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Penn’s Pulitzer Prize, Punk Rockin’ Alum goes Hollywood
If you haven’t heard by now, Penn alum Jennifer Egan (C’85) won a Pulitzer prize for her very creatively constructed novel “A Visit From the Goon Squad“. What you may not have heard is that Hollywood has already knocked on her door regarding the book. After the jump, find out more about the book, and […]
Flash mobbed: A pig dances in Rosengarten
Over the years, Penn students have been pulling off some pretty creative flash mobs around campus from giant pillow fight on Locust Walk, to freshmen freezing on Locust walk for 5 minutes to the (original) silent dance party in the library. Last night, in the middle of finals studying, the flashmobbers struck again with what was supposed to be […]
Upstaging the royal wedding with this cake?
Over the past couple of months, I’ve had a couple of posts about Penn alumni getting married to one another. After the jump, check out 2 more alumni getting married and their very cool customized “Penngagement” cake. On the above cake, we see a Kappa Alpha Theta and Penn Rugby crest. Nice personal touches. And […]
DT sculptures get dissed
Ever since the Dueling Tampons were constructed at Penn in 1973, they’ve gotten lots of flack. After the jump, find out which organization has recently deemed the structures as “questionable taste in outdoor sculpture.” Last week, the DT structures got attention by “The Atlantic” as one of 10 structures deemed as “questionable taste in outdoor […]
This Penn supermom is “cooking on the edge of insanity”
Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 8 and while you should certainly get mom a card (these are my favorite), I’ve got a fun, inexpensive suggestion to go along with that card from Penn alum and supermom blogger Emily Rosenbaum (C’95, Grad Ed ’96). Over the past year, I’ve covered Emily and her experiment where she didn’t […]
Camera shy? Penn alum digs up Donald Trump’s college yearbook
If you’ve been keeping up with the news, you’ve read how Donald Trump (W’68) questioned the authenticity of President Obama’s birth certificate. Well, Dennis Wilen (C’71), a self-proclaimed anti-war Penn hippie, recently posted images from Trump’s 1968 Penn yearbook and comedically questioned Trump’s “proof” that he ever graduated from Penn. Yep, he’s another Penn alum roasting […]
