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Put your Valentine on ice
Love to skate? The Class of 1923 Ice Rink has a sweetheart of a deal for you and your family next weekend. On Saturday, Feb. 10, a family of four (two adults and two children) can skate to their heart’s delight between the hours of 12:30 and 4 p.m. for a mere $5. Skate rental is included in the admission charge. In addition, the rink will offer music, free hot chocolate, prizes and surprises. And there will be skate coaches on hand to help novice skaters stay upright.
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From the prairies to the oceans
Clifford Haugen’s greatest engineering triumph may not be in his work as a senior Management and Technology major at Wharton and the School of Engineering and Applied Science. It just might be the textbook legs that support his wood-plank coffee table. “I have a philosophy I follow,” Haugen said. “Never let your classes get in the way of your college education.”
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Doyle named PR chief
Lori N. Doyle, vice president for external affairs of the American Water Works Company, Inc. in Voorhees, N.J., returned to the University today as director of communications, Penn President Judith Rodin announced.
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Ari Alexander
If you talk to Ari Alexander (C’01) about his Marshall Scholarship, you will hear him tell you at least three times what he wants to do with his life. He wants to help people. This commitment is the text of Ari Alexander’s life; the rest is commentary. Now he’s going to go study.
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Penn Receives $20 Million Gift For University Priorities In Financial Aid, Student Life and Faculty Support
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania has received a $20 million gift from Say Yes to Education, Inc. that will provide for its priorities in student life, faculty support and financial aid, according to an announcement today by Penn President Judith Rodin.
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Personal attacks in politics bemoaned
We may never see the likes of Bill Clinton again. And that, journalist Joe Klein (C’68) suggested, would be a real shame. Klein — the once-anonymous author of “Primary Colors,” the roman à clef of the ’92 Clinton campaign — was the featured speaker at a Fox Leadership Program forum on “The Clinton Legacy and the Future of the Bush Presidency” Jan. 23.
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Ooh la la, architectural decorations!
It is often said that genius goes unrecognized in its own time. It is also often said that giants are unrecognized in their home towns. And sure enough, both of these clichés surfaced as two world-renowned architects were honored in their home town Jan. 18. Robert Venturi (Hon’80), one of the architects, invoked the first cliché. “Quite often, the greatest artists in history are not recognized in their time. This concerns me. But I see that we are still controversial, and this makes me feel better.”
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Change local development codes
Much of the recipe for urban sprawl can be found in local zoning and subdivision regulations. The endless ribbons of commercial development along highways all follow zoning and so do the big tracts of suburban houses, each the same size on the same-sized lots. The drastic stripping and bulldozing of the suburban landscape is often required by the subdivision ordinance.
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Lawyer, educator untangle moral thicket
When three boys were suspended for wearing extra-long Afro and cornrow hairdos at a Philadelphia Catholic school last fall, the issue polarized the community The principal and teachers at St. Rose of Lima Catholic School lined up with school policy prohibiting braids for boys and other “outlandish” or “faddish” styles. The boys’ families lined up with the transgressing hairdos as expressions of the boys’ African-American heritage.
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Stuff you will love
Naturally, “The World Cafe’s” Valentine’s Day program will feature lots of music for lovers. But lovers of music have plenty to feast on until then, including a visit from cellist Yo-Yo Ma, who talks with host David Dye about his soundtrack to the hit film “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.” Thursday, Feb. 1 Groove Lily perform a mini-concert featuring songs from their new album, “Little Light”