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A look at thug life, 1950s style

Like musician Paul Simon, Eric Schneider was fascinated by the tale of the Capeman. Unlike Simon, Schneider didn't let his fascination lead him into a dead end.

Japan discovers adolescence

Adolescence in Japan is still in its adolescence, but it's already produced a full-blown teen culture, complete with new ways for youth to explore their budding sexuality.

Symposium explores urban research

Dentists hit the bricks

If it's Monday, April 5, this must be...the School of Dental Medicine, the latest entry in the Penn construction parade.

"It's a neat high to get out there and get that adrenaline pumping."

While Ray Engler has directed shows before and will again, it's being on stage that gives him the biggest thrill. Photo by Candace diCarlo

A partial go-ahead

Acting on the recommendation of the Working Group on Alcohol Abuse, the University has partially lifted the ban on serving alcohol at events sponsored by student organizations.

Etzioni calls for limits on privacy

Do we need to rethink our approach to the right to privacy? Should the common good play a bigger role in our handling of privacy issues? Yes and yes, says noted social thinker Amitai Etzioni. Perhaps you should rethink the questions, said a panel of Penn professors.

Write with sounds of silence, Kingston says

In a small room in the Kelly Writers House, Maxine Hong Kingston led a dozen undergraduates through an exercise in listening. And talking. And just being silent. Maxine Hong Kingston

Banned

University policy permitting alcohol at registered undergraduate parties has been suspended until further notice, President Judith Rodin and Provost Robert Barchi announced last Friday, following the death of a Phi Gamma Delta alumnus at a party March 20.

Changes in society blur the color line

Will the problem of the 21st century still be the problem of the color line, as W.E.B. DuBois stated it would be for the 20th? Quite possibly not, according to the sociologists who spoke at a panel on the sociological study of African American problems Feb. 23 in College Hall.

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