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Fun games and other cool stuff for kids
Joining the stable of games on WXPN's "Kid's Corner" this month is the "Mystery History Game," where kids talk to famous figures from history to solve the mystery. In regular rotation with the "BrainBusters" game, the Mystery History game airs again on Monday, Feb. 2. Other upcoming Kid's Corner call-in shows include "Science Stump-o-Rama" on Wednesday, Jan. 28, where callers match wits with Science Guys Mike Weilbacher and Derrick Pitts; the CompuDudes, Peter Cook and Scott Manning, on Thursday, Jan. 29; and Dr. Mimi Mahon on Monday, Feb. 2.
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New associate and vice dean for Arts and Sciences
Rebecca Bushnell
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And the band played Disney World...
On a five-day trip to Disney World during the winter break, the band played both the Magic Kingdom and Epcot Center. Director Greer Cheeseman (left) and the band pose in the Magic Kingdom.
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A Brother's Kiss
International House, 3701 Chestnut St. Seth Zvi Rosenfeld's 1997 film, shot in East Harlem, tells the story of two brothers. Lex (Nick Chinlund, right) is an aspiring basketball player who remains close to his younger brother (Michael Reynor) despite the divergent paths their lives take. The ensemble cast includes Cathy Moriarty, John Leguizamo, Rosie Perez and Michael Rapaport. Chinlund will appear in person on Thursday, Jan. 29.
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Fulbrights for five professors
Five professors here received Fulbright scholar grants to study abroad for the 1997-98 academic year. The scholars' applications undergo a rigorous peer review before final selection by a presidentially appointed board. The 50-year-old Fulbright Program, which is sponsored and funded by the United States Information Agency, is also funded by participating governments and host institutions in the U.S abroad. Recipients are:
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Assisting area residents
No doubt, everyone is familiar with the hackneyed real estate mantra, "Location, location, location." For Diane-Louise Wormley, the just-appointed managing director for community housing, that chant will be augmented by "outreach." "There will be lots and lots and lots of outreach," Wormley said. "It will really be a coordinated effort, all geared toward marketing the area."
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Annenberg aims to clean up election campaigns
H.G. Wells once described elections as the feast of democracy. "Sadly, most Americans have come to think of them as junk food," said Annenberg School for Communication Dean and Professor of Communication Kathleen Hall Jamieson. Armed with a recently awarded $3.75 million grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Annenberg School will attempt to reverse the downward-spiraling trend of negative political campaigning by establishing new criteria for a more responsible campaign climate.
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Paul Steinke
When Paul Steinke was 12 years old, already a civic-minded preadolescent growing up in Northeast Philadelphia, he noticed a state representative had displayed a sign in front of his office that listed his district's neighborhoods. He forgot one. The 12-year-old Steinke shot off a letter to the Northeast Breeze and within two weeks, the state rep's sign was changed to include the left-out neighborhood, Burholme, and a letter of apology from the politician graced the Breeze's pages.
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Corporate America turns out for Wharton students' event
The sponsors were a who's who of corporate America, from financial operations like Goldman, Sachs & Company and Chase Manhattan to media corporations like Home Box Office and Time Inc. Sprint was there, as were ARCO, Nabisco and Proctor & Gamble, not to mention Chrysler Corporation, Hewlett Packard and Johnson & Johnson. That's only part of what made the conference and job fair run by Wharton's African-American MBA Association so important.
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Shooter caught
The man police believe shot a Penn student during an abortive carjacking attempt in November has been arrested. Philadelphia Police Detective Robert Stansfield of the Southwest Detective Bureau obtained a warrant Jan. 7 identifying Keith Schofield, 33, of the 4500 block of Walnut Street as the suspect, and police made the arrest two days later. Schofield, who was to be arraigned Jan. 21, is charged with attempted murder, robbery and related offenses for the Nov. 17 shooting of College senior James McCormack.