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GCC '09 Digital Dance-Off

So, about a week ago I had an interesting conversation with Ify a friend of mine from college. I asked her, "who would win in a dance battle between the 09 boys and girls." She was confident in the girls taking the title. This got me thinking... if we can't have a real dance battle (cause let's face, it the logistics are just too much to handle) why don't we have a digital dance off. And that's what's going down.

This is serious stuff. We're taking it to the (digital) streets. Here is my challenge vid:

HEY day.

So, this Tuesday we celebrated Hey Day. For the non-Penn students, Hey Day is a time-honored tradition begun in 1916 that celebrates the becoming of Seniors. This basically means, that it's a day where Juniors wear Red Shirts and parade through the campus as Seniors pour as much food and foul material on the Juniors as possible. Let me tell you, it was a BLAST. Here are some photos:

BEFORE


AFTER

It's amazing how loved you can feel when you're covered with fish sauce, mustard, syrup and some unknown substances (prob better not to know). Thank you class of '08.

Dear class of '10: Prepare to be loved/demolished. You don't even know.

dear '09 Sisters,

So a couple weeks ago I wrote a blog post about a term I called, “man-love.” This was one of my favorite posts and apparently a favorite among most of the boys; however, I got a couple of comments from disgruntled girls who had differing sentiments.

Anyways, last night, the ’09 GCC Sisters hosted “09 Brother’s Appreciation Night” – an amazing night of fun, football, and fellowship. It was rather evident that this night was a culmination of a lot of thought and hard-work. I thought that this would be an appropriate way to say thank you sisters:

Main Entry: GCC ’09 Sisters
Pronunciation: oH-nīn sis-tərs
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English

1: The body of girls who attend Grace Covenant Church and are members of the 2009 class.
2: The talented ladies who cooked amazing food, organized exciting games and demonstrated their love during yesterday’s Brother Appreciation Night.
3. The caring and compassionate friends whom the ’09 brothers could not live without.
4. The best sisters EVER.
4a. Girls, last night was really an awesome night. Thanks for putting up with (and loving) a bunch of immature and ridiculous little boys like us. Although, we’re not always the best at showing our appreciation to you, we hope you know that the event was really encouraging and touching for all of us.

With love,
’09 Brothers.

man-love

This past weekend the GCC ’09 class went on a fall break trip to Jersey Shore; it was a really amazing time. We spent time playing on the beach, watching movies, traveling into the city and sharing something that I like to call “man-love.” That’s right man-love. For the ladies who will never experience man-love, I’ve included a definition below.

Main Entry: man-¹love
Pronunciation: maen\’ləv\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lufu

1: Strong manly bond with another man arising out of kinship or personal ties; completely non-sexual affection based on admiration, benevolence, or common interests
2: Unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another; brotherly concern for others
3: Comraderie felt by men on the same sports team (as demonstrated by the love-tap)
4: Common method of displaying affection among GCC brothers

It’s crazy this thing they call man-love.