Playlists
This Week in... 1.27.11
Shary Boyle & Emily Duke: The Illuminations Project: ICA 36th and Sansom.
Overheard at Penn: 1.27.11
Girl: I can’t believe I blacked out in Spanish class. Friend: Hey, shit happens. Athlete #1: I heard you and Sonya last night. Athlete #2: No, what you heard was me fucking the shit out of her. Athlete #1: Jackrabbiting, man. Student: Do you think flash mobs are real? Asian student caught in snowstorm: Oy gevalt.
Iron and Decline
Acoustic god goes electronic — to mediocre results.
Dispatches: Tour Guide Refresher Course
7:59 p.m.: Double–check my e–mails to confirm the location as I hustle from class to this required program to brush up on my tour–guiding knowledge.
Word on the Street: Home Alone
My name is Tucker Johns, and I live by myself.
Family (Hit) Men
Considering they make a living by murdering mafiosos and cutting down crime lords, it’s surprising that most Hollywood hit men are such good family members.
From the Editor: 1.27.11
There’s that scene in (admittedly, my favorite movie) Can’t Hardly Wait when a few tech geeks surround a computer and wait desperately for Internet porn to load.
Ego of the Week: Alex Toumayan
Although Alex Toumayan, Mask & Wig’s head writer, claims he isn’t very funny, Street finds him amusing enough to make him this week’s Ego.
Student Artist: Claire Niebergall
Name and Year: Claire Niebergall, 2012 Hometown: Annandale, VA Major: Fine Arts Medium of choice: Animation, Graphic Design When you sit down in front of a blank sheet or computer screen, how do you get started?
Guilty Pleasures: Heathers (1988)
To no one’s surprise, Mean Girls 2 (yes, it exists) didn’t live up to the high expectations set by its predecessor.
Top 5 Reasons to Drop Your Class
5 — Your class always goes until the time it’s scheduled to.
Web Presence, Reviewed
Street critiques the Penn–centric websites that let us anonymously post our gripes, crushes and naps online.
Interview: Cymbals Eat Guitars
Cymbals Eat Guitars, a rock band from Staten Island, will bless Penn with its presence tomorrow night.For those of you who couldn’t get enough of what they had to say in the magazine, here’s an extended version of the interview.
