October 17, 2013

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3 HIGHBROW

2013

the round–up, word on the street, overheards, my penn addiction: let's do lunch

4 EGO

ego of the week, dorm swap

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6 MUSIC

music rivalries, underground arts, miley cyrus and more album reviews

9 FILM & TV

editor's picks for philly film festival, reviews, netflix pick, b-roll

10 FEATURE

online dating apps and hooking up

13 FOOD & DRINK

how to make mead, fall desserts and cocktails

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FROMtheEDITOR

LINES “You look at me/curious what I’m made of/SuGaR or **steam**/ and what kind of man I love…” “’Cause I’m not here to be around/And be that girl that you forget about…So come on baby let me be the girl/That you can count on to rock your world.”

That was my first online dating profile. It’s the intro to “Be the Girl” by Aslyn, which I downloaded for free on an iTunes promotion. Her lyrics spoke to me so I put them on my AIM profile (ninsabeans8, since you’re wondering). I wanted my seventh grade boyfriend to see it, but I imagine it did a better job of attracting pedophiles.

I don’t have Tinder (p. 10). I probably should, but I know I wouldn’t keep up with it—Twitter is hard enough. Nevertheless, I conduct most of my relationships

via text. That doesn’t require a login, but really, what’s the difference? I can't formulate sentences when I'm around you sober anyway.

We create online personas so we can avoid the awkwardness of our real ones. I’m not made of sugar or steam, just flesh and bone, like everyone else.

Some people really can put on a show in person—our Ego of the Week, Kelly Ann Corrigan (p. 4), does it all the time. But for others, it’s cyberspace or shwasty–face.

Try our fall drinks if you wanna get down with the latter (p. 13).

Otherwise, get over it and swipe.

Missed us over fall break?

Shhh—it's ok. We're here now.

15 ARTS

philly artist studio tours, contrapposto, artist profile

18 LOWBROW

lowbrow does highbrow, lifestyle news

20 BACKPAGE

tinder at penn: by the numbers

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34TH STREET MAGAZINE Nina Wolpow, Editor–in–Chief Sam Brodey, Managing Editor Alex Hosenball, Online Managing Editor Chloe Bower, Design Editor Sarah Tse, Photo Editor Olivia Fingerhood, Assistant Design Margot Halpern, Assistant Design Zacchiaus McKee, Highbrow Alex Sternlicht, Highbrow Faryn Pearl, Ego Mariam Mahbob, Ego Marley Coyne, Food and Drink 2

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Ryan Zahalka, Food and Drink Michelle Ma, Film and TV Michael Shostek, Film and TV Isabel Oliveres, Features Patrick Ford-Matz, Features Ariela Osuna, Music Cassandra Kyriazis, Music Gina DeCagna, Arts Madeleine Wattenbarger, Arts Zach Tomasavic, Lowbrow Michael Kandel, Lowbrow Gabe Morales, Print Copy Randi Kramer, Print Copy

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HIGHBROW

MY PENN ADDICTION: "LET'S DO LUNCH" wordonthestreet I really want you to like me, to think of me as a friend. Not like, a good friend, but at least an acquaintance. I’m not actually going to ask you to lunch, though. I’m just going to say that we should get lunch.

We all do it. You run into the nice guy from your criminology class, or the friend of a friend who you wish you knew better or that really sweet girl who lived on your hall freshman year who you used to go with to Phi Psi parties. So what do you do? You have two to eight minutes to kill (between your 11 meetings today or an appointment with your chronically late

professor), so you stop and talk.

Remember how much you liked them? Their research is interesting, they did something really cool over Fall Break, they also love that particular Sweetgreen salad, etc. So what do we do?

Say those four little words that I am so addicted to: “Let’s do lunch sometime?” I say it all the time, to almost everyone. I do not have enough days in a week to get lunch with all these people. I know this, but I still say it every time.

Now, there are different ways of saying it. We should hang out soon? Lunch maybe? Call me, we’ll do lunch? I miss seeing

you, we should catch up? But they all share the same important message. I am not giving a defined date. I am not putting it into my already far–too–busy and color–coded iCalendar. I might not even have your number, and I might not be able to literally call you (not that I was going to). We are not actually going to get lunch. But I am not the only bad one here. You agreed to do lunch but never called me—this is a two–way street. I know, I shouldn’t lie to you. I should call you. But I am awkward, and I am busy and I am addicted.

THEROUNDUP

AXO girl: Can we try and be scene–y for five minutes?

Ginger of Did you have, like, the best Fall Break, like, ever? outside You just went Pod: Freshman home? Yeah, I figured from all the snapchats of your dog. P.S.year he’s we had aYou contest not that cute. Omg, did you hear what happened? missedtoso fi nd our ugliest friend much. Here, let us fix your FOMO. on Facebook. I entered Dome in the foam! Dome in the foam! Two foamy freshman of myself from but Never fear, dear readers, the government pictures may have shut down, dancing inis ZBT, doing more out than K–I–S–S–I–N–G. Under the us ninth grade Highbrow still here churning gossip and making shitand work.they Tell not–so–subtle cover of foam, one freshman proceeded to receive we’re your national anthem. didn’t know it was me, oral sex news: from his partner.

Whoa, this mommy’s Good the loving Germans have it no easier. ityour fratocracy, but it andisCall Inot won. bubble there bath.was A few spectators took note of the couple enjoying appears an invasion of Penn’s frattiest at Oktoberfest in Germany Apparently, guy,a fully clad more this thanweekend. the music.

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Freshman: Oh “Wow, my tygoers interesting conversation, ranging from On toengaged domesticinQuaker traditionsm, there were multiple god, Sigma Nu is,reasons like, to this Bankers is amazing!” to “Did albeit you really pierce nipples?” shriek at the annual Econ Scream, in the only one your language. hottest fraternity.Amidst Insiders report no boners were spotted, although a good the fully clothed studiers, a group of enthusiastic students time took was to the lower suits. Junk dangling, had byquad all. in nothing but their birthdayHipster guy: So… the nudists the were studyrocking break, allowing the freshmen to your feast Whileran thethrough Elmo–ers out with their cocksare out, im-on how wealthy more than doughnuts.

We wonder… what’s the opportunity cost portant things were happening abroad at Oktoberfest.

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MERT cyclists andtravel devoid ofthat dignity.

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Talk about shitty e boy not only shuttling frosh from Charles to situations. campus. It’llThbe an international bragged to his bros about his hook up, but also about his parting gift. Definitely more awkward than a morning–after text.

over heard PENN at

Girl in Starbucks: I just really want a Hermès Birkin bag. I like how they’re subtle.

Guy at 40th and Locust: Do you guys know where Allegro is?

It’s like a pizza place.

JAP in class: Don’t worry, the new liquor store definitely sells kosher wine.

Girl 1: I don’t know why I want to sleep with him. I just like, imprinted, you know?

That thing ducks do.

Girl 2: So he’s like your mommy?

