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CLASSTIME

The walk to DRL gets longer every year.

Depending on your major, you can swap out DRL for Fisher, Meyerson, Hayden, etc. — whatever building it is that’s farthest out of your way and factors the least into your plans after college.

For me, it's DRL. Who is David Rittenhouse? To me, he's bad breath, coffee grounds and last night's makeup. The fact that I have to wake up at 7:30 a.m. once a week to attend a recitation in his labs makes everything he ever did DUMB. I didn't really decide what I wanted to do with my life until this summer. Luckily for me, this didn't involve tearful meetings with

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administrators or the tacking–on of another semester. Instead, it involved taking on a few classes in buildings whose namesakes I imagine to be the kind of people who let you use their washing machines and pick up the slack at BYOs. Everyone checks out at some point senior year. As someone whose schedule is roughly divided between requirement–fillers and fun zones, I can tell you that I'm glad I left some of the best for last, and that this semester is shaping up to be one of the most exciting (academically – honest!) of my time here.

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MY PENN ADDICTION: WHARTON BEHAVIORAL LABS

Like a typical college student, I’m on a budget. While I enjoy treating myself to a real, non– dining hall meal or a new pair of sandals from Zappos every once in a while, the fact is that gold is not raining down on me. Sooner or later, I’m going to be broke, and I can kiss those let’s–go–to– Pod–to–celebrate–nothing dinners goodbye. The simple solution would be to find a job, but with a rigorous schedule and a myriad of extracurriculars there’s just no time — and I can forget asking my parents because they would probably shoot me.

Then I found the solution: Wharton Behavioral Labs.

Obviously, anything involving Wharton has to do with money,

but what does money have to do with behavioral labs? Well, Wharton has set up a number of panels regarding business–related research where students can take part in experimental and observational studies. For his or her time, each student is given $10 or more in payment. In other words, Wharton is paying you 10 smackaroos to sit on your ass and take some surveys.

While beneficial and insightful to the Whartonites who crafted them, these surveys are great for you too. One of the last ones I took measured my leadership capability and told me I was born to lead! Not only am I 10 dollars richer, but I’m also probably going to be President one day!

A past behavioral lab involved singing karaoke (yes, you heard me right, karaoke) for an extended period of time. When is the last time someone paid you to screech “Like A Virgin” into a microphone? For me it was last week, and I freaking nailed it.

Get at me, “Glee” (but don’t actually, because I think your show sucks).

I stroll over to Steiny D or Huntsman at least once a week for the labs, slowly but surely accumulating a nice little sum of spending money. While I know that this cannot become a steady source of income in the long run, for now I enjoy opening my wallet to find a crisp $10 bill rather than a stray piece of lint.

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Dude: Isn’t that like a rule?

If it has “man” in it then it’s a Jewish name? Steinman? Bergman? Steinbergman? Whatever, I’ve always had success with that in the past.

SDT Girl: My mouth is so in the mood for hummus.

Drunk Bro: Dude, I met a girl tonight who wasn’t, like, Penn hot, but real hot.

Super senior: I haven’t been this drunk since I was 10 years old!

Tridelt Girl: Hi, can I get a grande soy skinny vanilla latte?

Starbucks Employee: Sorry, we don’t serve Tridelts.

A Modest Proposal

BY JESSE DUBOIS

I want to propose something. I know that it’s radical, dangerously so, but, with any luck, some of this world’s problems could be solved with just one simple change in our daily lives: we should look at each other. How often do you pass someone on campus, just casually walking by, and they simply refuse to look at you? Perhaps they’re beamed a sudden divine impulse to check their phone, or they jerk their head to the right to check out a frolicking squirrel with an abruptness normally reserved for crashing 747s.

Don’t get me wrong. I’m not talking about people you find attractive, or people you know.

I’m just talking about people. Most of them just won’t look at you. I often contemplate painting my face orange, or getting a hickey the size of a baseball or holding up a large neon sign that says “I’m here! I’m human! I can make your retinas happy too!”

Sometimes I pass someone that will look at me, just for the tiniest, tiniest possible moment, and then look away. “Shit! Did I just look at her?

She probably thinks I’m creepy.” Yet, to be honest, I don’t know why I care. There’s just something dehumanizing about the whole situation, like I’ve been reduced to the status of a clipboard– wielding proselytizer haunting the Compass.

"Just keep walking. Head down, eyes forward.”

Perhaps this particular mission is too ambitious. Looking at strangers, after all, doesn’t necessarily help you very much. But imagine that guy or girl that you “kinda” know. Maybe you always sat a couple seats away in Chemistry.

Or you happened to be in the same conversation at a party, but never got introduced. In that glorious moment of recognition, you see him on the Walk. “I met him once. I’m doing it. I’m looking at him. Wait, is that him? He didn’t look. It wasn’t him. Or it WAS him and he saw me 20 feet ago and didn’t look on purpose.”

In all fairness, I can empathize with the other side’s point of view. Friendliness can backfire.

There will always be those who think that a prolonged glance or a friendly hello is an overture of intimacy. But that’s not true for most people.

I could bore you with vague notions of the plight of the individual in an increasingly impersonal society, but what I’m proposing, plain and simple, is that we just give it a shot. When you’re out today, leave the headphones in your pocket. Quit pretending the architecture is interesting. Stop texting while you walk — that’s what class is for — and just look at people. For bonus points, flash someone a smile. It might make their day (and yours) in the process.

