Ego
Ego Boost: Pollinate this
Ok, so this is a column about the cool new college drug. Need a byline. Meryl Street, orchid connoisseur/addict snorts with Street?
Ego of the Week: Queen of Couture
Street: You're the head of The WALK project. How did you get invovled? Lea Artis: I'm co-president of DZine 2 Show, the fashion society on campus.
BONUS Ego of the Week
Street: Are you excited about turning 21? Michelle: Yes and no. I mean, its not like I haven't had alcohol before. Street: No?! Stop it. Michelle: Well, I got my first taste at age 3. Street: Where were your parents? Michelle: That summer my parents were painting a house.
Ego Boost
The situation: You're at a party of ballers, but you can't stand anyone. You're gritting your teeth so hard you're convinced that you just swallowed a chunk of enamel. The choices: Excuse yourself to the bathroom and never return, mingle for 30 minutes before making a good excuse to exit, or suck it up and stay the course - because you never know what offers will come when drunken conversations ensue. The obvious answer: Remain at the party for just enough time to have a few cocktails and get a few business cards.
Ego of the week
Lovin' and Learnin' with Philomathean Society supreme ruler Gerard Leone who is convinced Philomathean means "love of learning." Street: So how'd you get involved with Philo? Gerard Leone: I tried out my fall semester freshman year, but I didn't get in.
Buena Phila Social Club
The oldest men's club in the country, the Philadelphia Club, was founded in 1834. The original gathering place for these rich folk was Mrs. Rubicam's Coffee House.
Hip-o-Meter
Oh So Hip mini golf masturbation yoga pole dancing badminton tetherball ping pong Duck Hunt Hip Kanye's workout plan bodybuilding skiing capoeira pilates pickle ball trapeze paintball Not Hip Jane Fonda's workout rollerblading squash stairmaster ribbon dancing Skip It skimboarding NASCAR driving Sooooo Hip............NOT! golf Jazzercise Thighmaster Tae Bo newcomb TV Tag running suicides decathlon
Your civic booty: take it to the poles
It's all about over-exaggerating," Nicole advises her students as they practice floor work. She narrates as she demonstrates, lying face down on the wooden floor of the one-room studio.
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.