Boy on Locust: She keeps asking me if Jesus was a Jewish prophet! Like, ugh.

TAUNTED, NOT TEASED MARLEY COYNE

At some point during my freshman year, I found myself alone with a guy I’d just met. He had dark hair and eyes, I think, and his name was a generic one I soon forgot. We were at his frat house, or maybe we weren’t. I was drunk, lost and stupid. He pulled me onto his bed, fumbling hands tugging at fistfuls of clothing. I said no and then I said it three or four more times. He called me a tease. A fucking tease. He rolled off me, and I grabbed my skirt.

I just turned twenty—a decade accompanied by the optimistic promise of constant sweaty, eyes–rolling–back–in–your–head, perfect sex. The kind of sex that results in orgasm Every. Single. Time. Cosmo says so, in 50 new ways each month. On the other hand, there’s the Lena Dunham sex—the masochistic stuff you can barely watch, not because it’s so raw but because it’s so excruciatingly detached. And when it comes to sex, college runs the gamut. Gone are the days when a little bit of under–the–bra–over–the– pants action cuts it. Sex comes up a lot, and it comes with expectations. Sometimes those expectations create pressures, and if you don’t meet them, you’re the problem. You’re the tease.

I have a host of reasons why I haven’t slept with guys in the past. There was the guy who told me he “didn’t believe in condoms,” as if the Trojan horse was some mystical unicorn. And there was the guy who said, “You’re so mainstream that it pains me, physically.” He proceeded to cite my hair, eyes, and “general look” as evidence. Then there was the guy who, once I made up my mind about him, changed his about me.

A few guys gave up trying after a hookup or two because they assumed that if you won’t, you never will.

Sex is weird and awesome, and I think it will always be a little bit of a mystery to me—I love that. I don’t claim that my experiences are universal, or that I’m a spokesperson for female sexuality, especially since my preferences don’t align with those who are gay, bi, or non-cis gender. I don’t think one person can encapsulate an experience that, at its best, is entirely unique. For me, finding satisfying sex is about being with someone who has taken the time to learn my body, as well as my likes, dislikes, and fantasies. That kind of chemistry isn’t bred in one night.

It’s been a year since I went home with the guy whose face I’ll never remember but whose words have branded me with shame. Calling a girl a tease insinuates that sex is a debt owed for a drink bought or a 2:00 a.m. text sent. That’s a problem. Sex is not an obligation—it’s a choice. I make mistakes and I’m still trying to figure everything out. But I stand by my right to choose. So, when the guy slurred “fuck or get out,” I chose the door.

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EGO

EGOOF THE WEEK:KELLY-ANN CORRIGAN

Kelly–Ann Corrigan, the self–proclaimed “Platt Rat,” has had as many PennCards as exec positions. Though this pint–sized powerhouse may be a master at ordering fellow thespians, she’s got a long way to go before she conquers “Two Truths and Lie.” I tend to not know the answer to questions for things I should know. For example, my friend used the word “sitch,” and I thought it was an actual word…

I didn’t realize for a long time that it was short for “situation.”

I thought “sitch” was a word that I had been using my whole life.

On the flipside, when I’m in my element, stage managing, I always know what to do. So I feel like people view me as crazy during, like, a tech week and getting Street: If you were to have a all these things done, but a lot of show about your life, what times I’m a little clueless. would it be called?

KC: It would be called “Clueless Street: What’s your favorite proand Crazy,” because a lot of times duction that you’ve ever done?

Street: Who are you and what do you do on campus?

Kelly-Ann Corrigan: I’m the communications coordinator on the Performing Arts Executive Council, the chair of the Theatre Arts Council, vice chair of Front Row Theatre Company and the New Initiatives chair for Penn Science Across the Ages. I also volunteer and do clinical research at CHOP. Oh... and I’m also in the Osiris and Friars.

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KC: My favorite show that I’ve ever done at Penn was “Spelling Bee.” I stage managed it my freshman year. First of all, it’s a great show, but I also met my housemates from last year and a lot of my greatest friends at Penn. It was just an awesome experience.

Street: What production do you wish you could produce?

KC: They are currently making a “Magic Mike: The Musical,” and I think that it needs to be done as a Fling show by Quadramics. I told my friend, who’s the chair of Quadramics, we might be 40, but we’re coming back for Fling and doing "Magic Mike" when it’s a Broadway classic.

Street: Who would be your leading man?

KC: I really want to say Joey from “Friends.” I’m going for it, I’m going for Joey.

Street: If the Front Row Theatre Company were changed into the Back Row Theatre Company, what about it would change?

KC: So we do socially relevant theatre, so I guess we would have to do non–socially relevant theatre, as in… mythical theatre? So lots of maybe unicorns, fairies… I don’t know.

Street: If you could have a drink with anyone across the ages, who would it be and why?

KC: I would really like to have

a drink with Napoleon. I have lots of questions about what he did, but I also think I can really see eye to eye with him… literally.

We’d have some kind of camaraderie going on because we’re really short but in positions of power.

Street: What’s your spirit animal?

KC: Okay. I think my spirit animal would be a Penn squirrel, because I feel like Penn squirrels have a lot of guts! Like, they’re these little animals, but they’re not afraid to come up to you. I feel like that’s what people think about me: that I’m this little girl, but then I do all these things. I respect Penn squirrels. I respect their balls. Their nuts! Wait, I respect their nuts!

Street: What’s your secret talent?

KC: I can wiggle my ears without moving any other part of my face. I feel like that’s not something that comes up in regular conversation, though.

Like, “Hey! I can wiggle my ears!”

Street: My PennCard looks like ________.

KC: I brought my PennCard, specifically because I don’t think I can describe it accurately. I’m on my 11th PennCard. I’m a notorious PennCard loser. And

sometimes I’ll find them, but it’s too late; I’ve already gone to get another one. This one went through the washer and dryer, and it only had a little tear that’s been slowly growing wider. I’ve had it for six months, though.

This is a good run.

Street: Give us two truths and a lie about yourself.

KC: Hmm… what are some good ones? I feel like I need to think of the lie before I give you the real ones. I’m trying to be tricky here. Okay: I rowed crew freshman year, I was once in a “High School Musical: The Musical LIVE!” production or I found a kitten today.

Street: The second one?

KC: I was in—Wait! Those are all true! You see what I mean! I just told you three truths! I was thinking too hard. Do you want me to try again?

Street: That’s alright. If you could have one condiment come out of your nose, which would it be and why?

KC: I really like honey mustard, and I put it on a lot of things you wouldn’t. Like, I’d put it on turkey and cheese sandwiches and things like that. Sorry, I’m still distracted by the fact that I gave you three truths.

Street: There are two kinds of people at Penn…

KC: Those who live in Platt, and those who have no idea what Platt is.

Street: What’s one sentence that will make people want to see PAC shows?

KC: Why watch TV when you can see it live? We do it live. We’re doing it live! If anyone gets that reference. It’s Bill O’Reilly.

