CAMPUS BRIEFS: Friday, October 23, 1998

STA Travel signs lease for Int'l House space The Walnut shopping plaza, which once housed the Penn Book Store and several other long-time University City retailers, will be demolished over the winter to make way for a new Wharton School building. The new location makes sense for the travel agency because most of its customers are international students, according to STA manager Ruth Perez. "International House is a great location," Perez said. "Our market is there." Foreign students studying at many Philadelphia institutions live at International House, a 90-year-old organization not affiliated with Penn. Some Penn transfer students and upperclassmen also live in the building. Perez said the company will open at its new location on November 2, three days after its old site closes down. STA's one-time neighbor, the Pennsylvania Book Center, signed a lease last month for the former Sam Goody space at the University-owned 3401 Walnut complex. Another former neighbor, Classical Choice, moved to a new site in Center City, while several others closed down completely. -- Ben Geldon Former UPPD chief gets job in Trenton George Clisby, a former top official in Penn's Division of Public Safety, was named the deputy public safety director for the city of Trenton, N.J., last week. Reached at his new office yesterday, Clisby confirmed the appointment but declined to comment further. Clisby left Penn in June, after eight years with the police force, when his position was eliminated during what officials said was a department restructuring. He served a two-year stint as the chief of the University Police, a tenure that was marked by a scandal involving the alleged beating of a homeless man outside the Civic Center by two Penn Police officers. Clisby fired both officers, but an outside arbitrator eventually ordered the University to reinstate at least one of the officers with back pay and lost benefits. In early 1996, he became the department's administrative director and then-Director of Victim Services Maureen Rush effectively became the University Police's chief. According to a report in the Trenton Times, Clisby's new job is mostly an administrative one. He will assume many duties now held by the police and fire department chiefs, enabling them to spend more time running their respective departments' field operations. -- Ben Geldon Senior class gears up for Manayunk outing Get ready to shop, dine and party all day and night tomorrow at the second-annual Senior Class Board Manayunk Shop 'n Dine. The event includes a 10 percent discount with Penn ID at 30 Manayunk restaurants and shops. Following the Shop 'n Dine, the Manayunk Brewery will host a screamer starting at 8 p.m., with discounted drinks until 10 p.m. The night will end with a party at the Edge club from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Free transportation will be provided to and from Manayunk from the northwest corner of 40th and Spruce streets every half-hour beginning at 1 p.m. Buses will line up outside the Edge at 2 a.m. to return students to Penn. Class President and College senior Sarah Gleit, along with College seniors Andrea Tan and Jared Belsky coordinated Shop 'n Dine. Last year around 1,500 students attended the Manayunk event. "We hope Shop n' Dine will continue last year's tradition," said Gleit. "The Senior Class Board came together to pull off what should be one of the biggest parties of the year." -- Erin Johnson