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Mayors: Cooperation key to civic success
If it’s true that all politics is local, then urban mayors are among the most powerful politicians in the country.
Has Bill Cosby lost his mind?
TALK/Michael Eric Dyson takes on Bill Cosby's criticism of poor blacks.
Staff Q&A: Terri White
Terri White’s career at Penn has always revolved around students. When she started here as director of the Greenfield Intercultural Center, she advised many of the student organizations—including the Black Student League and the United Minorities Council—that enhance Penn student life.
Running with the stats
Top Stories Look, just don't eat
Staff Q&A: David Fox
Features How to get in on the wheel deal
Out and About: At market
Columns Ask Benny: What
The muse of desire
Features
Staff Q&A: Mark Dorsey
Growing up in the Olney section of Philadelphia, Penn Police Chief Mark Dorsey was strongly influenced by the cops who took a vested interest in his neighborhood. That kind of concern is central to Dorsey’s policing philosophy: “That’s what I’m looking to bring back here—you feel very comfortable with the officer and the officer takes a stake in what happens in the neighborhood.”
The good, the bad and the better
When the U.S. began fighting in Iraq in March 2003 and France refused to engage troops in the ground war, our onetime ally became a lightning rod for Americans critical of dissenters. Some responded by dumping French wine down the drain, while a handful of members of Congress went so far as to rename the french fries served in their cafeteria, “freedom fries.”
Out and About: Birds-eye Penn
There are many ways to get a good look at Penn. You can hoof it around campus, walking down narrow walkways and making your way through the hidden recesses of the 269-acre campus. You can bike, too, for a similar view at a faster speed. But pretend for a moment that you could soar above the campus. What exactly would you see from a bird’s point-of-view?