EGO

Your college house defines your freshman year. The things you do, the people you meet—everything can be tied back to your choice of dorm. So, wouldn’t it be fun to take three unsuspecting (okay, they completely knew about it) freshmen, mix them up and have them tell us how another college house lives? This is Life Swap.

RIEPE

HILL

HILL

When I first got to Hill, I was shown to my new hall, called "second floor yellow." I met some people who were sitting in the lounge, eating their food truck lunches, watching “Millionaire Matchmaker.”

That was already foreign to me, because my hall in Riepe doesn’t really socialize until sunset. My major complaint: THERE IS NO WATER PRESSURE. The fountain in the basement of Hill would do a better job getting you clean. Unimpressed and hot, I got dressed and ate lunch in the Hill dining hall alone. That would have been a bummer, but nobody seems to exist at Hill in the afternoon. Luckily, my roommate for the night, Liz from Tennessee, turned out to be super sweet. The rest of the hall was a mix of people who wanted to go out and smoke—which nobody in my real hall does—and engineers who wanted to do their calc homework. The main party of the night was when our GA had Thai food delivered, which is apparently a weekly hall tradition (which I wish my GA would do). I really enjoyed the welcoming, entertaining people I encountered that hot and humid Hill night and I’ll definitely be back to hang out with my second floor yellow buds some other Takeout Thursday evening.

KAT MCKAY

DUBOIS

I take back anything bad I’ve ever said about Hill. My first thought when I found out I would be spending the night in W.E.B. DuBois College House (well, second, after: “Where the hell is DuBois?”), was that I would get to meet a ton of new people who I might never have met otherwise. Unfortunately, that wasn’t exactly the case. I have no doubt that DuBois boasts a great community, but I was not privy to it during my brief stay. Mark’s three–bedroom is reminiscent of a bachelor pad: minimalist in terms of decoration, with an Xbox, big screen TV and a sink piled with dishes. I didn’t see a single person on the hall the entire time I was there. I learned afterward that Mark had kindly sent some of his friends to meet me, but I guess we missed each other. That night, I couldn’t help but leave campus for a BYO with my Hill hall mates. After the all–too–short reunion, I returned to DuBois.

When I finally got back, the room was empty, and I quietly went to sleep. The next morning I tiptoed out, experiencing what I can only describe as a shameless walk of shame. Our freshman life swap wasn’t what I expected, but if nothing else, I’m leaving with a new appreciation for my Hill life and the ability to direct someone to DuBois if asked.

ANNA ROSENFELD

Final Score

Final Score

Living Space: 6 People: 10 Activities: 9 Overall Experience: 25

Living Space: 8 People: 2 Activities: 1 Overall Experience: 11

DUBOIS

Final Score Living Space: 8 People: 10 Activities: 9 Overall Experience: 27

RIEPE

The moment I stepped into my new room in Riepe, I was greeted with the gentle and beautiful embrace of air conditioning—a feeling I had been deprived of for far too long. It didn’t take me long to notice how different this place is from DuBois. For starters, people actually have their doors open! In DuBois, the only way you’ll see the inside of another person’s room is if they leave their blinds open and Under the Button takes a picture. Because people are so social here, it was very easy for me to make friends quickly. Everyone just walks into each other’s room and it really adds to the social atmosphere.

I didn’t have a roommate, but I made friends with several hallmates. I ended up going out with one of them to a frat party, something that I had never done with my DuBois hallmates. We had a great time and made an awesome beer pong team! The best part about living in Riepe for the night was that, after getting back around 2:00 a.m., I rolled out of bed and savored the two–minute walk to Williams Hall, a commute that practically requires a small airplane from DuBois. While the communal bathroom thing takes a little bit of getting used to, living in Riepe was a really cool experience, and I probably should’ve made a copy of the Quad key so that I could sneak back in on Wednesdays to get some of Dean DeTurck’s cookies.

MARK PARASKEVAS

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"BANGERZ"– MILEY CYRUS The slow beat and sentimental lyrics from “Adore You,” the first track of Miley’s new album “Bangerz,” show Miley’s maturation into a true singer. While the first track offers promise, less than half of the sixteen–track album deserves to have made the cut. The very publicized “We Can’t Stop” and “Wrecking Ball” don’t offer anything new. If anything, they detract from some of the high–energy songs on the album, such as “#GETI-

MUSIC

TRIGHT” and “Do My Thang.”

Whereas most of the songs—good and bad—are a progression in Miley’s career, “4x4,” easily the weakest song of the album, is repetitive and stale. The final song, “Hands in the Air” featuring Ludacris, fails to excite and does not leave any lasting impression. Miley’s new album leaves the listener waiting for a great song among lackluster offerings.

JOHNATHAN WILSON

ALBUM REVIEWS Grade: C+ Download: “Do My Thang” Sounds best when: You're having an identity crisis.

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"LOUSY WITH SYLVIABRIAR" – OF MONTREAL

After 17 years of testing genre boundaries, Of Montreal is still surprising fans with its ’60s psychedelic pop/’70s glam rock–inspired 12th studio album, “Lousy With Sylvianbriar.” Opening with standout track “Fugitive Air,” Of Montreal maintains the energized art rock of earlier albums against a backdrop of traditional classic rock. From “Fugitive Air” to the third track

“Belle Glade Missionaries,” the album juggles multiple styles without being disjointed, seamlessly switching to a folkier twang with “Sirens of Your Toxic Spirit” and “Raindrop in My Skull.” Though “Lousy” may not be the band’s most notable effort, Of Montreal continue to transcend genres with a refreshing verve.

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Grade: A– Download: “Belle Glade Missionaries” Sounds best when: Craving adventure.

"MELOPHOBIA" – CAGE THE ELEPHANT Cage the Elephant’s third studio album, ironically titled “Melophobia” (meaning the fear of music), is a ten–track musical cacophony that makes for thrilling listening. Bringing back the garage punk that brought them acclaim, the Kentucky natives infiltrate their acoustics with a wide gamut of sounds and retro nostalgia, reminiscent of classic ’60s punk. Standout track “Come a Little Closer” features the bluesy vocals of The Kills’ Alison Mosshart, which bring a Grade: A– Download: “Come a Little Closer” Sounds best when: Searching for clarity amidst chaos.

somber “Eleanor Rigby” tone.

While “Melophobia” is much more mellow than the band's last release, the former oscillates electrically between upbeat songs, such as “Spiderhead” and tracks with an introspective darker tone, like “Telescope".

Cage the Elephant realizes its full potential as “Melophobia” unfolds with a more acoustically polished sound and Matt Shultz’s thrillingly paranoid lyrics.

ARIELA OSUNA

MUSIC

RIVALRIES IN MUSIC Artist v. Artist Lynyrd Skynyrd

vs.

Neil Young

Metallica vs.

Megadeth

Mariah Carey vs.

Eminem

Toby Keith vs.

