Playlists
In the Box
Street chatted with the stars Cameron Diaz and James Marsden and director Richard Kelly about existentialism, picking out a soundtrack and college memories.
From the Editor: 11.12.09
Last week I attended my first preceptorial ever. It’s not that I hadn’t wanted to go to one before this semester, but rather I was systematically shut out of every cheese-tasting, Barnes Foundation-going, ceramics-learning preceptorial imaginable for the past six semesters.
Do You Believe In Magic?
“You see this?” asks Joseph, an older man sporting a sternum-length scraggly beard, gesturing at the game on the table before him.
Poetry Off The Page
In a category all its own, the Excelano Project is Penn’s only spoken word poetry collective. The intensity and passion behind their performances go far beyond spoken word, poetry or prose, reaching into every niche of human emotion — from humor and joy to profound sadness and loss.
We've Got A Crush On You
Notorious for collaborating with one another, these groups say they’re just friends, but we think it’s something more... Penn Glee Club @Penn Dance: “We love working with them.
Just Dance, It's Gonna Be Okay
Strictly Funk: This group stays true to its name by providing Penn with a range of hip hop, jazz, free-styling, lyrical, breaking, locking and funk moves.
Sing It Loud
Atma: Penn’s all-female South Asian a cappella group's got soul, something they express not only with their name, but also with their sultry blend of South Asian and mainstream music.
Not Just For Greeks
For those talented few on campus, performing arts groups like Penn Dhamaka and Pennaach provide outlets for guys and girls to let loose.
The Long Walk Home
If, like me, you are silly and female, then you most likely walk home alone in the dead of the West Philadelphian night.
Absolutely Precious
Nothing about Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire caters to the faint-of-heart, not the gutsy acting or the manic camerawork or the shocking content.
The Roundup: 11.12.09
Penn students refused to let the cold weather and shorter daylight hours get them down, as students (both current and former) were out and about all weekend long.
Overhead 11.12.09
Girl: Your fly. Guy: Thanks! Girl: No really, zip up your fly. Guy: Oh. Chick on Beige: We were best friends, and then she made a voodoo doll of me at camp. Drunk Dude: Yo, if you’re a fat girl, Smoke's is the best place for you to find someone to hook up with. Girl: I got my period! Girl's friend: Pregs-oh-negs?
Kill Me Now
Sound? Check. Fury? Check. The above signifying absolutely nothing? Check. This is apocalypse filmmaker extraordinaire Roland Emmerich’s (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow) newest work: 2012. It's a preposterous and bloated spectacle that gleefully destroys the entire world without examining the humanity behind it. Geologist Adrian Helmsley (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and colleagues discover that the end of the world is near, which means that fantastic earthquakes will soon tear apart the Earth’s crust.
Sinking Ship
Given Pirate Radio’s impressive pedigree, it should have been great. Written and directed by Richard Curtis, responsible for Bridget Jones’s Diary and Love Actually, its talented cast includes Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kenneth Branagh and Bill Nighy.
Guilty Pleasures: In The Army Now (1994)
No one in their right mind would call any Pauly Shore movie a work of cinematic genius. The gags are usually cheap, and the style of humor is pretty juvenile.
Lost & Found
Street sat down with Nick Prueher, co-creator of the funny and bizarre Found Footage Festival, to discuss the roots of his underground tribute to the now ancient VHS tape.
Rub-A-Hub Bub
It is borderline impossible to find a good cappuccino on campus. But now that Hub Bub has arrived, the poorly-caffeinated disappointment of years past has finally subsided.
What’s All The Hub Bub About?
Penn grads have a tendency to succumb to the pressures of the “mold.” The brains, baristas and chefs behind the newest food trucks on campus, Hub Bub and Coup de Taco, however, had nagging desires to liberate themselves from the norm.
They're Taking Over
Here at Penn, we’ve become accustomed to the notion that food that is simultaneously fast, tasty and cheap must sacrifice something — usually nutritious value.
