Keep the rink To the Editor: I appreciate the awareness of Penn's hockey programs raised by the article ("A team on ice," DP, 10/3/06) on the Class of 1923 ice rink. But the author makes some naive assumptions. Granted, the potential tear-down of the rink will not affect any of the current Penn players, or even those for the next several years, but is that any reason to ignore the problem? Those who are planning the eastward extensions of campus need to be approached now - rather than when it is too late - about changing their plans for the ice rink. Penn is one of only two Ivies without a varsity program. Isn't that embarrassing enough? Why should Penn be the only Ivy without hockey at all? Let's not just leave the problem for someone else to deal with down the road. The Penn community wants to keep the ice rink, and we need to let it be known.
Audrey Farber Wharton sophomore The author is a member of Penn's women's hockey team
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