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Fall into fall, freshies! For those of you who've spent your lives growing up sun–kissed and beach blonde, enjoy the one week of beautiful autumn sweater weather before this place becomes as cold as a witch's tit. We have some stories that will warm the cockles of your heart, though.

Speaking of hearts, sign–ups for Alpha Phi's annual Cardiac Arrest philanthropy event went loco this week. Not sure how Cardiac Arrest works?

Us neither! But we're pretty sure it goes something like this: 1. Handcuff frat boys to Alpha Phi girls 2. ??? 3. Profit! When the girls sent out a spreadsheet soliciting volunteers, the frat boys took over, decorating the spreadsheet with explicit photos, replacing the letter "a" with the word "penis," and inviting readers to "get laid" at Beta. Who would have thought opening up a Google doc to every frat could backfire?

Hold onto your hats, because that's not the last porn–themed tidbit in the Round–Up this week. Proper ladies, turn the page. For the rest of you, head on down to Phi Delt, where the boys have a whole room devoted to choking the chicken, thumping the pump and/or stroking the poker. Catch our drift?

Enough with the euphemisms; Phi Delt has a creepy porn room covered in nude pics. We're told the room is plastered in pornography and contains nothing but a tiny window, a chair and a light on a pull–string. Perfect place for future serial killers of America to get their kicks.

Only 34 days till Halloween! Highbrow can't wait! We've had a really fabulous Kim & Kanye couples costume prepped since the two started dating. But for those of you looking to get some spooky fun right about now, check out the Rodin elevators, where rumor has it there's a ghooooooost!

(O.O) While this haunted elevator isn't quite the Tower of Terror, sources tell us an eerie voice whispers "can you hear me?" leaving residents running scared. Boo! Did we scare you?

Oh please, Stiteler is soooo last year. DRL is the new hot spot on campus.

At least, according to Grindr it is. Apparently, a new glory hole is open for business in the math building. We mean, anonymous sex might not be for all of us, but it seems pretty standard in DRL. How else are they going to get it?

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EGOOF THE WEEK: TANVIR GOPAL

When he's not customizing Coke floats at Capogiro or reminiscing about his stint on Broadway, Tanvir Gopal is choreographing dances for Dhamaka and denying rivalries with Masala. (Sure...)

Street: Tell us about Dhamaka.

Tanvir Gopal: Dhamaka is an all–male dance troupe that fuses South Asian and Western styles, so we’re kind of a…niche organization. I’ve pretty much choreographed a piece every year that I’ve been a member.

Street: But can girls join?

Maybe? Please?

TG: One year, we actually had two girls with fake mustaches come into our auditions. It’s worth a try.

Street: What’s the best thing about Dhamaka?

TG: Dhamaka has been a fun and creatively expressive way for me to connect with my Indian roots. But the friendships I've made with other guys on the team have been the best

part. We all get along really well and share a common passion for performing.

Street: Is there any sort of rivalry between Dhamaka and Penn Masala?

TG: All I can say is that Dhamakapella is in the works…just kidding. We’re all friends, no rivalry at all.

Street: What is your guilty pleasure?

TG: Coke floats from Capogiro. It’s not on the menu, but they use gelato instead of ice cream, and they are delicious. I think I’ve had one everyday this week. Don’t judge.

Street: On a scale from 1 to 10, how would you rate the dance number at the end of "Slumdog Millionaire"?

TG: Jai Ho definitely gets a 10. I thought the song and the meaning fit perfectly with the ending of the movie. But the Pussycat Dolls remix unfortunately gets a 1. They totally butchered it.

Street: How do you come up with choreography?

TG: It really depends on the piece and the style of dance. I draw inspiration from all sorts of things including movies, eras, sounds and books. Bollywood and hip–hop are usually the styles that are easiest and most enjoyable for me. I also love choreographing with fellow Dhamakers because everyone on the team brings something new and interesting to the table as a choreographer.

Street: Who’s your idol?

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TG: Lately, PSY from “Gangnam Style.” I want to learn that dance so badly. I’m so bitter that I wasn’t aware of the flash mob on campus this past weekend.

Street: Tell us about your stint on Broadway.

TG: When I was 13, I originated the role of Munna, the slum boy in A.R. Rahman’s "Bombay Dreams," produced

by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Before that, I sang at the Metropolitan Opera and someone I knew

there recommended me to audition for the role on Broadway. I acted, sang and danced four shows a week for the entire nine– month run. It was so awesome not only to perform on Broadway, but also to be involved in a project that really paved the way for South Asian actors living in the U.S. Street: There are two types of people at Penn…

TG: Those who go to Pottruck to work out and those who go to Pottruck just for the smoothies. I belong to the latter group.

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Ego's guide to your first (or fourth) fall at Penn.

By PATRICK FORD–MATZ, KATIE GIARLA & SANDRA RUBINCHIK

Don't Leave Home Without: A map of all the BYO restaurants in Philly, to ensure a welcome back dinner with your sorority pledge class, your Management TA group, your senior society pledge class, your roommates, your friends from freshman year and your a capella group...before you realize that you’re really freakin’ broke.

An umbrella. It’s not always sunny in Philadelphia.

Red Bull and Adderall. Hello, midterms. Fancy seeing you again.

The iPhone 5. Because the iPhone 4 is the AOL of smartphones.

A black, leather–bound resume carrier to be carted like an extra appendage. Yay OCR!

