CAMPUS BRIEFS: Tuesday, November 10, 1998

SAC elects newSAC elects newExecutive Board In the most notable change, College senior Katie Cooper replaced Wharton senior Sang Cha as chairperson of the nine-member board. SAC is the umbrella group that allocates funding to more than 150 campus student groups. "Students see SAC meetings as an obligatory activity that everyone has to go to to get their groups funded," Cooper said. "But we are also a support system, and we're also a valuable resource for [campus groups]." As chairperson, Cooper said she plans to increase interaction between the board and SAC's general membership, which is composed of one representative from each group. Returning to the Executive Board were College junior Charles Howard, Wharton sophomore Jonathan Glick and College senior Cathy Hwang. Newly elected to the board were Wharton sophomore Jared Susco, Engineering junior Josh Loyd, College sophomore Nimit Dhir, College sophomore Osamudia Guobadia and College junior Adam Warshafsky. On November 2, the new Executive Board then elected Cooper as chairperson, Hwang as vice-chair, Warshafsky as secretary and Susco as SAC's liaison to the Undergraduate Assembly. Cha said last night that he has "complete faith" in the new board and especially his "very good friend" Cooper. In addition, Cha said he was proud of the dialogue and "politics" generated by a referendum that, had it not been invalidated because of campaign-rule violations, would have taken away the $30,000 that the UA placed in a discretionary fund for the use of the InterFraternity Council. -- Erin Reilly SEPTA to add buses during track repairs Passengers on SEPTA's Market-Frankford Line between 30th Street Station and 69th Street Terminal are in for a change of pace next weekend. Shuttle buses will run along the Market Street route throughout the day Saturday and Sunday while a track maintenance project is completed on the elevated tracks above ground level. The buses will make stops at all regular stations -- 30th, 34th, 40th, 46th, 52d, 56th, 60th, 63d streets, Milbourne Station, and 69th Street -- on a normal schedule from 5 a.m. until 8 p.m. In addition, an express bus will run between 30th and 69th street stations. The express service will run every 10 minutes between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. -- Binyamin Appelbaum