Back in September, our DT correspondent Kelly Diamond (C'13), showed us exactly where Penn Park was on campus.

Recently she was walking down the Walnut Street Bridge in the rain and noticed a new athletic bubble that was built right over the park!

After the jump check out Kelly's 15 second clip of Penn's new indoor practice area!

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Last week I did a post about Penn's new $43.5 million dollar addition: Penn Park.

I will say that even after I posted the video and saw the pictures of this Park I had some problems understanding how one would get there on the Penn campus.

Rest assured alumni who haven't been back to campus in a while; after the jump, Kelly Diamond (C'13), our DT undergrad correspondent has provided another one of her famous"15 second clips" which will put everything in perspective for you!

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Being labeled as "the gateway between West Philadelphia and the rest of the city", the $46.5M Penn Park has finally opened and it marks the beginning of Penn's eastward expansion.

After the jump watch President Amy Gutmann introduce us to this beautiful new addition to Penn's campus.

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Recently on DT, I featured Rebecca Cook (C'11, Counterparts) a super talented new alum who did an awesome cover of an Adele song.

Turns out over the past 2 years, Rebecca has been involved in a friendly "pop song battle" with another super talented Penn (and Counterparts) classmate of hers.

After the jump, meet Johnny Lloyd (Mortar Board, Counterparts, iNtuitons '11) and check out his soulful cover of "Bills Bills Bills" by Destiny's Child.

Also, learn about how this recent grad is transitioning to life after Penn and keeping it in the arts with some other Penn friends of his.

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If you saw the first episode this past Monday of this season's "The Bachelor" with Brad Womack (or if you don't watch it and a Penn alum tells you about it ...like me), you would have seen that "Ashley" (not a Penn alum), the Philadelphia native, was filmed on Penn's campus sitting next to "Ben on the Bench".

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Whether it's dedicating a song to DT readers for my "Love Week" or dedicating a song to the Phillies, the Glee club definitely knows how to serenade.

Recently, both the Glee Club and the Penn Singers Light Opera Company helped pull off the mother of all serenades on a Philadelphia SEPTA train during a popular Philadelphia attraction tour.

After the jump watch these groups partake in a surprise wedding proposal!

I think you'll agree that this video is quite moving. ;)

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If you didn't make your reunion weekend a few weeks ago, after the jump, check out some fun videos from the event.

Spot anyone you know? .. maybe a little grayer, a little rounder?

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While I'm not a huge sports fan, as a Penn alum I can't help but get excited for the Phillies being in the World Series (and winning last night).

So on that note, in this whole Phillies frenzy, check out the video above of Penn's Glee Club singing a revised version of Bruce Montgomery's "Ain't-Cha Never Heard Of?" (originally released in 1989). The lyrics have been adapted to highlight the Phillies' coaching staff, top executives and names the complete roster from the 2009 National League Championship Series.

Recently, Mike Missanelli of ESPN Radio (950 AM / 97.5 FM) played the song and gave a big on-air plug to the Glee Club.   Let's all rally together to get more airtime by sending an email to "MikeMiss@950ESPN.com" or call the "Air Studio" (if you want to wait and try to get on the air on Mike's show) at 610-632-0950 -- or both!

And watch out for the audio track to go on sale on the Penn Glee Club's website soon!

This isn't the first time the Glee Club got involved with Philadelphia's sports teams...

• Watch the Penn Glee club bring their harmony to a 76ers game HERE 

More ways Penn express their Phillies love HERE

Speaking of the World Series, check out DJ Gregory's (W'03, Off the Beat) vlog below as he analyzes "starting pitching, offense, the bullpens and the managers to find that the difference maker may be the experience factor."

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Okay, while this isn't necessarily a "Penn Foodie" related post, musician Gabriel Mann (C'95, Off the Beat), is holding a spoon in the video above and tells us he and his band The Rescues are serving up some quality rock and roll music.   Good enough.

I briefly interrupt our Foodie series this week because I wanted to post this so all of you on the east coast are aware that Gabe and his band The Rescues are touring the east coast this week.  And if you remember from my DT posts, Gabe's band's infectiously addicting music has been featured on "Grey's Anatomy" three times this past year!

