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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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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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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”
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Cool prize for chiller plant
The Module 7 Chiller Plant, the space-age apparition next to Murphy Field, will be honored by the American Institute of Architects at its May convention. It will receive one of 14 Honor Awards, the most noteworthy way the AIA recognizes excellence in the field. Completed in August, the plant, designed by Boston-based Leers Weinzapfel Associates, provides the University with air conditioning and cooling water for campus buildings.
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Pioneer millionaire
Before Reginald Lewis, before Bruce Llewellyn, before John Johnson, there was Madame C.J. Walker, a trailblazer for black entrepreneurs in America. She built a hair-care products empire in the early 20th century, in time becoming one of America’s first African-American woman millionaires, a noted philanthropist and a hero to African-Americans and women alike.
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Early achievers
The competition to get into Penn gets stiffer with each passing year. Just how much stiffer is reflected in this year’s early-decision admissions figures. A record-high 2,851 prospective students applied for early decision admission to Penn’s Class of 2005, and a record-low 36.2 percent of these, or 1,033, were admitted, according to the Undergraduate Admissions Office. Last year, 38.8 percent (997) of the 2,570 early-decision applicants were admitted.
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From Vesuvius to Popo
Popocatepetl is close enough to Mexico City to cover its population of 22 million people with a blanket of ash. Mount Rainier, considered the most dangerous volcano in the Cascade Range, dominates the landscape over the Seattle/Tacoma area. Catastrophic volcano eruptions such as the one that buried Pompeii during ancient times have the potential to wreak havoc on modern humans as well, said the speakers in a program, “Explosive Volcanism in Human History,” held at the University of Pennsylvania Museum on the evening of Jan. 17.