We've covered entrepreneur Josh Kopelman (W'93, AEPi) on DT before.

Today, his brutally honest vacation auto-reply message is getting a lot of traction on the web.

After the jump, get a good chuckle from what he has to say!

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At the beginning of this past summer, our "15 second clip" correspondent Kelly Diamond (C'13) was just about to start her fantastic internships at a Nickelodeon and Mandeville Pictures.

She told us about how she researched getting these internships, what you need to know about moving from Penn to LA and what responsibilities she had at these internships

Now that the summer is over, Kelly is back at Penn with a great follow-up for us about her summer internships and 10 career tips she learned this summer you don't want to miss! (especially the invaluable lesson Nickelodeon taught her!)

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Credit: University Communications

This past weekend rolling crates filled with halogen lamps, Ikea, and Bed Bath and Beyond furniture swarmed the campus.

That's right, another generation of Penn (2,500 Freshmen!) moved into Penn!

Per University Communications, "Students in the Class of 2015 come from 49 of the 50 states and 66 countries.  The largest numbers of students come from Pennsylvania (403), followed by New York (279) and New Jersey (423)."  Shocker!

Further, "some of the nations represented by students in the freshman class include Australia, China, Panama and Zimbabwe."

After the jump, check out a slideshow of photos from this weekend's move-in and share what one item was key in your Penn past to setting up your freshman dorm room!

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Earlier this week, we saw what a 1972 Penn dorm room looked like and how little dorms rooms have evolved since.

After the jump, go on a journey with four 1996 alumni who return to Penn for their 15 year reunion and hunt down their freshman dorm rooms, only to learn something significant has changed... (minute 1:32)!

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