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Making it all add up
Top Stories Inflation looms as oil prices soar I want my DVR
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A gem with rough edges
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Fright night
On a recent Friday night, with a light drizzle falling, my friends and I stood in line at the gate of Eastern State Penitentiary to sign waivers proffered by actors in gory makeup. Though it’s standard procedure at the crumbling historic site, it was faintly alarming still. We were there for “Terror Behind the Walls,” the penitentiary’s annual Halloween extravaganza, and as we waited our turn to board an old prison bus we got our first scare of the night—a “prisoner” leaping out of the gloom and drawing a collective scream from everyone in our group.
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Kettl on Katrina
Q&A/The new director of the Fels Center of Government talks about the response to Hurricane Katrina and why it’s time to reevaluate what government can do for us. On Labor Day weekend of 2001, Political Science Professor Don Kettl was wrapping up the introduction to his book, “The Next Government of the United States,” where he had written that changes—big or small—were coming.
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At Work With...Mary McConaghy
WHO SHE IS: Web Coordinator, University Archives and Records Center YEARS AT PENN: 7
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I want my DVR
Top Stories Inflation looms as oil prices soar I want my DVR
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Living between the covers
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Expert Comment for Pending U.S. Supreme Court Rulings
EXPERT COMMENT FOR PENDING U.S. SUPREME COURT RULINGSfrom the University of Pennsylvania Law SchoolOct. 20, 2005Wisconsin Right to Life v. Federal Election CommissionWhether a federal law restricting campaign advertising must contain an exception for grassroots issue ads that coincide with electionsNathaniel Persily, professor of law Areas of expertise: Election law, campaign finance, congressional redistrictingGonzales v. Oregon
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For The Record: Imprisonment 101
William Smith’s 1753 essay, A General Idea of the College of Mirania, landed in the hands of the right person: Ben Franklin.
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Turning exercise into electricity—one step at a time
RESEARCH/This Penn biologist took just 30 minutes to invent a power-generating backpack. In the middle of Larry Rome’s biology lab sits a treadmill. Overhead, a ring of high-tech cameras points down at the clunky piece of exercise equipment, and a computer nearby flashes a video of a man walking with an odd-looking backpack. “The funny thing is,” says Rome, “two years ago, none of this stuff was here.” Certainly, for much of his career in biology, Rome had little use for a treadmill, much less cameras like those Hollywood producers use to create special effects.