Growing Movement
At the Charlestown Cooperative Farm, alumna Aimee Kocis is helping preserve valuable farmland from development while keeping 105 area families well supplied with a variety of fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables.
Writing For Her Life
Stephanie Williams C’92 was determined to fulfill her ambition to write and publish a novel before cancer killed her. With some help from her friends, she succeeded.
Why I Love Penn
Sept|Oct 2004: From College Hall
Letters
Sept|Oct 2004: Picking presidents II, patenting paradise, embarrassing error.
Pitch Perfect in Beijing
After several tries, Penn’s Glee Club finally gets to China.
Fuzzy Slippers, Sharp Minds
After a year in corporate America, teaching is a sleeper hit.
Coming Home
Searching for the China of her childhood.
Can’t Buy Me Love
Manage your money before it manages you: Chatzky’s commandments.
Labor Board Says No to Grad Unions
NLRB rules against grad-student unions.
Politically Incorrect—Lying Ads, Trusting Voters
The truth is, lying political-ads work.
More Time Doesn’t Mean Less Crime
Verdict: Stiffer sentences don’t deter crime.
Barchi on the Academic Enterprise
Parting words from Provost Barchi.
News to Chew On: Weaker Jaws, Bigger Brains?
Brains over bite.
Fighting Terror, Guarding Rights
Difficult balance: Protecting lives, preserving rights.
The E-Nose Knows Infections
Electronic nose sniffs out disease.
Head of the Class
On a roll: HUP honored for eighth year.
Repeat Defenders
Football: Can they do it again?
But How Do You Vacuum the Fifty-Yard Line?
Athletics’ AstroTurf auction.
The ICA at 40: Still Blazing Trails
At 40, ICA looks back.
Now Batting: Jim Crow
Negro League Baseball. The business of black baseball.
Putting the Lit in Chick Lit
Chick Lit, Quaker style.
Dilettante Has Staying Power
Fingeroth debut delivers.
Briefly Noted
Sept|Oct 2004
Composer for Hire
Charles Soule will play—actually, write—your song.