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Wharton course develops inner city
For a dozen years, an enterprising Penn professor and his students have been helping save struggling neighborhoods in Philadelphia, one house at a time. And the effort is spreading to other Philadelphia campuses.
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Future of 40th Street discussed
The buzz of speculation surrounding the fate of 40th Street retail and residential corridor should soon give way to details of development, thanks to a series of recent and upcoming planning discussions between Penn and community and local business representatives. "The University will have a clearer sense of what it wants to do by spring," said Tom Lussenhop, Penn's managing director for institutional real estate.
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Winners!
The Penn chess team had a spectacular finish in the Pan-Am Games. "Based on our performance, we can claim to have the top undergraduate chess team in North America," crowed team captain David Arnett (left), shown with fellow teammates (left to right) Anna Khan, Chernee Ooi and Jesse Liu. The group tied for 4th/5th place, competing against adults and scholarship-subsidized chess players from other schools. "To my knowledge, we were the highest finishing school of college-aged students," said Arnett.
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A biblical farce
The Mask & Wig Club's 110th annual production may do "justice to the stage and credit to the University," but what it does to the Good Book is another matter entirely. Upholding their illustrious tradition, the Mask & Wiggers drag "The Greatest Story Ever Told" kicking and screaming into parodyland, spoofing religious broadcasters, the Spice Girls (they're "The Christ Girls" in this photo), Schoolhouse Rock and current events along the way. And, of course, there's the famous chorus line.
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Abuses of power
Allegations that President Clinton had a sexual relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, and urged her to lie under oath, have become subjects of a criminal investigation and spurred talk of impeachment. This happened because two laws -- the Independent Counsel Act and the Constitution's impeachment clause -- confer extremely broad powers with few legal checks. When such power is used in ways not faithful to the purposes for which it was created, our constitutional structure is imperiled.
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"You'd get up and sing 'O sole mio,' and then people would ask you for their minestrone."
STUART JASPER Position: Assistant to the Business Administrator, Annenberg School for Communication Length of service: 2 years. Other stuff: Recenty viewed -- "Deconstructing Harry" and "Boogie Nights." Recently read -- "Coffee Will Make You Black: A Novel" by April Sinclair
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MLK award winner befriends local communities
What surprises Margaret Quern about the Dr. Martin Luther King Community Involvement Award presented to her Jan. 19 was not the praise and recognition, but the simple reward of being regarded as a "friend" by those with whom she works. "As the first European American to receive this award I was honored and humbled," Quern said. "But I strongly believe that you get more than you give."
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Moshe Safdie speaks
The rise of the automobile and "megascale" buildings have proven the greatest catalysts to changes in urban design, according to internationally renowned architect Moshe Safdie. Safdie, the first of several luminaries scheduled in a lecture series at the Graduate School of Fine Arts, addressed a crowd approaching 200 Jan. 26 in Meyerson Hall. Megascale buildings, like malls and hospitals, create interior "virtual environments" with no need for natural ventilation from windows or interaction with their surroundings, Safdie said.
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University City Historical Society to Recognize Individuals and Groups for Neighborhood Preservation Efforts
UNIVERSITY CITY --- The University City Historical Society will recognize two University City developers for their efforts in preserving the exterior facades of some of the area's most historic buildings. It also will honor two neighborhood groups for their efforts to protect the area's architectural heritage at a Victorian tea on Sunday, Feb. 15, from 4-6 p.m., at 802 So. 48th Street.
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Andrea Mitchell to Deliver Baccalaureate Address at the University of Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA --- Andrea L. Mitchell, chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC News, will deliver the Baccalaureate Address at the University of Pennsylvania on Sunday, May 17, according to President Judith Rodin. The Baccalaureate will be held at 3 p.m. Mitchell, a Penn alumna, has been a member of the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania since 1992. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Trustees and the Trustee Standing Committees on Academic Policy, External Affairs, and Honorary Degrees and Awards.