Campus Life
Long distance love
there is no better way to learn tolerance and become more culturally aware than by living and interacting with a variety of people.
Ego of the week
Street: Has anyone ever told you that you looked like a celebrity? If so, who? Jim Newell: Not really, only in spurts.
Fling: from those
With temperatures far from spring-like forecasted for the weekend, it can be hard to rally enthusiasm for this favorite Penn tradition.
How to fling with a paper due on monday
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.
Ego of the week
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.
Ego of the week
Street: Is psychology a hard major or an easy major? Brooke Tancer: You can make it an easy or a hard major.
Navigating locust walk
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.
Ego of the Week: Reg TIgerman
Street: What is the breakfast of champions? Reg Tigerman: Breakfast is for losers. I eat brunch.
Ego of the Week
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.
Ego of the Week
You'd be forward if you saw him, too. Mark Zoller, College senior and Quaker forward gives us a little peak inside the brain of a baller.
Ego of the Week
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.
Ego of the Week
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.
Halle Berry walking the walk
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Ego of the Week
How many Fulbright scholars does it take to screw in a light bulb? We don't know, ask College senior Mana Nakagawa. Street: You won a Fulbright!
Fresh Party Themes
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.
TIPS FOR THE HOST(ESS)
-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.
EGO OF THE WEEK
Tomorrow, the Student Planning and Events Committee (SPEC), will be throwing their very first "Beachfest," the newest addition to their beloved 'fest family.
Top 5 things to do...
5 things you shouldn't do after you graduate Or, The List of Things That Prove College Is An Alternate Reality 1.
Step into my office, baby
For serious students, it's all about striving to be head of the class. For the rest of us, it's all about dreaming of the head of the class: that distinguished professor or hot TA who you are "forced" to stare at during the semester.
