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A chance to explore public-service jobs

To the Editor:

Thanks to Julie Steinberg for calling attention to the career opportunities in government and public service in her column, "Preparing for Boomsday."

To help Penn students learn more about these opportunities, we are hosting our third-annual Policy and Government Career Fair on Friday, Oct. 3 in Houston Hall.

Over 30 government agencies and other related employers will be attending to recruit Penn students. We are also offering workshops such as "Finding and Applying for Federal Services Jobs and Internships" on Oct. 1.

We urge students to consider public-service careers. For more information, see the Career Services Web site: vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices.

Patricia Rose The author is director of Career Services A sad, but necessary policy

To the Editor:

This is a sad day for The Line, but potentially a great day for the student section.

In my day, I almost understood when students would saunter in after tip-off against Columbia, but I was flat out embarrassed when our student-section was one-half or two-thirds full during warm-ups against St. Joe's.

There is nothing worse than hearing the visitor's section cheering "Where are your fans?" in unison.

If this is what it takes to correct the problem, I'm in favor of the Athletic Department's move. Under a general-admission scheme, the most fervent fans will still be rewarded - as they were under the The Line's prior incarnation - provided they show up to games early.

If we have to choose between eviscerating a great Penn tradition or taking a step to reward the most rabid students on game day and incentivizing their timely attendance, I am in favor of the latter.

Ultimately, however, there is really another variable that is far more dispositive of student promptness - the quality of our Quaker team. It should be noted that Penn earned a top-five ranking in 1971, the year Bilsky so fondly remembers in your article ("Penn takes a new line on 'The Line'").

I won't recount here the accomplishments of the 2007 squad.

The passion and intensity of the Red and Blue Crew will be there year in and year out.

But the passion and intensity of the casual student fan often comes down to wins and losses.

Jonathan Lubin The author is a 2005 College alumnus and a former member of the Red and Blue Crew.

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