Playlists
Weighing the Options
It's officially that time of the year again. The weather's getting colder, the days are getting shorter and it's getting tougher to muster the strength to walk to class (or to Smoke's) depending on your proclivities.
Penne: Hers
The Atmosphere: It is attached to the Inn at Penn so there are less dates and more people who have already gotten a room.
The Safes
There is nothing quite so cloying as the sound of a completely mediocre album. The Safes unleash Well, Well, Well on the world with nary a regard for hooks or cohesion.
Gimme Five
My homeboy was a Baboon Darwin Day University of Pennsylvania Museum of Art & Archaeology 3260 South St. Sun, 1 p.m., free (215) 898-4000 www.museum.upenn.edu Natural selection, origin of species, evolution --- do these phrases sound familiar to you?
La Buca: hers
The Atmosphere: I mean, I'm a huge fan of the large, round table. In fact, there truly is nothing better than a round table.
Classified Ads
SWM looking for SWF/SWM/SWT/SBM/MBF/$#*!! for long walks (or short walks. or if you can't walk, that's fine too) on the beach.
writer's bloc?
A successful debut LP can be a blessing or a curse. It can be the precursor of legitimate greatness or it can spell doom for a band's future with the weight of unachievable expectations (think of the wasted potential of The Libertines or The Stills). The real pressure for these groups lies on their second album, where they have so much more to lose. Bloc Party fans everywhere had been crossing off days on their calendars in anticipation of February 6th, the release date of the band's second studio album, A Weekend In The City.
Daytripper: First Friday
First Friday (held, shockingly, on the first Friday of every month) is perfect for those who love art, want to explore the city or just enjoy free wine and food samplings.
GEORGE BUSH HATES THE HIGH RISE ELEVATORS
GEORGE BUSH HATES THE HIGH RISE ELEVATORS On January 29, 2007, the following tape-recorded exchange was recovered and transcribed outside elevator #3 in High Rise East. As Peter Kuperman's number one supporter, I've pledged to spend 24 straight hours in a Harnwell elevator as a physical representation of the millions of precious moments lost by high rise residents as they wait for the elevators each day.
From the ed
If you are young and reading this - meaning that you are perhaps a) an idealist b) a Penn student and c) well versed in the works of such Revolutionaries of Ghandi, Ch‚, and now Bono (or sort of versed, you at least know who they are to the extent of identifying them on a poster in one of your friend's room) - chances are you are at some point going to attend a political rally, protest, or heated conversation at 3, 4, or 5 in the morning, catalyzed by some pernicious sort of drink or herbal supplement. Chances are you have thrown around words like 'Iraq,' and 'Bush,' and chances are you have not been talking about stones and short shrubbery.
Street Sweeper
Bids, bids, bids: Beautiful people out in full force at SDT's bid party - a veritable who's who of the freshmen scene.
Reviews
Youth Group Casino Twilight Dogs Recording an album around the success of a cover of Rod Stewart's "Forever Young" sure has a way of affecting a band's sound.
1ST ANNUAL PENN KING OF WINGS COMPETITION
Nothing goes better with sloth than a little bit of gluttony, so the taste testing labs of 34th Street set out to find the best buffalo wings around Penn for your Super Bowl fiesta.
DON'T ASK ME WHY
"Happiness is a choice," says overbearing Daphne to her youngest daughter Milly in Because I Said So.
Militant Vegans Storm Campus
Militant Vegans Storm Campu On Wednesday, January 24th, Houston Hall became the unsuspecting host of a terrorist attack at the hands of what can only be described as militant vegans.
Rooters
Today at the University of Pennsylvania, President Amy Gutmann revealed the direction of the university's newest fundraising campaign.
Beers from the Ceiling
For almost 20 years, Brigid's has attracted a neighborhood crowd and groups of friends with its solid beer collection.
Rebuttal from a man big enough to use his real name, Ruben Brosbe
As Valentine's Day approaches, I, like all men, agonize over what to get for my special lady friend.
Ego of the week
More than its ego, senior English major Kelly Landers is the library's id. We attempted to learn the truth about this fashionista's symbiotic relationship with Van Pelt. Street: So you spend a lot of time at Van Pelt. Kelly Landers: It's been noticed by quite a few.