The Dixie Chicks

Kendrick Lamar vs. essentially everyone

Miley Cyrus vs.

Sinead O’Connor

Miley Cyrus and Sinead O’Connor’s recent open letter and tweet exchanges reminded us just how much we all love a little musical feuding in our lives.

Why?

Most Entertaining Evidence

Ultimate Winner

Skynyrd’s front man was getting fed up with Young’s negative portrayals of southerners in songs like “Alabama” and “Southern Man.” He responded with some choice lyrics in mega hit “Sweet Home Alabama:”

“Well I heard mister Young sing about her / Well, I heard ole Neil put her down / Well, I hope Neil Young will remember / A Southern man don’t need him around anyhow.” That’s right Neil, Skynyrd and the whole gotdamn South don’t even need you around.

Tie. At the end of the day, both parties have shown a mutual musical respect for one another, and both are comfortably seated as influential parts of musical history.

Metallica’s drummer got kicked out of Metallica for doing too many drugs. Apparently, that’s possible even in a metal band.

Anyway, the disgruntled drummer then started Megadeth in an effort to spite Metallica. The scorned drummer spent ten years trying to stick it to Metallica before getting sober enough to realize that he was acting like a two–year–old.

The development of the thrash metal genre by Metallica was then furthered by fellow acts like Megadeth.

Seriously, though. While there was definitely some behind–the–scenes clashing that we’ll probably never hear about because the Internet wasn’t a thing back in the ’80s, all we’ve got to show for this feud is references to it in metal documentaries and quality metal music.

Metallica. They’re still more famous than Megadeth, but both sides get brownie points for keeping it classier than anyone expected a metal feud to be.

These two crazy kids reportedly were casual lovers back in the day. It clearly did not end well, as both parties have released angry musical shots at the other, along with a number of harsh words during interviews.

Mariah’s 2003 tour included a set that blatantly parodied “The Eminem Show.” While performing her song “Clown,” a female dancer was brought on stage sporting a blonde wig and a Detroit Pistons jersey.

Also, a decent amount of both artists’ catalogs feature tunes aimed at the other.

Nobody. This was embarrassing for both of them and entertaining for the masses.

Neither artist acted with grace and the entire eight–year feud leaves a taste of middle school drama in everyone’s mouths.

Maines rekindled the feud in May by wearing a fashionable “F.U.T.K.” t–shirt, which supposedly stands for Freedom, Understanding, Tolerance and Knowledge. Of course it does.

Maines. Definitely Maines.

Kendrick thought the rap world needed a little spicing up? Who knows.

In one “Control” verse, K–Dot managed to challenge J. Cole, Big K.R.I.T., Wale, Pusha T, Meek Millz, A$AP Rocky, Drake, Big Sean, Jay Electronica, Tyler, the Creator and Mac Miller to top his talent. And let’s not forget the part where he equates himself to Tupac AND Notorious B.I.G. For the most part, the artists he called out stayed quiet, but that didn’t stop others from releasing their own venomous responses. (Probably because they weren’t named.)

After weeks of no commentary, Lamar finally broke the silence by stating that the fallout from his incendiary verse made him consider simplifying his more complex lyrics for his listeners. Damn, now he’s calling out the rest of us.

K–Dot: 1. The world: 0.

Cyrus and O’Connor became an unlikely dynamic duo thanks to DJ Robin Skouteris’ mash–up of “Wrecking Ball” and “Nothing Compares 2 U.” Unfortunately, the alliance existed only in the music realm.

The two singers butted heads last week, when O’Connor warned the former Disney Channel starlet via open letter to take care of herself in a business that “doesn’t give a shit about you.” Cyrus sent the Irish singer–songwriter a thank you tweet, comparing her to Amanda Bynes. Firing back with a second letter, O’Connor said feuding with her was “even more fuckin’ stupid than behaving like a prostitute and calling it feminism.”

In 2002, Dixie Chicks lead vocalist Natalie Maines expressed a distaste for Toby Keith's “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (The Angry American).” Maines stated that the blatantly jingoistic song made country music look stupid. Keith retorted that he was fine with Maines finding his song ignorant, given that he was the real songwriter of the two. Ouch.

Tie. Clearly, this battle ain’t over.

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AN INCUBATOR OF NEW IDEAS: UNDERGROUND ARTS

On the last night in Philly of alternative band Grouplove’s Seesaw tour, it’s impossible not to notice an otherwise inconspicuous Underground Arts—the line to get in trails to the end of the block. A spiraling staircase leads from the lobby down to the warehouse turned theatre, complete with a makeshift stage.

Ornamenting the entryway to this cavernous concert hall is a mural trippy enough to be at home in the basement of Pi Lam. Immediately to the right is Jesse’s Bar, where most of the crowd is huddled before the start of the show.

Jesse, the manager of Underground Arts, is hard to miss—his magnificent ‘stache rivals Captain Hook’s.

A tour of the venue reveals that beyond the room where the bands play is another area used mainly for theatre and performance art. A V.I.P. lounge connects these two spaces snugly. Further back, Jesse grabs a set of keys to unlock the door to the recording studio. A red oriental rug covers the floor of the lounge area, dimly lit by Christmas lights. Glass windows look into the actual recording rooms where local and touring bands can come in for a session. At the request of the main act, live concerts in the main stage room can be recorded as well.

People casually mill about Jesse’s Bar or grab drinks at the other bar in the next room over while the openers take the stage. The space is standing room only, save for the couch a few feet from the bar, conveniently positioned near several large kegs. While the openers play, many choose to lean on the bar counter or against one of the large columns covered in posters reading “Get Lucid! The Activist Halloween Party” (October 29th for those interested) and “The Oblivions and the Strapping Fieldhands.” Colorful glass lanterns hang above the couches and bar and pools of blue light filter down in pockets inter-

spersed throughout the venue. Other than that, the place is dark.

The venue lights up once Grouplove takes the stage, literally and figuratively.

The crowd swarms the tiny stage, which features a curtain backdrop lit by strings of flashing light bulbs. The band opens with “I’m With You” and an immediate chemistry sparks between Grouplove and the audience. Female lead Hannah Hooper welcomes Philadelphia to Grouplove’s “crazy acoustic show,” and people dance wildly to the band’s good time tune “Schoolboy.” A fan shouts “I love you!” Hooper shouts “We love you back!” in the intimate setting of the venue.

The layout of Underground Arts allows for plenty of these relaxed and informal moments throughout the show. The crowd bounces along to hits “Tongue Tied” and “Ways to Go,” but neither of the band’s smash singles is by any means the peak of the performance. Folks instead take seats up on Jesse’s counter for the slower songs, swaying to the lyrics of “Hippy Hill.”

“Cruel and Beautiful World” is particularly striking to hear in the small basement space, where every layer of the piece fills the room—layers one might

not hear on the studio version.

