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"Witchcraft and Magic in Europe"
Ancient Greece and Rome $24.95 Paper, 408 pages The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries $24.95 Paper, 376 pages The Twentieth Century $24.95 Paper, 256 pages Edited by Bengt Ankarloo and Stuart Clark For two millennia, European folklore and ritual have been imbued with the belief in the supernatural. Take the story of an elderly woman who, when stopped by customs officials outside of Naples in 1921, was found to be carrying the head of a goat with 42 nails driven into it and was not allowed to leave until the head was destroyed by a priest.
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Subjects matter at GSE
Did your ninth-grade biology teacher major in biology in college? Did your sixth-grade math teacher even have a minor in mathematics? Chances are, they did not. But increasingly, schools are looking for teachers who at least have a bachelor’s degree in the subjects they teach — particularly in the areas of math, science and foreign languages. That is why the Graduate School of Education is expanding its level of cooperation with other departments, allowing students, for example, to earn two degrees, one in their subject area and one in education.
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$11 million donated
The largest gift ever made to the University for undergraduate student financial aid was donated recently by Jay H. Baker (W’56), the president of Kohl’s Corporation, the Wisconsin-based specialty department store chain, and his wife, Patty. Three million dollars of the $11 million gift, announced Oct. 7 by President Judith Rodin, will endow the Baker Leadership Scholars Program, providing financial support to undergraduates throughout the University.
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Memoirist Maynard gets real
Literary bad girl Joyce Maynard, who has been publicly spanked by her numerous critics during the year since she published her memoir “At Home in the World,” spoke at Kelly Writers House on November 2. Her memoir deals with growing up in an alcoholic family, the expectations put on her by her brilliant parents and the affair she had, as an 18-year-old, with famed writer J.D. Salinger. It was her writing about this last item that drew vociferous criticism; many believed that the private life of Salinger, a known recluse, should not have been revealed.
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Take better aim with anti-crime dollars
Excerpts from testimony before the Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on the Juidiciary of the U.S. House of Representatives Oct. 28
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Civil rights was on the air
World War II was a two-front battle of a different sort for African Americans. Like the rest of the country, they fought Nazism and fascism abroad, but at home, they also fought for the basic privileges of citizenship that were still denied them decades after emancipation.
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An audience with the King
The “King of the Blues,” B.B. King, still rules the roost after five decades of recording, and today on “The World Cafe,” he drops by to give host David Dye — and you, if you tune in — a sampling of the songs on his most recent album. Other special guests these next three weeks include composer Jonathan Elias and alt-rockers Ben Folds Five. Thursday, Nov. 11 B.B. King talks with Dye and performs, featuring music from his latest album, “Let the Good Times Roll”
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Eduardo Glandt Named Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA --- Eduardo D. Glandt, a distinguished member of the faculty of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania for more than two decades, has been named dean of the school, according to an announcement today (Nov. 8) by University President Judith Rodin. The appointment will become effective upon confirmation by the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.
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University of Pennsylvania Acquires Christian Association Property
PHILADELPHIA --- The University of Pennsylvania has acquired the Christian Association property at 3601 Locust Walk, according to a joint announcement today (Nov. 4) by University President Judith Rodin and Christian Association Executive Director, the Rev. Dr. Beverly Dale. Closing on the property occurred on Nov. 1, 1999. The purchase price of the property and the terms and conditions of the sale were not disclosed.
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Good work rewarded
Put on another pot of coffee, take a deep breath of the autumn air and get your nose to the grindstone. If you think no one’s going to notice whether you work through your lunch hour to meet that deadline or that you strive for that extra yard, think again. A new program, Models of Excellence, supported by Human Resources’ Quality of Worklife Programs, will give cash rewards to individual employees and teams of employees who inspire others with their hard work, their ability to get things done and their ability to increase efficiency where they work.