As there seems to be more and more creative people attending Penn, Ty Furman, Director of the Platt Student Performing Arts House emailed me to let me know that this year Penn started a new pre-orientation program in the arts called PENNarts. Per Ty, “31 Freshmen came to Penn 4 days early and took master […]
Hey undergrads, let’s say you want to play a game of soccer on Franklin field, go into Center City to grab lunch or see a show or even plan a study group with people from your mega-econ lecture but your friends are not available or not interested …but you still really want to do this […]
Earlier this week, I showed you the very creative film that Brian Tran (W’10, Penn Singers) produced for Penn’s Preview week and mentioned that this was actually his second film of this type. Today I wanted to show you his first video he did for Penn Previews 2 years ago called “Wharton Voices: The Student […]
While I don’t remember this concept existing on campus while I was making my decision as to which college I would be going to, last Friday, Penn hosted Penn Previews for the newly accepted, though not yet matriculated Class of 2013. It’s an opportunity for students to visit the campus, get presentations from their respective […]
(l to r): John Lilley, Rob Hyman (C’72), Eric Bazilian (C’75), Fran Smith, Jr. and Dave Uosikkinen What happens when a group of undergrads get together to form a band and they’re still together touring the world over 30 years later?! Ask Eric Bazilian (C’75, Penn Singers, Mask and Wig), Rob Hyman (C’72), and Rick […]
Last week, Jesse Tendler (W’02, Eng’03, Mask and Wig) and his liberal activist group Billionaires for Wealthcare interrupted *AHIP pollster Bill McInturff during his closing speech of the insurance lobby’s conference. No stranger to musical spoofs from his Mask and Wig days, Jesse and company did their own rendition of “Tomorrow” from the musical Annie. The […]