After its closing number, “Colours,” Grouplove leaves the stage without an encore planned, but after chanting “One more song!” for a solid five minutes, the audience draws the band back out. The house lights have come up and the post–show music is already playing, but the band clearly developed a relationship with their audience and they don’t have the heart to let them down. Grouplove gives Philadelphia a proper goodbye and thank you, as lead singer Christian Zucconi surfs the crowd, singing “you’re bitin’ you’re bitin’ the bullet!” to a half–empty venue that sounds like it's full of screaming fans.

As Grouplove shuffles off the stage for a final time, the energy in the air is still palpable. The empty venue makes clear what helped form that close bond between the audience and the band.

Underground Arts is reminiscent of a basement where neighborhood kids play for their friends; the nostalgic and friendly atmosphere offers a level of comfort hard to find in most performing arts venues. This aspect allows spectators a more fully realized arts experience, and, arguably, a better one.

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Hate Relationship with “Honey Boo Boo”

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My heart quickens; I feel adrenaline rushing through my body as my eardrums await the lovely serenade of banjo notes coming through my shitty laptop speakers. Who am I kidding? “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” is hardly sophisticated enough to have a proper introduction song; approximately four seconds of countrytwangin’ banjo-strummin’ is the best they could do. I respect that.

Now, we await the transformation. This sassy little “sketti–bellied” chunk full of Pixy Stix—our title character—takes a few swigs from her happy juice just as a tiara is placed on her head and a dress (more expensive than my biyearly meal budget) is draped on her body. Honestly, this chick is heading the right way down the yellow brick road of life. That is, she’s accomplished the unthinkable: balancing the paradox of down–to–earth realness and toddler perfection. She belly flops out of one show with the grace of a freespirited Shamu and twirls perfectly into the next, leaving me unpleasantly aware of the fact that she’s living the dream. I grimace inwardly, because this is what we want. We want to live like Honey Boo Boo. When she’s not making buttery slip–and–slides or having paper towel roll fights with her sisters, Honey Boo Boo takes time out of her busy schedule to help her momma June cut coupons and save money for the family. But by nightfall, her down–to–earth phase is over and she spends her hard–earned “dollas” on lavish purchases, including a new set of gleaming white false teeth and “Glitzy,” her baby pig. Ideally, we all would imitate her, primping ourselves to perfection and being “real” while we’re at it. Media glorifies living living like the “average,” perfectly imperfect television star. You know, the one with the stellar career, fancy house and smokin’ vegetarian spouse—but grounded and down to earth, sometimes even taking out the trash.

But that duality is an unreal standard imposed on the average person and an inconsistent, unreliable definition to try to live up to. I’m not buying it. In the end, there are two options: live life balancing humility with glamour, or throw away the rules and do whatever the fuck you want, Honey Boo Boo style. I’m headed in the latter direction. What about you?

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as clear–cut: “People are like ‘it’s so superficial’ or ‘so desperate,’ but so is going up and talking to someone who you think is hot at a bar.”

“We’d usually start off watching a movie and then fuck,” said Maria*, a College junior, of the woman she met online this summer. “We were always high,” she added. And the sex? “It was pretty good sex! She was a lot more aggressive than she looked.” Maria hasn’t seen the woman since the summer, though they’re not exactly incommunicado. “She still comments on my stuff on Facebook,” Maria giggles.

If you can remember the days when TV happened on a television set, you’ll also remember the abundance of commercials for eHarmony and Match.com, some of America’s most popular online dating services. It’s all about the statistics: “One in five relationships start online” or “People who use our service are three times more likely to find a relationship.” For the long–term–relationship–seeking 30– somethings who sign up for these sites, online dating has become, to an extent, normalized. The same can’t be said for Penn students' relationships to the services. The immediacy and connectivity that online dating offers should, in theory, be right up our alley; we’ve digitized practically all of our other social interactions, from birthday wishes to party invites. But despite the fact that we do everything else online, the idea of seriously dating someone who we meet on the Internet seems a little foreign, even taboo. This doesn’t mean Penn students are eschewing dating apps. We’re just not necessarily using them to date.

“I’m embarrassed to tell people I’m on OKCupid,” Maria said after taking a second to think. Maria signed up for OKCupid her freshman year.

She arrived to Penn a newly out lesbian and was greeted by a campus whose community of queer women was not readily visible. While she saw her male counterparts settling into a vibrant gay scene, Maria got frustrated trying to find other lesbians. She laments, “I got [OKCupid] freshman year because it’s just so hard to find girls at Penn and I just don’t know who’s gay.” OKCupid was Maria’s attempt to identify with a larger lesbian community on a campus that seemed to be without one. Maria admits that she made a profile and would exchange messages with girls during her freshman and sophomore years, “but when it comes to meeting people I usually don’t have time and I’m not going to go somewhere to meet up with them.” Perhaps it was more than the inconvenience of “going somewhere” that prevented Maria from meeting someone. The stigma that surrounds the use of online dating services is undeniable on college campuses. Penn is no different; filled with young, smart, libidinal undergraduates (and graduates for that matter), it is a veritable hotbed for hookup culture. So while picking up someone at Smoke’s every weekend doesn’t elicit more than an eyebrow raise, using the Internet to hookup is still murky territory underpinned with tones of desperation and danger.

It wasn’t until Maria lived in Los Angeles the summer before her junior year that she decided to give OKCupid another go. “In L.A., I used OKCupid not just to hook up; I didn’t

know anyone there, so I [thought] ‘might as well meet some new people, and if we hook up, we hook up,’” she says. It was a Penn alumna on OKCupid who invited Maria to a “Queer Ladies Hangout” in L.A., where Maria met a number of the girls she’d been messaging on the platform; some even knew her friends at Penn.

“I was surprised… it was such a small world.” She liked the seeming comfort of community and was able to find a peer group of similarly inclined female friends, even if it was 2,600 miles away from Philadelphia.

Yet when it came to hooking up with someone, Maria didn’t necessarily put a premium on this familiarity. She describes her first coffee date with the Australian actress–by–day– waitress–by–night whom she met on OKCupid with a chuckle: “We got along pretty well, we were both wearing plaid… typical.” Though this initial meeting was a gesture toward a first date, Maria notes it was a little contrived, “the whole time we knew that we intended to hook up.” This was made abundantly clear when Maria’s Australian friend invited her to smoke and “watch a movie,” Maria added, using air quotes and rolling her eyes at the phrase. But all of this worked for Maria. She was in a new city for the summer and casually hooking up with someone was all that she really wanted or needed. Though OKCupid asks all sorts of questions of its users in order to find an ideal romantic match, she took a much more pragmatic approach to the service, not once mentioning any of the questions she was asked when finding her potential matches. For Maria, using OKCupid was “born out of ne-

cessity.” For some, the use of a dating app is far less deliberate and far more ambivalent.

Sarah*, a College senior, was a little drunk when she decided to meet one of her Tinder matches. Two weeks before, she’d downloaded the app on a recommendation from a friend. Now it was 3 a.m., Sarah was in Manhattan's East Village and so was the attractive 20–something guy she was messaging on Tinder. The implicit “sketchiness” in meeting strangers on the Internet was not lost on her.

