Roy Vongtama (C'96) plays "Tibetan" on History Channel show

Had this not been a busy week as well as me dealing with a (temporarily) disabled Facebook account, I would have said "Tivo alert!"

Dr. and actor Roy Vongtama (C'96) appeared on the History Channel's Decoding the Past: Tibetan Book of the Dead. He played a "spooked out Tibetan dude named Tenzin who dies and wakes up in the afterlife."

This already aired, but may come back in repeats. Check your local listings. Click here for more information

Also, watch out for Roy's appearance this summer as "Doctor Yang" in Warner Brother's The Bucket List starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, directed by Rob Reiner!

Click here to read my other post about Roy.

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Stay tuned..

We've had our facebook account temporarily disabled. :(

When it comes back (which I hope should be in the next day or so), I'll be posting more on here! (I want to make sure everyone will be exposed to my new stories)

I've got plenty of posts about lots of alumni and undergrads in my queue, so stay tuned!

In the meantime, have you checked out the photos section?

Click here to poke around and submit!

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Carlos Andrés Gómez (C'04) is a poet and he knows it

Carlos Andrés Gómez (C'04), award-winning NYC poet and actor, has a voice. ...And it's channeled through his passion for the spoken word. After checking out his videos, the best word to describe this guy is captivating!

At Penn, Carlos was the founder of The Excelano Project one of the nation's premier spoken word/performance poetry collectives.

You may have seen him earlier this year on the cover of the February issue of Brass Magazine and on the most recent season of HBO's Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry.

His passion for this art form has opened doors into the acting world as well.

Click here to watch Carlos in action as he discusses his craft and his involvement in the film The Inside Man and HBO's Def Poetry.

Click below to watch his other captivating performances:
"What's Genocide"
"Tipping Point"
"All We Have"

Click here to check out Carlos' website

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...But what are the "Dueling Tampons"? And why the controversy?

(Videos above taken from Reunion Weekend 2007.)

...So what's the story behind our namesake, anyway?

Since that's what this site is called, I figured I'd contact University Archives to get more of the details.

Jacqueline Jacovini, the Curator at Penn's archives gave me the skinny...

Beyond the fact that they're "four elements" made of rolled sheets of milled steel whose overall dimensions are 45' x 69' x 26'... the "Covenant" (real name) was something of controversy when it was built on Penn's campus in 1975.

Click to check out more details about why this "obnoxiously spastic" (quote from a 1974 undergrad) structure was built in the first place.

Now you (and I) know.

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Mark Cronin's (Eng'86) Rock of Love debuts this Sunday night!

Tune in this Sunday, July 15 when Mark Cronin's (Eng'86, Mask and Wig) Rock of Love with Bret Michaels follows the lead singer of rock band Poison as he chooses a wife from a group of 25 young ("15 minutes of fame" craving) women. Check your local listings.

Click here to see a commercial for Rock of Love!

Click here to catch up on all of Mark's great "celebreality" shows

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UPenn research predicts murderers (yikes!)

Check out this report I just saw about Penn getting into the crime prediction game.

Click here to check it out!
(advance to minute 3:10 in countdown clock)

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Todd Lieberman (C'95) goes undercover with Traitor

Todd Lieberman (C'95) (right) with Disney Channel Worldwide President Rich Ross (C'83) (left)
from 14th Annual (Los Angeles) Penn in Pictures

Todd Lieberman (C'95, Mask and Wig, AEPi) will be producing Traitor, an espionage thriller originally thought up by Steve Martin on the set of Todd's previously produced movie, Bringing Down the House.

Per the Hollywood Reporter, "The story centers on a CIA operative working undercover with a terrorist group who becomes a terrorist suspect. [Don] Cheadle is the undercover agent, while [Guy] Pearce is an FBI agent investigating terrorist activities."

Currently, Todd is in post-production on The Heaven Project, starring Paul Walker, and will begin shooting South of the Border on Monday for Disney.

Finally set your tivos for Todd's TV show, The Kill Point coming to Spike TV on July 22.

Click here to check out the trailer!

Click here to see my previous posts about Todd

Click here to check out all of Todd's (and other alumni) films

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