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February
3, 2000
CAMPUS BUZZ BY SANDY SMITH Designs on the future: Judith Tannenbaum, associate director and curator of the Institute of Contemporary Art, has announced her departure. The woman who defended artistic freedom in the wake of the Robert Mapplethorpe controversy will move to Providence June 1 to become the first-ever curator of contemporary art at the 123-year-old museum of the Rhode Island School of Design. A new spot to nosh: Breakfast fans who miss My Favorite Muffin on 40th Street will have a new alternative — this time, though, it’s bagels, and it won’t be just for breakfast and snacks. A new deli/bagel bakery, Izzy and Zoe’s, will open in the former MFM space soon. In addition to breakfast items, the restaurant will serve up deli fare at lunchtime and in the evening hours. U-City’s back on the map: The University City District has
rolled out an all-new version of “A Guide to University City.”
This comprehensive map and guide to the neighborhood’s attractions,
organizations, services, institutions and transportation reflects the
dramatic changes that have taken place since it first appeared two decades
ago. The map, which costs $1, is available on-line at www.universitycitydistrict.org
or from the UCD offices at 3940 Chestnut Street.
Penn in ink: The market rules everything these days, even higher education, according to an article in The Christian Science Monitor Jan. 25. Courses, majors and even entire institutions are being reshaped to meet consumers’ (read: students’) demands. “We now live in a world where we no longer get to define quality or the nature of education,” said Robert Zemsky, director of the Institute for Research in Higher Education. “There’s been a dispersion of power away from the faculty towards the consumer.”...What motivates students to freeze their tails off in New Hampshire on behalf of a presidential candidate? Apparently not party affiliation. Newsday managed to find a Republican — Leslie Drogin (C’02) — working for Democrat Bill Bradley. “I figured a campaign is a campaign,” she told the paper Jan. 18. What's the buzz? Tell us what's happening! Call us at 215-898-1426, send e-mail to current@ pobox.upenn.edu or drop a line to the Current at 200 Sansom East/6106.
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