Playlists
Cool Runnings
Weather.com informed me that last Friday afternoon would be “18 degrees, feels like 1.” So I bundled up in six layers and proceeded to class in College Hall, where I removed four of them in response to Facilities’ overzealousness with the classroom heaters.
Come In From the Cold
While the male contingency of this fine university skipped happily from one fraternity-run free buffet to another wrapped happily in their beer blankets, nearly 500 freshmen ladies couldn’t feel their toes.
A Food-Filled New Year For All!
Chifa & Village Whisky After opening Distrito in 2008, Jose Garces is coming into his own this year and breaking from his label as a Stephen Starr prodigy.
Recipe of the Week: White Chili
When the thermometer registers below 20 degrees and the snow starts to fall, what’s better than tuckering into a hot bowl of chili?
El Camino Real
Straddling the border between the Penn student realm and far, far away lies El Camino Real, a restaurant celebrating the unique cuisines available on the border between Texas and Mexico.
Roll Out The Red Carpet
Amidst the uncertainty and ambiguity that accompanies every new year, there is one constant we can always count on.
Laundry List
Much like a good pair of jeans, a good launderer is hard to find, especially since those precious denims are at stake.
Xin Nian Kuai Le
The Thai throw water at one another, Jews nosh on apples and honey, Americans raise glasses of bubbly and the Chinese rhythmically dance the Lion and Dragon.
2009: The Year That Will Rock You
After a month of car radio top 40, when you thought you’d die if you ever had to listen to Hoobastank again, our favorite bands are back with new releases for ’09. NASA’s The Spirit of Apollo is overflowing with guest appearances.
You down with MPP?
Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavilion (MPP), which dropped so early in 2009 that we still had unbroken resolutions, has already been called the year’s best album.
Defibrillator: The Band, "Jericho" (1993)
Listening to Jericho while driving with my dad through Ohio tobacco country, the dash of country girl in me comes alive.
Samples: A Sampling
B.o.B., Asher Roth, & Charles Hamilton, “Change Gon’ Come” Up and coming internet favorites B.o.B, Asher Roth and Charles Hamilton philosophize on the election, the economy and plenty of other well-worn topics for socially conscious rappers.
Guilty Pleasures: What Women Want (2000)
Despite his overt anti-Semitic tendencies, there’s something undeniably irresistible about Mel Gibson shaving his legs.
It’s Not Too Late. We promise.
THE BEST The Wrestler Mickey Rourke’s heartbreaking Golden Globe speech — in which he thanked his dogs for being the only ones who were there for him during his long slump — is bupkus compared to his astounding performance as a wrestler forced to retire and cope with his own insignificance.
James Bond Defies the Nazis
It is a sad fact that Holocaust movies — once considered shocking for their raw portrayals of the horrors perpetrated by the Nazis — have become predictable.
Letter from the Editor: 12.4.08
BOOBIEZ!!!!! XOXO, Mark Zuckerberg
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.
The Morning After the Bar Fight
You don’t even know how it happened. You swore you weren’t going to get into it last night. You were out with your girlfriend and she hates when you do this.
Guide to Making Spring the Best Semester Ever!!!
Check it. You wanna make next semester super chill? Don’t let school bring you down. Keep that buzz going even through classes.
