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(05/03/95 9:00am)
Several animal rights activists reported finding the severed head and skin of what appeared to be a sheep in a garbage facility behind the Hillel Foundation on Saturday afternoon. The animal's remains were wrapped in a bloodstained sheet, along with a notebook, two broken beer bottles, two blue candles and a white rose. On the blood-splattered notebook the following was written: The fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta, hereby, relinquish any liability for the undersigned on the night of April 28, 1995. Thirteen signatures were written underneath the message. Two of the signatures appeared to read Joseph Mauro and John Ward. The other eleven signatures were illegible. Ward, a Wharton freshman, said he had no knowledge of the dead animal or the note and refused further comment. Mauro, a College freshman, also said he had no knowledge of the remains or note, but he confirmed that he was a Fiji brother initiated on April 19. A person in the Fiji house who identified himself as the fraternity's president, but refused to give his name, said he had no knowledge of the remains and declined further comment. The dead animal was found 50 feet from the Fiji house at 3619 Locust Walk. University Police responded to the scene at about 3:07 p.m, at which time University Police Detective Supervisor Mike Carroll said he believed the animal was not freshly killed. He said the individuals responsible for the remains could be not be charged with the crime of cruelty to animals if the animal had been killed in a slaughterhouse or by a butcher. University Police Detective Laura Schmerfeld said the animal's severed head was professionally sawed in half, with equipment typically found in a slaughterhouse or butcher shop. The remains were transported to the Veterinary School of Medicine to determine when the animal was killed, Carroll said. He added that there is an ongoing University Police investigation into the incident. The animal remains were discovered by Philadelphia resident Melvin Belser. He said he originally thought the remains were a mop head, but on closer inspection he realized it was an animal's head and skin. Belser said he then told several animal rights activists in front of Van Pelt Library, who coincidentally were protesting the alleged use of dogs in medical training classes by the University. The activists then notified University Police. Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs Tricia Phaup refused to comment on the incident Sunday afternoon.
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Shouting above the din of barking dogs, Zoe Weil, director of education for the American Anti-Vivisection Society, spoke out against the injustice of using dogs in Medical School classes. "We are here to protest the killing of animals that the University itself admits are unnecessary," she said to a crowd of more than 45 animal rights activists gathered in front of Van Pelt Library Sunday afternoon. "Dog labs aren't even required. Dogs are being killed at the University for no reason." University spokesperson Barbara Beck said last week that University researchers have stopped performing experiments on dogs. But Weil and other activists said they are not willing to stop protesting until written documentation has confirmed the termination of the dog experiments. "Penn hasn't contacted us even though they've said the dogs labs have been discontinued," Weil said. "They've said nothing. Let's make it impossible for the University to back out of this one." After Weil's speech, protesters proceeded to write protest letters addressed to the administration. And even the activists' dogs participated in the protest by signing a blown-up letter to Medical School Dean William Kelley -- with their paw prints. The activists then marched down Locust Walk to Spruce Street and then on to the Medical School. Second-year Medical student Jenny Kapo gave a student's perspective on the unwarranted killings. She said for many students, the educational value of the labs is overshadowed by guilt. Kapo added that there are valid alternatives to the labs such as computer simulators and videotapes of the experiments. "It's an outdated way of teaching anesthesiology. There are new methods," she said. "We could also take notes from students who did attend the labs so we would still do well in the class." Robin Lord, volunteer coordinator for the Fund for Animals and a member of AVVS, said she believes it is very important to inform the public about the injustice. "I hope and believe we can get the public's attention on some of the things that are happening to animals here," she said. "As people become aware of the atrocities, they will speak out against it." According to Dean Smith, Outreach director for AVVS, the University should follow the examples of other prestigious medical schools. "Medical schools like Yale and Stanford have given up their dog labs," he said. "Penn needs to modernize their teaching methods."
