Harnwell dean to help lead college houses
(04/23/02 9:00am)
Harnwell College House Dean Leslie Delauter will help lead Penn's college house system starting this summer, University officials announced yesterday.
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Film: Don't Mess With Wes Anderson
(11/29/01 10:00am)
Just looking at Wes Anderson, with his clear-rimmed glasses, mussed hair, a velvet suit and New Balance sneakers, it's easy to figure out where he got the inspiration for Rushmore's Max Fisher. Like Max, Anderson was that guy who, in school, would write plays and have his buddies star in them. In The Royal Tenenbaums, the dry, hilarious, subtle humor that he and actor Owen Wilson have created (Wilson also co-wrote Bottle Rocket and Rushmore and stars in this film) comes onto the screen with precision, thanks to Anderson's meticulous direction. If he's deliberate and somewhat of a perfectionist, it's only because he wants to get his vision for each scene and the movie as a whole onto the screen.
Film: Don't Mess With Wes Anderson
(11/29/01 5:00am)
Just looking at Wes Anderson, with his clear-rimmed glasses, mussed hair, a velvet suit and New Balance sneakers, it's easy to figure out where he got the inspiration for Rushmore's Max Fisher. Like Max, Anderson was that guy who, in school, would write plays and have his buddies star in them. In The Royal Tenenbaums, the dry, hilarious, subtle humor that he and actor Owen Wilson have created (Wilson also co-wrote Bottle Rocket and Rushmore and stars in this film) comes onto the screen with precision, thanks to Anderson's meticulous direction. If he's deliberate and somewhat of a perfectionist, it's only because he wants to get his vision for each scene and the movie as a whole onto the screen.
Film: Don't Mess With Wes Anderson
(11/29/01 5:00am)
Just looking at Wes Anderson, with his clear-rimmed glasses, mussed hair, a velvet suit and New Balance sneakers, it's easy to figure out where he got the inspiration for Rushmore's Max Fisher. Like Max, Anderson was that guy who, in school, would write plays and have his buddies star in them. In The Royal Tenenbaums, the dry, hilarious, subtle humor that he and actor Owen Wilson have created (Wilson also co-wrote Bottle Rocket and Rushmore and stars in this film) comes onto the screen with precision, thanks to Anderson's meticulous direction. If he's deliberate and somewhat of a perfectionist, it's only because he wants to get his vision for each scene and the movie as a whole onto the screen.
Culture: It's Like a Luau On Your Tongue
(11/15/01 10:00am)
Late Night With Conan O'Brien has a segment called "If They Mated," in which the faces of celebrities like Nicolas Cage and Penelope Cruz are combined into one and the results are less than flattering. Roy's is like that--only the results are tastier, because Roy's merges flavors, not flaws.
The showdown in Beantown
(11/09/01 10:00am)
The time is nigh.
Penn's secondary on the ball
(10/29/01 10:00am)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- With a quick glance at the statistics from Saturday's game, one might think that the Brown passing attack tore apart Penn's defense.
Football aces another Ivy test
(10/29/01 10:00am)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- You could feel the electricity in the air as the members of the Brown football team charged through the gates of Brown Stadium, pump-up music blaring in the background.
Bears still on the offensive
(10/26/01 9:00am)
Last week, the Penn football team continued its defensive mastery in limiting Yale to a lone field goal in a 21-3 victory.
PrognostiQuakers: Week 6
(10/26/01 9:00am)
The PrognostiQuakers have heard the whispers around the Ivy League.
Guides: Friday, October 26, 2001
(10/25/01 9:00am)
Baby Case
Brown showboat backs up his talk
(10/25/01 9:00am)
He preens.
Elis receiver steps out of teammate's shadow
(10/18/01 9:00am)
As opposing ball carriers have quickly realized this season, the 2001 Penn defense loves to pick apart running games.
Travis Belden
(09/21/01 9:00am)
He's a bad-ass. He's out for blood. When he sees someone wearing a different color than him, he just wants to hit him. Not those push-you-out-of-bounds, weak-ass, nothing hits. We're talking straight on, helmet-to-helmet, knock-the-daylights-out-of-you hits.
Travis Belden
(09/21/01 4:00am)
He's a bad-ass. He's out for blood. When he sees someone wearing a different color than him, he just wants to hit him. Not those push-you-out-of-bounds, weak-ass, nothing hits. We're talking straight on, helmet-to-helmet, knock-the-daylights-out-of-you hits.
Travis Belden
(09/21/01 4:00am)
He's a bad-ass. He's out for blood. When he sees someone wearing a different color than him, he just wants to hit him. Not those push-you-out-of-bounds, weak-ass, nothing hits. We're talking straight on, helmet-to-helmet, knock-the-daylights-out-of-you hits.
