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Big fun for kids of all ages
For its 15th anniversary, the Philadelphia International Theater Festival for Children has a new name, a new feature and new dates. The new name - the Philadelphia International Children's Festival - reflects the festival's expansion to encompass not only theater, but music, film and other performing arts for children. The new feature is a first-ever collaboration with the Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema (see "Editor's Pick for This Issue") that will feature five films for, about and by young people.
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Raking it in
Penn undergraduates and volunteer tutors Kristin Kakos (EAS'00, left) and Josh Pechar (C'01, second from left), help Charles Lea School students (left to right) Lamont Brooks, Davida Foster, Erica Lovett and Lamont's twin Lamar, and Lea counselor Larry Serinsky turn over a new leaf during a cleanup of the school grounds April 10. The school cleanup was part of the ongoing UC Green project, a community-beautification effort supported by the University. Photo by Candace diCarlo
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A look at thug life, 1950s style
Like musician Paul Simon, Eric Schneider was fascinated by the tale of the Capeman. Unlike Simon, Schneider didn't let his fascination lead him into a dead end.
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Live from Milwaukee, it's the World Cafe!
Usually, the world comes to Philadelphia to appear on "The World Cafe." Next week, though, it's the Cafe that will travel - to Milwaukee, for a special concert recorded live at Milwaukee Public Radio, WUWM-FM (89.7), which airs the program from 7 to 10 p.m. weeknights. But that's not all that's in store these next two weeks: Thursday, April 29 The New Radicals visit the studio for a chat and performance featuring music from "Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too"
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Joseph Bordogna
Whoever said that engineers have no social conscience never met Joseph Bordogna (EE'55,GrE'64). Bordogna, who is awaiting his Senate confirmation as deputy director of the National Science Foundation - a job he has performed as acting deputy director for the past two-and-a-half years - deeply believes in the need for scholars and researchers to cross the traditional disciplinary boundaries to solve today's and tomorrow's pressing problems.
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Latino majority nears
To see the face of America in the 21st century, look south of the border, because the influx of Latinos is continuing to outpace that of all other groups. Nearly 20 people contemplated the effects of that influx on America in the 21st century when they convened at the White Dog Cafe the evening of April 13 for a discussion on "Diversity, Immigration and the American Population in the 21st Century." The event was the third of five discussions at the restaurant based on the work of the Penn National Commission on Society, Culture and Community.
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Heat
The sudden warm weather in early April beached schools of sun surfers on College Green. That the Graduate and Professional Students Assembly was handing out free lunches - hot dogs, of course - to its members may have swelled the crowd, but an informal poll suggested the majority of baskers were hungry undergrads. Photo by Daniel R. Burke
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"Some of them smirk and say, Who's that bald geezer? Until they see me grind a lip."
Bryan Lathrop enjoying his "little piece of paradise" at FDR Park in South Philadelphia. Photo by Candace diCarlo
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Picnics are for...
Schmoozing? Snoozing? Turns out there's a whole bunch of picnic philosophies. So pick the ones that suit your own approach to hoagies al fresco. Jeff Gambino, Wharton, Class of '00 "Bio Pond. Close, quick and yet it's like you've been transported from the urban environment to the country in three minutes flat." Kathy Liu, Law, Class of '00 "The little area in front of Hill House because it's not crowded like College Green and there isn't any car traffic or people traffic."
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Research turns undergrads into teachers
Penn men think they're hot - or at least hotter than their fellow Penn men. An undergraduate study, "Sex at Penn: Realities and Misconceptions," reported this news at a poster session - at the Undergraduate Psychology Research Fair, April 15 in Logan Hall.