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...wants to win,” said Whitehead Professor of Government Dennis F. Thompson, who has co-authored two books with Gutmann and chaired the search committee that first hired her as an assistant professor at Princeton. “She wants to recruit talent. She does it by a combination of providing good reason and just inspiring people...
...Thompson said Penn picked her in part because they hoped she would focus on the arts and sciences...
...Penn, they wouldn’t have appointed her had they not wanted someone who cared about arts and sciences,” Thompson said. “Penn has pretty strong professional schools and some very good arts and sciences departments. But their weakness, compared to other Ivy League schools, is that the arts and sciences faculty could be strengthened...
...Thompson described Gutmann as a “born teacher” as well as an accomplished administrator...
...independent Domino Records, then hit the recording studio. Although the New York City, postpunk influences are obvious, the band tends to cite lesser-known Scottish bands of the late '70s, like the Fire Engines and Orange Juice. But their sound is their own, with a driving beat supplied by Thompson and bassist Bob Hardy. Kapranos' tense, observational lyrics - "Although my lover lives in a place that I can't live/ I find I like a life this lonely/ It rips and pierces me, I love the rip of nerves/ The rip that wakes me" - are augmented by occasional lines...