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Be Good To Them Always

Forget organized religion. Now your answers for how to live well and do good can be found in GOOD magazine.

by KATHERINE REA

Ego of the Week: Ben Wieder

Meet Ben Wieder, College senior and captain of the Penn men’s fencing team and former member of the Junior National Team.

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I Joust You. I Joust You Not.

Sick of Smokes? J-Date letting you down? The new pick-up place near campus happens to double as a beacon of self-defense.

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Our Screen-Printed President

What makes us choose Chipotle over Qdoba? iPods over Zunes? Christianity over Judaism? Marketing. You can try to convince yourself of the benefits of one product over another, but rest assured that a well-crafted marketing campaign had a lot to do with your ultimate decision.

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Ego of the Week: Ilana Millner

While the rest of you juniors are complaining about the “culture shock” of returning from abroad, junior Ilana Millner actually has license to do so.

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Cool Runnings

Weather.com informed me that last Friday afternoon would be “18 degrees, feels like 1.” So I bundled up in six layers and proceeded to class in College Hall, where I removed four of them in response to Facilities’ overzealousness with the classroom heaters.

by JULIE STEINBERG

Dear Shabby

Dear Street U., I know you’ve probably been asked this like, a thousand and eleventy times, but I’m just so totally confused and whatnot.

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Ego of the Week: Joe Francis

Street U.: What kind of music do you like? Joe Francis: Whatever sets the mood. Street U.: If you could have a superpower for a day, what would it be? JF: What, have you not heard about my magic fingers? Street U.: What’s your favorite word? JF: Lift-your-shirt.

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Game Day Fashion

Football games here at Street U. are more than just a chance to show your undying support for those hunky men out on the field.

by SARAH AND ELIZABETH OLSEN

Spine-Crunchingly Good

Next time you’re at Van Pelt, strolling through the fifth floor stacks on your way to isolation, take a look at the books that line the shelves.

by NIKKI MENDELL

Ego of the Week: The Men of BMOC

The foxy men of Alpha Chi Omega’s Big Man on Campus pageant love themselves. And their pelvic thrusts.

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Majorly Easy

A real live Ivy League-endorsed major sounded so glamorous. I woke up with a rare jolt of energy a few Wednesday mornings ago and blow-dried my hair for the first time in a while.

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Ego of the Week: Temitope Maiyegun

Temitope Maiyegun has lived everywhere from Nigeria to Vienna. Now Philly-local, she talks Kanye and candy. Street: There is a Facebook group entitled “The REAL Temi Maiyegun.” Are you in fact the real Temi? Temitope Maiyegun: If there’s a fake Temi, let me know!

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The Bubble of Brown-town

Welcome to Brown-town: the homebase of Penn's South Asian population. The brown — pretty evident. The town?

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Word on the Street: As the election cools down, where's the new heat?

Now that the presidential campaign — replete with spam, robocalls and SNL skits — has begun to recede into the background, two words come to mind: now what?

by CARLIN ADELSON

Just For Kicks

Monday night, the boys of Phi Delt hosted gallivanting hipsters and Whartonites armed with neon spray paint and glitter sticks, respectively.

by HARRISON TENZER

Ego of the Week: Josh Acheatel and Jeff Fronek

They dress each other, they feed each other and heck, they even cuddle. BFFs and men-about-town Josh Acheatel and Jeff Fronek give Bert and Ernie a run for their money. Street: How long have you boys been friends? Jeff and Josh: Since sixth grade. Street: What were your first impressions of each other? Josh: Within less than a year of knowing Jeff, I decided to make him an usher at my Bar Mitzvah.

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Tide My Breath Away

Well, it’s finally Halloween and we all know what kind of weekend we’re in for — or, if you’re one of the lucky ones with late Thursday classes, what kind of weekend has already started.

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Ego of the Week: Michelle Burton

Senior Michelle Burton is a member of Bloomers, Penn’s all-female sketch comedy troupe. She took a break from rehearsing for their upcoming show to talk to us about fat suits, Brick Breaker and Sinbad.

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Hey, Big Spenders!

When the cultural zeitgeist that is Sex and the City emerged from the annals of TBS re-runs and came to the big screen this past summer, millions of women rejoiced as Carrie Bradshaw finally tamed Mr. Big.

by SAMANTHA BLOOM

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