree AND a MBA for a total that = 5 Harvard degrees between the two of them. Don't you just hate them a little? Or a lot.
Quiznos Witnesses Fleeting Romance
(10/25/08 12:00pm)
If you give a mouse of cookie, he's going to want a glass of milk to go with it. And if it's midterms, then we're going to want to procrastinate by trawling through Craigslist's Missed Connections. Tales of unrequited love just seem to inspire brilliance. But they also provoke our sympathies too -- especially this one that took place in the food court formerly known as the Moravian Cafe on Thursday. If the mystery man in grey straight jeans is a Penn student -- which we expect he is because that describes every male English major we know -- then help this girl out! She even included a winking emoticon in her plea; if that isn't love, we don't know what is.
Parlez Vous College Student?
(10/24/08 8:20pm)
They say the best things in life are free. Shouldn't that include movies and music? The administration says no, probably because they are tired of being put in the middle of the dispute between the suers and the students. But all that RIAA, DMCA and MPAA stuff is confusing. I mean really, what does that mean? Are we expected to be informed? Luckily Penn has done us a favor with their latest marketing campaign that now dots College Green: they've broken down illegality with language any college student can understand!
Graduation 2009: For Applicants Only
(10/21/08 6:38pm)
The College Graduation Office (apparently, there is a College Graduation Office) just sent SAS seniors a fear-inducing e-mail mapping out everything that must be done to graduate. Aside from the fact that it's currently October, here is the craziest part:
Who Left Their Panties in Rosengarten?
(10/21/08 1:50am)
A tipster sent us these photos of panties on a desk in Van Pelt's basement. Whoever left them, you're sick.
Spotted: Republican Motorcade Drives Through Penn
(10/20/08 6:48pm)
A tipster notified us that at 2 PM today a Republican motorcade consisting of a "victory bus and like 10 police cars" passed 34th & Walnut. The back of the bus displayed "GOP."
NY Times Wedding Announcements: Princeton Theological Seminary Is NOT Princeton University
(10/19/08 4:18pm)
The Ivy mentions in today's New York Times Wedding section are a little out of control. As I read them I actually felt bad for the few couples who had none of the historic 8 schools dotting their announcement. Well, for a minute. And then I remembered that the privilege of attending Penn is being able to look down on all those hapless Duke grads! Suckers.
Penn Continues Reign Over NY Times Wedding Section
(10/13/08 3:14pm)
The only, yes the ONLY, mention of an Ivy in this Sunday's New York Times Wedding Annoucements was of our dear Penn. Thanks to foxy radiology resident, Jocelyn Park, for reppin' our good name. Congratulations: we're counting on you to make lots of Penn-loving babies or donate a building. But both would be ideal.
Princeton Wins Another Nobel Prize; We Cry
(10/13/08 2:58pm)
We may be the home of the Wharton School, but Princeton can boast having the latest Nobel prize-winning economic theorist: Mr. Paul Krugman. This maintains Princeton's significant lead in the Penn vs. Princeton Nobel prize count. And like a typical Princetonian, Krugman was humble about it too: "To be absolutely, totally honest I thought this day might come someday, but I was absolutely convinced it wasn’t going to be this day." But do not fret, Quakers! There is a chance to have the last laugh. Princeton has not yet released its endowment returns for the past fiscal year, and if they show a decline (yes, like Penn's), that fancy shmancy prize will seem gleefully ironic. Let's keep those fingers crossed.
SAS Unabashedly Waits Until October To Help with AirPennNet
(10/10/08 2:57am)
If you're a SAS student like me, then you recently received this email gem:
Sunday New York Times Wedding Announcements: Penn 1, Harvard 2.5
(10/05/08 1:27pm)
The Sunday New York Times loves to feature the wedding announcements of those with Ivy pedigrees. In fact, if your only exposure to the U.S. was the NY Times wedding announcements, you'd think everyone hails from the Northeast, went to a top 10 school and has a successful entrepreneur for a father. (Wait -- that's not true?)
Watch the VP Debate And Eat Away Your Disappointed Feelings
(10/03/08 12:52am)
The Vice Presidential Debate tonight between Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin will probably be really uncomfortable to watch -- unless you enjoy hearing now-meaningless buzzwords tossed around like frisbees.
More From The Economic Graffiti Hitman!
(10/03/08 12:01am)
We should have seen it coming. Bear Stearns was only the first of many, many, MANY failures, so no surprise that this work of art also has a companion:
Street Scooped Colbert!
(10/02/08 7:45pm)
Last night Dave Levin, one of the founders of the KIPP (Knowlege is Power Program) schools, was on Comedy Central's The Colbert Report discussing the success of his educational approach. Does this sound familiar? It's because Street ran a feature on the Knowlege is Power Program last spring. As we bask in our triumph, enjoy the clip; pay special attention to when Colbert asks Levin why the kids in KIPP can't just work in factories:
Wharton Downward Spiral Continues... To Supply Fodder For Blogging
(10/02/08 6:27pm)
We know money talks, but apparently the absence of money screams. The current economic disaster has caused Penn to descend into New York like FEMA and Wharton to create a new staff position just for helping alums find jobs. And as of this morning, the Walnut side of John M. Huntsman Hall has experienced its own name change:
COUPONS COUPONS COUPONS
(09/29/08 5:00pm)
You've probably seen the stickers on the backpacks of the cyclists that call west of 40th home: "University City is a marketing scheme. This is West Philly." Profound stuff, really.
It's A Bird, It's A Plane...
(09/28/08 8:05pm)
Apparently the boys of the ATO house on Locust celebrate a muggy Saturday night by a naked run, as this blogger discovered last night as she walked by. Two brothers, two laps around the chapter house: the quintessential college moment. Now, the cell phone camera evidence: