Rebuilding Under Way
Football, basketball rebuild; a coach’s battle
Trying Evil
A new look at a sensational old murder.
Briefly Noted
Nov|Dec 2008
Thought—and Money—for Food
Rajiv Shah M’02 GrW’05
Survivor: From Obsession to Reality
Charlie Herschel C’01
Lady Marilyn’s Wing
In much of her own work, the poet Marilyn Nelson channels African-American history. As the founder of Soul Mountain Retreat, an artists’ colony in rural Connecticut, she is nurturing the next generation of writers.
Living the Lesson
Taking his first live snap in the NFL, a rookie field-goal kicker—who also happens to be a 43-year-old sportswriter—learns about pressure.
Penn’s Building Blocks
From College Hall: Why bricks-and-mortar matter.
Letters
Sep|Oct 2008: Evolution, education, and more.
No Shoes, No Snacks, No Smoking
Searching for serenity among Buddhist fundamentalists.
Rage
“The barbed wire will keep them apart.”
The Flat Top of the World
Getting to the North Pole the hard way.
The Problem with Marriage— Straight and Gay
Why marriage is the wrong dividing line between relationships that count and those that don’t.
A Prophecy Fulfilled
Student-curated exhibit restores Lenape history
Young and Ready: Penn’s New University Chaplain
Charles L. “Chaz” Howard C’00 is new University chaplain
Wharton’s Kenneth Shropshire on the Business of Sport
Wharton’s Ken Shropshire on sports agents
Shaking Things Up
Football preview
Beyond Tango
A young scholar rediscovers Astor Piazzolla.
The Revolution Will Not Be Canonized
Parsing the politics of—and against—modern American poetry.
The Autumn of the Matriarch
Mothers and daughters tangle and untangle in West Philadelphia.
Briefly Noted
Sep|Oct 2008
Chicken Undead
Andy Deemer C’95
Funding Penn’s IT Entrepreneurs
MentorTech Ventures
Case Closed
Stephen Sheller C’60 L’63