And Don't Forget About…

Family Weekend: Strategically compile a list of your most intellectual and least slop–tart–y friends to further reinforce the story you told your parents about how you were billed for that ambulance ride because you so kindly accompanied some poor drunk you found in the Quad on his way to the hospital.

Homecoming: Very subtly start texting your alumni ex–hook–up a week or two before he or she returns for Homecoming. In true Penn form, look forward both to getting laid and the potential job connection that could result from this.

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Woodser: Several sororities and fraternities do some version of this flannel fest these days. Start schmoozing now to score an invite.

Does anything sound better than getting drunk and hooking up on a pile of cold leaves in the woods?

Halloween: You should probably stop reading this article and start costume shopping now, considering you’ll need four or five get– ups for Halloweekend (one for every night and a couple extra in case of rain/puke/epiphanies about no longer wanting to be a slutty hedgehog).

Black jeggings so that you too can get a 2400 on your SDTs! A crappy frat jacket — or fracket, if you will. Your liquor blanket will only take you so far.

A flashlight for dark nights when you're like, "Wait, do I know that person? Should I start waving at them yet?"

Fingerless gloves. They're edgy, stylish and keep your palms sticky while your fingers freeze.

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Salmon pants. Just because the temperature’s dropping doesn’t mean you have to stop looking like an idiot.

A tasteful scarf. Just because.

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ORGASMIC TRUFFLE PASTA

Let’s talk truffles, and not the chocolate kind.

What exactly is a truffle? Besides being something that can add major $$$ to any dish, truffles are an exquisitely delicious subterranean fungi, kind of like a regular mushroom’s fancy Upper East Side cousin. Coveted for their intensely rich and almost nutty flavor, truffles are extremely rare and extremely pricey. They grow underground, nestled next to the roots of certain trees and are most commonly harvested in Europe with the aid of truffle–hunting pigs and dogs. The crème de la crème of all truffles, the Winter Black Truffle, a.k.a. “Périgord Truffle,” hails from Italy, Spain and France and tastes like earthy chocolate. Italian White Truffles have a strong garlicky flavor, and while their taste is intense, their aroma fades more quickly. The list goes on: Black Summer Truffles, White Summer Truffles, Australian Truffles, Asian Truffles. So just how much will one of these little babies cost you? Winter black truffles will set you back anywhere from $700 to $3,000 per pound, or you could catch a bargain at Dean & Deluca, where they sell black truffles for only $200 per ounce! So what do us mere peasants do if we want to get in on this truffle action? We run to the truffle byproducts; oils, salts and butters, all made with the teeniest tiniest bit of sometimes real truffle just so we can get a taste.

–Amanda Shulman

TARTUFO:

A simple pasta dish with a truffle kick; what more could you ask for? Like Instagram does for photographs, truffle oil can make even the most boring dish amazing. | BY PATRICK DEL VALLE

2 tbsp. unsalted butter 2 tbsp. shallots, minced 8 oz. fettuccine 1 cup heavy cream 2 tbsp. truffle oil

TRUFFLE GLOSSARY Truffles are fancy. Street is here to help you sound like a gastronomic connoisseur. Learn even more at 34st.com.

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TRUFFLE PEELINGS:

Italian for "truffle." (Not to be confused with “Tartufo” on a dessert menu, which is a ball of vanilla ice cream covered in chocolate.)

TRUFFLE CHEESE:

1) Sautee shallots in butter over low heat until tender and brown 2) Add heavy cream and cook until reduced 3) Bring water to a boil in a separate pot 4) Add fettuccine and cook until al dente (around 5 minutes) 5) Drain pasta and stir into cream sauce 6) Remove from heat and stir in truffle oil 7) Revel in truffle nirvana

The shaved outside layer of truffles. Much cheaper than their whole counterparts — good for enjoying truffs on a budget.

GLEBA:

The truffle “meat,” a.k.a. the delicious part you eat.

CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES:

The sweet, decadent, chocolatey cousin of fungus truffles.

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Goat or cow’s milk cheese with specks of white or black truffle.

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EVERYDAY I’M TRUFFLE–ING

Your work–study salary can do better than Wawa hoagies. Below, some ways to enjoy truffles — some cheap, some not.

BY JACK LaVIOLETTE AND PATRICK DEL VALLE

AT YOUR FAVORITE EATERY 1601 Café (1601 S. 10th St.) Locatelli–Romano fries with white truffle essence, $6. At only six bucks, anyone can afford this gourmet take on classic snack food — yes, even your roommate double–majoring in Creative Writing and Drama.

Fish (1234 Locust St.) Skate wing with truffled spätzle, leeks, parmesan and summer truffles, $13. Dine (somewhat) thriftily with this pan–seared

skate wing from Fish. A great place for a first date with that girl you’re "almost positive" you hooked up with during NSO. City Tap House (3925 Walnut) Brick oven pizza with mushrooms, taleggio cheese, fried egg and black truffle, $15. You have to get sick of Allegro’s at some point, so why not check out the other pizza campus has to offer?

Le Castagne (1920 Chestnut St.) Gnocchi in a white cream truffle sauce, $21. Trying to impress

your new secret society? Reserve the dining room for a private party, spark some Cubans and show them just how sophisticated your palette is with this decadent gnocchi plating.

AT THE GROCERY STORE Italian Truffle Cheese $11.99/ lb. @ Trader Joe’s Soft, buttery cheese with small bits of black truffle throughout.

Don’t be fooled by the seemingly sparse truffle bits, this cheese is aromatic and wonder-

ful. Whole blocks of this stuff have known to be consumed in one sitting. Don’t ask us how we know that.

