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Muscle pull
Body builders Brad Block (C'01) and Russell Kling (W'01) pump up with a towel before competing in the lightweight division of the sixth annual Mr. and Ms. Penn Body Building contest, Nov. 10 at International House. The women's track team, which produced the sell-out fundraising event, also performed, and the overall winners were, for Mr. Penn 1998, Sheldon Martin (a research assistant at the Medical Labs) and Ms. Penn 1998, Quianna Snooks (C'01). Photo by Mark Garvin
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What we want for the holidays
Tell me what you want, what you really, really want." No, it's not the Spice Girls - they're so five minutes ago. But that question was on our minds as we enter another frantic, spendthrift holiday season. Of course, answering it is not always an easy task, but our reporter on Locust Walk did manage to find out what a number of you really, really want for the holidays.
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South Africans learn to act locally
It's one thing to fight for your right to run your own country. It's quite another to actually run it, as Moss Ngoasheng and Ketso Gordhan have learned. Which is what led the two government officials to take a little time off from their duties and brush up on municipal finance at the Wharton School this fall.
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Comfort and joy - and some kickin' riffs
Christmas Eve may be a "silent night" by "World Cafe" standards, but they'll make up for it the next day with a rockin' Christmas celebration. The Cafe crew will also fill the holidays with live visits from alterna-rockers moe and They Might Be Giants and encore performances from Lyle Lovett and Keb' Mo'. Here are the highlights of the "World Cafe" schedule for the rest of the year: Thursday, Dec. 3 Sony/550 Music cult rockers moe perform music from their new release "Tin Cans and Car Tires" in the studio
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Reports lack balance out of Africa
The scholars and journalists who met at Penn Nov. 20 to discuss "African News Coverage in the U.S. Mass Media" all emphasized the need for reporters to dispel misconceptions by getting to know the countries and peoples of Africa on a personal level. But there was some difference of opinion on whether Africa's image would improve as a result.
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Fagin termed living legend in nursing
Claire Fagin
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Searches underway
The search is on for two new deans - one for the Law School, and another for the Wharton School, University officials announced Nov. 9. Gary Hack, dean of the Graduate School of Fine Arts, has agreed to chair the search committee for a new dean of the Wharton School. Richard Herring, professor of finance and vice dean and director of the Wharton Undergraduate Division, will chair the search committee for the new dean of the Law School.
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Constitution requires care
While today we marvel at the extraordinary accomplishment of our Founding Fathers, their own reaction to the U.S. Constitution when it was presented to them on Sept. 17, 1787, for their signatures was considerably less enthusiastic.
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Shall we PennDance?
Harold Sun (left) gets a persuasive pull from Kobie Xavier (C'00) at the Nov. 18 dress rehearsal of "His Hands," choreographed by Sun for PennDance, a student modern dance ensemble. The group performed at the Iron Gate Theatre Nov. 19, 20 and 21. Sun is a doctoral candidate in engineering. Photo by Kim Weimer
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Campus changes begin
A plan to improve student housing - begun more than two years ago and estimated to take an additional 10 years and cost $300 million - was outlined by Interim Provost Michael Wachter and Executive Vice President John Fry at an Oct. 29 meeting with the University's Board of Trustees. The plan calls for renovation of every student residence and responds to the need for more student housing by building new facilities to accomodate 1,000 new beds, Fry said.