Like a groundhog seeing his shadow, the start of spring elections campaigning can only mean one thing- candidate videos are here! Watch as our favorite StudGov hopefuls attempt to wow you with puns, graphics, and a whole new variety of discomfort.
We’re trying to get as much use out of our arbitrary point system as possible, so bear with us if things get a little competitive. Meet Matt, Jake, and Jon after the jump!
Back in the day, we visited Yale. Some pretentious dude in a cable-knit sweater was all, “Hey look at us, we’re really smart and everyone is in an a capella group and our campus looks like Hogwarts.” Then we came to Penn, and some hungover chick was like, “No, I swear it’s safe here. Really, West Philly isn’t that bad.” And then everyone was probably drunk on College Green and we were like, yeah, we’re coming here.
And then, four years later, we saw this video. And we were really, really proud of our decision.
Prepare to want the next sixteen minutes of your life back after watching, “Why I Chose Yale,” a musical brochure created by Yale undergrads in coordination with the admissions office. If you’re going to go all High School Musical 4 on us, at least give us a good Zac Efron lookalike!
Penn Dad of the Year Denzel Washington made an appearance on Jay Leno last night, in which he shouted out Penn Basketball. Denzel says the Washington fam went to games against Davidson (a 79-50 loss) and Duke (a 114-55 loss). “And they played,” Denzel laments. Being the good parent he is, Denzel says he tries to stay out of the way at games.
Campus was abuzz on Friday with word of the Google Street View tricycle rolling down Locust, and apparently, this was actually kind of a big deal. Turns out Penn teamed up with Google for this three-wheeled adventure in an apparent ploy to show off all the nooks and crannies of campus that aren’t accessible by car. As Marie Witt, the Penn spokesperson in the video below gushes, “It sounds a little odd to say, but Penn loves its campus.” The PennPorn habit, after all, must be fed.
If you’re not a total zombie, chances are the last days of class and the run-up to finals are kicking your ass and making you feel like some evil higher power is holding you hostage with a fast forward button. Does that make any sense? We’re honestly not sure, but Street photo guru Thomas Jansen made this totally sweet time lapse video of the high rises, and you need to check it out.
American Idol fans at Penn tend to keep their fervor on the downlow, but it’s a safe bet that there are more than a few of you who secretly tune in every Tuesday and Wednesday. One such fan made his love public this week when Entertainment Weekly featured him in their Idolotry video series. His name is Zach Sergi, and you may recognize him from his Friars membership or perhaps his turn as a Street cover boy. In this video, which sadly we cannot embed, Zach riffs on Adam Lambert, he of the bell bottoms and pompadour. And he represented Penn admirably, vocabulary-wise: he opined that Adam’s most recent performance “skewed towards detracting” from his fandom. Zach, you’ll always make our top 10.
A new Funny or Die video called “Prop 8 – The Musical” features celebrities like Jack Black (as Jesus Christ), Neil Patrick Harris, Maya Rudolph, John C. Reilly, Andy Richter, Margaret Cho, and others. Check it out below!
