Campus Life
Word on the Street: iPhone–solation
This past summer, I was just one of a thousand eager Penn students interning in New York. Four trains—and an hour and a half of smelling body odor—later, I commuted to the Brooklyn–based office from my boring Jersey suburb to gain “experience” and seize “opportunity.” I learned the ropes of tri–state area public transportation, hustled through the corporate crowds of Wall Street and hopped across the East River to be among the hipsters of Park Slope.
The Round Up: 9.12.2013
L’Shana Tova, bitches! The year is 5774 and you know what that means? It’s time for some resolutions.
Should You Drop This Class?
Ego's guide to the add/drop period.
Ego of the Week: Jen Chaquette
Jen Chaquette controls all your money. When she’s not handlin’ the Benjamins as the chair of SAC, she’s uniting sorority sisters as the Panhellenic VP and debating like there’s no tomorrow in Mock Trial. But above all, she’s an Allegro VIP.
Overheard at Penn: 9.12.2013
Sad girl: I might have slept with two Penn Illusionists.
Tweet of the Week: 9.10.13
90 degrees and muggy but at least we still have Twitter
Ego Video: Marcus Mundy Says Hi
How many times can Marcus Munday say "hi" during a single walk down Locust?
Facebook Posts: Class of 2017
Remember what it was like to be a freshman? No? Don’t worry, Highbrow here with the best and brightest posts of the 2017 Facebook group to remind you. We hope she says yes, dude.
Ego of the Week: Marcus Mundy
Marcus Mundy is so well–known, it’s absurd. Besides being the face of the Penn Alcohol Module, he’s involved in the Glee Club, Queer People of Color, As 1 Global and Carriage Senior Society and he’s about to create his own country: Techtar. Street: You’re considered one of the friendliest people on campus.
Overheard at Penn: 9.5.13
Frosh Brat: Yeah, we’re going to PiKapp at 4000 Pine St. I heard they have alcohol there.
Intern of the Week: Vivian Huang
Rising junior Vivian Huang is spending her summer making everyone’s favorite app for paying friends back just a little easier to use—for Android, that is.
Pro/Con: Penn Summers
So you decided to spend the summer in the capital of the good ol’ U.S.of A — nice choice. Someone once said you have about a one percent chance of coming to D.C.
This Week in Philly: 8.1.2013
Batman Screening and Superhero Party!When: 8/1, 9pm Where: Drexel Park Cost: FREE Why: AwesomeFest’s summer ‘80s movie festival returns to Drexel Park on the first with a screening of Batman.
Intern of the Week: Grace Guan
For rising Junior Grace Guan, San Francisco is a laid back place to intern, free of prima donnas and corporate big wigs…but there are some rats.
Intern of the Week: Dan Judd
At your internship, you procrastinate on facebook. At his internship, rising senior Dan Judd builds ad platforms for facebook. There’s also free food.
