Update
FEBRUARY AT PENN

FITNESS/LEARNING

24 Free Falun Gong Classes; 7-9 p.m.; VPUL conference rm., Harnwell College House. Also February 25, 26, 28, and March 1 to 3. February 27, March 4, Houston Hall (Falun Gong Club).


READINGS/SIGNINGS

28 Kiss My Tiara: How to Rule the World as a Smartmouth Goddess; signing and discussion by author Susan Jane Gilman; 4:30 p.m.; Bookstore. Reading at 7 p.m. at Hamilton College House Rooftop Lounge (Bookstore).


TALKS

20 Chaperonin-mediated Protein Folding: Structure and Mechanism Studies; Arthur Horwich, Yale University; noon; Austrian Auditorium, CRB (Biochemistry & Biophysics).

21 A Nation within a Nation: Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) and Black Power Politics; Komozi Woodard, Sarah Lawrence College; 7-9:30 p.m.; multipurpose rm., DuBois College House (Afro-American Studies Program).

23 The Harder Problem of Consciousness; Ned Block, NYU; 3 p.m.; rm. 402, Logan Hall (Philosophy; Institute for Research in Cognitive Science).

27 36 Days: The 2000 Presidential Election Crisis; New York Times reporters and editors who covered the election will discuss their articles; moderated by Annenberg School Dean Kathleen Hall Jamieson; 4-5:15 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall (Provost's Spotlight Series).

28 Political Survival in the Transitional Democracy: Elections in South Korea; Young Yoo, visiting professor and Korean politician; 4:30 p.m.; rm. 543, Williams Hall (Center for East Asian Studies).

Poverty Awareness Week

20 Poverty and Health Care Access Brown Bag Lunch Discussion; Bettina Yaffe Hoerlin, urban studies; noon; Civic House.

20 Like Slaves to the Auction Block: Realities of Race, Class, Gender, and Power; Willie Baptist, Kensington Welfare Rights Union; 6 p.m.; Terrace Rm., Logan Hall.

21 Hunger Banquet; dinner and discussion of food distribution; David Ludden, history; 7 p.m.; Bodek Lounge, Houston Hall.

22 Beyond the Management of Poverty: Anti-Poverty and Wealth Building Strategies; panel discussion moderated by Michael Katz, history; 7 p.m.; G-16, Irvine.

23 Interfaith Shabbat Dinner: Faith Perspectives on Economic Justice; discuss economic justice and social responsibility in traditional Jewish, Islamic, Christian and Hindu texts; 6:30 p.m.; Benjamin Franklin Rm., Houston Hall.

25 Empty Bowls Dinner; dine and enjoy a cappella groups Off the Beat, Penny Loafers and Dischord; 6 p.m.; Newman Center.


Deadlines: The deadline for the weekly update is each Monday for the following week's issue. For the April AT PENN calendar it is March 13. See www.upenn.edu/almanac/calendar/caldead.html for details on event submission.


Almanac, Vol. 47, No. 23, February 20, 2001

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