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Watch out PC: Mac is back
Have you been hearing the good news coming from Apple Computer lately? Maybe not, but Wall Street certainly has. Apple is expected to continue to show profits ($45 million on $1.4 billion in revenue last quarter), and its stock price has more than doubled in the last six months. The outstanding success of Apple's G3 Power PC Macintoshes (which are up to twice as fast as Intel machines), the recent release of QuickTime 3 for streaming video and audio, and the new feature-rich Microsoft Office 98 for Macintosh are all pointing to a company that is on the comeback.
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Our favorite campus lunch spots
That's why there's vanilla and that's why there's chocolate. That's why there's Abner's and that's why there's Koch's -- and that's why the food court in the Shops at Penn has so many booths. Here's a sampling of our faves in flaves. Jason Sobel, Engineering and Applied Science, Class of 2000 "LeBus has all the makings of a gourmet cafeteria: great coffee, sandwiches, salads or fresh baked cookies. Also, you get great bread with every meal, and you don't even have to clean up after yourself."
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A tree grows in West Philly
Photo by Tommy Leonardi Sulzberger Middle School sixth-graders show Harris Wofford, president and CEO of the Corporation for National Service, some of the street trees that they are raising for planting in the community when they graduate.
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Classiest class yet
More students than ever before applied here this year; and, more students than ever before were turned away by Admissions this year. Out of the 16,651 students who applied, Admissions offered only 4,837 (29 percent) the chance to be part of the Class of 2002, according to Admissions Dean Lee Stetson, who said the record-breaking numbers are exciting but challenging, in that those accepted will have many options.
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Penn bicyclists team up to fight MS
Two recently-appointed University of Pennsylvania Health System administrators are looking for others to join their fight against multiple sclerosis through bike riding. Pat Donahue, director of employee health services and international marketing, and Garry L. Scheib, executive director for network development in New Jersey, will co-captain the newly formed University of Pennsylvania Health System Team for this year's MS 150 City to Shore and Bike to the Bay fundraising rides in September.
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They're off and running
Washington has the cherry blossoms, San Juan Capistrano the swallows, and we have the Penn Relays. The nation's oldest and largest amateur track meet will bring top athletes from 35 countries and fans from all over together again for the 104th time on the last weekend in April. Officially, it's the Penn Relay Carnival, and all the activities that surround the event justify the use of the word, but the track and field events remain the heart and soul of Penn Relays weekend.
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Take good care of yourself
Photos by Dwight Luckey They came, they played, they got Twisted (above). And while they did, the students who turned out for last Friday's "Wellness Event" sponsored by the Undergraduate Assembly, Student Health Advisory Board, Jewish Activities Council, Student Nursing at Penn and the Recreation Department also improved their health in the process.
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Drug helps target attack on tumors
Researchers at Penn's Cancer Center have developed a drug that will help doctors fine-tune cancer treatments to patients. The drug, EF5, allows doctors to effectively determine the oxygen content of a tumor, which subsequently dictates the appropriate course of treatment to be followed.
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D-L Wormley
Things are looking up in University City, Managing Director of Community Housing Diane-Louise Wormley said as she reflected on the swirl of publicity over Penn's new housing programs.
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The view from Philly's Left Bank
In the 18th century, it was a bucolic community called Blockley Township. Now, we know it as University City, a rich and diverse community that is a hub of transportation, education, research and medicine with an industrial legacy to boot. Photographer Dave Latakos, whose "A View from University City" is shown here, has created a photo-essay, "Neighborhood Contrasts--University City," that captures all the various architectural, institutional and human elements that give University City its character today.