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I Use This For DT!

This is the better version (it's HD!) of the camera used to take videos you see on this site from Alumni Weekend 2007 and Homecoming 2007 weekend.

What's great about the Flip Video Camera? Click to show +/-

--it's easy to use
--it fits into your pocket
--it takes great video
--it's cheap for a good, portable video camera
--it has a USB port that pops up that plugs right into your computer
--at the push of a button you can easily upload videos to your computer and publish directly to sites like youtube.
--this camera now stores 120 minutes!

Gift Ideas:
--I got this camera for my cousin after she graduated from high school. I thought it would be great in college... and as I see on her facebook profile, she's certainly using it everywhere.
--my sister had a baby and since I live 2000 miles away, she and my brother-in-law video my niece and send me the videos weekly.

Click here to get the Flip Video Camcorder (120 Minutes)

Submitting News + DT Updates

The Scoop...+/-

1) Submitting News:
Are you a Penn Alum with something to promote? Post it on the DT Boards or Calendar! ...Or send me the answers to THESE questions to be considered for a featured post.

2) Alumni & Undergrad Advice: Why We Chose UPenn

3) Some of my DT Video Favorites HERE

4) Video playlists are now featured in the dropdown menus in the blue strip above

5) How DT can advance your Entertainment career!

6) Our Video page interface has been cleaned up! Check it out HERE!

7) New Related Posts feature at bottom of each post

8) Transformers 2 Photos and Videos Shot at Penn!

Steve Stecklow (C'76) wins Pulitzer Prize in Journalism!

Monday, April 30, 2007

Steve Stecklow (C’76) is part of a four-person team that recently received the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism. Stecklow and his team-mates, all reporters for the Wall Street Journal, were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for its “creative and comprehensive probe into backdated stock options for business executives,” which led to a number of top executives losing their jobs.

For more on the story, click here

To read the Pulitzer Award winning articles that Stecklow and his team wrote, click here

MTV 2007 Movie Awards: Elizabeth Banks (C'96) up for "Best Kiss"

Elizabeth Banks (C'96) just got nominated in the "Best Kiss" category in this year's MTV Movie Awards.

Check out her competition:

BEST KISS
* Cameron Diaz & Jude Law The Holiday
* Will Ferrell & Sacha Baron Cohen Talladega Nights
* Columbus Short & Meagan Good Stomp the Yard
* Mark Wahlberg & Elizabeth Banks Invincible
* Marlon Wayans & Brittany Daniel Little Man

Tune in on Sunday, June 3rd at 8PM/7c on MTV to find out the results!

150+ UPenn Videos and counting!

Sunday, April 29, 2007

Click here to check out the 150+ UPenn videos we have so far!

...or click here to check out all the tag words associated with all the videos we have!

Watch this!: Kyle McGinnis (Eng '08) illustrates "Hannah"

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Great Penn talent continues to surface on the web from Kyle McGinnis (Eng, '08)!

Check out a video from his portfolio video here as well:

For more Penn videos, click here!

Jared Miller (C'97) on Law & Order on Friday, 4/27, 9 pm!

Tivo Alert!

Jared Miller (C'97) will be co-starring on Law & Order "Fall-out" April 27th, 9PM on NBC co-starring Jared Miller

Per Jared,
"Dino Renzetti Returns!!! Okay, so technically they called me T.A.R.U. (Technical Assistance Response Unit) Technician Randy Beckway in this new episode of Law & Order, but seriously folks I was just playing Dino playing Randy Beckway as an undercover rogue tech agent for the NYPD. It's my backstory and I am sticking to it, technically."

Alumni Books, DVDs and Music, Oh My!

Monday, April 23, 2007

UPENN BOOKS, DVDS AND MUSIC!

Check out our new store where you can browse/shop for books, DVDs and music based on specific alumni:

*Alumni Books

*Alumni DVDs

*Alumni Music

CLOTHING

Also be sure to check out all the Penn shirts, caps, sweatshirts and baby gifts you can load up on:
(Click here to see what I think makes an awesome baby gift...)

Check it all out here!

UPENN ITEMS ON EBAY!

"Hey Day" videos: Oh the Debauchery!

Watch President Gutmann declare the Class of 2008, "Seniors" and then see the traditional "Hey Day" craziness in full effect!

Click here to watch the videos!

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