January 15, 2004
- Special
report: A look at campus legends, lore and traditions
From Hey Day to Ivy Stones, campus buildings to urban legends, we look at the traditions, legends and history of Penn.
- Event Listings
- Editor's Pick: Japanimania
- How Penn lives the dream
- See what's new in youth theater
- People's Choice: Name that team
CAMPUS BUZZ
The thoughts that count: The Office of Community Housing made Christmas a little brighter for 21 families in two West Philadelphia shelters this year through an “adopt a family” drive it spearheaded. More than 75 participants, including members of the Penn community, area residents and numerous local businesses, responded to the office’s request, and the Community Housing staff also collectively adopted a family. The recipients of the gifts, which were distributed Dec. 22 and 23, live at the People’s Emergency Center and the Darlene Morris Love-N-Care Women’s Shelter, both in West Philadelphia.
Help Habitat make it home: The campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity is blessed with many hands willing to help build new homes for needy Philadelphians. What it has traditionally not been blessed with is the funds needed to build the houses. A fundraising drive now under way seeks to remedy that problem. The campaign’s goal is to raise an additional $5,000 for Penn Habitat’s projects by May. The entire campus community is invited to participate. If you would like to contribute to this program, send your donation to Habitat for Humanity, c/o Civic House, 3914 Locust Walk/6152; for more information, e-mail habitat@dolphin.upenn.edu.
Day in court: Although Professor of Law Nathaniel Persily did not enter the fray with briefs in the Pennsylvania Congressional redistricting case now before the Supreme Court, he and 10 students in his seminar course on Contemporary Issues in Law and Politics got a close-up look at it when they traveled to Washington to hear oral arguments Dec. 12. “The consensus of the class was that the appellants”—Pennsylvania Democrats who lost their suit in Federal appeals court—“had a very rough time in front of the Court,” he said. Persily added that the Supreme Court is reluctant to intervene in cases involving partisan redrawing of legislative districts: “They are afraid of venturing too far into the political thicket.”
Do something different on your lunch break: Get to know University City and its history with the new self-guided walking tours produced by the University City District. The tours highlight the neighborhood’s architectural heritage and its cultural attractions. You can download them for free from the UCD’s web site, www.ucityphila.org, or pick them up at the district’s office, 3940 Chestnut St.
Help Penn communicate creatively: The Business Services Division is constantly striving to improve the services it provides to the Penn community. The division’s annual survey on Creative Communications, currently under way, helps determine how well Penn’s publishing needs are being met. If you share your opinions with Business Services at www.upenn.edu/creativecommunications/survey, you may win a night for two at the Inn at Penn or a $100 gift certificate to Penne restaurant.
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