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Missing Your Major?
As much as we lament finals, rue term papers, and never really want summer to end, we liberal artists sometimes find ourselves missing our chosen areas of study during these three heated months.
Sippin’ Pretty
As the summer weeks pass and we become veritable members of the workforce (five weeks of Excel and counting!) or delve deep into the throes of academia (what up, Summer Session Two), we’ve come to appreciate the beauty of hump day more than ever.
Lights, Camera, Festival
Something can’t really be “annual” until it’s happened at least two successive years, and this weekend the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival is making it official.
On Your Mark-et
This weekend take a stroll to the Headhouse Farmers’ Market. Tucked between cobblestone streets and buildings as old as Mr. Franklin himself, the market is a mainstay of the often-forgotten Society Hill neighborhood. Flanked by an array of restaurants and bars on each end, Headhouse Square was the “original” Philadelphia market, providing Philadelphians with produce since 1745.
Hip to be Square
Though it may be the birthplace of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and cheesesteaks, our beloved ultra-American Philadelphia can sometimes leave us yearning for influences from other hemispheres.
Pitch Your Tent in South Jersey
When I first received that fateful text — “i think i have mem day plans for us… camping?” — my mind instantly flashed back to trips of my youth.
Lords of Love Park
Rob stomps on his skateboard to flip it up to his hands. He pulls a black skullcap over his bangs and carries the board under one arm, dropping it in the trash can to keep it out of sight of police.
Silence in the Classroom
Every Monday and Wednesday in a small classroom in Williams Hall, a group of 13 students settles into a semi-circle waiting for class to start.
BYOB: Brew Your Own Beer
After spending a couple of hours in their small kitchen waiting for the brew to boil, some of the guys are getting restless.
The Best of Penn 2009
Street knows what's up. You know what’s up. And over 1,000 of you told us what’s up when you voted for Best of Penn 2009.
Love the Skin You're In(k)
“If I don’t do it now, I’m never going to do it,” blurts a woman breathlessly. She grabs one of the image-filled binders from the counter and flips to a page of Sanskrit lettering.
The Man Behind the Magic
Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens sneaks up on you. Walking past 1020 South St., you understand that although “garden” might be a misnomer, you’re not sure what else to call the place.
Chippin' In
Students feverishly emptied the ATMs. It wasn’t a hold-up, but rather a hold’em: Texas Hold’em poker, that is.
A Winter Such As This
The steam from the vent on Sansom Street rises wildly at night, arcing and then drifting hazily into a driveway that houses some abandoned furniture and a parked white van.
Packing Up Their Horns
Jazz drummer Lucky Thompson booked his first professional gig at age eight. “It was at this place called Tallie’s Paradise in South Philly that’s no longer there,” he says.
Close Encounters in Bucks County
Denise Murter, an aging, blond bombshell, wouldn’t say her name on television because she feared “creeps” would contact her.
Guys in Ties
College sophomore Conor Turley is a 22-year-old former missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, popularly known as the Mormon Church.
Sticking It To 'Em
The Class of 1923 Arena that houses Penn’s ice rink is unknown to most students. Straddling the end of the Walnut Street Bridge on 31st Street, it’s a hulking, faded brown building outshined by luxury apartments across the street.
Street U.
State College, USA www.streetu.edu CB code: 6969 Public six-year university 51,450 degree-seeking undergraduates; 5,800 people just there for the keggers 46% men, 54% women, 100% party animals 92% of applicants admitted SAT required, high score not Street University, located in picturesque State College, U.S.A.
