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Three traditional letterpresses recently took up residence in the basement studio of the Morgan Building, home to Penn’s undergraduate fine arts program. Two of the presses are from the 1960s and one is from the mid 19th century, and except for the electricity that powers one of the rollers on the 20th-century presses, the entire printing process is done by hand.
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Peter Fader holds up what appears to be a regular compact disc and asks, "Do you know what this is?"No, it's not just a CD. This shiny plastic object is actually a CD on one side and a DVD on the other—something known as a dual disc.Has the public heard of it? Not likely. Should record companies promote this heavily? Definitely, says Fader, since it's his opinion that this little silver gadget—along with streaming audio—will save the ailing music industry.Now, if only industry professionals will listen.
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BY JUDY HILL Columns Ask Benny: Harvard or Penn? Which stadium is older? Out and About: Reading the leaves
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WHO SHE IS: Assistant Manager of PennCom Operations Columns News briefsAt Work With Sandy Ramos
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RESEARCH/A team from SP2 uses spatial research techniques to find out whether the arts revitalize neighborhoods.
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When John Maeda is feeling run down, he plays with a toy train. The train has its own track, and when turned loose, turns endless figure eights, back and forth, round and round. But not without difficulty. At each bend in the figure-eight pattern, the train invariably gets stuck. Wheels spinning, it goes nowhere, struggling forward. Then, every time, it finds a way to break free.
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By THE CURRENT STAFF Columns Ask Benny: Harvard or Penn? Which stadium is older? Out and About: Reading the leaves
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Having worked in radio for the past quarter century, Roger LaMay has learned a thing or two about the unique challenge of writing for radio: You have only one chance to get it right.“You have to write for radio in such a way that people ‘get it’ the first time,” says LaMay, general manager of WXPN-FM. “You’re not going to get to read it over again. It’s got to be clear. It has to grab the listener’s attention. You’re writing for listeners, not for readers.”
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Illustration by Bo Brown Columns Ask Benny: Harvard or Penn? Which stadium is older? Out and About: Reading the leaves