Ok, maybe not Philadelphia, but “Philadelphia-area”.
Tuesday night, someone flattened the tires of 40 buses in the Pennsauken school district, presumably to avoid going to school. That same person awkwardly spray-painted “Sen ’08” on one of the buses as well.
This, however, does not compete with the recent chicken run in the Northeast.
Photo courtesy of myfoxphilly.com.
If you’ve taken IH2 (soon to be Mosaic, see our article here), you’ve probably read Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, the milestone 1958 novel the presents colonization through the eyes of the colonized.
Achebe will be at the Free Library tonight celebrating the 50th anniversary of the book. The auditorium is sold out, but simulcast seating is still available and Achebe will be signing copies of the book after his lecture. Tickets are $14/adults and $7/students, so bring your I.D.s.
See the event description, here. 
A special Temple cameo from overheardinphilly.com:
Philadelphia cop comes tearing in the door and tries to jump onto an elevator, followed by a shouting Temple cop:
Philly cop: “I outrank you!”
Temple cop: “No, *I* outrank *you*!”
Temple University Dental School
Overheard by Feeling safe in Philly
Posted by overheardinphilly at 6:59 AM
Stephen Colbert, the satirical scourge of the political right, is coming to Philadelphia, taping shows from April 14 to the 17th. Sorry, tickets are already gone.
He’ll be taping in the Annenberg Center For The Performing Art’s 900-seat Zellerbach Theatre at the University of Pennsylvania. (hat tip to Dan for finding the location of taping, 3/19/08)
Just days before the April 22 primary, Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will square off at the National Constitution Center, according to Forbes.com (as written by former Philadelphia Inquirer Managing Editor Carl Lavin).
The bruhaha will take place on April 16, the 21st debate among Democrats, though just the second between only Clinton and Obama. A handful of then-contenders debated at Drexel Universty in October.
Plans are already underway for another debate in North Carolina before its May 6 primary, though their are no guarantees both candidates will still be in the running after Pennsylvania Democrats vote. Obama has agreed to the date.
Seems like the Philadelphia Phillies don’t necessarily want many college students to go to the games this season. Nowhere are the College Nights listed on their events schedule.
However, after some heavy searching of the Web site, the newly named “Student Discount Dates” prevail.
But it could be worse…at least we do have College Nights again.
College Nights continue at this link. Have a ball…and a beer.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports today that Penn and Drexel are in talks to run two small high schools within the Philadelphia School District.
The two schools would be in the University City area, one focusing on international studies and the other on engineering and technology. The schools could open as early as September, 2009.
The collaboration would be the first in Philly, but similar joint-efforts have taken root around the country.
No word on why Temple is not involve or when we will get to run our own high school.
[Image courtesy of Disney].
Yo, if you got the hams to shake, check out auditions to be a cheerleader for the Philadelphia Eagles.
So, if you’re hot and look good in green, and wanna be adored by millions, perhaps billions, like the below video will suggest, make us proud.
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With increased awareness of global warming and pollution, SEPTA is the next to try to do something about it. At Market East station around three o’clock, officials held a press conference promoting their new “Go Green” campaign.
Behind this afternoons speakers the new Go Green logo was displayed, made out of moss attached to the windows overlooking the train platform. The idea is to help reduce pollution by getting more people to take public transportation and reduce the number of cars on the road.
SEPTA director Joe Casey also said that they had plans on putting 400 new hybrid busses into service between 2008 and 2011. In an effort to get more people to ride in the immediate future, increased service will be held for certain regional rail lines during this years flower show, held from March 2-9 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
(this is a blogger)
“Philadelphia is a great city to be a journalist,” my Investigative Reporting prof. tells us. I think he was saying something about how there’s nobody to rake the muck anymore, but the logic applies in what seems to be a glut of job openings at the city’s weblogs.
For all those who don’t know, bloggers are psuedo-journalists who don’t do any reporting, but are free to criticize anybody they please. For an example, see this post.
Anyhow, we’ve seen a number of openings in the last week, A degree is not necessarily required, but for all, a quick wit and knowledge of AP style are encouraged.
CityPaper Editorial Asst. (Craigslist)
Phillyist contributor (Phillyist)
Unknown “700 Level”-style sports blog (Craigslist)
