Yes, seniors, that day has come. What day? The day your Bursar privileges have been taken away. PSYCH! You still have a couple months left to buy a computer/birth control/the entire 90210 DVD series for “free.” What you do need to do, however, is to fill out your graduation application.
Yeah, we thought fulfilling 5,691 requirements would qualify us for graduation, too. Not so. As per an excessively long email from the assistant dean for advising, seniors who are expecting to graduate in May need to fill out a grad application by February 15th.
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Old school Penn pics are the BEST, especially when they show us just how cool people used to be. Well, it looks like Scott Schuman (also known as the Sartorialist) digs these photos, too. This weekend our favorite style blogger posted some pictures that looked pretty familiar. We’re not entirely sure, but this totally looks like the Quad, right?
Schuman’s other pics can be found here, but we took it upon ourselves to round up some more stylish Quakers from the University Archives.
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Jerome Allen, back in the day.
We gave you our take on the Glen Miller debacle a couple of weeks ago, but today the New York Times weighed in on the ordeal. Thanks to the Gray Lady, we learned that from 1963 to 2007, Penn and/or Princeton won every Ivy League championship except for two. Whoa.
We also got this awesomely Wharton-y quote from Wharton sophomore (and team co-captain/Maccabi stud) Zack Rosen: “Not all C.E.O.’s work out, and that’s what the head coach of a basketball team is. With Coach Miller, there was a disconnect. For whatever reason, his formula just wasn’t working.”
Basically, Jerome Allen has a lot riding on his shoulders, but his stats are super legit and the boys love him. So for the first time in a long time, we’re pretty excited to see what they can do. Allen’s first game as interim head coach is Monday night versus Davidson, and will be broadcast on XPN starting at 7 p.m. Want to actually see some action? Tune into ESPN2 on New Year’s Eve to see the Quakers take on Duke at 6 p.m.
Congratulations on surviving finals week, dear readers. For now, we leave you with some pictures of Penn at its snowiest to tide you over until you’re back on campus (classes officially begin January 13, lest you forget). Thanks to DP photo editors Pete Lodato and Maanvi Singh for the Quad snowball fight pics, and to tipster Dave Dobkin for the ones of campus looking all pretty.
Inquiring minds want to know, so here it is: grades are not due until January 4, two weeks from today. Good luck with all that Penn InTouch refreshing! (But seriously, shouldn’t we get an email or something when a grade is posted?)
Have people already started to compulsively check Penn InTouch for their fall grades? This is what popped up when we tried to log on:
Contrary to popular belief, not all Penn students can get home via train/car/bus. Some people are from LA! And Miami! These unlucky souls have to fly home. But we here at UTB want to make sure your flight home is as pleasant as possible, despite crazy lines and awful delays.
The first thing you need to know about good ol’ Philly International is that wireless is free for students all day, every day. Just head to any info desk, show your student ID and catch up on your UTB reading before your flight takes off. Hitting up any other airports this break? Google is footing the bill for free wireless at 54 US airports through January 15.
Stuck in the airport and need some grub? Philly has all the airport standards (McDonalds, Burger King, Auntie Anne’s, ABP), but we recommend springing for Vino Volo. This place is seriously delicious. Not only is the food incredible (warmed brie and prosciutto with fig jam, anyone?), but the seating (huge sunken chairs with armrests, big wooden tables) is sure to calm those preflight nerves. Need a little extra help taking the edge off? Vino Volo is also a wine bar with a host of reasonably-priced options.
Before you can enjoy these perks, however, you need to figure out how to get to the airport. Let us give you the rundown.
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Resourceful Lowbrow contributor Isabel Friedman hung this disco ball in Van Pelt tonight. In her words, “Sometimes you just have to remind yourself where the real party is.” Rosenparty, that is! And for this, we salute her.
How have you been coping with this most brutal of finals seasons? Let us know in the comments.
Today Amy Gutmann sent out a year-end economic update email to all of Penn’s undergrads. As per usual, it’s a bit lengthy, so here are the highlights:
- The university has saved $56.2 million this year, about $12 million of which has been saved since Gutmann’s last email in August.
- Penn’s endowment lost the least proportionally to its peers.
- Spending on need-based undergraduate grants increased by $20 million, or 19%.
- The tuition increase for 2009-10 was the lowest it has been in 41 years.
There is also mention of all the cool stuff Penn is building (Penn Park, the new nanotech building) and the cool stuff Penn profs are doing (did you know that researchers have been awarded $163.4 million for 303 projects… and counting?). Plus, Marshall Scholar Josh Bennett and Rhodes Scholar Sarah-Jane Littleford get shoutouts.
See the email in full after the jump.
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It’s pretty apparent that we at UTB have a thing for Amy Gutmann. We just do. And one of our favorite things about Amy is her ability to throw sicknasty parties, with her holiday party (you know, the one that’s held at her house!) being the most epic. Take a journey with us as we show you the highlights from this year’s affair.
Um, OMG. This tree is beautiful, and look at all the presents! We wonder if any of those are for Michael or Leah.
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With finals starting tomorrow, Jimmy John’s is joining Huntsman, Houston and everyone else in the quest to win over the hearts of downtrodden, sleep-deprived students. Tonight, from midnight until 2 a.m., Jimmy John’s subs will be just $1. Yum.
Basketball coach Glen Miller has been fired — oh wait, we’re sorry, “relieved of his duties.” The DP reports that Athletic Director Steve Bilsky will be available for comment within the next hour or so, so we’ll keep you posted.
Hogwarts?
Remember when we told you that Houston was getting all Harry Potterized for finals? Well, in that post we linked to a New York Times op-ed written by Lauren Edelson, this high school senior from Portland who totally hates how college tour guides always compare their campuses to Hogwarts. After all, she says, Harry Potter is just so high school.
Lo and behold, this really pissed some people off! Today the Times printed three (!) letters to the editor regarding this piece (which is called “Taking the Magic Out of College,” by the way). And imagine our delight when we realized that one of these letters was written by two Penn students, Isaac Setton and Ariela Rosenberg. Basically, they’re all, “Pshhhh — you don’t know what’s up, Lauren Edelson! College kids love HPizz!” Read their letter after the jump.
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It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s a menorah van!
Photo by Frances Wright
And the finals perks just keep rolling in! Yesterday Wharton kids got an email detailing how Huntsman is doing their part to make sure you stay caffeinated in quiet rooms. What you need to know:
- Au Bon Pain will stay open until midnight Monday through Thursday, and next Saturday too.
- Free coffee will be provided on those nights, from 8 p.m. until midnight.
- Certain rooms are being made into quiet study rooms between the hours of 8 a.m. and 11:45 p.m. (JMHH 245, 250, 255 and 260 on 12/11-12/13, 12/17 and 12/20-12/22; JMHH 240, 245, 250 and 255 on 12/16; JMHH 350, 355, 360 and 365 on 12/14, 12/18 and 12/19).
And, as usual, only Wharton students can book their own private study rooms in Huntsman. LAME.
