November 8, 2001

• Buckle up or else...
  The Penn Police Department will be looking to see if you're belted this Thanksgiving holiday.
   
• Invader to the West, democrat in the East
  In Mongolia, Genghis Khan's democratic ideals persist.
   
• $7 mil. for center
  A new research center will help doctors reduce the risk of medication errors.

Event listings
Readers' Best: Giving thanks
 

• Research: Ready, aim, fire at gun disease
  C. William Schwab and Therese S. Richmond want to take the political fire out of the firearm debate.
   
• Student spotlight: Small change creates a big donation
  Dana Hork (C'02) created Change for Change to leverage the power of small groups of students acting together.
   
• For What It's Worth: A weapon against extremism
  To prevent tyranny, governments must make space for people to dissent, says Cass Sunstein.
   
• Staff Q&A: Floyd Johnson
  This traffic cop has all the right moves, plus some advice for the people who use his intersection.
  

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• History lesson reflects the present in the past
  University experts share a love of primary texts with public schools.
   
• Studies provide international view
  What works? What doesn't? Politicians and educators want to know, and researchers are busy supplying answers.
   
• Totally tubular
  Children get outfitted with balloon headgear at the annual Penn Family Day tailgate party.
   
• Reforms come and go, Fuhrman warns
  The GSE dean debunks the politics of school reform.
   
• Special University City High School students find success at Penn
  Penn staff train kids with disabilities for the real world.

• Haunting little critters
  Lions, giraffes and bumblebees are part of the parade at the Morris Arboretum's Haunted Holiday Spooktacular.