September 18, 2003
The jump from commercial TV to public radio has made WXPN General Manager Roger LaMay much happier. He even finds the controversies more interesting.
- Summer
cram courses move to fall
How's this for stimulation? JFK's sex life, summed up in 60 seconds.
- Service
changes aim to lure riders
Penn Transit tweaks its services and changes late-night options.
- U.S.
falls on social progress index
The 1990s economy may have boomed, but the social indicators slipped.
Editor’s Pick: You gotta believe
South African Methodist minister Alan Boraine tells how he kept the faith during the apartheid era at the Penn Humanities Forum.
- Research:
The skinny on the French? They eat less
No paradox here: according to psychologist Paul Rozin, it's the portion size, stupid.
- Faculty
Feature: Teacher helps students go native in Russia
Ludmila Oleinichenko goes home over the suummer, but it's no vacation.
- Staff
Q&A: Amy Calhoun
Call it luck or call it craft, but the director of the Digital Media Design program has managed to float into her perfect job.
- Ask
Benny: Permit holder asks why car was towed
Also: We finally found a place for "We Lost."
- Course
raises doctors' cultural consciousness
To treat patients effectively, doctors must listen to them first.
- A
song in the key of LIFE
A jazz veteran shows he still has his chops at a Nursing School dedication ceremony.
- Eternal
vigilance is the price of security
A fast-spreading virus serves as a wake-up call.
- Give
it up for Aaron!
Philly gets flash-mobbed for the first time as a phantom's fans invade the Penn Bookstore.
- Out
and About: Beyond belief
The sacred and the secular, the serious and the foolish find common ground at this year's Penn Humanities Forum.
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