PD Primer - PennDesign - University of Pennsylvania
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time in the studio as your partner does, it can be nice<br />
to drop in. Sometimes this will be your quality time<br />
together for the week. Find a project you can work on<br />
(I knitted socks and mittens) so you won’t be dependent<br />
on your partner for entertainment.<br />
Network. We’re all in this together. Your partner’s<br />
classmates will also have significant others in the same<br />
boat you are. Get together with them for some tea and<br />
sympathy.<br />
Free Beer. I’m not sure this is actually allowed, but<br />
I’d advise going to the Friday night Happy Hour. You<br />
can get to know your partner’s classmates when they<br />
are eager to procrastinate.<br />
FOR lONG-DISTaNCE RElaTIONSHIPS:<br />
SKYPE is a beautiful thing. Just remember not to<br />
leave the screen grabs on the desktop.<br />
Don’t visit on a Visual Studies weekend.<br />
Drag your partner out while you are visiting. You<br />
didn’t come all that way to see the inside <strong>of</strong> the studio.<br />
You have the right to expect brunch.<br />
Take this guidebook and explore Philadelphia by<br />
yourself. Visit the architectural wonders, since the odds<br />
are high that your partner will never have time to see<br />
them. Describe them in vivid detail over dinner.<br />
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EXERCiSE<br />
hit thE<br />
SPAndEX<br />
Remember the “freshman fifteen” you gained during your<br />
college days? Expect the same to happen this time around,<br />
except your newly acquired curves will be the result <strong>of</strong> a<br />
sedentary grad-student lifestyle, not all-you-can-eat dorm<br />
food or devotion to perfecting the art <strong>of</strong> the keg stand.<br />
At Penn, students have two options to stay fit: Hutchinson<br />
Gym and the recently erected Pottruck Center. If you<br />
prefer working out with vintage equipment that looks like<br />
it was salvaged from the promenade deck <strong>of</strong> the Titanic,<br />
then Hutchinson Gym is the place for you. Built in 1928,<br />
nothing has been updated since Penn researchers started<br />
balancing their checkbooks with ENIAC. But it does have<br />
a pool, squash courts, and a gym that fills most nights with<br />
basketball, volleyball, and soccer players. Unlike Pottruck,<br />
it’s free for grad students.<br />
hUtChinSon<br />
Hutchinson hides behind the Lott Tennis Courts east <strong>of</strong><br />
33rd Street (for information about playing here or at the<br />
indoor Levy Tennis Pavilion, call 215-898-4741). Walk up<br />
the driveway between the courts and Franklin Field and<br />
you’ll find Hutchinson next to The Palestra, Penn’s storied<br />
basketball arena. Your card will be swiped just inside the<br />
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