“What if I die tonight?” she had said to her friends before she left the bar to meet him, only half–jokingly.

They were meeting somewhere near Sarah’s apartment. “If he’s weird, I’ll just walk home,” she thought. But the potential for an uncomfortable, even potentially dangerous, interaction wasn’t stopping her: “I definitely wanted to meet this dude and go to his place and hook up.” Though Tinder bills itself as a “dating” app, it also acknowledges the fact that both parties find the other, at some level, hot.

“We both swiped right… we both liked each other,” Sarah explains. A 3 a.m. Tinder message is today’s social media booty call.

“The weirdest part was waiting to meet him,” Sarah noted. More awkward still was the transition from niceties and introductions to discussing the implied purpose of the tryst: hooking up. Sarah’s AC–less, shared bedroom wasn’t the ideal venue, nor

was the couch that her match was crashing on for the night, which happened to be his ex–girlfriend’s. “So we didn’t do anything and we just walked around until the sun came up, and just… talked, which was not what I was expecting. He was really nice and normal and smart and funny.” At the end of the summer, he was back in New York and slept over at Sarah’s.

That was the last time Sarah saw the guy she met on Tinder and she’s fine with that: “I knew what it was; I was very fine with the way it ended.” Sarah and her match never had sex.

Part of Sarah’s attraction to Tinder was the perceived frivolity of a hook up: “It was fun because it didn’t have any consequences.” By the same token, Maria didn’t want a serious relationship during her stint in L.A., and using OKCupid to find an inconsequential friend with benefits was practical. The lack of mutual friends, overlapping relationships, flirting— all of the messy and often ambiguous extenuating circumstances that came with a typical hook up were essentially removed from the equation.

Ultimately, Tinder was not for Sarah. “Having such a rush from meeting this person to having him sleep over was very stressful for me, even though I enjoyed it on some level.”

Then there’s the undeniable stigma.

It’s rooted in some combination of the perceived desperation and and the ever–present danger of catfishing (when someone pretends to be someone else on social media). Maria pointed to the deliberate nature of downloading an app for the sole purpose of hooking up as part of it.

For Sarah, the distinction between real and online dating practices is not

John* lost his virginity to someone he met on Grindr. “I didn’t come out until college” he explains, “I didn’t know where to go otherwise.” The use of dating apps, for both Maria and John, was initially a means of jump–starting their gay sex lives. It was mostly curiosity that prompted John to download Grindr, and the dating app served as his first foray into the world of gay sex: “It was definitely during a time when I was experimenting.” This is not to say that John’s relationship with Grindr has ended—now a senior in Wharton, he still uses the app on occasion, “mostly when I’m bored or just horny… it’s so much easier.” It’s the instant access, the ability to reach into his pocket and be instantly connected with hundreds of other gay men—most of whom are looking for sex—that makes Grindr work for .

Using Grindr at Penn comes with its own set of complications and can speak from experience: “I met a Penn student on Grindr who wasn’t out… it didn’t bother me, but he was really paranoid all the time. [Now] I try to keep away from Penn kids on Grindr.

I usually have to scroll [past them] because I see too many.” In the same way that Grindr gives instant access to a community of nearby, sex–seeking men, it is also a conduit to a darker side of the gay experience. Closeted guys, even married guys—some with kids—flock to the app for the same reason that does—it just makes hooking up easier. This can complicate things even when John's not on campus: “At home [in the Midwest] there are a lot of straight and married men; it’s awkward because sometimes I’ll see [guys I’ve hooked up with] out and about with their kids.”

John kept his voice low and cast more than a few uneasy glances about during our interview. “There is definitely a stigma, because it is very

much a thing for hook ups and you don’t want to be labeled as slut or a whore.” Grindr, unlike OKCupid and Tinder, is designed and sold as an app for casual hook ups; it’s location based, meaning profiles of those geographically closest to the user show up first, not to mention it is limited to gay men. Nothing comparable exists (at least as effectively) for their heterosexual or lesbian counterparts—even though Maria and Sarah were able to adapt idealized “dating” tools to meet their actual needs. John, like Sarah, is not particularly clear on what makes a hook up facilitated by technology any more stigma–laden than hooking up with someone he meets at a bar, but he says, “With guys from Grindr whom I consistently hook up with, I tell my friends that we met when we were out somewhere.”

As Penn students’ social nexus becomes more and more web–based, it should come as no surprise that we’re starting to use technology to facilitate hook ups because we value efficiency and instant—if not wholly gratifying—connectedness. Though Maria, Sarah and John had different experiences with using online dating to hook up; whether it was a matter of simply finding someone, or skipping the dinner date and cutting to the chase, the use of a dating app makes getting it in so much simpler.

Of course there’s always alcohol, the college standby for allaying the uncomfortable leadup to any sexual encounter. But Bankers is gross, Smoke’s is crowded and you still haven’t heard the end of the embarrassing choices you made last weekend. With a dating app, flirting and foreplay are wrapped conveniently in with the rest of our social interactions, most of which take place in our back pocket. Shock and contempt are the last things we should feel about this burgeoning virtual hook up culture. We sext. We send questionable SnapChats. We iMessage 2 a.m. “what’s up”s when we’re drunk. Let’s be honest—we saw this one coming from a mile away.

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Patrick del Valle is a junior from Seattle, WA, studying finance and OPIM. He is the Social Media Editor for 34th Street Magazine.

*Names changed to protect students’ identities.

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PHILLY FILM FESTIVAL PREVIEW

Sure to please both the gritty American independent film enthusiast and Francophone cinemaphile alike, this year's Philly Film Fest —the 22nd annual — includes categories like Greater Filmadelphia (local picks) and Sight & Soundtrack (rockumentaries and music biopics). Presented below is the best of the hundred–plus field of films. Check it.

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Editors' Top 10: “Nebraska” (Mon. Oct. 21st, 7 p.m., Prince Music Theater)

“Blue is the Warmest Color” (Sun. Oct. 20th, 2:20 p.m., Ritz East A)

Opening Film: “All is Lost” (Thurs. Oct 17th, 8 p.m., Perelman Theater)

“12 Years a Slave” (Sat. Oct. 19th, 8:30 p.m., Perelman Theater)

“Like Father, Like Son” (Thurs. Oct. 24th, 4:30 p.m., Ritz East A)

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“August: Osage County” (Sat. Oct. 19th, 5:30 p.m., Perelman Theater)

“A Touch of Sin” (Sun. Oct. 20th, 6:50 p.m., Ritz Bourse)

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“Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” (Wed. Oct. 23rd, 8:30 p.m., Prince Music Theater)

“The Suspect” (Sat. Oct. 19th, 2:25 p.m., Rave)

Closing Film: “Labor Day” (Fri. Oct 25th, 8 p.m., Prince Music Theater)

REVIEW:

“Kill Your Darlings” Biopics are a tough film category to tackle—they are either great, à la “8 Mile,” or fall short like 50 Cent’s “Get Rich or Die Tryin’.” However, “Kill Your Darlings” manages to find its place right in the middle. Directed

by John Krokidas, the film explores the early lives of some of the great poets of the 1940s, namely Allen Ginsberg

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“Young & Beautiful” (Mon. Oct. 21st, 2:30 p.m., Ritz East A)

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SPOTLIGHT: OPENING FILM J.C. Chandor’s second feature film, “All Is Lost” chronicles one man’s (Robert Redford) existential battle against the elements after his yacht is hopelessly stranded in the middle of the Indian Ocean with only a sextant and nautical maps to lead the way. Premiering Hors Competition at Cannes this past summer, Chandor’s film garnered widespread acclaim for Redford’s performance, which only involves a few seconds of dialogue. With striking parallels to Ernest Hemingway’s classic, “The Old Man and the Sea,” the opening film of the Philadelphia Film Festival is a must.

