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As you know, there's always lots of construction going on at Penn.

Here's a real gem for you.

You've walked on it a million times and most probably even tripped on one of its crooked bricks, but did you know what Locust Walk was built on top of?

Recently, Locust Walk has been torn apart to reveal an old trolley tracks!

Who knew?!

Check out another picture of the torn up walk after the jump and learn more about the history of these Trolley tracks on campus!

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Here's another one for our "Who Knew" series, as well as our "Pennalicious Profiles" series...

Not only had Penn alum Schatar Sapphira (Arts House Resident, Inspiration, Penn Black Arts League, Penn Gospel Choir, Penn basketball manager) made it to the final six of Penn alum Mark Cronin's (ENG'86) "Flavor of Love" and soonafter appeared on "Charm School", but she has created quite the career for herself and certainly knows how to market herself!

As another Penn actor put it, you have to "own it" and be the CEO of yourself.

Schatar is the living, breathing embodiment of this!  And she knows it : )

(A lot) More from Schatar, how much she "loves balls" (you gotta hear this), and her achievements after the jump!



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At last night's open house party celebrating the new location of the Penn LA office, I got the chance to meet Michael Lovitz (C'86, Penn Singers, Glee Club), a great enthusiastic former Penn campus tour guide.

As if he took a page right out of the "Penn tour guide book", in the video above, listen to Michael as he explains the deeper meaning behind the "Covenant" (aka our "Dueling Tampons").

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This summer you've heard Ke$ha's "Your Love Is My Drug" just as many times as you've heard Katy Perry's "California Gurls". And while they both annoy the crap out of me (yet I will find myself listening to these songs regardless), there is one difference.

One of these song's music videos features a Penn alum.

Find out which one and who the Penn alum is after the jump!

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Last week, DT covered a story about an alum who invented a fantastic national favorite snack food.

Today, I want to let you know about another Penn alum who runs my absolute favorite dessert company in the world.

More Penn news-filled deliciousness after the jump!

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Last week Kiera Reilly (C'93) sent me an obituary of a very notable Wharton alum who passed away a few weeks ago.

The obituary revealed that this alum was the inventor of a food so delicious, you just can't eat one...

Find out more about this alum and the food he invented after the jump!

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Last week, I showed a video of Dr. Zach Lutsky (C'97) teaching Dr. Oz and us how to save a life.

After I did that post Kiera Reilly (C'93) emailed me to let me know that Dr. Oz is also a Penn alum.

Who knew!

The very ambitious Dr. Mehmet Cengiz Oz actually graduated from Penn Med (M'86) and Wharton Business School (WG'86)!

Learn more about Dr. Oz in an extensive article from the NY Time’s magazine supplement HERE (Penn referenced on page 3)

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What does one do after being in the spotlight on CBS' Survivor?

Ask Gregg Carey (C'99, Friars, Sprint Football, DKE) who appeared in Survivor Palau (2005).

Who knew?! (and let's not forget about THIS other Penn alum who was also on "Survivor"!)

...Gregg continues to be in the spotlight with his hot new email newsletter, named after the one luxury item he wasn't given in Palau - Toilet Paper!

After launching at the end of January 09, "The Toilet Paper, Daily News for the Thinking Man" published its 100th issue to its 15,000 daily readers last month.

Greg's free email targets males (and curious females) 22-40 with intelligent, edgy, and topical content. 

Per Gregg,

"Where other newsletters like Thrillist, Daily Candy, Urban Daddy, and Ideal Bite offer some form of a lifestyle tip: a restaurant recommendation, a fashion suggestion, or an opinion on a new gadget, the “product” that The Toilet Paper offers our readers is relevant knowledge. As Ricky Gervais, creator of the hit show "The Office" preaches, “Guys love facts.” We agree.

So, TTP takes one topical news story from the headlines (Politics, Business, Sports, or Pop Culture) and provides entertaining facts, statistics, quotes, lists, and definitions that support that topic; we think of it as funny and relevant bits for a guy’s daily banter; at the water cooler, on dates, at the bar with friends. Our simple format also provides a compelling way for our advertising partners to get their product information out to a valuable demographic in an entertaining and informative way. We have recently been featured in the NYPost, RadarOnline, The Guardian, Askmen.com and numerous other sites."

Check out a sample of his newsletter here:
Remember the Time (Michael Jackson Dies)

Get in touch with Gregg at gregg at bunkhousemedia.com!

And it is confirmed. Based on all my posts, the class of 1999 seems to be the most media-centric class that I can see!!

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My Penn Foodies series week wouldn't be complete without one last healthy scoop of fun.

