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MAX KURUCAR (W'16)
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MAX KURUCAR (W'16)
CRAIG CARNAROLI - Executive Vice President of Penn
AFRC 221: Hip Hop History, 1965-2005
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3:35 PM Enter Franklin Field ten minutes early and see football players already on the field. Do I have the wrong practice time?
A Drink With... Pete Venuto from Charlie Was A Sinner
Street: What is your spirit animal?
Created in 1949, SkimmerFest (then called “Skimmer Day” or just “Skimmer”) was an attempt from Penn to re-generate student interest in Crew by honoring its head coach, Rusty Callow. The event was a huge success and continued to be celebrated throughout the years, but it a caused a series of mishaps in the '50s and '60s. Thanks to images and records from the University Archives, Street uncovered the ~scandalous~ side of SkimmerFest.
With all of Philadelphia bracing itself for the Pope's visit this weekend, Ego decided to spotlight three of our own faculty religious leaders on campus, who also happen to be teammates for a triathlon team named 'Divine Perspiration'. Introducing Muslim Chaplain Kameelah Mu'Min Rashad, Rabbi Joshua Bolton, and Christian Minister and Chaplin of Religious Life, Chaz Howard.
Street: If you are what you eat, what are you?
BRADEN AMUNDSEN (C’16)
If you have a car on campus…
My phone is a LG Octane. Haven’t heard of it? I’m not surprised. It’s no longer in circulation. Wikipedia put it nicely, “The LG Octane has since been retired.” It’s a discontinued product, a predecessor of Verizon’s enV3, a relic from the glory days of 2010. In short, it’s not a smartphone. But it is a super–phone.
March Madness is here, which means you need to get your head in the game with making brackets, watching matches and knowing the b–ball lingo. But for you non–sports fans out there who want in on the action, Ego has some tips on how to navigate the tournament without looking like you’ve gone completely, well, mad.
Name: Joyce Kim
Street: Heard you’re doing something cool this summer! What are you doing? AF: Immersing myself in the world of cinema! And for the first time, I’m not referring to binge watching Netflix… although, admittedly, Netflix still does take up a good portion of my time. This summer, I attended the 67th Cannes Film Festival with the amazing Penn-in-Cannes program. After briefly stopping in Philly to repack my bags, I shipped out to Los Angeles. I am currently interning at two separate companies: Allison Shearmur Productions and Menemsha Films.
Fisher Fine Arts Library’s Arthur Ross Gallery has a new exhibition that celebrates one couple’s lifelong passion for art. On view for the public for the very first time, Shared Vision: The Myron A. and Anne Jaffe Portenar Collection displays 63 of the 800 prints, paintings, sculptures, photographs, and works on paper donated to Penn in 2013. The collection was accumulated over 40 years by Dr. and Mrs. Portenar, the latter an alumna of the university. Anne Portenar’s passion and vision focused on 20th-century masters, thus each piece in the exhibit was chosen specifically for its significance within that time period. An example of this methodical selection is Staurt Davis’s Study for Egg Beater No. 3. Painted in 1927, the piece has been credited a critical source to the study of early 20th-century abstraction. Co-curator and University Arts Collections Manager Heather Gibson Moqtaderi even mentioned that its purchase was one of the proudest accomplishments for the Portenars. Other famous artists in the collection include Joan Miro, Robert Rauschenberg, Susan Rothenberg, Alfred Stieglitz, and Walker Evans. In addition to its impressive feats in the world of collecting, Shared Vision serves as an integral resource and product of art education at Penn. The construction of the exhibit took a little over a year and involved extensive research conducted by two undergraduate interns. In March of 2013, Elizabeth Kobert (C’14) and Joshua Herren (C’13) began the task of verifying the origins of all 800 pieces in the collection and cataloging them. They later contributed research for the exhibition labels and recorded clips for the audio tour. Penn students will continue to play an active role in Shared Vision throughout the school year, leading tours of the exhibit as docents and studying the collection in various art history classes. The grand opening of Shared Vision, complete with live musical performances, will take place on September 12th. The exhibit will stay in the Arthur Ross Gallery through October 12th.
Street: How would you categorize your style of music? BK: I always consider my music to be in the “singer/songwriter” genre, for that has always made the most sense to me...However, it is hard to really say what signifies a true “singer/songwriter” song, or if the genre even exists. So, for the sake of simplicity, you can say that my music falls primarily into the folk and soul genres, with a splash of pop/rock and a bit of everything in between.
Street: Heard you’re doing something cool this summer! What are you doing?
"Personal Melody" by How and Nosm, 13th & Drury
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