We’ve been unfortunately been blessed with an early reminder of that reprehensible piece of attire that is the Fling tee shirt. Fortunately, you have time to prepare yourselves for what’s in store this season.
There's also a 30 percent chance you will leave your umbrella in the Quad due to intoxication.
Just in case you haven’t been compulsively checking the weather forecast to find out what this Fling may bring (and why the hell not?), we’ve got you covered.
There’s some good news and some bad news. For now, keep your plans to skip class on Thursday afternoon and sip some punch on your porch. And if you don’t have that on your schedule, you may want to set aside some time, since that’s the best that it’s going to get.
And the onslaught of opportunities to win free Fling Concert tickets has officially begun.
By performing a shift of a little over two hours on Friday or Saturday in the Quad, you can have a free t-shirt and free concert ticket, by helping to make sure it’s a “safe and enjoyable Fling.”
Volunteers must attend one of two training sessions hosted by SPEC and MERT on Monday, April 5, at 8PM or Tuesday, April 6, at 8PM.
Sound like a bargain to you? Just fill out this survey by tonight at midnight!
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.
A tipster sent us this photo of a cowboy riding the wrong way down 38th St. “Hay!” we thought to ourselves. “That horse sure does look familiar.”
That’s when we remembered that we saw this very same duo offering pony rides on Spruce during Fling last year. What’s the deal? Someone grab a lasso and get us some answers.
Rumor has it SPEC is looking to recreate the magic that is Spring Fling in the fall with the creation of the Fall Festival. An e-mail that is circulating explains:
The Social Planning and Events Committee (SPEC) is proud to announce an exciting new event for the Penn community: the 2009 Fall Festival, to be held outdoors on campus on Saturday, October 10th. Aiming to generate a campus-wide celebration similar to that of Spring Fling, the Festival will feature musical entertainment, games, a wide variety of other activities and giveaways, and food and will be open to the Penn community.
Call us cynics, but there is no way Penn’s least overrated holiday (seriously, it is perfectly rated) will translate to October. But, hey, at least we have another excuse for day drinking.
The results are in, and overwhelmingly, you selected “bro-tacular sleeveless jerseys” as Spring Fling 2009’s most annoying meme. Retire those babies to your closets, boys, unless you want us to sic Dzine2Show on you.
From the looks of our puddle-strewn campus, it’s hard to believe that just two days ago we were basking in Fling sunshine. Pray tell, which trend do you most wish you could erase from your Facebook albums? Vote in our poll!
Blackboard, everyone’s favorite course management tool, seems to be out of service. Our point is thus proven: you cannot rely on anything during Fling.
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The results are in, and overwhelmingly, you selected “
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