This little guy has been chilling on College Green all day. Either somebody’s mommy thought this was an appropriate place to throw stuff out, or we’ve got a Baby’s Day Out situation on our hands. In any case, free carseat.

World, meet ALPHA: a bike that is so high-tech and fancy pants we practically expect it to have a personality. Since its completion just a couple weeks ago, it’s been picked up by Wired magazine (among others), and Core77 called it “Possibly the Most High-Tech Bicycle Ever.” And oh, yeah! It was built by Penn students!

Over the past year, MEAM Seniors Geoff Johnson, Lucas Hartman, Katie Savarise, Evan Dvorak and Katie Rohacz have been working to create the first bicycle with a fully internal drivetrain, and the result is just about the coolest bike we’ve ever seen–not to mention 1st place winner at the 2011 SEAS Senior Design Competition on Friday. For more pictures and details on all of ALPHA’s other features, check out their website here.

Fling is over, which means it’s time to pick up the pieces of your neon fanny packs and your dignity and rejoin the world. But hey! Life beyond the moonbounce doesn’t have to be such a drag!

One of these days the sun is going to come out and stay put, at which point we hope you’ll have a little pep in your step to get out and enjoy all the fun fair-weather things that Philly has to offer. To give you a little love pat in the right direction, we’ve compiled a list of things to do in the great urban outdoors. Read the rest of this entry »

?uestlove is in West Philly tonight! If you’re already on the ?uest for munchies, make a pit stop between 10pm-2am and go see the Roots drummer and Philly native spin the tables at Drinkers West.

It’s free with a college ID (and $10 for everyone else), so go put that education to good use and have a lovely twentieth of April! For more information, check out the facebook event.

And here are the important things that you guys and dolls have had to say to each other over the past few days. Disclaimer: you only have yourselves to blame.

(201): Had sex in an envelope. Got away with a clean slate. No goals allowed

(858): We’re at some guys apartment playing with his poodle
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There’s no better time to enjoy the fancy fingers and failed autocorrects of text messaging than Spring Fling, am I right? So in the age old tradition of Texts From Last Night, we are proud to introduce: Texts From Fling!

Send  your silliest, drunkest, most inappropriate texts messages from Fling to tips@underthebutton.com and we’ll post the best ones!

Jumping on the recent bandwagon of dressing up in furry animal costumes for unclear reasons: THIS GUY! He was spotted in Houston, hanging with some bros and doing whatever giant pretend rodents do. We think he’s a squirrel, but who even knows anymore.

After receiving a slew of contest submissions in all shapes and sizes (most of them in the wee hours before the deadline), we’ve spent all day deliberating and reveling in all this power, but we’ve finally landed on a winner. So, without further ado, the pair of Fling floor passes goes to……

ALEX HOSENBALL!

We really loved Alex’s parody of the LCD Soundsystem song “New York I Love You,” which he aptly titled “UPenn I Love You.” It made us laugh. It made us cry. It explicitly mentioned how awesome we are (but that’s not why we chose it). Have a listen here: UPenn I Love You

Sadly we can’t give tickets out to everyone we like, but we do want to recognize a couple more submissions that were especially creative. Check out the Honorable Mentions after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

Because booze is always news here at UTB, we are happy to share this week’s drinkable delight: it’s Cocktails Week! The friendly people at Yelp Philadelphia have partnered with the 21 bars and restaurants they are most excited about to feature major drink specials through Sunday, April 10.  Each place will highlight one of their drinks for 50% off; all you have to do is ask for the Yelp Cocktail Week price.

We’ve mapped out all of the locations below, and you can see the entire list of participants and drinks after the jump. Happy imbibing!

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Missed the mad rush for floor passes to the Fling concert this morning? Never fear! We’ve got your back. Yep, we’ve got two of these golden tickets and we’re giving them away! Now, this is not just any old raffle. It is a serious contest based on talent and awesomeness. Check out instructions for how to enter after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »