Ego
No Ugging Way
It’s a fact of Penn life: the weather gets cold, the boots come out. Unfortunately, all too often these boots are Uggs.
Ego of the Week: Justin Biggs
Renaissance man Justin Biggs does everything from ruling Wharton to teaching Philly kids how to get their groove on with CityStep.
Love is a Battlefield
After the Times outed the Ivy Plus Society as the ultimate pretentious dating pool — appropriate pedigree required — we thought we’d round up similarly gauche happenings on and around campus.
Ego of the Week: Rajasekhar Ghanta
Street: Most underrated thing about Penn? Overrated? Raja: Underrated: The WALK. Overrated: Penn boys. Street: Favorite Penn designer? RG: It’s great to see so many students designing.
Looks on Locust
This fall, with the changing colors of the leaves comes a wave of masculine clothing for the feminine physique.
Egos of the Week: Alissa Eisenberg and Shawn Woodhull
Friars and presidents of the Panhellenic and Interfraternity Councils, seniors Alissa Eisenberg and Shawn Woodhull sit down to talk with Street about each other, their love of running Greek life and New Jersey. Street: You’re both very involved and talented people.
Campus Cribs
Barbie's pride and joy The Room: Pink: the one word that immediately comes to mind when you enter this Fisher-Hassenfeld single.
Ego of the Week: Eliza Chute
Street: Most underrated thing about Penn? Overrated? Eliza Chute: Underrated: calling in to talk shows on WQHS.
Underground Clubbing: Cirque du PA
Started just this semester, Penn Jugglers focuses on the practice and teaching of circus-style juggling (and no experience is necessary to join!). Not only will learn how to juggle, but you can also pick up a few other parlor tricks (Diabolo, a form of Chinese yo-yo, anyone?). And if you’re lucky, you may find yourself mastering juggling stunts like the Orbit and the Double Half Suicide.
Learning to Love Your Syllabus
Pattern Recognition by William Gibson Who: Casey McQuaid, Engineering ‘12 Why: “It’s a really recent book by the guy who wrote Neuromancer, the book that was the basis for The Matrix.
One Book, One Philadelphia
Each year the Philadelphia Public Library system encourages the City of Brotherly Love to read a book as a way of coming together as a community.
Ego of the Week: Justin Reilly
Street: Most underrated thing about Penn? Overrated? Justin Reilly: Underrated: performing arts.
Take a Look, It's In a Book
Summer tends to be a time for less-than-stimulating internships and the alarmingly rapid decay of one’s ability to think critically.
Take a Look, It's In a Book
Summer tends to be a time for less-than-stimulating internships and the alarmingly rapid decay of one’s ability to think critically.
Wired Up: The iPhone 3GS
Our campus is home to what might be billed as the most important battle since good versus evil, the Phillies versus the Rays, or you versus everyone in Houston Hall at noon.
Ego of the Week: Kerry Golds
Street: What do you think of Street this semester, now that you’re gone? Kerry Golds: Love it.
Summer Syllabus
Marisha Pessl Special Topics in Calamity Physics, 2006 After reading the first two paragraphs of Marisha Pessl’s debut novel, you will want to throttle the narrator.
Mom Knows Best
Sometimes in restaurants, when my mom wants to get the waiter’s attention, she raises her hand gingerly, ever so slightly, a gesture so demure that it’s guaranteed to go undetected by not only the waiter, but by everyone but me.
Ego(s) of the Week: Bobak Parang and Alex Livingston
For all the work College seniors Bobak Parang (left) and Alex Livingston (right) do on campus, they really just want to make you laugh.
