TUESDAY
$140: Fake ID
Bring it on, Smoke's.
WEDNESDAY
$425: Brother's Fine Furniture
Look up classy in the dictionary and you'll see a picture of my red leather couch.
THURSDAY
$250: Wine & Spirits
I didn't mind that this all disappeared in one night, but did they have to drink all my Martinelli's?!
$2.12: McDonald's
Every good story begins with, "So it was 3 a.m., and I went to McDonald's."
$10.89: Lowe's
Told parents I bought spare light bulbs; really bought the parts for a beer bong.
$16.11: Fresh Grocer
You can't have a party without Solo cups.
$13.00: Liberty Taxi
A sound investment if your idea of a good night is a half hour wait outside Red Sky.
FRIDAY
$586.51: Campus Bookstore
I hate this place so much, but behold the power of bursar.
$76.06: Tangerine Restaurant
If your date isn't all over you by the end of dinner here, you have no game.
SATURDAY
$100: Apple Computer credit
Not looking so cool for buying the iPhone early now, am I?
$21.47: PhillyCarShare
I wonder if transporting a 300-pound ice luge in the backseat is a breach of contract.
SUNDAY
$5.09: CVS
I admit it, I was the guy who was stealing the rest of the house's body wash this week.
We may call ourselves "social," but the fact is that, for better or for worse, we are an Ivy. And though it is Penn's Ivy-ness that drew us here, it is also this same quality that tortures us most on Spring Fling weekend.
Consider Flinging with College senior and FlingSafe emeritus Josh Matz. He's infectious.
Street: Looking forward to Fling?
Joshua Matz: I don't think I've done Fling since freshman year.
Street: Where did you live freshman year?
JM: I was in the Quad in the residential program for the study of emerging infectious diseases.
Freud once said, "Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average." Nowhere is that more clear than on Penn's great libidinal playground, Locust Walk.
We get down under with College senior and activist Alexis Ruby Howe.
Street: What are you involved in on campus?
Alexis Ruby Howe: I am the Big Lesbian on Campus, in case you didn't know.
You may have heard of a little video called, "Box in A Box," the female response to Saturday Night Live's digital short about the gift that keeps giving.
Arjun Srinivas, a senior member of Dhamaka, Penn's all-male South Asian dance troupe, talks about dancing with himself and doing good deeds.
Street: Where did you learn your moves?
Arjun Srinivas: I came to Penn with two left feet.
Seven Deadly Sins:
Origin: The Catholic Church separated sins into minor "venial" ones, and the seven "mortal" sins of Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride.
-Delegate some of the hard work by soliciting the help of your best friend. That way, someone besides you knows where the ice is, how the stereo works and what to take care of if you pass out.
Tomorrow, the Student Planning and Events Committee (SPEC), will be throwing their very first "Beachfest," the newest addition to their beloved 'fest family.