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
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 |