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100 People You'll See At Fling

It's hump day. It's Wednesday. IT'S HERE. If you're one of the chosen few who doesn't have a 9 a.m. recitation tomorrow or a problem set due Friday, then FLINGHASFLUNG. Follow along as we count down the 100 kinds of people you'll inevitably see in the Quad, at Franklin Field, next to you in bed, or with their heads in your toilet, from now until Saturday night (Sunday morning?).

  1. That guy from Tinder
  2. That other guy from Tinder
  3. Philadelphia cops arresting someone
  4. Penn Police not arresting someone
  5. Everyone who has run for the UA ever
  6. Penn Samba, AKA people you know who you didn't know were in Penn Samba
  7. John Legend
  8. Kesha
  9. Dean Furda
  10. Dean DeTurck 
  11. Narcs dressed as narcs
  12. Narcs dressed as Penn students
  13. Penn students dressed as narcs
  14. Alumni who you never thought you'd see again
  15. Every couple you hate
  16. The couple who just can't stop drunkenly making out
  17. That bitch from your lab group covered in glitter
  18. The drunk guy who tries to start a chant of some sort
  19. The girl who just can't
  20. The girl who just can
  21. The dude with the fried Oreos 
  22. The a cappella group that drank too much pre-Quad performance
  23. The (only) a cappella group that didn't drink pre-Quad performance
  24. The kids who used bots to get floor passes
  25. The bots (who used kids to get floor passes?)
  26. The kids who dropped bank to get floor passes
  27. The kids who are still complaining about not getting floor passes
  28. The kid who claimed he had floor passes
  29. Stephen
  30. The high school junior dirty dirty rushing Theos
  31. The kid who walks up to you on your porch asking what frat this is
  32. The person who is consuming alcohol for the first time EVER
  33. The person to whom you sent a naked Snapchat but never responded
  34. The person who sent YOU a naked Snapchat but YOU never responded
  35. The people who are pumped that Qdoba will be open late 
  36. The people trying to BYO Sweetgreen 
  37. Those annoying people who think they're the first people ever to BYO Commons
  38. Quad security guards who hate their jobs
  39. Quad security guards who love their jobs
  40. The people who wear their class-sponsored Fling tanks
  41. The people who paid to make Fling tanks for their friend groups 
  42. Your old hallmate with whom you made brunch plans 2 years ago but both of you know you don't actually give a shit about following through on them 
  43. Those people who think Everclear is still a thing outside of Junior Prom
  44. That girl who uses the word "rally" too much
  45. That girl's high school friend who goes to Boston College and just wants to see what a real live college party is like who will also end up puking in the alley next to PiKapp all night 
  46. That person who actually owns a selfie stick
  47. The first guy you made out with at Penn
  48. The second guy you made out with at Penn
  49. The first girl you made out with ever
  50. The Smoke's bouncer who never lets you in
  51. That guy whose name you forget that you hung out with the first night of NSO
  52. That girl with whom you did your Econ problem set but who won't acknowledge you on Locust
  53. Someone throwing up in Chipotle 
  54. Some bitch with a bottle of Jack
  55. Someone who looks sort of scared
  56. People taking pictures
  57. People photobombing said pictures
  58. People who don't know they're in said pictures because they're drunk but will find out in two weeks when they're scrolling through their newsfeed 
  59. Someone who has rolled once and wants to tell everyone how much fun rolling is
  60. Someone wearing an ambiguous costume
  61. A dude in a green nylon bodysuit
  62. Someone who will guilt you for not going to his/her a cappella show for the second weekend in a row
  63. Someone screaming at Quad security because he/she forgot his/her Penn Card 
  64. Someone shoeless
  65. Someone wearing shoes on his/her hands
  66. A sweaty shirtless guy who's rubbing against other people
  67. Someone leaving VP because they actually comprehend that Fling comes at the most inopportune time of the semester and it makes much more sense to study than to get fucked up for 4-5 days straight 
  68. Someone slumped around a corner
  69. Someone slumped around a bench
  70. Some girl who refuses to exit a moonbounce 
  71. Someone you've had sex with who is somehow friends with everyone else you've had sex with
  72. Someone weirdly drinking hot coffee
  73. Someone weirdly drinking iced coffee
  74. Someone who is throwing bagels at people
  75. A confused bro wondering what happened to all the eggs from the Kegs 'n Eggs darty 
  76. That girl who dyed her hair for Fling
  77. That girl wearing a flower crown
  78. That other girl wearing a flower crown
  79. That girl wearing fringe because she thinks she's at Coachella
  80. That guy who will make you feel bad for not attending a theatrical performance during Fling
  81. A gaggle of dudes in tanks and Sperrys with no socks (though we suppose this is no different from any other Spring day on Penn's campus)
  82. The kid who lost his friends
  83. Someone whose gaze you avoided on Locust when he or she flyered at you 
  84. That girl you met during Quaker Days who asked how many APs you took your junior year of high school
  85. The annoying kid from your class Facebook group who friended everyone within an hour of acceptance emails being sent
  86. The pre-frosh who chose the wrong (right?) weekend to tour campus
  87. The person who friended you during NSO and won't stop inviting you to IAA events now even though you have no interest in IAA and haven't talked to that person in two years
  88. The person you hooked up with Thursday night
  89. The person you hooked up with Friday morning
  90. The person you hooked up with Friday afternoon
  91. The person you hooked up with Friday night
  92. The person you hooked up with Saturday morning 
  93. The person you hooked up with Saturday afternoon
  94. The person you hooked up with Saturday night
  95. The dude who thinks Kesha is performing in the Quad on Saturday
  96. The dude who is only going to the concert to see Kygo
  97. The dude who says he's only going to the concert to see Kygo but is actually there for Kesha
  98. The kid who can't keep his frats straight
  99. The kid on Sunday who is in denial that Fling is over 
  100. The kid who isn't on this list – there's bound to be someone! 

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