A record number of people applied for FlingSafe this year, forcing SPEC to close the application window early and turn away even seniors. What is this, the wine tasting preceptorial?

Anyway, I got in and earned my free ticket to the very same concert that I earlier expressed no interest in. Does this make me a hypocrite? I don’t think so. Seeing an artist whose best work — which itself was overrated — is behind him for free is different than paying $25.

Our otherwise tedious FlingSafe orientation did have a few key facts that everyone should know. Read this stuff — it’ll make your Fling safer and my job easier so that I won’t have to be sober on duty worry about all my fellow students.

• Stay away from parties with jungle juice. A favorite among frat brothers, JJ is incredibly potent and easy to spike with date rape drugs. For those reasons, RAs and House Deans will be breaking up parties without warning if they contain the red stuff. As FlingSafers, we’re supposed to report any sightings of jungle juice immediately so the real authorities can swoop in.
• Don’t forget medical amnesty! If you see someone in really bad shape, do your part and report it. Save this number into your phone: 215.573.3333. That will connect you to Penn Police.
• If you are in Riepe and you get in trouble, your Penn Card will be taken away. The same is not true of the other Houses — RAs will just take down your information and you’ll be able to keep your card. What happens if you do lose your Penn Card? It gets returned to the Riepe mail room (in Thomas Penn, I think) about an hour later. Apparently, last year no one really knew this and so people wandered around without their Penn Cards for a few days. Don’t do that.

Have fun out there!

Tags: Fling, FlingSafe

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