If you're in Philly, note below that they're playing at the World Cafe Live this Thursday night (8/20)!

Aug 19 2009 7:00P Club Passim- Boston, MA

Aug 20 2009 8:00P World Cafe Live Downstairs- Philadelphia, PA

Aug 21 2009 8:00P Canal Room-New York, NY

Aug 22 2009 8:00P Rams Head Tavern- Annapolis, MD

Aug 26 2009 8:00P Eddie’s Attic- Decatur, GA

Aug 27 2009 7:00P Merry Band Farm- Silk Hope, NC

Aug 28 2009 8:00P Evening Muse- Charlotte, NC

Aug 29 2009 7:00P Pour House- Raleigh, NC

Aug 30 2009 7:00P IOTA Club and Cafe-Arlington, VA

Click HERE for ticket information

Listen to The Rescues' music that was featured on "Grey's Anatomy" this year below:

Get the songs on iTunes:

The Rescues - Crazy Ever After - Break Me Out 2.0


The Rescues - Stay Over - Single - Stay Over

My past posts about Gabe HERE

Other Penn musicians HERE

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I just read from blogger "lopezdash", that there's a rumor spreading across Penn that although the second Transformers movie filmed at Penn, the actual film will be set at Princeton!

Students are um, upset(!) and have created a facebook group protesting this.

...Apparently however it seems from one post in the facebook group that Penn wouldn't give the film the rights to Penn's name. Anyone know anything about this?

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Check out these videos from last week's filming of Transformers 2 just outside The Castle!



The videos include both "Bumblebee" whizzing by and Shia LaBeouf doing some exercises in front of The Castle!



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Check out 20 new photos from today's and yesterday's filming of Transformers 2 in the Quad and at The Castle!



Look out for Shia LaBeouf and director Michael Bay in the photos!





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For undergrads coming to Penn for their first time and for alumni who haven't been back to campus in sometime now, there continues to be foodtrucks lining the streets of Penn's campus.

One class project looks into why the foodtruck owners on Penn's and Temple's campuses picked their locations.

Watch the video here


Speaking of foodtrucks, check out the film I made back in 1996 featuring one very special foodtruck which may or may not still be on Penn's campus these days...(anyone know?)

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DT correspondent Jonathan Rivera (C'10) was at Penn today (Wednesday) and dishes to DT readers on what he saw being filmed for the Transformers 2 movie and his encounter with Shia LaBeouf!

"It was me and another one of my friends Laura Kelly. We stopped in front of the upper quad gate and there he is. He was wearing a green shirt and carrying a green purse. (?) After that we walked around to the other side of the quad...in front of Leidy Labs. I was trying to sneak in somehow and a member of the crew saw me. We talked with her for a while and she told us that she saw him do Yoga in the morning. She also said that he's really short in person, but seems nice. We eventually go back to the upper quad gate where we just sit and wait. In that time there were several shots of students with luggage. It looked like they were filming move-in. The crew also brought him a cake for his birthday. After about an hour, he comes out. Surrounded by guards he blazes past us, giving us time for only one picture. As he gets into the car my friend yells, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" He responds, "Thank You." He's really short and tan. His hair looked like it had been dyed."

Max's story reminds me of when I was busted in front of Tom Hanks when the film Philadelphia was shot at Penn. Read more here!



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As reported yesterday, Hillary Clinton came to the Palestra yesterday for a final rally before today's big Pennsylvania primary.

Hillary's Wrap Up Speech


One man's exciting journey to see the Clintons


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John Legend (C'99, Counterparts) was on campus at an Obama rally performing his new song "If You're Out There". Apparently, this is a new song he wrote last week for the Obama campaign because he was inspired by the young people out there getting involved with the election. A pretty appropriate rally song if you ask me.

Check out some of the other songs he performed:



"Take It Slow"





"Get Lifted"





"Ordinary People"





"Good Morning"



It's always fun when celebrities come to campus to endorse candidates. ...Like when these celebrities came to Penn back in 1993 to support Bill Clinton.



Speaking of John Legend, catch an appearance John made on the Ellen Show a couple months ago!



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