Truffle Mousse Pâté $6.00/8oz @ Trader Joe’s For those with more sophisticated tastes, try a chicken liver mousse with, you guessed it, bits of black truffles. We know, we know, chicken liver mousse? But trust us, this stuff is good. Smooth as silk, savory and of course, full of truffly goodness. Serve it on

some nice crackers.

Truffle Salt $29.99/3.5oz @ Williams-Sonoma Okay, we know this seems pricey, but this stuff goes a long way. Made with black summer truffles, this salt is the real deal. Put it on popcorn, sprinkle it on toast or give your veggies a salty punch. Use it on food with mild flavors so as not to overpower the truffle salt. You never overpower the truffle salt.

STREET SKYPES WITH THE STARS! Street interviewed Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Penn alum Elizabeth Banks and the rest of the cast of “Pitch Perfect” to hear a little more about their time in the world of college a cappella.

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ANNA KENDRICK AND BRITTANY ELIZABETH BANKS AND DIRECTOR JASON MOORE SNOW Street: Elizabeth, any advice for Penn ladies looking to find a husband on campus?

EB: Yay, Penn! Go…you need to, probably, leave campus, and go downtown, just go to South Street on a Friday night, and try to meet somebody else.

Here’s the thing: don’t settle. Take your time, I did meet my husband at Penn, but…I’m telling you to sleep around. Sleep around.

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Street: What was the one song you wish made it into the film, and what was your favorite song to sing?

BS: At one point there was Adele’s “Someone Like You,” which I kind of was wanting to sing just because that song is so awesome– AK: It’s so, like, cheesy– BS: That was supposed to be our shower song!

AK: We were like, this far away from each other, I’m not sure that singing “Someone Like You”…

It got real. I don’t know if I would’ve survived Adele…

Street: What was it like “going back” to college?

AK: Neither of us went to college. AND WE’RE DOING FINE! BS: No! AK: Stay in school. No seriously, we’re idiots.

Street: Were you both familiar with this underground world of competitive a cappella before you started the movie?

AK: When I was like 18 or 19, I had just moved to L.A., I went to — I got dragged — to the UCLA show. My roommate had a crush on the guy, and I thought it was going to be one of those things, the most excruciating evening of my life… and by the end of it, I was like, "These guys are so cool; can we meet them?" Was I starstruck by a cappella? Is that weird?

Screen blur or flipping him off?

Street: Did your experiences at Penn translate into the film at all?

EB: They absolutely did. The influences… are throughout [laughs], not that I'm naming names or getting too specific! There are a lot of specifics in this film, one of which is the riff–off scene. That's directly from these hootenannies I used to go to. We would literally all get drunk and everyone would get lyric sheets and someone would start singing a song and we would all join in. And also "hood night," because I had a hood put over my head when I was inducted into my senior society!

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characters. Its humor is both timely and timeless, mixed with an earnestness that, on its own, might tread vaguely into “Glee” territory. But its wit is so sharp, and its gags so outlandish, that the tone is able to remain closer to satire than saccharine.

This is thanks in large part to the incredible comedic talent of Rebel Wilson, who plays Fat Amy, another member of the Barden Bellas. Every time Fat Amy appeared, it seemed as though audience members sat up a little straighter, straining to hear the punch lines that their own guffaws were drowning out. Wilson’s raunchy physicality is unparalleled, and her myriad improvised lines will be quoted for a while.

“Pitch Perfect” is a film for and about college students that may prove as significant to them as John Hughes's work did to high school kids.

Deriving its comedy from spot–on observations about campus life and the intricacies of inter–club warfare, the film just gets college right.

An instant classic that truly makes the grade.

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Street: How was it shooting in Louisiana?

AK: Everybody was like, "You’ve never been to an LSU football game? You are coming!" Like, a very comfortable environment.

BS: Yeah, everyone was so nice, it was the first time I’ve ever tailgated before, and it made up for all my years of not tailgating. It was awesome.

Street: What influenced the musical choices?

EB: Jason’s amazing taste in music, number one.

You picked “Titanium” before anyone had ever even heard “Titanium.” And now it’s like a huge hit. We feel like nobody knows that we picked it almost two years ago!

JM: That’s one of the challenges of picking a movie with music, is that you have such a long time till it comes out…you’re even more, like, how do you make it relevant, how do you choose songs that feel like people will want to hear them again, in case they haven’t heard them too much over the summer– EB: How to get some classics in there that nobody can argue with.

“Glee: The Movie" is probably what you'd expect of “Pitch Perfect,” the new college comedy from director Jason Moore and “30 Rock” writer Kay Cannon. But make no mistake: “Pitch Perfect” is not a movie musical. The characters don’t spontaneously burst into song, and the uproarious dialogue serves as much more than cheesy filler between elaborate musical numbers.

“Pitch Perfect” centers on struggling college freshman Beca (a serviceable Anna Kendrick, even if she is more goody–two–shoes than alternative music snob), who would rather be DJ'ing in L.A. than attending Barden University. At the urging of her father, she joins an all–female a cappella group, helping them on their quest to win a national competition and defeat their show–off male counterparts. Romance and many remixes of contemporary pop songs ensue.