(Daniel Radcliffe). Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs, played by Jack Huston and Ben Foster respectfully, round out the list of poets.

Starting with Ginsberg’s acceptance into Columbia, the movie begins strongly, yet it fails to draw the viewer in until Lucien Carr enters Ginsberg’s life. Carr (Dane Dehaan) is the glue that ties all the characters together and is ultimately the force that tears them all apart. While Carr is busy introducing Ginsberg into a world of drugs and literary exploration, Ginsberg becomes enamored with Carr—thus leading to one of the most complicated love situations presented in a film. Carr, who had a relationship with David Kammerer (Michael C. Hall), begins to mess around with Kerouac, who is a married man. All the while, Ginsberg

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is falling in love with Carr, with Kammerer taking on the role of the crazy ex who refuses to let Carr go.

Though the love box that develops comes surprisingly out of nowhere and is a vast departure from the literary revolution that serves as the first part of the film, it is the main draw of the film. As Ginsberg falls more in love in Carr, his writing becomes better. And when he is spurned by Carr, he seeks to explore his sexuality is other ways. Radcliffe’s sex scene is the most talked about part of the film and rightfully so. All the hopes and dreams of "Harry Potter"'s being gay came true in those few minutes.

The scene was made believable due to Radcliffe’s wide emotional range, which is evident throughout the entire film. Although Radcliffe’s performance wows, Jack Huston and Ben Foster fail

to bring much emotional depth to their characters, making scenes with them feel somewhat shallow.

The film starts off somewhat uncomfortably for those familiar with the actors’ other works, but once the film gets into its own pace, it is a great, albeit bumpy, ride.

Grade: B Rating & runtime: R, 104 min.

See if you liked: “The Runaways”

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FOOD & DRINK

MAKING MEAD WITH MIKE AND WILL Penn students Mike Bak and Will Zhang turn sweet honey into the Vikings' drink of choice.

Street: What inspired you to start brewing mead?

MB: I’ve been reading a lot of Icelandic literature, a lot of the Viking sagas and epics, and it just seemed like a pretty cool thing to do.

WZ: It was definitely a “why not” sort of thing.

Mead brewing isn’t super difficult, and the internet is full of recipes and instructions.

Street: Where did you learn your process?

MB: We went to the Philadelphia Brewing Company in Fishtown to buy the right yeasts and we talked it over with the people that worked there. They really knew their stuff and were very helpful.

Street: Have you guys run into any trouble so far that other home brewers might be able to avoid?

MB: Aside from some small hiccups in the beginning, every batch has actually gone surprisingly well. It’s really just a lot of patience.

WZ: Yeah, the only problem is that now we have several gallons of mead sitting in our fridge.

And we still have about 30 pounds of honey.

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Street: There’s a massive bucket of honey in your kitchen. Where did you get it?

WZ: We bought 40 pounds of honey from a wholesaler in Lancaster. It’s the smallest amount they sell.

MB: I think they source honey for large volume demands like Honey Bunches of Oats.

TOASTY FALL COCKTAILS

Don’t break out the mittens just yet—these hot cocktails are all you need to stay warm.

Cinnamon Toast Cocktail

Spiced Hot Chocolate

We all love Cinnamon Toast Crunch, but try out the grown–up version, since you're older than eight:

This easy chocolate–lovers cocktail will make sure to get you and your favorite "drinking buddy" nice and hot:

Add 6 oz of hot apple cider and 1 ¼ oz of Captain Morgan Original Spiced Rum to a glass rimmed with sugar and cinnamon.

Mix 1 packet of the powdered stuff with ½ tsp of cinnamon. Add suggested serving of milk, mix well and heat. Add 1 oz of rum. Top with generous amount of whipped cream. Garnish with a drizzle of chocolate syrup and a dash of chipotle or chili powder.

Mulled Wine Whether you’re pre–gaming for Christmas Mass or catching up with awkward relatives over Thanksgiving dinner, mulled wine provides a flavorful spice to your necessary holiday social– lubricant: Pour 2 bottles of Merlot into a large pot and heat to a low simmer. Pierce the pointed ends of 10 cloves into 2 oranges, and add them to the pot along with 2 sticks of cinnamon, 3 cups of fresh apple cider and ¼ cup of honey. Gently mix and heat for 20 minutes. If you’re really looking for some holiday spirit, add 2 cups of Port. Divide into mugs with an orange peel for garnish, or, if you’re feeling particularly festive, serve out of a hollow pumpkin.

Pumpkin Whiskey Tea It's foolproof and you'll feel extra spooky while kicking that fall cold.

Steep 1 bag of Pumpkin Spice Tea (Celestial Seasonings and Republic of Tea are best) in 8 oz (1 cup) of boiling water. Dress up your tea how you like it—honey, sugar, milk. Add 1.5 oz of whiskey. If you actually have it, add 2 tbsp of canned Pumpkin puree, heated.

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PHILLY’S FALL DESSERTS

When your dinners consist of ramen and leftover Chipotle, you might as well dish out the dollars on a decent dessert. Stop by these local restaurants to try some of fall’s best. Entrée: unnecessary.

Magpie Artisan Pie Boutique (1622 South St.)—Pear Ginger Crumb Pie You can get a generously sized slice for $6, or an entire pie for $38. It'll be money well spent. Bonus: Magpie now delivers. This could either be extremely convenient or extremely dangerous. Order online to avoid the trip to Rittenhouse Square and get into the best crumby pie you never knew you were missing.

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Lil’ Pop Shop (265 S. 44th St.)—Caramel Custard Popsicle It’s finally sweater season, but if you really miss summer, stop by Lil’ Pop Shop to smooth the transition. In honor of autumn, Pop Shop is featuring a caramel custard flavor, which is sweet, rich and utterly delicious. Make sure to stop by before it gets too cold—there's nothing attractive about a frozen tongue.

