Yes, that Will Shortz, the famous crossword puzzle editor for the New York Times. Shortz will be visiting Penn on Tuesday, the 24th, from 5:30 to 7 in Irvine as part of Penn’s Year of Games. If you’re a crossword puzzle fanatic, fill out the above puzzle featured in today’s DP (click to enlarge or check out the print version) and send us the answers before midnight. If you’re one of the first five with all the correct responses, you’ll get to meet Shortz at a reception and then get front row tickets for the talk. To the puzzles!
SPEC Film Society is hosting
Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson on Wednesday, January 25. And now you have a chance to meet him! In what may soon be referred to as one of the easiest contests ever, all you need to do is visit the event page
here (we are making this so simple for you) and post your
favorite clip of the actor. If you get the most “likes,” you win! The contest will remain open until January 24th at 11:59 p.m. Contest winners will be announced at the event.
Ferguson will be speaking in the Zellerbach Auditorium at 7 p.m. Tickets are available at $5 for Penncard holders and $8 for the public.
Hello, every fraternity. Trying to out compete one another for the best Christmas light display, à la this movie? We’re going to turn this into a little contest. Send us pictures of your houses (preferably when it’s nighttime and we can see those dazzling lights), and we’ll poll our readers to see which house reigns supreme. Show us your competitive holiday spirit by e-mailing pictures as attachments to tips[at]underthebutton.com by Wednesday at midnight.
Earlier this summer, we posted about an opportunity to feast your eyes on some melon. It seems summer has come full circle: on August 3rd, City Tap House plans to celebrate the all-important “National Watermelon Day” from 4-8 p.m.
The event will include plenty of watermelon goodies (namely a variety of watermelon drank for just $4-5) and a watermelon eating contest at 7 p.m. And randomly, winners get tickets to see Kings of Leon (!!!). So like, even if the U.S. defaults on its loans August 2, at least you’ll have something to eat come the morrow.
Another Way To Win Floor Passes -- Sad your Jackson Pollock interpretation didn't win our Fling
contest? SPEC says you can try the blind luck approach and sign up for their listserv
here. A winner of two floor passes will be chosen at random provided you sign up before midnight Sunday; people who were already on the list are already in the running.
You Have Until Midnight To Enter Our Contest -- You can win free floor passes! Why would you not want to send us your
creative interpretation of Fling?
Send us what you've got by midnight.
Stop Sending Us Stupid Shit And Actually Enter Our Contest -- If you're going to enter our
Fling contest (which you can still do until Monday!), your entry has to be
relevant to Fling. That's the whole point. So don't send us some random video you made for a class six months ago about trade liberalization in Latin America. Let the real creative juices flow!
Keep sending us your entries for our Fling Floor Pass Contest! Remember: they can be ANYTHING creative: a song, a dance, a poem, a video, a piece of art … whatever your personal interpretation of Fling is, bring it on! Just send it in to us by Monday.
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 »
We’re gonna find out a FLING ARTIST OMG! This is what we’ve been waiting for all year.
Remember last year, when SPEC released a letter of Kid Cudi’s name in different place around campus? They’re doing a similar thing again, except this time we have to try a little harder (woo, Penn brains at work).
Tuesday (aka tomorrow), they’re releasing six facts about the artist around campus, then we get to guess who it is. So be on the lookout tomorrow for facts, and as soon as you find them, take a picture and send ‘em to tips@underthebutton.com! We’ll post the pictures (not just the facts, they have to be actual pictures) as they come in.
The best part is, there’s prizes again! The first person to send in the picture of each fact found gets free FLOOR PASS TICKETS to the show. Smartphone-less people (do you still exist?), better walk around with a camera tomorrow because you’re totally still eligible if you can get to a computer and send it in. Let the games begin!
