Well, it’s finally Halloween and we all know what kind of weekend we’re in for — or, if you’re one of the lucky ones with late Thursday classes, what kind of weekend has already started.
Senior Michelle Burton is a member of Bloomers, Penn’s all-female sketch comedy troupe. She took a break from rehearsing for their upcoming show to talk to us about fat suits, Brick Breaker and Sinbad.
When the cultural zeitgeist that is Sex and the City emerged from the annals of TBS re-runs and came to the big screen this past summer, millions of women rejoiced as Carrie Bradshaw finally tamed Mr. Big.
This year for Halloween, instead of being a Catholic schoolgirl or throwing on a Lakers jersey to be Kobe Bryant (or Ms. Walk of Shame) again, why not show everyone how culturally aware (read: pseudo-intellectual) you are?
Street: What’s the soundtrack to your life?
Josh Bennett: The current soundtrack to my life is Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool. Socially critical, playful, lyrically complex — it’s essentially everything that I want people to say about my body of work when I’m gone.
Street: Who’s the coolest person you’ve ever met?
JB: The coolest person I’ve ever met would have to be [The Boondocks cartoonist] Aaron McGruder.
Technology has fetishized miniaturization as of late — just compare Zach Morris’ shoebox-sized cell phone on Saved by the Bell to Derek Zoolander’s supersupersmall one.
Self-proclaimed "hippie cowboy" and all-round quirky dude Andrew Avrin has things to say.
Street: What's the soundtrack to your life?
Andrew Avrin: This is the most unfair question I have ever been asked.
Stars' latest, the six-song Sad Robots EP, immediately feels like a collection of tunes that didn't quite make the cut for the band's excellent 2007 full-length, In Our Bedroom After The War.
Street: If you could write your own superlative, what would it be?
GH: “Tired of being introduced as the guy with the fellacious name.”
Street: What was your first reaction when you found out what your superlative was?
GH: I got three mentions!
Street: In high school you were most likely to…?
GH: “Star in a pornographic film.”
Street: What do you plan to name your children?
GH: Anything but Gabe.
Street: Why not just go by Gabriel?
GH: Because then I would never be in 34th Street.
Street: When did you realize that your name might be the potential source of amusement for others / yourself?
GH: My seventh grade teacher gave me the hilarious nickname of “Give ‘em.”
Street: Who’s the coolest person you’ve ever met?
Former Street Ed-in-Chief (read: has-been) Jasmine "Jazzy" Fournier on her final days at Penn, PennQuest and her brother Nelly.
Street: What do you think of Street this semester, now that you're gone?
Jasmine Fournier: Normally you say people are gone when they are dead.
During Fling, your safety lies with SPEC prez and Fling Safe head Max Cancre. The Senior speaks on Luda, painkillers, and why you should Fling safely... or die.
Street: What is the objective of Fling Safe?
Max Cancre: You mean other than to get people to Fling safely?