White Dog Cafe (3420 Sansom St.)—Pumpkin Bread Pudding

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HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION Philadelphia’s rich history is one of its most venerated attributes--the founding fathers of the United States are memorialized all over the colonial city, including on Penn’s campus. We find comfort and connection in these visual reminders of our country’s past and generally take for granted that they are accurate. However, this is not the case in all cities.

One of the most visited sections of Barcelona, where I’m currently studying abroad, is its charming barrio gótico, or gothic neighborhood. This section of the city has mazes of narrow stone corridors that give way to expansive historical plazas. One is where Christopher Columbus was supposedly received by Ferdinand and Isabella after his first trip to the New World. But despite its romantic and antiquated appearance, the Gothic Quarter is a 20th century invention.

Many of the original buildings in the Gothic Quarter were destroyed in an effort to improve the city’s circulation and hygiene during the late 19th century. In 1887, the reconstruction of the façade of the Barcelona Cathedral also sparked a series of renovations in the neighborhood that continued until the 1970s. Today, much of the neighborhood has been rebuilt in the gothic style.

City marketing—not historical accuracy—was the clear goal of the neighborhood’s overhaul. Barcelona desired a tangible and attractive display of its history to present to visitors. The newly modernized city successfully branded its “antique” gothic quarter, drawing tourists from around the world with its quaint plazas, cafes and shopping.

This begs us to ask: is the Gothic Quarter in Barcelona an unethical falsification? Much of the value we place on historical artifacts is tied up with their authenticity. But we have conflicting thoughts on how to preserve the past while simultaneously creating new entities that give us pride in the present.

We frequently choose—and edit—our own history based on what is socially and economically appealing. We purposely overlook unflattering events and memorialize the honorable. Most of all, we use monuments to create a sense of continuity with the past—to forge a connection with previous generations.

The most honest presentations of history, however, aren’t always better. Take the reconstruction of George Washington’s Philadelphia house, which opened near the Liberty Bell in 2010. Once one of the grandest mansions in the city, the house was demolished in the 1830s. Five years ago, an archeological dig revealed the home’s foundation and a tunnel once used by Washington’s slaves. When the decision to reconstruct it was made, there was heated debate over creating a design that would appropriately acknowledge the site, as well as Washington’s slaves, with honesty and integrity.

Today, we see the reconstruction as an open–air pavilion that outlines the foundation of the original house. Empty window frames and partial brick walls mark where the Washington’s house once stood. Cold granite and metal suck the warmth from the brick. The open nature of the structure leaves visitors with a literal lack of closure. Eerily postmodern television screens adorn the walls and tell the stories of slaves that once lived in the home.

Although there is no mistaking this reconstruction for the original, the redesign of George Washington’s home feels cold and incomplete. It the lacks the richness and charm we seek from historical sites. It’s honest, yet wholly unsatisfying.

So, when it comes to historical sites, I prefer falsification over minimalist reconstruction. A restoration should attempt to maintain a feeling of authenticity—even in modern construction—by allowing us to relate to the original site. Seemingly accurate historical restorations, like those in Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter, are more inspiring and rewarding than coldly unfinished, conservative restorations. When it comes to illustrating history, less is not always more.

TERRILL WARRENBURG “I am inspired by many of the post–impressionist master painters, contemporary artists like Janet Fish and Chuck Close, my academic classes and current events.”

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Open Studios Preview: Out in the Open with Nowhere to Hide

The Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST) began earlier this October and will come to West Philly this weekend. A program by the Center for Emerging Visual Artists, POST includes 20 different Philadelphia neighborhoods and gives viewers the opportunity to get a behind–the–scenes look at the studios of over 300 local painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and other artists.

Don’t miss it.

If you were to walk into Cheryl Smith’s studio now, you would see scribbles of ideas that present women not as equals, but as caricatures derived from media expectations. The pieces are still works in progress, but Smith is confident in her craft, which is heavily influenced by her studio space.

“An artist’s space can inspire or limit their work, so these two elements are very important to me,” she says. “Walking into my studio is like walking into a sanctuary: it is my safe, holy space.”

Smith discovered her passion for art at a very young age and received her BFA from Penn in 2011. “[Art is] my best way of communicating how I truly see and feel and I find inspiration all around me,” she said.

Her paintings attempt to discuss the way women are understood in American society by questioning traditional female roles and suggesting more positive interpretations of women.

“Even though we don’t want to believe it, the unfortunate reality is that women are still considered to be inferior to men

in many facets of our society,” she says.

“It is something that we are raised within…so, we don’t really notice it.”

Smith strives to point out these sexist cultural elements.

“Right now, I am working on a body of work that paints women the way our culture really sees them: as sex objects. The goal is to make the viewer immediately reject that role and create for themselves a positive replacement.”

“POST creates a casual venue for artists to share what they create with the community,” she says. “As an artist, I tend to be reclusive about my work, and I appreciate and benefit from organizations that encourage artists to share what they do.”

--In contrast to Smith’s peaceful studio, Philly artist Linda Dubin Garfield jokingly calls her studio “a holy wreck.” “[Working in] mixed media means not too much gets thrown away, because you might use it for something!” Garfield says.

And Garfield’s media certainly is

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“I took a printmaking course in the early ’90s and fell in love with the press and the process,” she says. “It’s magic, and I love the squish of the ink!”

A few years later, Garfield took another course in mixed media and used the papers as if she were, in fact, painting.

“Once I got a computer and Photoshop elements, I began playing with photos from travel and started some prints with those images. Then, I used traditional printmaking techniques on top of the digital images. Layers on layers.”

Garfield loves the number of possible outcomes with her prints: “Each series has something special about it. Usually, the last series I make I call my favorite… until the next one comes along!”

Garfield plans on giving visitors the chance to do some printmaking during POST. She enjoys interacting with other budding artists and encourages them to learn their craft, develop their body of work and follow their dream.

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What: Free tours of local artists’ studios and workspaces.

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Where: Philadelphia’s western neighborhoods, including Fairmount, Center City West and West Philadelphia.

Why: To see artists’ work behind the scenes.

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“I got out of the shower, and that’s when it hit me,” Alvin said. “Normally I do laundry every week, but this week I had exams, and it just... okay, not every week.”

Obviously, Alvin’s first move was to reuse his underwear. Using a complex inside–out technique, Alvin was able to wear yesterday’s underwear once more, unsightly tire tracks notwithstanding.

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At press time, Alvin was doEvery college student has ing the smell test on his shirt one of those lazy Saturdays. For while his friends weren’t lookCollege junior Jackie Joseph, ing. The shirt smelled gross. this is an art form to be perfected. Jackie watches television and video lectures from class on her laptop so she can stay in her room all the time.

“I basically never leave my bed, it’s great,” she said, leaning her torso over the side of her bed, opening the mini–refrigerator beside her bed, taking out leftover oatmeal and placing it in the microwave resting on top of her mini–refrigerator.

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“I visit her in her room every week, and there’s this dried speck of food on her cheek that’s been there for over a month,” she said.

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