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Jake Williams
The Current Staff Photo credit: Mark Stehle WHO HE IS: Information Center Specialist, Samsom Place East MONTHS AT PENN: 10.
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A diverse class
Penn’s new freshman class is one of the most diverse and accomplished in the University’s history—and, more than ever, the students of the Class of 2010 really, really want to be here.
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Ask the Arboretum: Autumn gardening tips
As chief horticulturalist at Penn’s Morris Arboretum in Chestnut Hill, Vince Marrocco is responsible for keeping all 92 acres of the garden—from the rose garden to the oak allee to the herb garden—looking great all year long.
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New Current siteThe Penn Current has a new—and much improved—presence on the Web. This week the Current launched its redesigned web site at www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current. The site has all of the content from the paper version of the Current, presented in an easy-to-use format. We’d love to hear your comments about the site. Please send your thoughts to current@pobox.upenn.edu.
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Staff Q&A with Pat Hall & Carol Sheets
Staff Q&A/Two employees at the New Bolton Center talk about the drawings, get-well cards and dozens of flowers sent to one very famous patient. “Barbaro did receive a wedding invitation a couple weeks ago.” When Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro broke bones above and below his ankle at the Preakness on May 20, both Pat Hall and Carol Sheets knew he would be rushed to Penn’s New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pa. “I just knew Barbaro was coming here because we’re the best. In my mind, there were no ifs, ands or buts,” says Sheets.
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In memoriam
By The Current Staff Photo credit: University Archives The Sophomore Cremation Exercise may seem a little morbid these days, but from 1877 to a
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On the road
Traveling, for many of us, evokes images of exotic shores, distant lands or time away from work, home and even the kids. It may also conjure up thoughts of diaries or travel writing, globalization and nomads, Ulysses’ great journey or ecotourism. This year Penn and the greater community will spend a year thinking, discussing and writing about travel in the 2006-7 Penn Humanities Forum.
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Cute as a button
Five-year-old Theo Zarobell enjoys exploring the famous Split Button sculpture on College Green. Zarobell is the son of Keally McBride, lecturer in the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing. Photo credit: Mark Stehle
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Baby talk: It’s much more sophisticated than you think
Children do say the darnedest things. But the next time you chuckle at a toddler insisting “I weared my jacket,” consider the possibility that her grammar is perfect, just in another language.
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Ahead of the Current
Penn opens its 130th season of football this year, and the Quakers once again figure to be in the hunt for the Ivy League championship: According to the Ivy League preseason media poll, Penn is predicted to finish second in the League. Of course, that’s only a prediction, and the Quakers, led by tailback Joe Sandberg (pictured at left), expect nothing less than a League title. One of the season highlights will be homecoming weekend (Oct. 28-29), when Penn takes on defending Ivy champs Brown.