egoEgo of the WeekJasmine 'Jazzy' FournierFormer Street Ed-in-Chief (read: has-been) Jasmine "Jazzy" Fournier on her final days at Penn, PennQuest and her brother Nelly.
Street: What do you think of Street this semester, now that you're gone?
Jasmine Fournier: Normally you say people are gone when they are dead.
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food & drinkLes Cuisines Françaises de PhiladelphieThe French love Ben Franklin, Ben Franklin loves Penn, ergo the French love us! Voila!Frog legs, snails and stinky cheeses. I know that sounds gross, but growing up as an American in Paris, I also know that these oddities are delicious. Although Franco-American relations have had some rough patches (remember "freedom" fries?), Philly is full of French.
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high browWord on the StreetA World At WarIf there's any truth in today's headlines, America is currently clashing with every axis of evil on the planet, and it seems that rising temperatures are our latest enemy on this never-ending list of evildoers. According to the cover of Time Magazine, "How We Can Win the War on Global Warming" is by following a detailed battle plan laid out in the pages of its latest issue.
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filmRetake the RemakeA few months ago I took on the (ultimately unfortunate) assignment of reviewing Michael Haneke's own remake of his brilliant 1997 commentary, Funny Games. While the original film was horrifyingly novel, leaving me in a cold sweat by the final freeze-frame of Arno Frisch's deranged smile, the remake found me struggling to remain awake.
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musicFestival Fun In The SunNeed some fun to spice up your summer? Check out one of these summer festivals-the perfect excuse to road trip, get wasted and listen to music with thousands of your closest friends. From nearby New Jersey to the fields of Tennessee, there's a little something for everyone.
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guides"Always Remember, College Is A Joke!"Aaron Karo InterviewWharton alum, list-serve abuser and wife-beater fanatic Aaron Karo of Ruminations on College Life will be in Philly doing his stand-up thang this weekend. Karo checks in with Street to keep us posted on his rumors and ruminations.
Street: Tell us who you are and why we should care that you're coming to Philly.
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low browTRAPPED: TWO BOYS, ONE ELEVATORFor 30 minutes you have been waiting in your 4th floor Harnwell room. You sit there, stupidly, unaware of the harrowing crisis taking place right outside your room. You don't know it, but your two best friends, Nate and Rich, are trapped in an elevator. If you did know, you would pass out.
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filmMister Lonely5 Stars
What if Abraham Lincoln, the Three Stooges, Michael Jackson and Sammy Davis Jr. lived together in a Scottish castle? Harmony Korine, the film world's controversial wunderkind, explores such a surreality in his new movie, Mister Lonely. After nearly a decade long absence from the film circuit, the writer, director, and artist best known for Gummo and Kids, has returned to gift the world a strange and beautiful tale about the relationship between dreams and identity.
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