Intern of the Week: Vivian Huang 8 Aug 2013 | 07:19 pm

Street: So you’re an intern. What do you do? Vivian Huang: I’m a software engineering intern at Venmo in New York. I’m on the Android team, so I work on the Android peer-to-peer app. (We’re p2p fo...

Playlist of the Week: 8.5.13 5 Aug 2013 | 07:31 pm

Download of the Week: “Magna Carta… Holy Grail” 1 Aug 2013 | 02:34 pm

In Jay-Z’s 12th studio album, “Magna Carta…Holy Grail,” the iconic MC explores his role as a new father to our own American princess, Blue Ivy Carter. In his best track, “JAY Z Blue,” the gritty hip-h...

Album Review: “Blurred Lines” — Robin Thicke 1 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm

Robin Thicke’s new album is like the perfect summer fling: smooth, sexy and a little cocky. Thicke might not be someone you want to introduce to mom, but that’s kind of the point. Whether he’s swearin...

Pro/Con: Penn Summers 1 Aug 2013 | 02:17 pm

So you decided to spend the summer in the capital of the good ol’ U.S.of A — nice choice. Someone once said you have about a one percent chance of coming to D.C. and getting famous, five percent of ge...

This Week in Philly: 8.1.2013 1 Aug 2013 | 02:09 pm

Batman Screening and Superhero Party!When: 8/1, 9pm Where: Drexel Park Cost: FREE Why: AwesomeFest’s summer ‘80s movie festival returns to Drexel Park on the first with a screening of Batman. The c...

TV Recap: The Newsroom: “Willie Pete” 1 Aug 2013 | 02:03 pm

“The Newsroom” is once again an interesting place to be. 1. The episode starts out with Will ripping on every single Republican presidential candidate hopeful. “News Night” replays footage of the ...

Alumni Playlist of the Week: 7.31.13 31 Jul 2013 | 10:42 pm

I was wrapping up middle school during the hey day of the Long Island emo scene. My friends and I would thread studded belts from Hot Topic through our denim skirts, rock a local band tee and head to ...

Drink of the Week: Boozy Dreamsicle Milkshake 30 Jul 2013 | 09:00 pm

Combine 2 cups vanilla ice cream, ¼ cup Mango Passion Fruit Smirnoff Sorbet Light, and 2 tablespoons milk in blender and blend until smooth. Pour in mason jar or other serving glass. Top with ¼ cup wh...

Review: Edward Sharpe and the Magnet Zeros—”Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros” 30 Jul 2013 | 07:26 am

The cover of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zero’s self-titled album shows a rainbow of muted colors coming together behind a figure.  Presumably, it is Sharpe, the messianic cult-leader persona adopt...