Campus Life
Ego Boost
Some people go to Pottruck to shed a few pounds, while others aim to bulk up. And then there's everyone else: the folks who claim to visit 37th and Walnut for a workout, but are really only working out their hormones.
Ego of the Week: She's a maneater
Street: How long have you been participating in the bodybuilding competition? Jess Carlin: My freshman year I was with the Fly Girls, which is what the track team calls itself for the opening dance performance.
Ego Boost: Ego 911
The Situation: You're getting down and dirty at Smokes, sporting beer goggles thicker than Minkus' spectacles, and you decide it's acceptable to make out with Perpetually Sweaty Boy/Girl from your Econ recitation.
Halloween
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Ego of the Week
Street goes urban with CEO of Ova Da Wall Apparel and founder of Koherent Records, Wharton senior Sean Koh. Street: Can you tell us about your fashion label? Sean Koh: It's a fashion company that specializes in high-end urban couture.
Wishing on art star
In life, you're encouraged to avoid clich‚s. There are always more descriptive, less hackneyed ways to explicate one's thoughts and ideas.
Ego Boost
Let's face it -- you're not distinguished. It's mid-October, you've already resorted to Bursar funds, Paul Ryan still doesn't know your name, your room is furnished by IKEA, 1920 Commons and, perhaps the most embarrassing, posters from the people outside the Bookstore.
Hip-o-meter
Oh so Hip skydiving Sky Mall Superman endotherms Dale Ambien The R1 airport shuttle Bloody Marys on international flights kind of hip Penguins mile high club Chip Jet Blue kite surfing liquids carrying on not hip liquids & gels Batman Sitting bitch Legless Reptiles on an Aviation Device checking luggage in sporks tweezers sooooooo not hip The aviator paying $26.50 to take a taxi to the airport peanut allergies crying babies plastic silverware Spiderman
Ego of the week
Street: When did you first become interested in flight? Ali Dhanaliwala: I wanted to be a pilot since I was six, but my parents convinced me that it would be an awful job because I would always be away from my family and that I should be a doctor instead.
Ground Control to Major Tom
If you're afraid of flying, well this section isn't for you. And if you think flight is no longer what it once was in the days when folks would take their families for a day at the airport - well, you're so out of touch.
Hot air up there
My great uncle, in the Union Army, happened to be stationed in Washington D.C., and the army was presenting these new hot air balloons to President Lincoln at the White House.
Ego boost
You wouldn't know a classy broad if she took a dump on your head - but we'll give you the 411 on first-class flying etiquette, so the next time you're seated next to Nicolas Cage because of your last-minute upgrade, you'll know how to hold your own. Hang in the Admirals Club beforehand with your fellow high rollers.
He's not related to the veep
The right to form a cooperative isn't exclusive to hippies selling organic squash gourds and locally harvested apples.
Floorplans
A veritable co-op, Black Floor Gallery is an experimental collaboration of six Ohio-bred craftsmen/artists/entrepreneurs who left the Midwest to lead the bohemian life in the big city.
Ego of the Week
Famed hand-kisser, nude model and Viagra tester gives Street a peek inside his portfolio Street: So David, you're a pretty popular guy around campus.
HIP-O-METER: Date Version
SO HIP THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY SPLITTING THE BILL POLYURETHANE RUBBERS A KISS AT THE DOOR QUOTING SEX AND THE CITY LAUGHING WHEN THE FOOD IS LATE/SUCKS BRINGING TWO BOTTLES OF WINE TO THE BYOB KIND OF HIP HOOKING UP IN THE POOL MIXED-RACE RELATIONSHIPS SWAPPING DATES A NIGHT OF THEATRE WALKING HER TO THE DOOR MAKING OUT ON A ROOF NOT HIP PARKS AFTER DARK LIFESTYLES FREE CONDOMS FROM YOUR G.A. CHEATERS & JOEY GRECO CHIVALRY (IT'S DEAD) STIFFING THE CABBIE TEMPER TANTRUM AT THE WAITER REALLY, REALLY NOT HIP OLLIE STONE'S WORLD TRADE CENTER ON THE FIRST DATE DEEPTHROATING IN PUBLIC QUOTING BORAT BRINGING UP THE EX RECOUNTING HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE EAGLES GAME A MARILYN MANSON CONCERT
DATING BY DISTRICT: A GUY'S GUIDE
Gone are the days of carriage rides and courtship rituals. Today's acts of chivalry include a pump of a keg or the toss of a quarter at Sink or Swim.
