The group performed at the 2003 Zee Bollywood Awards in New York, where they received the Project IMPACT Award for Outstanding Contribution to the South Asian-American Community. Another notable Penn Masala performance was at the 2009 White House Diwali celebration and signing of the Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders , which addressed "issues concerning the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community." And did we mention they've been on BOCA CDs and the soundtrack for the 2001 movie American Desi? Yeah, we'd say they're pretty good. 4. The Sil'hooettes (University of Virginia) The Sil'hooettes are the epitome of a cappella girl power. These singing superstars have won multiple Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards and have been featured on BOCA CDs and Voices Only, a compilation of the best a cappella songs in the nation. They have performed at places such as the Kennedy Center, Boston Red Sox baseball games, and Baltimore Orioles baseball games, and they have also opened for Ben Folds and Girl Talk. While their cover of "Idioteque" by Radiohead landed them on the most recent BOCA album, the Sils also do an amazing job covering female vocal powerhouses such as Lana Del Rey . About the author Michelle Lewis is a rising senior at UNC-Chapel Hill double majoring in journalism and French. Last semester she studied abroad in Montpellier, France, where she bought too many pairs of shoes and ate way too many pastries. At UNC, she writes for The Daily Tar Heel, blogs for