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So What If We're Not State Schools?
Although often nerdy by nature, Ivy Leaguers do have a little of that Animal House spirit in them. While some attend Ivy League schools to obtain a cubicle at Goldman Sachs or to find a nice husband who will support their expensive shoe habits, college wouldn't be college without its antics.
What I Googled This Week
Let's face it: Your main source of knowledge comes from Google searches. Unlike some college professors, Google always has an answer.
Ego of the Week
Sophomore Donnie Johnson spills the dirt on her a capella group Inspiration, white boys and having her wisdom teeth out. Street: What's it like being in Inspiration? Donnie Johnson: It is like being in a family with some of the most talented kids at Penn.
Beyond the Stacks
School takes over and sometimes all you want to do is run from Van Pelt screaming about how you never want to read Kant or Shakespeare again.
Ego of the Week: Mikey Tedori
Street: Tell us about your fashion line. Mikey Tedori: It's called Boku Ikasu. Roughly translated in Japanese, Boku Ikasu means "my style" - my direction, my individuality, my passion.
SPRING TRENDS FORECAST
American Apparel Wardrobes Tight, stretchy minidress in fluorescent green? Or bright blue? Sparkly leggings?
Ego of the Week: Carson Daly
Street: Do you miss being on television every day like you were with TRL? Carson Daly: Actually, I am on television every day.
What's In Your Stocking?
Dear Santa 1969, The rising and falling of the radical lights would really help me reach my inner chi.
Hey There, Pretty Lady
Your Highness: For that royal yearning in all of us, consider emulating Queen Elizabeth herself. First, a ghost-white complexion is a necessity.
Sweet Little Lies
Embellishing resumes is something for which we are all guilty. After all, who didn't spin that occasional trip to their grandparents' retirement home into a full-fledged community service project... all in the hopes of securing a revered space in Penn's freshman class?
Ego of the Week: Jason Karsh
Undergraduate Assembly chairman and College senior Jason Karsh loves Colorado, YouTube and *NSYNC. This Sphinx member lets us in on why those UA buses are so much fun and how John McCain made him lose his "lover." Street: What exactly is your role as chairman of the UA? JK: Essentially, I run a lot of meetings, sit on countless committees and represent undergraduates and UA projects to our administration as the "student voice." Street: Please explain this whole YouTube thing you started. JK: Well, I think I should start off by addressing what everyone's thinking right now - I didn't start YouTube.
Ego of the Week
Junior Angenette Meaney XI is an Intellectual History major with an affinity for rabbit fur vests and Marilyn Monroe.
Looks On Locust
We take to the streets to find out what Penn frosh are sporting this season. Max Dewez has replaced the requisite North Face fleece and New Balance sneakers for a knee-length camel overcoat and brown loafers.
What's In Your Inbox?
Friday 8:51 p.m.: Al! I'm so dumb I've been so out of touch. How are youuu? Xox Midterms steal souls.
Ego of the Week: BMOC Edition
Twelve senior studs will compete for the crown, and six juniors will entertain during the preshow. Who doesn't love practically naked Penn men battling it out to benefit Women Against Domestic Violence? What makes you a big man on campus? Ulrik: A fortunate consensus of others' opinions of me.
Can't bursar me love
Supply and demand principles extend to all aspects of Penn life. Drug prices will increase exponentially during peak seasons: Adderall for Reading Days, hallucinogens for Fling.
Ego of the week
Undergraduate Association as well as the "corner of 40th and everything." Detroit in the house! Street: Enlighten us on some of your business ventures. Justin Anderson: I started my first internet company, Netatic Technologies, almost eight years ago.
TXTual healing
Bringing his interactive projections everywhere from Romania to Munich to Brooklyn, Paul Notzold extends an open invitation to embrace street art as a creative exploration of the expressive possibilities of the space around us.
