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An Open Letter from Google
Dear Googlers, Seriously guys, what the fuck? You punks disgust me, you sick group of morally depraved sociopaths.
From the editor
Dear my esteemed readers, Welcome back for what is going to be another most fantastic 20 pages of your life.
Why working for Google is the best decision you'll ever make
1. You can bring your dog to work, even if it's ugly. 2. You're never more than 100 ft. from a snack. 3.
Drink of the week
Tria 123 S. 18th Street (215) 972-TRIA www.triacafe.com If you must choose one subject in which to beat the curve this semester, why not make it wine?
Trailer Park
White Collar: Persepolis: Highly stylized animation set to an off-beat rendition of "Eye of the Tiger" makes for an extremely entertaining trailer, even though the English trailer isn't out yet.
Life's a picnic
If you're anything like me, you like your nature in small doses. for instance, in a Gia Pronto salad.
Your Guide to. Decorating your room so that People think you're cool
They say that first impressions are everything. Were you a Magic-playing Trekkie in high school? Or a cheerleader known for her spread eagle (on and off the field)? If so, and you want to trade in your high school persona for a newer, cooler and obviously better one, then having a well-decorated room is the key to your success.
Rockin' Round the Recycle Bin Banging on a trashcan
Rock and RecycleNOW Whole Foods Market 929 South Street Saturday, 3:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m., $15 (215) 567-4004 http://www.cleanair.org/Waste/fundraiser.html It's Saturday afternoon.
Delicious
This film, from the director of Kramer vs. Kramer, asks the question: Is love just a trick nature plays on us or is it the only meaning there is to this crazy world?
Street Sweeper
Replenishing after a weekend of fasting during the most recent of high holy holidays, Stephen Glass is back just in time to watch the campus fall into bedlam without G-d's Chosen People.
Meat Puppets
As an angst-addled adolescent, my favorite Nirvana song was "Oh, Me" from the MTV Unplugged record. When I eventually replaced cassette with CD, I discovered in the liner notes that "Oh, Me" and two other tracks were in fact Meat Puppets covers.
Give me 5
Party on the Parkway Campus Philly Kick-Off Benjamin Franklin Parkway Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Free (215) 988-1707 http://www.campusphilly.org/kickoff/ Nothing says "Welcome back to college, Philadelphia students," like an onslaught of free stuff.
Street Beats
A drunken man needed to be rescued from his ex-lover's house after he tried to break into her home. The former Mrs. Claus had no comment. A couple sued their doctor over their in vitro fertilization procedure that produced twins, instead of the single child they had wanted.
Phillywood
If Philadelphia were to play a role in a teen sex comedy, it would play the girl who can't get a date for the prom - a Molly Ringwald character who somehow goes unnoticed by everybody except one weirdo (seriously, M.
The Hipster-fication of West Philadelphia
This is the first article in a two-part series in which Street will examine the effects of gentrification on West Philadelphia. erched defiantly on the westernmost frontier of University City, the Dock Street Brewery and Restaurant is situated far beyond what many Penn students consider to be the no man's land of West Philadelphia.
vintage wine
It used to be you could listen to an Iron & Wine album and imagine sitting alone with Sam Beam as he whispered his lyrics directly to you.
dispatches
In case you missed the sidewalk chalk spam, elections for freshman Class Board and Undergraduate Assembly are officially underway.
recipe of the week
Picnic 3131 Walnut Street (215) 222-1608 The first thing I notice as I walk into Picnic is the colorful hand-written menu on the wall behind the register.
ENDANGERED list
It's unusual to find a band of friends who are able to believe in their adolesent fairy-tales when they grow up.
