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...1970s a TV cartoon series called Schoolhouse Rock used catchy tunes to teach children about everything from verbs to the Constitution. Now teacher Ross Kapstein of Atlanta has given that idea an '80s twist by writing and recording a rap-song tribute to the basic theories of economics. Employing a funky beat and styling the title, RUN G.N.P., after rap stars Run-D.M.C., Kapstein hopes to help his seventh-graders at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School remember concepts like the law of supply and demand. Sample verse: "People's tastes change and so do I/ If I want...
...Kapstein, who teaches economics as part of his geography and history classes, has made a video of his students singing the rap, and hopes to release RUN G.N.P. as a single for use by other teachers. Says he: "Most of the students in economics classes are high school seniors, because they all put it off. Maybe this will get them interested sooner...
...talking to Los Angeles about catcher Steve Yeager, who is in danger of losing his starting job to steady Mike Scioscia. He'll be talking to the catching-rich Oakland A's, probably about ex-Yankee Mike Heath. He may even be talking to agent Jerry Kapstein about Carlton Fisk...
...Harvard trailed by only 34-29 at the half, thanks to a three-point play by the public address announcer. With four seconds left, Brown's Dave Tarr drove in for a lay-up and collided with Merie McClung. Before the referee made a call Harvard manager Jerry Kapstein announced "Offensive foul!" and as a reflex action the referee trotted down the court to give McClung his foul shots. By that time it was too late to reverse the decision he hadn't made...
Also named were Judith Kapstein, of Providence, R.I. and Moors Hall, Fine Arts; Ann Fairchild Stephans, of New York City and Eliot Hall, English; and Beatrice Tugenhat, of Webster, Mass. and Moors Hall, Psychology...