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Before there was Google and Facebook, Penn invented this

And you thought your Macbook air was heavy. Get a look at this monster of a computer otherwise known as ENIAC: the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer… or the first computer at Penn. We’ve heard about it through the years, but get a great 2 minute video summary of its beginnings at Penn after the […]

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Penn accepting students now with THIS video

Remember the good old days when you got your acceptance letter from Penn in the mail? Well this week, some select students received a video about their “likely” acceptance to Penn. Find out about what this “likely acceptance” is all about …and watch the video after the jump! This week a couple hundred students received a […]

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Blast from the Past (1995): A Locust Walk Pig Roast, Spring Fling and the LIDDS (VIDEO)

Recently, musician Jay Matsueda (W’95) sent me a video of a bunch of random footage taken during various public entertainment events on and near PENN campus in the 1994/1995 timeframe. The video includes: music by The LIDDS, Jay Matsueda (W’95), Pete Lee (C’95) and a band at a block party jeans wearing dancers at the Quad during Spring […]

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9 Men in Heels and a Kickline: Mask and Wig Brings The Funny to LA (EXCLUSIVE VIDEOS)

Last weekend Mask and Wig came out to LA to perform its 122nd Annual Production “A Cheshire Catastrophe”.  And in case you missed it, DT has some exclusive highlight clips for you. Above, check out the show’s finale number followed by Mask and Wig’s traditional kickline (wait until you see their costumes this year!) …And […]

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The Mask and Wig Club Tradition Referenced in Warner Brothers Film & Why This May Be My Favorite Post So Far (VIDEOS)

This could be one of my favorite “Now and Then Thursdays” series posts thus far… There is a 1937 film called Varsity Show which references Penn and The Mask and Wig Club (thanks Anthony Maggio C’09!). As you’ll see in the short somewhat hokey clip above, the group of band players chant Mask and Wig’s […]

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Mask and Wig Closes Fling With Some Clever “D#ck” Jokes (VIDEO)

Another Fling, another year of cheers and hisses over some clever “dick” jokes from Mask and Wig. Watch above to find out how the group incorporated Canada and other popular references into this year’s (2009) Spring Fling “Nude Bit”. (for those Friars and Sphinx members out there, stick around for the last joke!) …If you […]

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