Ego
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.
Not Lost, But Found
Our trash is not often other people’s treasure, long forgotten and hopelessly misplaced. But flipping through the 90+ pages in each issue of FOUND is much like taking a trip down someone else’s hilarious and heartbreaking memory lane.
Wunder-Wordsmiths
You might think of printing as a necessary evil that costs eight cents per page, but don’t write it off just yet.
Ego of the Week: Ashish Sharma
Street: There are two types of people at Penn... Ashish Sharma: The ones who are in Wharton and then everyone else.
Print Party
For over 55 years, Philadelphia’s Photo Process Screen Manufacturing Company has been providing amateur and professional artists all of their screen printing needs.
Egos of the Week: Dean and Drew Tye
Street: There are two types of people at Penn... Dean Tye: Kids who like Animaniacs and kids who don’t like Animaniacs.
The Best Dressed of Penn
Jackie Backer Favorite designers: Givenchy, Acne and Proenza Schouler Favorite Philly boutiques: The Salvation Army on 21st and Market Definition of your personal style: Miss Piggy meets Woody Allen Definition of Penn style: BlackBerrys, logos and pajama pants Favorite item of clothing: My gold beatle boots or things that don’t match. If you could be in any fashionable city in the world, where would that be? Stockholm or Tokyo Veliz Perez Favorite designers: Yves Saint Lauren, Alexander McQueen, Manoush, Ralph Lauren and anything Chanel Favorite Philly boutiques: Joan Shepp, Adresse, EchoChic Definition of your personal style: Class, sass and grandmother chic Favorite item of clothing: Vintage clip-on earrings If you could be in any fashionable city in the world, where would that be? Paris — brie and red wine in hand.
Bombs Over Baghdad
A car sits motionless. Onlookers walk by. Drivers pass, unable to help and unable to stop. The oxidized metal burns orange under the daylight.
Ego of the Week: Blanchard Diavua
Street: Tell us about your work as the director of Community Schools Student Partnerships. Blanchard Diavua: We are a community orientated student organization that tutors and mentors K-12 grade students in West Philadelphia schools after the regular school day.
Teacher Knows Best
After six days of training in Maryland, one month of “freedomizing” lesson plans, and three days of Trading Spaces-esque classroom setup, I donned my uniform t-shirt and boarded the 10 Trolley West.
2 Wheels, 1 Bag
Originally started by two Philadelphia bike messengers frustrated with their bags, R.E.Load Baggage has grown from a service spread by word-of-mouth to a company that sells their bags in bike stores all over the country.
We're On Two Wheels, Baby
Want to get started on a two-wheeled life of your own? There are plenty of places right in West Philly that can help.
Bikes: A Guide
Mountain Bikes There is no reason for someone to ride a mountain bike on our effectively mountain-less campus.
Ego of the Week: Bob Goldman
Street: When you’re not on a bike, you’re most likely...? Bob Goldman: Doing yoga, or eating, or both. Street: There are two types of people at Penn.
Pedal Power
As the garbage trucks roll through West Philadelphia at 6:30 a.m., John MacDuffie Woodburn is roaming the streets on his bike. Might this guy on a bicycle be your new garbage man? Woodburn is the founder and director of the Pedal Co-Op, a Philadelphia company that performs trash pick-up, composting, and deliveries for small businesses — all on two wheels. The idea is about going green: in performing these daily duties by bike, the aim is to reduce the harmful effects hulking garbage trucks have on the environment each day.
Women's Flat Track Derby Association: The Rules
Each team has five players on the track at a time — three blockers and one pivot play defense, and the sole “jammer” is able to score.
