Wharton Study: The Sky Is Freaking Blue

Wharton went out and and spent your application fee on a study that proves men like men’s stores and women like women’s stores.

Well, pretty much. The study, by Wharton’s Jay H. Baker Retail Initiative and Toronto consulting firm Verde Group reveals women like to shop for female things and browse around all the time, while men like to get in, get out and get home and use it. No, really.

The article on Wharton’s website about the study goes on for approximately 57,000 words, so I’ll just shoot right to the best part:

Erin Armendinger, managing director of the Baker initiative, puts it this way: “Men and women are simply different,” she says.

Wharton’s next study will be about men and how they like girls’ breasts.

‘Men Buy, Women Shop’: The Sexes Have Different Priorities When Walking Down the Aisles [Knowledge @ Wharton via Reason]

Go To Penn And Learn About Teamwork

Hey, so Penn has this thing called the “Wharton School,” which is apparently some sort of businessman factory or something. And there’s also the “College,” which is where people go to major in science and majors where you don’t have to go to class.

But, soon, you’ll be able to go to the “College” and learn how to be a businessman anyway! The School of Arts & Sciences is planning a minor called B-FLAT - Budgeting, Finance, Leadership and Teamwork, because that’s a way better thing to say when you meet somebody at a bar if she asks you what your major was. “Oh, I was in B-FLAT, beeyotch!” (Also, it’s good to know there will soon be a degree worth even less than my one in English; if you go to Penn to study teamwork, you need to give your money to the poor instead.)

The Wharton School, as expected, is none too pleased:

“I think it provides a disservice to the school,” said Georgette Chapman Phillips, Wharton’s vice dean of Undergraduate Education. “If you are going to take all these business classes, why aren’t you doing it in” Wharton?

Because you wouldn’t let them in. Duh.

College pushes for minor in business [Daily Pennsylvanian]

Calvinism And Wharton, Together At Last

An Overheard-in-[Wherever] conversation between two Wharton kids.

Student 1: So, you were at a hedge fund over the summer, right? [Envious]

Student 2: Well, the thing is, I would’ve had to split my time. You know, I just felt it would take too much from all the other things in my life.
Student 1: Wait, so you didn’t take the job?!?
Student 2: No. I mean, a lot of things happened this summer. I really had a lot of eye-opening experiences.
Student 1: [Still baffled that he didn't take the hedge fund internship]
Student 2: I mean, life-changing. I became a Calvinist.

After all, who could turn down a religion where the founder is just so stylish!

Overheard: Wharton students [cherdt's journal]

Leftovers: Yes Men Look To Ride Borat Wave

• Okay, this one’s a little weird, but let’s do it. On the Wharton website: “A panelist for the Wharton Africa Business Forum misrepresented himself as being affiliated with the World Trade Organization (WTO). Based on that misrepresentation, the individual was invited to speak at the Forum, which was held on November 11, 2006 in Philadelphia. As soon as the conference organizers realized the misrepresentation perpetrated by this individual, the other panelists were immediately informed. Neither the conference organizers nor The Wharton School had or has any association with the individual nor do they endorse the individual’s views.” And you know why? Because of this. Yes, the “Yes Men” — remember them? — managed to sneak in and present a slavery-as-an-economic-model thesis. And nobody stopped them from presenting their thing on slavery. Huzzah. [Jessica Gold Haralson (the last one)]

• Another pay raise for the legislators! Okay, this one’s only a two-percent cost of living increase, but you damn better well bet somebody is going to have a giant pig on the steps of the legislature next time they’re in session! [Inquirer]

• Bob Brady has a blog. Oh, goodie. [Young Philly Politics]

• Chris Webber denied asking for a trade out of Philadelphia. Uhh, Chris? Hey. How about you ask to be traded, okay? It’ll be better for both of us. [Inquirer]

Updated: A bunch of cultural groups are going to try to keep The Gross Clinic in Philadelphia. Huzzah, people. Huzzah. [Art Museum]