To remind us that they’re not still relevant after Fling, SPEC is offering another one of our favorite activities– eating!
For just a $10 deposit (you’ll get it back) you can sign up to make your own sushi at Pod (nom nom nom) from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. this Sunday, May 2nd.
However, there’s kind of a catch. You have to sign up on this Google form here for the chance to actually go, which is determined by a lottery system. Personally, we think winners should be chosen based on who’s hungriest.
And if you do win, you have to show up to their BeachFest thing on Wednesday, which will probably be yet another awkward gathering outside of Houston. But hey! There’s even free ice cream there too. Winners all around.
Our pals over at SPEC have free tickets to advanced screenings of MacGruber on Thursday, April 22 (based on the SNL skit) and Get Him To The Greek on Monday, April 27 (the new Jonah Hill comedy) at the Bridge. They also have prize packs including a ping pong ball set, shot glasses, bottle opener key chains and other useless but fun trinkets.
If you want a pair of tickets, be one of the first ten to fire away an email to filmdirs@specevents.net. Be sure to indicate which movie you want to catch.
Update: You snooze, you lose. All the goods have been claimed.
Remember that adorably viral Google ad from the Superbowl? SPEC’s taken a page out of their book for Fling. We like, especially because it’s not their last video.
Notice high school pals writing on your wall lately? Kids who chose small liberal arts colleges away from civilization suddenly blowing up your spot? Maybe everyone’s remembering how cool you are… or maybe Fling Guest Passes are now on sale.
From now until Wednesday, April 14th you can pick up the Quad’s equivalent of Golden Tickets for $20 in the Office of Student Life (above Houston) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
What the guest owes you for bringing them to Fling is still being determined, but recent speculations include at least 2 fried Oreos and some shots.
Our friends over at SPEC have confirmed that wristbands for the Spring Fling concert have officially sold out. In an hour and twenty five minutes. And we thought no one was excited about Snoop.
Plenty of non-VIP commoners’ tickets are still available for purchase on the walk.
We heard a while back that Tom Green was coming to Penn to perform at SPEC and Mask and Wig’s ComFest last night. You can read about the actual event in today’s DP – but we’re more interested in hearing about Tom’s night after the show. Word is the comedian got his drink on with the Mask and Wig kids at Blarney post-show before heading to an off campus after-party where we hear Tom enjoyed some Green (see what we did there?). Later on he was spotted at Philly Diner where tipster Christian Lunoe snagged this pic. Yeah, we know it’s not the best camera work around…would you buy that the blurriness symbolizes his state of mind? No? Send in more photos if you got ‘em!
We’ve just received word that Seth Meyers, current head writer of Saturday Night Live, will be this year’s spring SPEC Connaissance Speaker. According to a SPEC press release, Seth “will discuss his experiences as an actor and comedian” March 18th at 8 p.m., in Irvine Auditorium. It’s no live Weekend Update, but it sure beats anotherboringpolitician.
Tickets will be $5.00 for PennCard holders and will be available on Locust Walk, beginning March 1.
We’ve just received a rush of photos to kickstart the great Fling performer hunt, so here they are. The first is an “I” outside Skulls, sent in by Matthew Sternberg. After the jump, two “D’s,” a “C,” a “K,” and “I” and a “U.”
Okay, so we were just getting geared up to start this whole alphabet soup hunt, when we received this. Tipsters tell us the Penn TV station, UTV13, aired this vaguely official-looking “Kid Rock IS Coming, Fling 2010″ advertisement last night, with a SPEC watermark and all. Our SPEC friends say it’s not legit, (a UTV13 prank?) but we’re not sure. Perhaps there’s some SPEC/UTV13 rivalry we don’t know about? That could definitely be juicy. Anyway, we’ll keep you updated.
It's going to be like an Easter egg hunt, but better.
If you haven’t heard yet, SPEC wants to send you on a wild goose chase of sorts to announce the first Spring Fling performer. So grab your camera phones and make it to that early morning class.
Here’s the fool-proof rundown:
Banners spelling out the performer’s name will be scattered across campus from roughly 10 a.m. to noon.
If you spot a banner, send a photo of it to tips@underthebutton.com. If you’re the first person to snap a shot of that letter, we’ll post the picture.
Aside from a UTB shoutout, our friends over at SPEC will give you a free wristband with floor access to the concert.
If you don’t have a BlackBerry/iPhone, you probably won’t win. But you can still guess who the performer is in the comments.
Sometimes, using regular sentences can just be so boring. That’s why all you need to find out the first Fling artist is letters!
This Monday, all throughout the day, letters in the first artist’s name will be scattered around campus. They can be on a banner, chalked on somewhere, or made out of a pile of SPEC kids (we hope)– pretty much anywhere that letters weren’t already present.
As soon as you spot one, hurry and hit us up at tips@underthebutton.com, because apparently SPEC thinks we’re good spellers (wi duno wot their talkin abawt). We’ll post the letters you find throughout the day until the whole name is revealed.
As if real-life Boggle wasn’t cool enough, you can also win prizes! The first tipster to send in a picture of each letter wins a free wristband for floor access to the concert. But before you ask, no- you can’t have the country of origin.
Our friends at SPEC have announced another feast fest. On Friday from 11-3 in Houston Hall SPEC will be hosting a party in honor of our favorite love-to-hate-it holiday and they’re calling it (surprise!) Love Fest. There are promises of candy and rootbeer floats, so what better way for a single and lonely V-Day hater to eat his or her feelings than with free treats? And if you’re half of a happy couple, don’t you dare go taking the last cupcake, provided by the Buttercream cupcake truck.
