Campus Life
The Best Dressed of Penn
Jackie Backer Favorite designers: Givenchy, Acne and Proenza Schouler Favorite Philly boutiques: The Salvation Army on 21st and Market Definition of your personal style: Miss Piggy meets Woody Allen Definition of Penn style: BlackBerrys, logos and pajama pants Favorite item of clothing: My gold beatle boots or things that don’t match. If you could be in any fashionable city in the world, where would that be? Stockholm or Tokyo Veliz Perez Favorite designers: Yves Saint Lauren, Alexander McQueen, Manoush, Ralph Lauren and anything Chanel Favorite Philly boutiques: Joan Shepp, Adresse, EchoChic Definition of your personal style: Class, sass and grandmother chic Favorite item of clothing: Vintage clip-on earrings If you could be in any fashionable city in the world, where would that be? Paris — brie and red wine in hand.
If You Build It, Will They Come?
I went to Mecca last year. I skipped out on a couple of Friday classes, packed a backpack with a change of clothes, and hopped on a train to New York.
Sharing is Caring
I recently asked a friend if she knew a guy I’d met. “I think so,” she said confusedly. “Oh wait, no.
Bombs Over Baghdad
A car sits motionless. Onlookers walk by. Drivers pass, unable to help and unable to stop. The oxidized metal burns orange under the daylight.
Ego of the Week: Blanchard Diavua
Street: Tell us about your work as the director of Community Schools Student Partnerships. Blanchard Diavua: We are a community orientated student organization that tutors and mentors K-12 grade students in West Philadelphia schools after the regular school day.
Teacher Knows Best
After six days of training in Maryland, one month of “freedomizing” lesson plans, and three days of Trading Spaces-esque classroom setup, I donned my uniform t-shirt and boarded the 10 Trolley West.
To Live and Let Lie
I discovered at the tender age of five that I was in possession of a very vivid imagination. I never hung upside down on a jungle gym, but rather from a tight rope in the middle of a floating circus in the sky.
2 Wheels, 1 Bag
Originally started by two Philadelphia bike messengers frustrated with their bags, R.E.Load Baggage has grown from a service spread by word-of-mouth to a company that sells their bags in bike stores all over the country.
We're On Two Wheels, Baby
Want to get started on a two-wheeled life of your own? There are plenty of places right in West Philly that can help.
Bikes: A Guide
Mountain Bikes There is no reason for someone to ride a mountain bike on our effectively mountain-less campus.
Ego of the Week: Bob Goldman
Street: When you’re not on a bike, you’re most likely...? Bob Goldman: Doing yoga, or eating, or both. Street: There are two types of people at Penn.
Pedal Power
As the garbage trucks roll through West Philadelphia at 6:30 a.m., John MacDuffie Woodburn is roaming the streets on his bike. Might this guy on a bicycle be your new garbage man? Woodburn is the founder and director of the Pedal Co-Op, a Philadelphia company that performs trash pick-up, composting, and deliveries for small businesses — all on two wheels. The idea is about going green: in performing these daily duties by bike, the aim is to reduce the harmful effects hulking garbage trucks have on the environment each day.
Women's Flat Track Derby Association: The Rules
Each team has five players on the track at a time — three blockers and one pivot play defense, and the sole “jammer” is able to score.
Ego of the Week: Mike Zorger
College senior Mike Zorger knows how to work under pressure. Whether overseeing SPEC Connaissance as its director or selecting distinguished movers-and-shakers for a university-wide audience (what up, Madeleine Albright), he has what it takes to make moves on campus. Street: What’s your favorite thing about being on SPEC? Mike Zorger: Doling out your tuition money like it’s my job.
Philly Roller Girl
Street: How did you get your start? Euro Trash: I went to the first Philly Roller Girl bout ever and fell in love. Street: What’s your day job?
Roller Rage
The roller derby dates back to 1922, with the track-style races drawing crowds to witness the multi-day events.
Spring Breaking Up
For students who develop a Big Three inferiority complex as soon as acceptance letters roll in, the desire to perpetuate a “Work hard, play harder” Social Ivy image seems contradictory.
This February Funk
As I write this, there are several other things I could, or rather should, be doing. I should, for example, be writing my 10-page paper (D-Day minus 2), doing my 200 pages of reading (D-Day minus 1) or studying for my midterm (D-Day minus 4). What I should not be doing is watching reruns of Full House or taking multiple naps.
Fashion Forward
Retrospect is known to many as the perfect place to go for a great Halloween costume, but for those experienced thrift shoppers, it is one of downtown’s rare treasures.
