Campus Briefs: Wednesday, April 23, 1997

GAPSA elects new board Acknowledging that her predecessor had done an "absolutely fantastic job," Tredinnick, who is the former head of Graduate Student Associations Council "hope[s] to continue what the organization is about." "[Although] I have no definite election platform, I want to continue representing the interests of graduate and professional students at Penn," Tredinnick said. This lack of specific election planks is consistent with the laid-back atmosphere surrounding the voting. "There was little jockeying for position and no big issues," Welte said. "Students announced themselves as candidates and quickly introduced themselves the evening of the election," he added. Other candidates elected to the board include Engineering graduate student Sanjay Udani as first vice chairperson and treasurer, graduate Arts and Sciences student Matthew Ruben as policy head and Sandra Tillford in charge of student affairs. Daily Pennsylvanian columnist Amar Kosaraju and Heidi Tarshis, both Dental graduate students, will oversee nominations and special projects, respectively. And Angelos Keromytis will lead communications efforts, while Communications graduate student Gayle Collins will head the Graduate Inter-school Activities Council. -- Liz Goldhirsh 30th Street Post Office explosion injures two A small explosion in a freight elevator yesterday injured two construction workers at the U.S. Postal Service's Terminal Annex at 30th and Chestnut streets, post office officials said. The injured employees, who worked for an outside contractor, were installing a new hydraulic elevator when a welding torch came into contact with a flammable chemical solvent, sparking the explosion at approximately 2:15 p.m., according to USPS Maintenance Manager Joe Apice. The workers were treated at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania for lacerations to their legs, Apice said. One Philadelphia Fire Department truck and one rescue vehicle quickly arrived at the scene, he said, adding that the explosion quickly arrived at the scene, he said, adding that the explosion did not seriously disrupt operations at the annex because the three other elevators remained functional. The construction workers were replacing elevators installed when the facility -- which houses USPS trucks -- was built in the late 1950s, Apice said. -- Scott Lanman