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Heads up for health care plan changes
Don’t ignore that packet on health care benefits that’s about to arrive on your doorstep some time next week. It will tell you the changes in health benefits and costs for 2002-2003. And those changes might affect which plan works best for you. With Open Enrollment, the annual period for switching plans is just around the corner—April 22 to May 3. “Your health care choices will remain unless you put in a request for a change,” said Vice President for Human Resources Jack Heuer. So it’s time to pay attention to the facts.
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“Certainly you’ll see a hiccup. There’s no question about that. But there’ll be a lot more innovation because of the hiccup.”
—David Farber, Alfred Fitler Moore Professor of Telecommuniations Systems, on how Microsoft is exaggerating the consequences of unbundling the programs in Windows (The Boston Globe, March 24)
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The portable U-City: University City now fits in your jacket pocket, thanks to the University City District’s “University City Philadelphia Visitor’s Guide.” The guide, available at the UCD offices, 3940 Chestnut St., and local hotels and merchants, lists the area’s cultural, dining, shopping, lodging and recreational attractions, along with a listing of major events, a map, and information about the universities that give the neighborhood its name.
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Research: Truth and deception—the brain tells all
These days it’s becoming more difficult to get away with a lie. In a study using functional magnetic resonance imaging machines, or MRIs, Penn researchers have found that the brain operates differently in cases of deception and honesty.
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EU is facing identity crisis
While stock exchanges worldwide are assessing the impact of the euro in numbers and decimal places, Penn gathered a panel of international scholars to look at the sociological consequences of the new common European currency. The interdisciplinary conference, “Euroland and Eastern Europe: Assessing the New Integration Processes,” took place March 22. Although it may seem miraculous that countries that spent the better part of the last millennium battling each other could share an integrated monetary policy, the panel warned that many issues still remain unresolved.
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Spring into action and discover the campus
Runners, walkers, bicyclists, soccer players, ultimate addicts, softball players, picnickers, too. Good news! It’s spring. Go play. From the fields below street level near the Schuylkill Expressway to the Woodlands Cemetery and at 40th Street, the campus offers spaces that are great for sports and relaxation. And the Recreation and Athletic departments have activities, formal and informal, to help you stretch away the winter stiffness.
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New ideas shape campus health club expansion
Grunting and sweating promise to be much more enjoyable activities by 2003. By then the David S. Pottruck Health and Fitness Center, a state-of-the-art recreational space totaling 65,000 square feet, will have made its debut. The addition will more than double the size of Gimbel Gym’s existing indoor recreational space, from 50,000 to 115,000 square feet, and provide more room for informal recreation, sport clubs, fitness and wellness classes, and intramural sport.
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Salute to a Penn Relays trailblazer of Olympic stature
The Penn Relays participants who have won Olympic gold medals—there are 206 of them—include some of track and field’s household names: Carl Lewis. Jesse Owens. Jim Thorpe. Edwin Moses. Gail Devers. Were it not for a life cut short in its prime, the name of John Baxter Taylor (V’08) would be equally well known.
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Spring cleaning tips from the pros
It’s that time of the year when carpets need to be beaten and dust bunnies need to be chased away. And who knows how to do spring cleaning better than Penn’s facilities and housekeeping staff? You could learn a thing or two from these pros. At the Current we want only the meanest disinfectant and the best scrubbing techniques, but we don’t want to kill ourselves in the process, so we’re paying heed to those tips on handling chemicals. Hey, it’s is a dirty job, but somebody’s got to do it.
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“Measuring Up: How Advertising Affects Self-Image”
The mute gestures of advertising images are frozen for posterity by photographers and illustrators, gestures that, for better or worse, perpetuate a certain aesthetic and eventually become emblematic of a period. Today’s images display the values of a society that has more interest in the body than the mind. They represent unattainable appearances that leave women and men feeling horrified, estranged and restricted by unrealistic, silent mandates.