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Ania Loomba has always felt there were crucial connections between Shakespearian times and 1970s India. For Loomba, a native of India, exploring issues of race and gender in the Renaissance period made studying the literature “more exciting” and personally resonant, but it wasn’t until Loomba went to England to pursue her Ph.D. and found herself in a country dealing with uncomfortable issues of race that she discovered how relevant her research was.
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January was national mentoring month. For Eric Liu that was both good and bad news. Good because the former Clinton speechwriter and author (“The Accidental Asian”) has a special interest in mentoring and recently wrote a book on the subject. Bad because having to formally designate a month to pay attention to a process that should be organic and spontaneous tells him that “the bonds of society have frayed,” and “it’s harder and harder to find someone who will show us the way.”
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In case you haven’t noticed the store displays of heart-shaped boxes and snuggly teddy bears, Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Looking for ideas for the big day of romance? Here’s a selective roundup of romantic spots in University City (and one in Chestnut Hill) and some activities and treats to share with that special someone. Valentine on ice
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Mikaelyn Austin remembers visiting the Palestra as a high school senior, during her Penn recruiting trip, and seeing a photo of former Penn basketball star Michael Jordan sitting atop one of the arena’s hoops, swinging the recently cut net over his head after a momentus win.
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Two great social causes held center stage in American politics in the 1960s: the civil rights movement and the antiwar groundswell in the face of a deepening American military commitment in Vietnam. In “Peace and Freedom,” Simon Hall explores two linked themes: the civil rights movement’s response to the war in Vietnam and the relationship between the black groups that opposed the war and the mainstream peace movement.
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So it’s February. It’s dark and gloomy and cold, and spring is forever and a day away. So what better way to pass an otherwise depressing Saturday afternoon than drinking beer and listening to music? The first annual Brewing Exposition and Talent Show, to be held Feb. 12 at World Café Live, will be one part beer festival and one part battle-of-the-bands, as beer tasting and beer-related exhibits will be complimented by live music played by both local bands and the brewers themselves.
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Some call it a form of secular creationism. Others argue the human cell is so complex that it must have been created by a higher power. Either way, the discussion of “intelligent design”—the alternative theory to evolution that claims the universe must have been created by a supernatural force—has generated both virulent opposition and support.
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On the eve of the Presidential election, Jim Wallis’s six-year-old son looked up at him and said, “Daddy, this election is more important than Halloween, isn’t it?” And it was, Wallis told a standing-room only crowd at the Penn Bookstore Jan. 26. Almost as important, he said, was what happened after, when exit polls indicated that many people who had opted for Bush had voted on “moral values.”
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Winter is no time for a margarita. That much we know. Pina Coladas aren’t great February fare either, and Corona, we’re quite certain, is not suitable for drinking when the temperature is sub-freezing. But what exactly should you be drinking during these miserable winter months? That’s what we decided to find out. And, surprisingly, from chocolatey thick winter brews to piping hot cider drinks, we found plenty of winter drink options right here in University City. Maybe this quick guide will tide you over until spring which is, by the way, only 38 days away.
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The Secretary of the University is one of those official sounding positions that many universities have on their list of senior administrators but few of us know much about. At Penn the incumbent of this august office is Leslie Kruhly, who has held the post since 2000.