Dining changes brought on by financial woes
(04/17/01 9:00am)
Amidst a storm of controversy set off by changes to Penn's meal plan system, officials yesterday cited financial reasons as the primary motivation for the changes. Starting next year, the smallest meal plan available to upperclassmen will increase from 70 to 160 declining meals per semester, and the University is instituting a no-cancellation policy for meal plans. But yesterday, in a meeting with members of the student-run Dining Advisory Board, officials discussed some of the alternatives that were initially proposed -- and officials explained their reasoning for the decision. According to Director of College Houses and Academic Services David Brownlee, major changes in dining policy were necessary due to the financial state of dining services. "One has to look seriously at the purely financial conditions," he said. And according to a statement that was circulated to members of the Undergraduate Assembly and the Dining Advisory Board, administrators also discussed the possibility of closing one of Penn's four dining facilities. "There were some short-lived internal discussions of closing a dining hall entirely, most likely Stouffer, instead of making the meal plan changes," Dining Advisory Board member and Wharton senior Adrian Jones wrote. "Frankly, I would favor capacity rationalization, i.e., closing Stouffer, to mandated meal plans, but this is an issue for everyone to discuss." But regardless of the input that students may have given, closing one of Penn's dining halls is not a viable option, according to Director of College Houses and Academic Services David Brownlee. "What we want is dining space for all students," Brownlee said. "The fact is that [the dining halls are] scattered across campus. My own understanding is that there are not enough seats if we close a building." And according to Jones' statement to the UA, CHAS is mandating that four dining halls remain open. Officials also say that student reaction has been blown out of proportion for minor changes. Associate Vice President of Campus and Facilities Services Larry Moneta blames much of the controversy on the fact that the University was not given time to give an explanation of the decisions. "All of [the proposed changes] was intended to be a single rollout," Moneta said. "It was all a single effort that would have had a much more recent and reasonable presentation." Last Monday, it was reported that starting with the Class of 2005, Penn freshmen would be required to buy the 17-meals-per-week "Titanium plan." Furthermore, at the start of the spring semester, freshmen will not be allowed to downgrade to a plan that offers fewer than 14 meals per week. But while this change upset many of Penn's prospective and current students, perhaps the largest student uproar came after Friday's news that upperclassmen choosing to purchase a meal plan would no longer be offered the 70-meals-per-year base option. According to Jones, the changes came out of lengthy discussions on how to improve the financial state of Dining Services. And in an interview last night, Jones faulted administrators for not bringing discussions to students sooner. "I think that that's been their biggest mistake throughout this, and they've perpetuated that mistake by not coming out and saying 'here are our reasons,'" Jones said. Jones also said that he doubts whether Penn's financial aid system -- a system unable to implement the major changes that have been occurring at other Ivy League universities -- will be able to match the financial burden created by the dining changes. For him, students choosing to eat at the less expensive food carts and restaurants are evidence of student "self-help" in the face of high dining costs. Jones also said that students should have been involved in the decisions from the beginning. "I think that if they would have come to students in the beginning, even before they made the decision and said 'here are the trade-offs we are faced with, none of them are good, what should we do,'" Jones said. "That's what really frustrates me." Managing Director of Dining Services Peg Lacey has not responded to repeated phone calls since the first changes were reported last week.
Cha-chaing to Cuban sounds
(10/27/00 9:00am)
Lights were off. The fire alarm was blaring. And not even that could quiet the music coming from Logan Hall on Wednesday night. Nearly 60 students, community members and professors were on hand for the kick-off of the Delaware Valley Latin American Studies Symposium, hosted by the University's Latin American Cultures Program. The event, which is in its second year, featured a discussion and performances of traditional Cuban music by two groups. Beginning the evening was a discussion and slide show by Robin Moore, a professor of music history at Temple University. The discussion centered around the history of Afro-Cuban music and its role in Cuba during the period from 1920-1940. Following the discussion was a musical performance by Maria del Pico Taylor, a Temple University professor of music. Her six-piece group played several traditional Cuban songs and featured two vocalists from the Curtis School of Music. The performance went smoothly until the fire alarm went off after the last song. And with the alarm blaring, the Elio Villafrance Quintet took the stage and began to play what they described as "the blacker side of Cuban music." The quintet played their steady fusion of jazz and Cuban music to an audience that was tapping its toes and dancing in its seats. After two songs, the University Police arrived on the scene to disengage the fire alarm. In the process, however, they turned off all of the lights in the Terrace Room. Nonetheless, the band continued to play. Eventually, the fire alarm was shut off, the lights came back on and the quintet treated the audience to a mixture of Cha-Cha-Cha's, Rhumbas and other traditional Cuban genres of music. The audience was clearly energized by the group's performance. "It was great. I really, really enjoyed the group," Penn Spanish Professor Oreida Chu-Pund said. "They gave us a great look at the history of Afro-Cuban music, and they sounded excellent." The event was the first in a series of three. The next two events will feature a lecture on "The Sounds of Spanglish" and a theater presentation by Latin Arte's Ombe Troupe. The event, sponsored by La Casa Latina and La Unidad Latina/Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity is also meant to draw attention to the University's budding Latin American Cultures Program. "We are still setting up. We are building faculty and we just moved to a new location," History Professor Nancy Farriss said. "We are hoping this event will get the word out and generate interest in the Latin American Cultures Program." The program, headed by History Professor Anne Farnsworth-Alvear, allows students to focus on the literature, politics, popular culture and history of Latin American countries.
