Year in review 1998

And there was a certain parallelism to academics at the University. The year began with the appointments of new deans for both the School of Arts and Sciences and for the undergraduate College, and ended with the long-awaited announcement of a new provost. In between, three noted deans resigned their posts. Safety continued to be a concern for students. While the recent campus focus has been the November late-night assault in Steinberg-Dietrich Hall, this year's notable crimes also included the Palestra shootings, which left one man dead and a Penn student injured; the murder of a graduate student in Center City; and a stabbing outside the Wawa at 38th and Spruce streets. Yet the Penn spirit prevailed, evidenced in students' overwhelming enthusiasm when the football team regained the Ivy League crown and thousands of Quakers faithful stormed the field. Now we'll just have to wait and see what next year brings?