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April 19, 2001
NEWS BRIEFS Real videoPenn showed off what the Internet2, with its ultra-high capacity, can do, at an April 6 demonstration. About 25 people sat in virtually on a live, real-time videoconference involving students in the Wharton School and the École Supérieure des Affaires at the Université de Grenoble in France. The students discussed the feasibility of opening a KFC restaurant in the French city. Justice shoutingJustice Talking, a radio program produced by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) about hot-button legal and justice issues like abortion and school vouchers, is going global. Thanks to a new three-year distribution agreement with National Public Radio, the show is now broadcast on more than 60 NPR stations in the United States, in 120 countries through international satellite, and will be broadcast on the Sirius satellite network. Executive producer Kathryn Kolbert, a legal expert and senior research administrator at the APPC, said the shows staff are thrilled to have the NPR seal of approval. Gym dandyKeeping fit on campus is about to look a lot different, thanks to the upcoming David S. Pottruck Health and Fitness Center, a 65,000 square foot fitness facility attached to Gimbel Gym. The $23 million facility, slated for completion in 2003, will include 17,000 square feet filled with workout equipment, a climbing wall and a juice bar. Construction begins on May 22nd, and Gimbel will be closed over the summer. But never fear: Gym users can work out and swim at Hutchinson Gym on 33rd Street. Additional pool time will be available at Drexel University weekdays from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Oops!The correct Web address for the Penn Childrens Center (Current, March 22) is www.upenn.edu/bus-svcs/childctr/.
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