Senior Week '94 will include many firsts

After finals come to a close, this year's senior class will have a little extra time to celebrate the end of their college days. Since Commencement is scheduled for a Thursday instead of a Monday, seniors will have three days extra to party. "It's really like a Senior Week-and-a-half," said Senior Class President and College senior Matt Canner. The events begin with a beach weekend in Stone Harbor, N.J., from May 6 to 9, the first of its kind for Senior Week. On Tuesday, May 10, seniors will participate in the Walnut Street Walk, according to Senior Class Vice President and College senior Robbyn Leventhall. The Penn Job Link, co-sponsored by the Career Planning and Placement Service, will also take place then. This will be another Senior Week first, according to Canner. The Job Link will involve at least 50 organizations, galleries and non-profit companies. Canner said it will offer students an opportunity to give their resumes to potential employers face-to-face. "It kind of takes a lot of the steps out of the way and it's a little bit less formal [than the usual process of dropping resumes]," he added. On May 12, seniors will go to Dave and Buster's, a new entertainment establishment on a Delaware River pier which contains eight bars and virtual reality games. Tokens will be given to seniors when they pick up their Senior Week packages. Penn Performing Arts Night will also be held on May 12. Ivy Day, to be hosted by Canner and Interim President Claire Fagin, will take place May 14. Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell will deliver the keynote speech, and senior awards will be handed out. Also on that day, the movie The Graduate will be shown. That will be followed by a trip the next day to Great Adventure. Happy hours will be held at eight different bars each of the nights of Senior Week. On May 16, seniors will trek to Eisenlohr, Fagin's residence on Walnut Street, for a tea, Canner said. He added that this is another Senior Week first. One of the perennial highlights of Senior Week, the Senior Formal, will take place at the Bellevue later that night. "We put a lot of effort into it, and we got a great DJ, and it's just a big night because that's where we expect the most people to show," Leventhall said. Approximately 1,500 seniors are expected to attend the event, she added. Packages for Senior Week will be on sale beginning today on Locust Walk. The cost of the entire package will be $80, Canner said.