But a description of the film’s typical and predictable plot cannot do justice to its true entertainment value, the bulk of which lies in the smaller, in–between moments and tossed–off jokes amongst

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“In my eyes, it’s blatantly unconstitutional,” says Dylan Hewitt, Vice President of Penn Democrats. Hewitt and the rest of Penn Dems view the voter ID law as a calculated move designed to make it difficult for many voters to comply with ID requirements. “The right to vote is such a basic right in this country, and to try to suppress it is suppressing the American Dream,” says Hewitt. In an attempt to further its cause, Penn Dems plans on canvassing the area in an effort to educate students and West Philadelphians alike.

The group claims that this “suppression” of voting is part of a Republican political strategy.

“There are people who are fine with it because it benefits them,” says Nathalie Figueroa, Penn

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Democrats’ Legislative Director. She makes the point that a substantial number of those expected to be turned away at the polls because of the law are most likely going to vote Democrat.

Figueroa and Hewitt exasperatedly point to remarks made by Pennsylvania's House Majority Leader, Republican Mike Turzai, who said the law “will allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania.”

On the other side of the issue stands Arielle Klepach, the Vice President of College Republicans. “Many of us are in favor of the law because it brings security to a really important area of politics…I do think it’s a very fair law,” she said in an email.

The security that Klepach refers to is the issue of combating voter fraud, which Klepach views as an urgent problem. “Personally, I think it’s crazy that I need to show my ID to swipe into Huntsman after 7 p.m. but not to vote for the President of this country,” Klepach says.

She also points out that the Pennsylvania legislators who passed the law were elected fairly, and, as such, have a right to decide what laws are important to pass. “If voter fraud was really a non–issue then the bill would not have made its way through the legislature,” Klepach reasons.

The two sides also disagree over how pressing the problem of voter fraud actually is. Penn Dems argues that political resources would be better directed elsewhere, pointing to research done by The Brennan Center for Justice that Americans are about as likely to commit voter fraud as they are to be struck by lightning.

Klepach, on the other hand, contests that voter fraud is a

problem, and that it is important to have a law to combat it. She notes that the Supreme Court upheld a similar law in Indiana in 2008 on the grounds that examples of voter fraud are well–documented and thus pose a threat to the election process.

“It’s absolutely unacceptable and affects the sanctity of one of the most clear–cut principles that this country was founded on: one person, one vote,” she says.

Both Democrats and Republicans invoke the “one person, one vote” principle when opposing and supporting the law, respectively. So, where you stand on this law comes down to whose story you believe: is the law, as Hewitt and Figueroa argue, a means of disenfranchising people likely to vote Democrat?

Or is it, as Klepach casts it, a law that demands little further attention because it addresses the real threat of voter fraud?

The University, it seems, is not in the business of choosing between such stories. Penn’s Office of Community and Government Affairs, the department that deals most closely with the ID law, says its main priority is to empower non–partisan student groups. “The administration relies on student voices to start caring about certain issues,” says Dawn Maglicco, the office’s director. The OCGA only works with student groups that are non–partisan (such as Penn Leads the Vote and the Penn Political Coalition) in order to increase civic engagement on campus.

There is no shortage of people on campus — some salaried, but most of them students — who work tirelessly to make sure that Penn students have few barriers

to voting. The Undergraduate seems more like a full–fledged When told that only a handAssembly, for example, lobbied war. ful of Penn students are proheavily in collaboration with Mary Goldman, a West Phil- testing the law, Singer says that Penn Democrats and College adelphia resident who has been the climate is different in PittsRepublicans in order to ensure connected to Penn in various burgh. “The people who do that PennCards are compliant ways for decades, is a self–pro- know what’s going on are very with the ID law. Now that the claimed “furious citizen” when it angry about it,” he says.

PennCard is considered valid, comes to the voter ID law. “It’s Singer and Goldman are two groups like this are focusing in just one thing after another,” examples of community memthe coming months on making she says as she flips through an bers who have taken this law sure students are registered. informational booklet about the into their own hands, but the But because of the law, law that is as thick as a textbook law — along with similar laws these groups’ work is not quite and just as dense. in almost 30 other states — has straightforward. “One of the An outspoken critic of the been drawing national attention biggest challenges for us this law, Goldman does all she can as well. For every one of Jon year is the misinformation that is to tell as many people as possible Stewart and Sarah Silverman’s ticirculating about the new law,” how they can comply with it. rades against the law’s bias, there said Abby Tran, the Public Rela- “The law is so onerous for every- seems to be a complementary retions Chair assurance from of Penn Bill O’Reilly Leads the or Charles Despite activism nationwide, our campus Vote, in an Krauthammer seems to be something of a blind spot — email. Even that the law is only a small segment of Penn’s population necessary and a m o n g Penn stufair. is visibly upset by the law’s implications. d e n t s , Generally whose IDs speaking, supcomply with the law, there is body,” she says. Taking the time porters of the law think it is confusion about what is valid at to get an ID and jump through being talked about too much, the polls. John DiIulio, Profes- bureaucratic hoops, she says, is while the law’s opposition is as sor of Political Science at Penn often easier said than done for vocal as possible. and ex–Director of the White many Philadelphia residents.

House’s Office of Faith–Based Goldman says it is difficult for and Community Initiatives, her to educate voters when the Known for being centers of echoes Tran’s observation. “At a logistics of the law’s implemen- activism, U.S. college campuses minimum, any such law should tation are still being ironed out. — especially Penn’s, given its be refined and implemented In fact, the day after we talked, history of war protests and even gradually over several election the Pennsylvania Department of a student who self–immolated cycles,” he said in an email.

