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"There's no question that workers would be better off if they're allowed to sleep for 25 minutes." David F. Dinges, M.D., director of the Experimental Psychiatry Unit at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, in an article about corporate acceptance and encouragement of afternoon naps in the workplace. (Washington Post, Dec. 7)
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Getting published takes drive
College junior Michael Schein headed out on the highway for a cross-country road trip with his father a few years back and a novel idea was born -- well, not a novel, but an instruction manual, with a twist. "Teenage Roadhogs," published this year, is Schein's take on the dry read that is the Department of Motor Vehicles' how-to manual for new drivers. Plugged as "written by a teen for teens," the alpha books release offers Schein's common-sense tips, humorous anecdotes and sample driving test questions.
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Performers from down the street and Down Under
Who's dropping in at "The World Cafe" over the next two weeks? Among the musical notables host David Dye will welcome are singer-songwriters Trish Murphey (Wednesday, Jan. 14), Alanah Davis (Friday, Jan. 23) and John Hiatt (Monday, Jan. 26), jazz legend Grover Washington Jr. (Monday, Jan. 19), former Smithereens lead singer Pat Denizio (Tuesday, Jan. 20), Australian band Eva Trout (Thursday, Jan. 22) and Portuguese world/classical group Madradeus (Tuesday, Jan.
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Administrative Appointments
Richard R. Beeman, Ph.D., professor of history, has been named associate dean for Undergraduate Education and director of the College, effective Jan. 1.
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Racism and athletes' misdeeds
On average, we read about two athletes a week getting in trouble with the law -- drugs, alcohol, violence in games, and especially violence against women. In many of those stories, we read about how the institution of pro sports is breeding lawless men who care nothing about social norms or their society and community, but only about themselves.
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Roadside Fossil Find Provides Key to the Development of Limbs in Animals
PHILADELPHIA --- Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia have discovered dramatic new evidence of how arms and legs developed from the fins of ancient fish. The evidence was discovered in a rock found in a pile of boulders lying along a busy highway in north-central Pennsylvania.The scientists reported their findings in the Jan. 8 issue of Nature.
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Alum's Moving Documentary Played at IH
An award-winning film at International House caught our eye. Annenberg School of Communication alumna Nilita Vachani documents the life of a domestic worker who struggles to support her own children in Sri Lanka by taking care of someone else's child in Greece. First prize winner at the Festival dei Popoli in Florence, an important documentary film festival, "When Mother Comes Home for Christmas" was screened at numerous international festivals before arriving at Annenberg Feb. 19.
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On the Shelf
As Penn faculty publish books, an occasional column appears on these pages to inform the University community of new releases. Modernism as Déja Vu All Over Again A collection of essays by Jean-Michel RabatŽ, Marjorie G. Ernest Term Professor of English, questions whether modernism and postmodernism can be separated from the past, from the future and from each other.
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Faculty Creak Past Students
The first student-faculty basketball game, the Provost's "Stanley" Cup (named after Provost Stanley Chodorow), offered 16 students a chance that every college kid wants--to go up against the faculty and show them who's boss. And that is exactly what they were doing in the first half of the game. College senior Jugdeep Bal left his teammates and his competitors frozen in awe as he snagged a rebound (top).
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New Eatery Sates Midnight Snack Attacks
Tonight's grand opening of a new campus nightspot is six months ahead of schedule, with hoopla and food, all because--you asked for it. When students responded to a Dining Services survey last spring, they expressed a strong desire for a late-night dining spot in the Quad. Dining Services began to develop plans for a new facility, targeting the fall of 1997 for the opening.