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“Bookleggers and Smuthounds: The Trade in Erotica, 1920-1940Ó

Jay A. Gertzman (Gr’72) $35.00 cloth; 424 pages; 53 illustrations

Hurry or you’ll miss the train

It was such a hit last summer, the Morris Arboretum brought it back, bigger and better.

“I was just that much more determined to make it through boot camp because they didn’t think I would.”

Photo by Daniel R. Burke STEPHANIE JOHNSON Position: Receptionist, Health System executive office Length of service: 3 years Other stuff:

Loop de LUCY

Insiders' tips

We asked campus elders — staff, faculty, students — to offer their words of wisdom for the new guys on campus. Here’s what they answered: Norm Mitchell, manager, Facilities Management “Don’t go overboard on the partying. [After your party,] I have to replace and repair furniture, doors, broken glass, unclog toilets from massive amounts of paper towels.”

Wales named

Now there’s someone new to complain to if you think that you were done wrong on campus. Walter D. Wales, Ph.D., professor of physics, was appointed ombudsman of the University by President Judith Rodin in August.

Elijah Anderson

It's showtime at the Annenberg

Penn Dance — shown here: troupe members Harold Sun (GrE’01) and Kobie Xavier (C’00) performing “His Hands” in November 1998 — is one of the many campus performing-arts groups on the Performing Arts Night schedule. Photo by Kim Weimer

Beyond the Fringe to cybertheater

Frank Chiachiere (C/EAS’00) came to Penn intent on pursuing a career in cognitive research. Not long after he got here, his academic interest took a dramatic turn.

It's about a minute

Editor’s note: Those of us who were lucky enough to stick around this summer were treated to 60-second lectures presented at lunchtime by members of the Penn faculty and one University president. While not every speaker made it under the one-minute mark, all nine of them dealt with their chosen subjects with wit and erudition. Since time is of the essence, we decided to run two of these lectures, both of which dealt with...well, you get the picture.