Transportation made a change on College Green in 1996 — The law, support it or oppose to the law that required the re– would seem to be the breeding it, has by its very existence com- printing of educational materials grounds for our generation’s plicated the voting process and that she has been distributing.

Singers and Goldmans. And yet, forced Penn’s voting outreach despite widespread activism nagroups to allocate their limited tionwide, our campus seems to resources differently than they On the state level, Goldman is be something of a blind spot — otherwise would have. not alone in her fight against the only a small segment of Penn’s law. Steven Singer, an 8th grade population is visibly upset by the Language Arts teacher from the law’s implications.

If the battle on campus is to Pittsburgh area, has collected “I don’t think people are register voters who already have over 17,000 signatures for a pe- freaking out about it, except for valid IDs, then the fight to get tition that asks the local govern- the politicos. I think maybe they IDs for many Pennsylvanians ment to not enforce the law in should be,” says Andrew Brown, outside of the Penn bubble the upcoming election.

President of Penn Democrats.

As to why more Penn students are not outspokenly against the law, Brown speculates: “They’re a little disenchanted with these ideas of social movements.

They’ve seen Occupy Philadelphia and they think the people who do it smell bad.”

Penn Political Coalition’s Isabel Friedman sees the lack of backlash against the law as a product of how the law is framed. “Penn students identify more with national political issues than local ones,” she says.

The law is often perceived as having only local relevance, and Penn students feel little ownership of their home for only four years. “It’s more Pennsylvania– specific, even though it’s not at the same time,” she says, alluding to the possibility that the law could affect the national election results.

Dan Bernick, President of the Undergraduate Assembly and a key player in the effort to make PennCards compliant with the law, has a more positive outlook on civic engagement at Penn.

“Activism and civic engagement look different than they used to look like,” he says. “The evolution of new media and social media makes activism take different forms.” In Bernick’s eyes, the protests of yester–era have been transposed onto rage–filled Facebook statuses.

Bernick’s point raises a question: is Facebook activism as effective as its real–life, flesh– and–blood counterpart? Dawn Maglicco of the OCGA says, “It’s really important for this generation to ask how you translate a groundswell of support of or opposition to an idea from Facebook to policy.”

Mary Goldman and Steven

Singer have their own guesses as to why more Penn students are not protesting the law.

Singer says that the hardest part about understanding the law is putting yourself in another’s shoes. “I’m exposed to a large number of people who don’t have internet or email or cell phones. It’s hard to make that empathetic jump, to imagine what other people’s lives are like,” he says. This hurdle, in his eyes, makes many think that getting an ID is a simple, quick process. It is not hard to see his statement as a critique of the insulating properties of the so– called “Penn bubble.”

Mary Goldman, the “furious citizen,” sees the issue as a generational one. “Penn students want to go work on the Obama campaign on a high level, but not do the grunt work that has to be done,” she says. Would students from the 60s and 70s be up in arms about this law?

“Absolutely!” she exclaims.

“It’d be much better to be Ferdinand the Bull, under the cork tree smelling the flowers,” Goldman says, making reference to a lackadaisical character from an old children’s book, “Much better than running around all the time being agitated by our government.”

Penn is full of young, energetic people who devote themselves wholeheartedly to everything from a capella groups to Greek life. However, while some students may actively express their political ideas, many do not. We will always have our opinions, but perhaps what has changed is how they compel us to act.

Joe Pinsker is a Senior from San Carlos, CA. He studies English in the College.

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by Joe Pinsker

There is so much confusion and controversy about Pennsylvania’s voter identification law — which, as of this printing, remains in place but is under the review of Pennsylvania courts — that it is best to start with the most basic of facts: in short, the law requires that voters bring passports or Pennsylvania–issued driver’s licenses with them to the polls.

Another fact: the PennCard is a valid form of identification under a clause regarding university–issued IDs. But once we enter the realm of opinions, subjectivity and activism, the facts become murky.

Some people sign petitions online. Some people contradict each other. Some people go from door to door, educating voters.

Others simply do not care. Surveying Penn, from the active to the apathetic, sheds light on how our campus copes with political controversy.

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Pennsylvania's voter identification law has sparked both claims of fairness and accusations of foul play. A campus responds.

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LET ME HEAR THAT BOOM BOOM Fishtown community music space The Boom Room celebrates its first birthday

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art recording studio, part rehearsal room and part private event space, The Boom Room is a hybrid approach to building a local music community.

Founded by drummer and producer Gary Dann, The Boom Room opened in September of last year. In the fall of 2011, it was a bare, stripped structure in Fishtown with concrete floors and little in the way of furniture or polish. What it has become, though, is a place where musicians, artists and producers can come together to create. When asked what his main goal was in starting The Boom Room, Dann responds without hesitation: “Community.”

Gary Dann grew up in Bucks County. As a teenager with a newly–acquired license, he used to drive into Philadelphia to catch con-

certs and absorb new music.

In 2002, he and a group of friends started putting on shows at the Aqua Lounge at 4th and Girard. The Fishtown–Northern Liberties area didn’t have the cultural cache then that it has now (Forbes Magazine recently named NoLibs one of America’s top “Hipster Neighbor-

honing the skills that he’d need to run a studio. The Boom Room has only been open for a year, but it’s been in the works for a decade.

On Sundays, The Boom Room hosts a program called "Music Church," a weekly gathering that is both a songwriting workshop and a jam session. It was during Music Church that Jaguar Wright, a Philly–born singer who has toured internationally and performed with The Roots and Jay–Z, joined other musicians to form a new band, The W.E. Dann calls this collaboration “the biggest part” of everything that’s come out of The Boom Room’s efforts as an incubator for creative partnerships and innovation.

