Mar|Apr 2003
Vol. 101, No. 4
Plain Talk
From the Editor: Mar|Apr 2003
Make It Plain!
Michael Eric Dyson—professor, preacher, and “paid pest”—brings a critical eye and rhetorical flair to his analyses of hip-hop culture and his call for social justice.
Laugh It Up
For three young alumni trying to make it in New York, comedy is serious business.
The Good Citizen
When asked why he gave, the late Walter Annenberg—Penn’s largest benefactor, who for years headed the list of Most Generous Americans—always said, “Because it’s the right thing to do.”
Lines in the Sand
Graduate alumnus and director of the Foreign Policy Research Institute Harvey Sicherman on war in Iraq and peace in the Middle East.
Letters
Mar|Apr 2003
All About the Benjamins (Not)
Ticket to diversity.
Nerds Gone Bad
The Queen of Obscurica meets her match.
Now on Trial: Justice in Smart Vs. Dumb
What “blind justice” misses.
A New Home for Early American Studies
McNeil Center for Early American Studies gets $6 million.
New Dental Dean Appointed
University of Alabama’s Marjorie Jeffcoat named dental school dean.
Penn and Health Care Trust Dissolve Agreement
Gifts Revisited: Penn and Philadelphia Health Care Trust dissolve $100 million agreement
Where the Wild Things Were
What killed the woolly mammoth?
Emeritus Professor, Emerging Painter
Former SAS Dean Rosemary Stevens’ “parallel career” as a painter.
Court Orders Penn to Pay Up
Penn ordered to pay $2.9 million to vet school professor
The Magic of Birth and Bricks
Magical “birth brick” discovered at Abydos in Egypt
Off the Shelf
A Matter of Degrees. Taking temperature’s measure.
Can’t Be Satisfied. A life of Muddy Waters.
Fran Dunphy’s Tough Love
Challenging road ahead for men’s basketball.
Scrambling to Machu Picchu
Penn Quaker Voyages
Four Weddings and a Hit TV Series
Kirk Marcolina C’92
News—and Group-Therapy—for Ivy Basketball Fans
Jake Wilson C’99
Unspoiled by Fame
Mike Rutstein C’86
Alumni Notes
Mar|Apr 2003