Cha-chaing to Cuban sounds
(10/27/00 4:00am)
The Elio Villafrance Quintet performed Cuban music last night. (Justin Ren/The Daily Pennsylvanian)
Football to chase Campbell
(10/26/00 9:00am)
Through the first six games of the 2000 season, the Penn football team's defense has faced some of the finest receivers in Division I-AA. Phil Yarberough from Lafayette, Damien Roomets from Dartmouth and Yale's Eric Johnson are all talented wideouts who the Quakers had to try to contain. It won't get any easier this weekend against Brown. The Bears possess the No. 1 offense in Division I-AA, and leading that offense is Stephen Campbell, a wide receiver whose individual statistics compare with some of the best college wideouts to ever play the game. Right now, Campbell has 253 career receptions, leaving him in fourth place and only 53 receptions behind a former Mississippi Valley State player by the name of Jerry Rice, who set the career collegiate receptions record of 301 before moving on to NFL stardom. If Campbell catches 12 balls a game for the Bears' remaining four games, he will tie the record. "Stephen has tremendous natural ability," Brown coach Phil Estes said. "But he also works very hard. He worked all summer to improve his speed and always studies film. He is an all-around great competitor and has such a great feel for the football field." Currently, Campbell is atop the Division I-AA leaderboard in almost every wideout category. He is No. 1 in receptions with 68. He leads in yards per game at 126.0 and in total yards with 756. Despite his individual achievements, Campbell gives a lot of credit for his success to the Brown football program. "Our system is predicated on the pass, which has allowed me to have really good numbers," Campbell said. "The coaches really make sure the players fit the system well, which has been a main reason for the team's and my success." Although he hasn't always been the best in the country, Campbell has been a standout ever since his rookie season in 1997. That year he caught 35 passes for 403 yards and five touchdowns, and his numbers have improved steadily every year. In his sophomore year, Campbell was a first team All-Ivy selection and was second in both receptions per game and receiving yards per game in the Ivies. Last season, the Kent, Wash., native had a breakout year. Sean Morey, a Brown wide receiver standout who was drafted by the New England Patriots, graduated in May 1999 -- leaving Campbell as the premier target. Campbell played an integral role in Brown's Ivy-title winning campaign last year. He compiled numbers that ranked him among the nation's best. He caught 89 passes, which is good for 11th best all-time in Division I-AA history. His average of 8.9 receptions per game was sixth in I-AA. He was a unanimous first team All-Ivy and All-ECAC selection. All of those attributes have certainly shown while playing against Penn in the last few years. Last season, Campbell had a stellar game against the Quakers, catching 10 passes for 190 yards and two touchdowns. In 1998, he had nine receptions for 119 yards and two touchdowns against the Red and Blue. "He's a very consistent receiver; he gets the job done," Penn cornerback Hasani White said. "The key thing is that we're not going to let the best person beat us. We're going to make Brown beat us with somebody else. They have the No. 1 offense in the country and he is a focal point. But they are spreading the offense around, so it's going to be a collective effort." Although Campbell is the go-to guy on the Bears offense, running back Mike Malan and wideouts Chas Gessner and Bill Rackley lead a talented supporting cast. Malan ran for a career-high 234 yards and five touchdowns last week against Cornell, and Gessner and Rackley have been consistent all season, compiling 385 and 376 receiving yards respectively. "They are making more of a commitment running the ball with Malan, and they're doing a better job of spreading the ball around, but Campbell is still the No. 1 guy on that offense," Bagnoli said. With statistics such as Campbell's, the 6'3", 205-pound receiver certainly has a shot to be drafted into the NFL in April. But Campbell is trying to remain focused on the season. "Right now, I am trying to focus on the year, but it is a goal of mine," he said.