Another notable example is The Boom Room’s large mural, painted by artist Joshua Mays and unveiled in July, which can be seen from Frankford Avenue.

"The Boom Room is an incubator for creative partnerships and innovation." hoods”). Says Dann, “It was before this neighborhood blew up, so to speak, and got gentrified. It was when people were like, ‘Fishtown?

Ew, gross.’”

Around the same time, Dann decided that he wanted to begin working toward his dream of opening and operating his own Philly–based recording studio. He left a good job in order to pursue producing and photography,

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I see the beauty in it, and that stuff doesn’t bother me…

And I hope that this place contributes to the beauty and brings out the best in the city.”

The Boom Room celebrates its first anniversary with a day of live music this Saturday, September 29th, starting at 1 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 on the day of. For more information on The Boom Room, visit http://boomroomstudios.com/index.html

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Fans of folk–rock rejoice! Mumford and Sons is back with another banjo–twanging album. “Babel,” their sophomore effort, is a poignant continuation of 2009's “Sigh No More.” As “Whispers in the Dark” and “I Will Wait” demonstrate, Mumford kept their familiar folksy sound, but now it’s infused with a swashbuckling energy, while album low points “Broken Crown” and “Reminder” are quiet, understated and almost boring in comparison. The openers reverberate with an attractive intensity, but the slower songs tend to fall flat. Veteran fans should add this album to their collection, but newer fans should save their money for “Sigh No More” instead.

–Minji Kwak

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Thirty seconds into “Flesh and Bone,” the opener on The Killers’ new album, “Battle Born,” it is easy to believe the band has not changed in eight years — the pop synths, edgy guitar chords and Brandon Flowers’ raspy vocals are reminiscent of their first studio production, “Hot Fuss.” Nonetheless, “Runaways,” undeniably the strongest track on "Battle Born," features high–soaring vocals and riveting drumbeats that showcase the group’s distinctive Springsteen and 80s rock influences in a completely new way. Although “From Here On Out” might be too country for some, “Battle Born” has a diverse track list that's worth checking out.

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ALBUM REVIEWS

FILM LOOKING FOR SHOWS? TRY DIY Philly has a long history of concert venue start–ups

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NEW ON THE SCENE: ICA DIRECTOR AMY SADAO On her 11th day on the job, the new Director of the Institute of Contemporary Art sat down with Street to talk unicorn tapestries, music and everything contemporary. BY EILLIE ANZILOTTI

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Street: If you had to pick an art movement other than contemporary…

talking about Jay–Z at the Parkway.

Amy Sadao: I’m pretty firmly in contemporary. I like an illuminated manuscript, I like a unicorn tapestry. And I have started to attend a lot of opera.

Street: What drew you away from the studio and toward the curatorial field?

AS: I actually stopped making work my junior and senior year at Cooper Union — I still did, for my classes, as assignments, but I was coming to an understanding of myself as an arts producer and curator in a different way than an artist with a studio practice. I was just not interested in sitting alone in my studio, but it was really helpful to have been trained as a fine artist.

Street: What kind of music do you like?

AS: Gamble and Huff soul!

I like Nina Simone, I was just listening to The Flaming Lips this morning. The whole New York scene — put The Strokes on and I’ll be happy, or the Yeah Yeah Yeahs — you know, having a drink at a bar and “oh look, Karen O. comes in, no big deal.” And Philly has a great music scene — I’m not just

Street: After 10 years as Executive Director of Visual AIDS, do you see ICA ex-

hibitions moving in a more sociopolitical direction?

Tell us about your vision.

AS: Absolutely, my time at Visual AIDS will influence my work here. The mission at Visual AIDS was to provoke dialogue about the pandemic through contemporary arts programming, and this is a parallel of something I’m interested in doing at the ICA. I very much like working in partnership, both with artists and arts writers and historians, but also with communities that exceed an imagined arts–going population.

Street: What brought you to the ICA? AS: I have been a longtime fan of the ICA. During my time in New York, I followed

their program online, and would get their catalogs and publications and pore over them. I’ve had my eye on the ICA since my eyes were open. And I love the idea of working at an institution like Penn — I’m super excited about having a library card.

For a longer version of the interview, check out 34st.com.

P.S. Don’t miss Amy’s debut exhibition, "Jeremy Deller: Joy in People," on view through December 30.

Check out these Amy Sadao–approved CONTEMPORARY ART HOT SPOTS

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In Philly:

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Arcadia University Art Gallery: For feminism, photography and well–documented performance art, go see the "Martha Wilson: Staging the Self" exhibit.

The Print Center: Edgy Op Art by Philadelphian Edna Andrade. Plus, a great gift shop — who wouldn’t want an artist print?

On the Web: The Miranda Blog: A look at the ICA's behind–the–scenes action by staff editor and novelist Rachel Pastan.

The Journal of Aesthetics & Protest: Politics, art, media and theory all rolled into one publication.

Check 34st.com for runners–up.

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The winner of our annual Summer Photo Contest is — drumroll please — Pui Yin Chen.

Street chose this photo for its unique perspective and dizzying composition. Nothing speaks to the lost fairy tale that is summer like the silhouette of a Ferris wheel and a castle.

Claim your prize at the writers meeting, 6:30 tonight at 4015 Walnut!

