From Words to Buildings
What good is language to an architect?
Congenial Spirits
From the Editor: Jan|Feb 2010
Food for Thought (and More)
From College Hall: Serving up a new era of environmental responsibility.
Letters
Jan|Feb 2010
Blazing Saddles
In which three friends take a bike trip for which failure is an option.
Heavy Reading
“You will be locked up in an icy prison, unable to get out.”
Crouching Tiger, Blow-Dried Snow Leopard
If you’ve always wondered what stuffed animals are all about, there’s no better place to be a fly on the wall than the World Taxidermy Championships.
Pinstripe Generals
Everyone’s worried about the “militarization of foreign policy.” But a program aimed at “civilianizing the military” might be just as important in the long run.
Better Living Through …
From the Editor: Nov|Dec 2009
Letters
Nov|Dec 2009
The Tatami Edge
In reeds and rushes, searching for the soul of Japan.
The Village Takes to the Road
On the night bus across northern Spain.
Yawn
It’s one of the best things you can do for your brain.
Outdoors, On Screen
From the Editor: Sep|Oct 2009
Ornamental and Essential
From College Hall: We need arts and culture to feel fully alive and to live as well as we can.
Letters
Sep|Oct 2009
Chasing Aztlán
A summer of food politics, social justice, and Chicana epiphanies in Florida’s tomato belt.
My Alumni Magazine, Myself
Fifty years of reading, skimming, ignoring, and connecting with the Gazette.
Towards an Old Architecture
On a bare rock island off the Spanish coast, a young architect contends with the anxiety of Le Corbusier’s influence.
Lessons from the General
What Cuba can teach the U.S. about educational reform.
Teamwork
From the Editor: Jul|Aug 2009
The Next Generation of Leaders
From College Hall: Increasing access fosters opportunities for Penn students to lead us forward.
Letters
Jul|Aug 2009
I’ve Never Been in Paris
Poetry by Stephen Krewson