Temple University administrators were stunned recently when they received two cashier’s checks in the regular office mail totaling $5 million. The donor was anonymous. One check was for $4 million and was earmarked for scholarships for women and minorities. The other was for $1 million, no strings attached. Officials at a Wells Fargo bank in Arizona, which issued the checks, attested to their legitimacy. The envelopes were addressed to a staff member in the Philadelphia-based school’s development office. “She had never seen checks of that size in her lifetime,” said university executive Stuart Sullivan. “It was quite a thrill.”
In the 132-year history of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show—the canine world’s premier competition—no beagle had ever taken top honors. But finally this week, a beagle named Uno was named Best in Show. The No. 6 dog in the country last year, Uno, who will turn 3 in May, was also only the third hound in Westminster history ever so honored. “He’s the most perfect beagle I’ve ever seen,” said Westminster judge J. Donald Jones. “If you saw him, you saw that perfectly smooth locomotion. Not one muscle went the wrong way. Look at his face, you melt right down. I’d give this dog a 10.”
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