REAL WORLD: EVANSTON
Heads up, all of you low-brow reality TV fans: There is a star among us. Shane Landrum, best (and perhaps solely) known for his appearances on Road Rules: Campus Crawl and Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes Seasons 1 & 2, now works at Evanston’s recently opened Lululemon Athletica store. According to Shane’s MTV bio, his stints on the small screen revolved around gobbling platters of cow scrotum and brains, not to mention he’s both slapped and been slapped by fellow male cast members – though it seems Shane has since discovered serenity in this overpriced mecca of Spandex. When he’s not hawking expensive yoga pants and sports bras to suburban moms with camel toes, he can be found welcoming participants into Pilates and boot camp exercise classes at nearby Giordano’s Dance School. It may seem like an unlikely place to find a semi-sorta-non-celebrity punching in hours, but one Lululemon shopper remarked that he’s incredibly sweet, lovable and super nice (and also super gay). But if you’re looking to follow in Shane’s footsteps, you might have missed your chance: An open casting call for season 23 of Real World was held nearby at the Goose Island Brew Pub’s Clybourn location almost a month ago. Guess you’ll have to soldier onwards drunkenly slap-fighting, sobbing and making out with your housemates without the cameras rolling until next season. Anyway, welcome to Evanston, Shane, glad to have you here!
AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER
Ever imagined yourself partying in the Olympic-sized pool at SPAC? Members of the NPHC sorority Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. are planning on doing just that this Friday night. The “tantalizing Theta Alpha Chapter of DST,” as they’ve billed themselves on their Facebook event page, has been handing out glossy business card-sized fliers for their upcoming event, “An Aqua Affair.” We’ve seen philanthropies held there before (Delta Gamma’s annual “Anchor Splash,” to name one) but never has one seemed like an actual soiree. Plus, the girls have thrown a “best male body” contest into the mix. Somehow these ladies managed to secure the indoor facility from 9 p.m. to midnight, though any Solo cup-fueled action and swimsuit-clad debauchery will probably be going down at the “potential” after party, location to be announced, according to Facebook. The north campus gym might be about to unwittingly host its first rager. Of course, it’ll all depend on the turnout, and judging from the event’s flier, it seems the guests aren’t just coming from NU. With CTA directions, a special Gmail address and reminder to bring a valid college ID (what, they’re not called WildCARDs everywhere else?), it sounds like the crowd will be far more interesting than your average sorority event. We’re curious about how (or if?) they’ll staff the event. Do DJs count as lifeguards on duty?
