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Gear up for service
The Rotary Club of University City, which meets weekly on the Penn campus, brings professional people together for learning, service and networking. Meetings feature speakers from campus offices and community service organizations, and are open to all members of the campus and University City communities. Here’s the schedule of upcoming speakers this month: - Monday, Sept. 9: Ira Harkavy, director, Center for Community Partnerships - Monday, Sept. 16: Linda Ayre, Quilts for Kids Project
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On the square The shops from 34th to 38th streets between Walnut and Chestnut just got a new name. It’s University Square, named after the new gathering place and green at 36th and Walnut, where entertainment (see “What’s On,” page 6)—like the music that made Thursday nights hop during the summer—will continue into the fall, said Anthony Sorrentino, marketing manager for Business Development. Discussion is underway with SEPTA on whether the new name will make it onto the trolley stop at 36th and Sansom.
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Sculptor to mark a milestone: Associate Professor of Fine Arts Terry Adkins has been chosen to design a memorial for a historic event at the University of Mississippi. Adkins’ monumental arch will be erected on the spot where, nearly 40 years ago, two people were killed as Federal marshals escorted James Meredith across campus to register as Ole Miss’ first black student. Students, faculty and friends of the university raised more than $100,000 to erect the memorial, which should be completed by the spring of 2003.
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Get your PennKey
To open doors online, you’re going to need your PennKey starting Oct. 14. On that day, Penn systems that require users to authenticate themselves will switch from the PennNet Authentication System to the new PennKey system. PennKey will make it more difficult for unauthorized users to access secure or restricted information, said Robin Beck, vice provost for Information Systems and Computing.
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“The process effectively takes half the country and says, ‘You’re just spectators.’”
—Kathleen Hall Jamieson, dean of the Annenberg School of Communication, on how presidential campaigns target some states but not others because of the Electoral College (The Boston Globe, Aug. 25)
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Rape defense class lends confidence
One in four women run the risk of being sexually assaulted at some point in their lifetime. But growing up in a suburb outside of Denver and then Pittsburgh, I always felt that I could protect myself if needed. That changed when I moved from the area to work at Penn right out of college; not only was I living on my own, but I was also commuting by public transportation to a large unfamiliar city.
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Penn partners with three low-performing public schools
The Graduate School of Education’s new partnership with three low-performing schools in West Philadelphia is the beginning of a network for improving education in West Philadelphia. Under the agreement between GSE and the Philadelphia School Reform Commission, GSE will receive funding to help improve student achievement at Henry C. Lea Elementary School at 47th and Locust streets, Alexander Wilson Elementary School at 46th and Woodland, and William C. Bryant Elementary School at 60th and Cedar.
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Editor's Pick: Meet the Beetle
There’s something that’s bugging Mexican artist Damián Ortega, and he’s using the Institute of Contemporary Art to get it out of his system. That something is the complex interaction between his native land and the affluent West, and his exhibit “Cosmic Thing,” one of three now on display at the ICA through Dec. 15, explores it through one of its most potent icons, the Volkswagen Beetle. Ortega’s sculptural decomposition of his own Bug, suspended from the ICA’s 30-foot-high ceiling, is the centerpiece of the exhibit.
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Turn over a new leaf
Fall is the time when the trees shed their leaves. What better time for you to shed excess pounds? A new campus Weight Watchers group is forming this fall. Instructor Diane Mulligan will offer advice on nutrition and diet along with support during the 12-week session.
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BOOKQUICK/“Lives in Translation: Sikh Youth as British Citizens”
In “Lives in Translation,” Kathleen Hall investigates how Sikh youth whose parents migrated from India and East Africa adjust to life in England. Legally British, these young people encounter race as a barrier to becoming truly “English.”