Best-Case Scenario
Five years ago, David Borgenicht C’90 and Joshua Piven C’93 came out with a little humor book titled The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook. Since then, things have gone from worst to, well, pretty incredible.
Block Party
On Twelfth Street, you walked out your door and fell into community.
Up the Volcano
How a “half-day hike” set them on a different trail.
Color Their World
Colorful catalyst Ruth Lande Shuman CW’64
From $250K to $1M in 5
“250 in 5” x 4 = $1 million for scholarships
Birth of a House
Before Ronald McDonald, it was their house.
Flying High
Trail blazer Hugh deLaussett Willoughby C1877
It’s Hip To Be Tight
Hip veterinarian Gail Smith MtE’70 V’74 Gr’82
The Kids of Cam
Kid saver Cam Winton C’01
Alumni Notes
Jan|Feb 2005
Homecoming 2004
Photos from the game. Plus: Alumni Award of Merit Citations.
Taste Quakers
“Everyone who graduated from Penn is either a doctor, a lawyer or … a food writer, it seems.” Well, not quite, but this alumna soon found she wasn’t the only one—food writer, that is.
Confessions of an Identity Thief
A direct line to the editor—is it worth the guilt?
Japanese Lesson
Lost—and then found—in translation.
This Land Was Made for Wackos Like You and Me
“This Land” creator Gregg Spiridellis
Homage to a Cathedral of Hoops
Palestra praiser Mikaelyn Austin
Ringing Out
Bell ringer Lolita Jackson
All That Jazz: Keeping the Music Alive
Jazz preserver Michael Cuscuna
You’re Fired! (Whew!)
Apprentice alumni: Fired and firer
The Art of Exhibitionism
Art exhibitionist Sanford Smith
Alumni Notes
Nov|Dec 2004
Obituaries
Nov|Dec 2004
Signature Style
As he heads West for a teaching position in the other Washington, Paul Steven Miller C’83 looks back on a decade defending the rights of people with disabilities as an EEOC Commissioner—and a lifetime battling for his own.
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.