Sunday was 4/20, widely recognized as national pot-smoking day. I managed to do all the things sober I would have done if I were high — eat an entire medium pizza from Domino’s while playing Mario Golf and Rez at the same time.

Why didn’t I smoke up? No ethical reason — I don’t think illegal equals immoral. I wasn’t particularly busy. And I can’t say it would have been my first time. No, the reason I didn’t participate in our national holiday was a little more subtle and has a lot to do with Penn’s culture.

We have a deserved reputation for “working hard and playing hard.” Even beyond Wharton, ours is an ambitious student body that seeks out practical applications of its education. One of the wallpapers on the University homepage reads, “A pragmatic love of knowledge.”

It’s clear what working hard means. But what exactly is playing hard?

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Over at Columbia, apparently they’re not indulging in enough casual sex.

When I first read that blog entry, I thought it was a slightly confusing, laughably bad attempt to persuade Columbia girls to spread their legs a bit more often. Rereading, however, I found several morsels of truth that could’ve been written by any sexually frustrated Quaker.

Most guys here are woefully incompetent with women while the females themselves are viewing every hookup against the historical arc of their lives.

and just as accurate,

If you want to experience some pleasure then do it. Live in the moment! Can’t sex simply be fun? Maybe the idea is a little revolutionary for our activist student body.

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