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The miseducation of John Stephens
As John Stephens sang the last word of "Baby" during the Dec. 5 concert of one of Penn's classiest a cappella groups, Counterparts, someone muttered, "He has an unbelievable voice; he'll be famous someday." When asked what he thinks of that prediction, Stephens, a senior English major, said through an embarrassed laugh, "I hope so." But Stephens, who plays piano on Lauryn Hill's acclaimed new CD, has already become well known to a cappella followers.
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"In The Blood: Sickle Cell Anemia and the Politics of Race"
Melbourne Tapper $22.50 cloth, 160 pages Although we now know that sickle cell anemia strikes individuals from a variety of backgrounds, the disease has been labeled throughout the 20th century as a "black" one. Melbourne Tapper, professor of anthropology at the University of Texas, examines how this came to be in his new book.
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Flexible work options pay off
Are your employees feeling stressed-out, overworked and underappreciated? Try this simple remedy: let them decide when they will show up for work. The School of Medicine's Office of Architecture and Facilities Management did, and it found that letting employees schedule themselves made the work flow better and improved morale to boot.
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Little guy scores big scoop
Set your VCRs: On Jan. 31, hundreds of millions of people will see a small business founded by a Penn student break into the big time during the Super Bowl. Jeremy's MicroBatch Ice Cream, founded by Jeremy Kraus (W'98) while he was enrolled as a Wharton undergraduate, will be featured in a Mail Boxes Etc. commercial during the big game.
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They're smart; they're swift.
Of the University's 10 Academic All-Ivy League athletes named for Fall 1998, eight have GPAs of 3.5 or better, and four have GPAs exceeding 3.7. Wow. So here's to (top row, left to right) Elana Gold (C'00), tennis; Brent Neiman (EAS'99), golf; Brian Cosmello (C'00), football; and (bottom row, left to right) Josh Brogadir (C'99), sprint football; Amy Johnson (C'99), field hockey; Emily Goodman (C'00), soccer, and KC Potter (C'00), volleyball. But that's not all.
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"People are so focused on what's behind them, it really blurs their vision of what can become of all this."
Photo by Candace diCarlo JOHN McGUIRE Position: Housekeeper, Housing Services Length of service: 11 years in March Other stuff: Last books read - "Nearly Everybody Read It: Snapshots of the Philadelphia Bulletin"; "A Prayer for the City"; "South Philadelphia: Mummers, Memories and the Melrose Diner."
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Nurses and physicists named as fellows
Linda Aiken
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"Rum Punch & Revolution: Taverngoing and Public Life in Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia"
Peter Thompson $18.50 paper, 21 illustrations The taverns of colonial Philadelphia provided more than hard cider and euphemisms for being tipsy. They were also an arena for political and social change.
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Healthy alternatives
After decades of ignoring alternative therapies or dismissing them as quackery, academic medical centers throughout the United States are now struggling with the question of whether - and how - to include alternative therapies in their clinics and hospitals.
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A push for standards
In an effort to improve housing for students living in University City, the Office of Off-Campus Living and nearly 40 local landlords have been working since September to promote better housing standards. "Off-Campus Living will implement a new process of listing which will ask the listers to comply to the new set of standards," said Mihaela Farcas, director of Off-Campus Living. Until now, Off-Campus Living has listed any local properties landlords submitted.