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.
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.
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.
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.
You know it's good when they don't even need a sign out front. WTHN, an unmarked sneaker and streetwear shop on North Third Street, is the place that's got what no one else can find.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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