1994: The Year in Review: november

During an an unusually warm November, both victories and losses forced the University to search for new solutions to already existing problems. The month opened up on a hopeful note when different student organizations banded together to bring back two movie theaters near campus, both of which had closed earlier this semester. The Undergraduate Assembly, Performing Arts Council and the Social Planning and Events Committee joined together to form a Theater Committee. The committee's goal is to replace the former Eric 3 Campus and AMC Walnut Mall movie theaters with a performing arts space and a new movie theater. While safety remained a great concern within and around the University community, the streets continued to be hazardous to student pedestrians. In November alone, three students were hit by oncoming traffic while walking near campus. Petty robberies, burglaries and assaults occurred as well. In response to growing safety needs surrounding the University, Penn Watch, a new student-based community policing effort, and University Police bike patrols were funded by the UA in an effort to increase crime prevention. And the University was in the national spotlight again when University President Judith Rodin was named to the White House safety panel following several safety breaches that occurred at the White House over the past several months. Despite the Student Committee on Undergraduate Education's efforts to increase the number of reading days from three to four, students learned this month that they still have only three reading days to prepare for finals. Provost Stanley Chodorow nixed the proposal because many faculty members were opposed to the idea. Contributions to the five-year Campaign for Penn fund-raising drive topped $1.36 billion. And the football team held on to a 21-game winning streak and won the Ivy League title once again. Finishing off a perfect season, the victorious Quakers clinched the title by beating Harvard University.