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Great date spots
Valentine’s Day approaches, and all across campus, thoughts turn to romance. What to do to show that special someone that he or she truly is special?
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“When I started in Wharton it was very, very scary and it was very difficult to feel that I was supposed to be there.”
The same Lisa Lord who served as mistress of ceremonies at last month’s Martin Luther King commemorative ceremony on campus claims she used to be shy.
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“NGOs and Human Rights: Promise and Performance”
Edited by Claude E. Welch, Jr. 408 pages, $49.95 cloth While states remain the major protectors — and abusers — of human rights, nongovernmental organizations [NGOs] such as Amnesty International have emerged as central players in the promotion of human rights around the world.
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Publicity, good science meet on Web
It is often said that genius goes unrecognized in its own time. It is also often said that giants are unrecognized in their home towns. And sure enough, both of these clichés surfaced as two world-renowned architects were honored in their home town Jan. 18. Robert Venturi (Hon’80), one of the architects, invoked the first cliché. “Quite often, the greatest artists in history are not recognized in their time. This concerns me. But I see that we are still controversial, and this makes me feel better.”
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Service, justice mix
The University closed down for Martin Luther King Day for the first time ever this year. But in keeping with the national holiday’s theme of service, hundreds of community-minded Penn people spent the day on volunteer projects organized by the MLK Holiday Committee and at an annual commemorative program. The holiday committee’s three service projects — training tutors for the Philadelphia Reads program, painting banners with quotes from King, and a spruce-up project at Heston Elementary School — drew more than 220 participants.
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Campus club nurtures Hollywood hopefuls
Penn students with a yen for the film business have created a club where they can meet each other, with an eye towards giving each other a boost when they get out to the Left Coast after graduation. Hello, it’s the Hollywood Club, now in its second year on campus. “I thought it was a shame that we had a lot of people going out there [to Hollywood], and didn’t know there were people from Penn who were already there,” said club founder Josh Rosenberg (C’01), who is applying to screenwriting graduate programs in Los Angeles for the fall.
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Penn Receives $20 Million Gift For University Priorities In Financial Aid, Student Life and Faculty Support
PHILADELPHIA -- The University of Pennsylvania has received a $20 million gift from Say Yes to Education, Inc. that will provide for its priorities in student life, faculty support and financial aid, according to an announcement today by Penn President Judith Rodin.
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Put your Valentine on ice
Love to skate? The Class of 1923 Ice Rink has a sweetheart of a deal for you and your family next weekend. On Saturday, Feb. 10, a family of four (two adults and two children) can skate to their heart’s delight between the hours of 12:30 and 4 p.m. for a mere $5. Skate rental is included in the admission charge. In addition, the rink will offer music, free hot chocolate, prizes and surprises. And there will be skate coaches on hand to help novice skaters stay upright.
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From the prairies to the oceans
Clifford Haugen’s greatest engineering triumph may not be in his work as a senior Management and Technology major at Wharton and the School of Engineering and Applied Science. It just might be the textbook legs that support his wood-plank coffee table. “I have a philosophy I follow,” Haugen said. “Never let your classes get in the way of your college education.”
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Doyle named PR chief
Lori N. Doyle, vice president for external affairs of the American Water Works Company, Inc. in Voorhees, N.J., returned to the University today as director of communications, Penn President Judith Rodin announced.