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Kathryn Kolbert
A new radio show about constitutional law has become an unlikely hit. The first 13 episodes of “Justice Talking” were so successful that it was picked up by 47 public radio stations — more than double the number the production team at the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) had expected.
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Partners in crime (prevention)
In her keynote speech for the Nov. 18 Justice Department symposium convened at Penn, U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno both praised local efforts to fight crime and raised a cry for the need to do more. “Philadelphia is a wonderful city,” Reno began, to enthusiastic applause in the ballroom at the Inn at Penn. She exhorted her audience to “bring the spirit of Philadelphia to every community in this nation.” Reno emphasized the importance of job training, mentoring youth and establishing programs for ex-offenders re-entering society.
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Donald Trump plays hardball
“Boy, do I love Wharton,” said would-be presidential candidate Donald Trump (W’68). He was greeted by a roar from the 1,200-person Wharton-friendly crowd in Irvine Auditorium, where we went to hear “The Donald” at a Nov.18 taping of the MSNBC show “Hardball with Chris Matthews. “ Matthews asked the money question right off. “Are you running for president?” Trump answered, “I am indeed [long pause]...perhaps.”
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Three faces of hate
Hate was November’s hot topic in discussions on campus. Here are excerpts from three of them: Class hatred in Japan You probably look at me and wonder what makes me special as a Burakumin [a despised class in Japan]. The truth is the average person in Japan would not be able to look at me and see anything different either. … I would like to give four concrete examples of different systems and lifestyles of the Burakumin.
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“I don’t think that there is a continent that we haven’t supplied some sort of contribution to.”
Stashed in closets, utility rooms and other nooks and crannies around campus are equipment and supplies waiting for a new life. Diane McAndrews put them there, and when the time comes, she’ll take them out. McAndrews, the building administrator for the Anatomy-Chemistry, John Morgan, Richards and Stellar-Chance buildings at the Medical School, is one of the prime movers behind REMEDY at Penn, the local chapter of an organization established at Yale to recycle surplus medical supplies and equipment.
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Ford Motor Company Donates $2 Million to the University of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA --- Ford Motor Company has donated $2 million to the University of Pennsylvania. The grant will provide support for a wide range of student and faculty programs at both The Wharton School and the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
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“Most reduce drinking by age 30 or so, but some continue on and become alcoholics.”
Charles O’Brien, professor of psychiatry, on studies that show college students drink more heavily than others their age and the population at large (Philadelphia Daily News, Nov. 2)
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“There’s a value, of course, in the traditional ways of building things, but you don’t want this to turn into Colonial Williamsburg.”
Dennis Pierattini (C’80) said he went to Penn “back when there were dinosaurs roaming.” But the supervisor of the shop in the Blauhaus, where Graduate School of Fine Arts students create architectural models and artwork, is no dinosaur himself. He’s planning for a future in which many of the shop tools are run by computers.
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The Sound of Philadelphia in motion
You probably danced to “The Sound of Philadelphia” at a lot of parties in the ’80s. Now it’s the pros’ turn. To kick off the Dance Celebration/Next Move 2000 Millennium Series, the renowned Philadelphia Dance Company (Philadanco) will present the world premiere of a new work set to music from the vaults of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff’s Philadelphia International Records, whose artists dominated the R&B charts through the 1970s and 1980s. The as-yet-untitled piece by Dwight Rhoden, commissioned by Dance Celebration, will be peformed on Nov. 18 and 19.
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Nielsen lauds Darrow at Law School
He may not be Clarence Darrow, but, despite what he’ll have you believe, Leslie Nielsen is no Frank Drebin either. That became apparent during a recent question-and-answer session held with the actor at the Penn Law School. The Oct. 25 event was a day after Nielsen’s Irvine Auditorium performance of “Clarence Darrow,” a one-man show. The session, entitled “The Law as Theater,” was moderated by Theatre Arts Lecturer Rose Malague and Law Professor Peter Huang.