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"I guess it's the competition...you know, they shake hands and all that, then they kill each other? Well, this is something like it."

Rich Wallace practices his moves for Bill McIntyre's Shooting Stars' 1999 Mummers Parade production. Photo by Mark Garvin

First scientific director for Abramson Institute

Craig B. Thompson

Cheer for the needy

All around the campus, your fellow Penn employees are gearing up to share the spirit of the holiday season with those less fortunate. Here are a few of the events and gift drives taking place this month:

Al Filreis

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

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.

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.

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

Gloria Steinem: Let your inner voice be your guide

The word "feminist" is still misunderstood, according to activist and author Gloria Steinem, who addressed a sell-out crowd last week at the Zellerbach Auditorium. Two reasons rank for the continued misunderstanding, she said. "People don't know what it means, and, they do know what it means." The legendary feminist quipped and cajoled the energetic crowd to declare themselves feminists, question authority, organize, and follow their inner voice - "It's a remarkable guide," she said.

Ruzena Bajcsy

Ruzena Bajcsy, professor of computer and information science and director of the General Robotics and Active Sensory Perception Laboratory, had to be persuaded to pose for pictures for this story.