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Wills makes case for public arts support
Is there a case to be made for continued government support for the arts and humanities? Yes, according to noted author-scholar-critic Garry Wills. But it's not the case most supporters of government arts funding make.
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Rick Beeman
The biggest regret Rick Beeman, Ph.D. , has about his new post as dean for undergraduate education and director of the College, is that he no longer has time to take his Bernese mountain dog, Chief Justice John Marshmallow (Johnny) to doggy play group near Swarthmore College. But Beeman has a solution: In the morning, he asks Johnny if he wants to go to work, and if he jumps in the car, off to work they go. A similar sense of fun invades Beeman's teaching style -- he's been known to dress as Davy Crockett for his crowd-pleasing history lessons.
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After three decades, a quest fulfilled
A famous television ad from the late 1960s showed Abraham Lincoln being rejected for a job because he lacked a college diploma. Gayle Collins (ASC'98) can relate. As she described it, the typical response she got from employers when looking for professional jobs was "Oh, you're perfect for this. Oh, you don't have a degree? Sorry, you're no longer perfect."
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The view from Philly's Left Bank
In the 18th century, it was a bucolic community called Blockley Township. Now, we know it as University City, a rich and diverse community that is a hub of transportation, education, research and medicine with an industrial legacy to boot. Photographer Dave Latakos, whose "A View from University City" is shown here, has created a photo-essay, "Neighborhood Contrasts--University City," that captures all the various architectural, institutional and human elements that give University City its character today.
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Penn prof exposes Kafka as comedian
Kafka's hot and he's also funny. Last week, several high-profile events in honor of a new translation took place in New York City. More than 15,000 turned out at New York's Town Hall for a panel discussion on Kafka, including the participation of E.L. Doctorow, Susan Sontag and Christopher Plummer.
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"When the musicians came to help the Ethiopians' hunger, it was about that time we opened the restaurant. And a lot of people came and said, 'This has to be a joke.'"
Amare Solomon's Dahlak restaurant offers patrons the opportunity to enjoy authentic Ethiopian food in traditional Ethiopian style, from a common platter placed in a covered table. Photo by Dwight Luckey
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Penn women of color honored for work in their communities
Three members of the Penn community were honored for their service to the University and the surrounding community at the eleventh annual Women of Color Awards luncheon, held March 6 at the Penn Tower Hotel. LaShanta Johnson, Loretta Sweet Jemmott and Estela de Llanos, the winners of this year's Women of Color Awards Photo by Saundra Cartwright
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Three new College Houses get faculty masters
Interim Provost Michael L. Wachter has announced the appointments of the Faculty Masters for the three new College Houses to be created in the high rises this fall as part of a revamped residential system.
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It's Bobby in the lobby
Bob Blake (C'72), "also known as "Bobby in the Lobby," plays Wednesday evenings at Penn's Faculty Club. The all-smiles alum calls the lounge his home away from home -- he plays from 5:30 p.m. till "whenever they bounce me out." While an undergrad, Blake says he wrote and produced the first musical ever presented at the then-newly-opened Zellerbach Theater.
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A dentist's working vacation
Each year for her vacation, Karen Miller, a staff dentist at Penn's Dental Care Center, heads down to tropical Brazil for two weeks. Instead of soaking up rays on the beaches of Rio, though, she provides dental care for orphans and the poor in the northeastern coastal city of Fortaleza.