Before Robert Gant (C'90, Penn Six) appeared on "Queer as Folk", he played the Good Humor Ice-Cream Man in a commercial!  

Who knew?!

Check out this commercial above and enjoy!

...And check back this week for another FUN series of mine that you will see is very appropriately themed after all the posts I've shared with you last week!

Scrumptious Morsels from my "Penn Foodies" series HERE

More posts about Penn Alumni Actors HERE

Headshot Hotties HERE / Penn Actor Reels HERE (upload yours!)

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Did you know that there was a Time Capsule buried in the Quad in 1940?

Who knew?!

According to the American Time Capsule Database, the contents of the capsule apparently contain:

• President Roosevelt's speech at the University of Pennsylvania's bicentennial celebration
• Letters from each administrative officer of the university to his successor of 100 years hence

Anyone know where in the quad this was buried exactly?



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When I was an undergrad in Mask and Wig, there were a whole bunch of celebrity alumni whose caricatures were painted on the walls of our clubhouse that we always knew about, but you may not have...

Click here to discover some actors you've been watching for years on TV and film that I bet you didn't know were Penn alumni!

• Alumni such as the Ned Wertimer (C'49), who played Ralph the doorman in the Jeffersons.  
• Chip Zien (C'69), an accomplished Broadway actor who also starred as the title character in Howard the Duck and starred in Into the Woods.
• Another notable Mask and Wig alum is David Naughton (C'73) whom you would recognize from American Werewolf in London (see image above). While David has been doing lots of different projects since, last week a DVD of his came out called Brutal Massacre, "a mocumentary about a "a beleaguered horror director who sets out to make the movie that will put him back on the A list! Unfortunately for him, a quirky crew and penchant for mishaps don't make anything easier in this hilarious satire of low-budget filmmaking."  Check out the trailer below!
  

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David Naughton (C'73) in Brutal Massacre
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David Naughton (C'73) in American Werewolf in London
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Chip Zien (C'69) in Howard the Duck
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Chip Zien (C'69) in Into The Woods (he's in the green cap):
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Ned Wertimer (C'49) as Ralph the doorman in The Jeffersons



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Several months ago, I reported about a "Philly Fight Night". We're talking real boxing here.

Well, there's been another Fight Night recently.

Per youtube's mccopock1, "In a stunning victory for the Wharton Community, Itai Lemberger knocked out his Penn Law opponent at 2008 Philly Fight Night. Itai's match was the main event for the night, but it didn't last long; the poor sap from Penn Law was laid on his back 30 seconds into the first round of the fight."

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Did you know that the Penn engineers build a race car every year for an annual collegiate competition?

Formula SAE is a collegiate competition held every year in May in Michigan. Around 120 schools compete with open cockpit race cars powered by motorcycle engines.

According to Gregor Zetsche (Eng '08), "Formula SAE started 4 years ago, and currently is sponsored by the engineering school as well as other sponsors (GM, Daimler and lots of other companies). We build the car in the Towne building on campus. Its entirely built by students from the school, most of which are mechanical engineers. We've had lots of people do internships at GM and other car companies, but we've only had about 4 people graduate since the teams inception. One of the alumni (Laurence) actually worked on the new Hummer H3."

Click here to check out the 2006 car in action

Stay tuned to see the 2008 car currently in development!

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What better way to celebrate Christmas day than to give you some Penn alumni Christmas related entertainment news?

While Ray Evans (W'36, Mask and Wig) and his songwriting partner Jay Livingston (C'37) wrote over 400 songs for Broadway musicals, TV and films (including the Mr. Ed theme song), they were probably best known for writing "Silver Bells".

Who knew that this classic was written by 2 Penn alumni?! ..Now you do.

Click here to read about how much money "Silver Bells" has brought them annually, and how long they'll be collecting royalties!
All I'll say is ca-ching!

Click here to watch a special performance of "Silver Bells" (with Penn composer Ray Evans on stage)

Click here to watch a Ray Evans interview where he talks about writing "Mr Ed"

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Who knew that Penn had a Body Building Contest?

Apparently the competition for Mr. and Ms. Penn was held on November 6 and was the 16th (!) annual event.

Click below to check out some of these hot videos from the competition!

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Who knew..

...that there was a Philly Fight Night?

Per jumpcut.com user "Hansel", Philly Fight Night is "an annual tradition at University of Pennsylvania where students box other students in the historic Blue Horizon (the former training ground of "Smokin'" Joe Frazier and the filming location for much of Rocky V)"

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Who Knew? ...that Penn had a Ryukyu Kempo Club?

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Who Knew ...you could have so much fun at Penn's Fine Arts Library?

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