Olivia Rutigliano

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“Restaging Shakespeare in unexpected times or places can really stretch the suspension of disbelief (Leo, if you are wearing a Hawaiian shirt, why are you speaking in iambic pentameter?), but it can also open up new insights into character and culture.”

Check out more work by costume and fashion designer Olivia Rutigliano and an extended interview online at 34st.com.

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LOWBROW

GARRETT REISMAN:

LOWBROW'S GUIDE TO SOCIAL CLIMBING

This Astronaut is miles above the rest of the Penn social climbers.

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JEFF WEINER: He’s the CEO of LinkedIn and therefore is the ultimate networker.

DONALD TRUMP: He’s the Trumpster. ‘Nuff said.

Hunger Games? 30 Rock?

E–Banks is a hit–maker.

Not one, but TWO gold medals. She’s on every guest list.

BOEDIONO: MELISSA RIVERS: Joan Rivers's daughter.

H–List celeb, but still a celeb.

He is the Vice President of Indonesia and he only has one name like Cher.

That’s super swaggy.

“Is that an iPhone 5 in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?”

“I love your T–Shirt! It reminds me of my mansion in Brazil.”

“Hey, are you here to interview to be my personal assistant?”

“I’m not a braggart, I got way more than two Gs.” “Excuse me, you seemed to have dropped this…oh, look! It’s my resume.”

“Hello, you look like you have excellent taste in friends.”

“Does anyone else smell that?”

JORDAN MINTZ: This Enron whistle– blower used to be high up on the mountain, but since no investors and business–y type people will talk to him ever again, he’s stuck on the bottom of Social Mountain. :(

These lines will instantly change your social status, for better or for worse.

“I put the fun in Trust FUNd.”

SUSAN FRANCIA: ELIZABETH BANKS:

ICE BREAKERS

WHITNEY CUMMINGS: Yes she’s a wellpaid TV–writer, but have you seen "Whitney?"

“Fire! There’s a fire in the building!

Haha, just kidding. Let me introduce myself.”

“Wow, you remind me of me, back when I was less successful.”

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SMALL TALK TRANSLATOR

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“What classes are you taking?”

“Will you or will you not be competition for my Goldman internship slot?”

“Hey what time is it?”

“Let me examine your watch.”

“Nice weather we’re having…”

“Why are you wearing Sperrys? It’s winter.”

“Did you see SNL last night?”

“Are you too poor to own a TV?”

“Hey, do you want to book a GSR?”

“You’re not in Wharton, are you? GTFO.”

Jerry Herman, 18, was inducted into Castle two weeks after arriving at Penn. The reason for his premature induction was, to quote, “enormous potential…[based off] his exemplary and unorthodox use of boat shoes and Kraft mac and cheese during NSO.” Samantha Liu, 19, friended every person in the official Class of 2016 Facebook group, then friended their friends, then friended their friends, then friended their families, then their professors, and then their professors’ friends, like a loco one–woman Ponzi scheme. Scientists predict that in five years Samantha Liu will be friends with everyone on the continent; in seven, everyone in the world, thus achieving her dream of complete omnipresence.

Michael Hannish, 21, was inducted into Friars Senior Society, despite being a fourth–year engineering student at Drexel.

Quinton Blackburn, 22, was the recipient of an extremely exclusive Goldman Sachs internship.

He was given the position after scouts saw him successfully negotiate a ratio with AEPi brothers, allowing him and his three unaffiliated male colleagues to enter the already–packed party.

Kayleigh Matthews, 20, finally slept with every guy (and girl) from her freshman year hall.

Bonniebell Fuerst, 20, after consuming omelette “bruncheons,” partaking in small talk with the employees, decorating her table sign to reflect

her unique vision, offering strong yet helpful customer evaluations and learning the language itself week after week, officially became the new Greek Lady.

Joey Topthorn, 23, went from rags to riches thanks to his startup, Shoesoxx, which won the 2012 European Inventor Award for his ingenious idea to combine shoes and socks into one item of clothing. “Shoesoxx are a revolutionary product, one that will help usher in a new era of peace, happiness, and prosperity,” President Obama was quoted saying last Thursday.

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Not studying abroad?

Through the end of the month, you can get your fill of Oktoberfest at Frankford Hall, Stephen Starr’s über– popular beer garden. Until next week, Frankford will be hosting Oktoberfest– themed beer tastings and happy hour specials. Even after the promotion ends, Frankford Hall has a great open–air yard where you can grab a pint and a pretzel throughout the fall.

If you love drinking beer and you love animals, then Brew at the Brandywine Zoo is your dream event. This Friday, from 5:30 to 8:00, enjoy craft beers while roaming the zoo and chilling with the animals.

Sounds pretty awesome.

FALLING FOR FALL

Street's top picks for making the most of the season

Arguably the best part of fall is watching the leaves change — even the least outdoorsy of people can’t help but gawk at fall foliage. Morris Arboretum, a year– round favorite of Street’s, is sure to be breathtaking this fall with its thousands of trees and plants.

Through October 14th, Open Air, an interactive art installation, is illuminating the sky above the Ben Franklin Parkway. Every night, programmed spotlights react to messages recorded through the project’s website. Users can record up to 30 seconds online or through an iPhone app, and the lights will react to the message in their brightness, volume and location.

There are about a trillion and one places to go apple picking in and around Philadelphia. And, since we haven’t tried them all, we can’t tell you where is best. We will say this: you absolutely must go apple picking this fall because it is good for your heart and your soul.