(05/03/95 9:00am)
Cornell University freshman Jeffrey Stenstrom died last Monday of the highly contagious spinal disease meningococcal meningitis. After coming down with mild flu-like symptoms five days before he died, Stenstrom went to the university's student health services. But after consultation, he was sent back to his dorm. Later that night, Stenstrom's symptoms intensified and he went to the emergency room where he was immediately put in the intensive care unit. Stenstrom, a linebacker on Cornell's varsity football team, fell into a coma that night and never regained consciousness. More than 200 students who had been in contact with Stenstrom 10 days to two weeks before he was diagnosed with meningitis received preventive doses of the antibiotic siproflaxcin. No additional cases of meningitis have been reported. If another student does come down with the disease the university will immunize the entire student body, the Cornell Daily Sun reported. Meningococcal meningitis, the most common form of meningitis, is an inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord, making emergency care a necessity. People can contract the disease by exchanging respiratory secretions and transmit the disease by kissing, sharing food, coughing and sneezing. The primary symptoms are fever, severe headache, nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light and a stiff neck. Friends and teammates held a vigil for Stenstrom at the hospital. Stenstrom's brother Steve, a Stanford senior recently drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs, was also present. Cornell held a memorial service last Wednesday.
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Serious efforts to select a permanent Vice Provost for University Life will begin this week when a faculty-student search committee appointed to screen prospective candidates has its first meeting. Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum, who has served as acting VPUL for the past 18 months, said last week that she is a candidate for the permanent position. Characterizing her term to date as "the most invigorating [experience] of my entire professional life," McCoullum said that as VPUL, she has enjoyed working with diverse constituencies and that she would like to continue contributing to campus life. But last March, when then-interim Provost Martin Lazerson extended McCoullum's tenure as VPUL for the 1994-95 academic year, she told The Daily Pennsylvanian that her term would "definitely end on June 30, 1995." McCoullum was unavailable for comment regarding her decision to seek the VPUL position on a permanent basis. Associate VPUL Larry Moneta refused to comment when asked whether he is seeking the position of permanent VPUL. According to Executive Assistant to the Provost Linda Koons, Mathematics Professor Dennis DeTurck, Religious Studies Professor Ann Matter, Microbiology Professor Helen Davies and Operations and Information Management Professor James Laing will serve on the VPUL Search Committee. Medical student Erick Santos and Engineering doctoral student Charles Roe will also participate in the committee's deliberations, and Koons said she expects to receive the names of undergraduates who will serve on the committee from Nominations and Elections Committee Chairperson Rick Gresh, a College senior, this week. Provost Stanley Chodorow said he decided to search internally for a permanent VPUL because of his desire to have "someone in the job who knows Penn well and who is known." He added that he does not want an outsider to make the changes in the Division of University Life that have been recommended by the Coopers & Lybrand report on administrative restructuring and will be recommended in the forthcoming report of the Provost's Council on Undergraduate Education. "I want change to be natural -- an outgrowth of how we have provided student services and of how Penn as a whole does what it does," he said. Implementation of these recommendations is expected to alter the organization of the Division of University Life and the way it delivers services to students over the next few years. But Chodorow said it is impossible to speculate on precisely how the responsibilities of the VPUL will change. "[PCUE] is setting up a process for the development of some aspects of the existing experience and of some new things," he said. "The University Life division and the job of the VPUL will help shape and be shaped by those new and expanded elements of the experience." Chodorow said the goal of reorganizing the Division of University Life is to better integrate student services into the academic programs available on campus -- thereby improving all programs. A timetable for the search process has not yet been set, and Chodorow said the pace of the search committee's progress depends on how long it takes to review candidates' files and interview them.
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In a major breakthrough in cancer research, a team of scientists led by University Microbiology Professor Yvonne Paterson has discovered a vaccine with the potential to prevent the growth of malignant tumors and shrink existing tumors. Although the vaccine has only been tested on animals, it may be just a few years before the vaccine becomes a standard therapy in the treatment of several human cancers, including cervical cancer -- the leading cause of cancer deaths among women worldwide -- and skin cancer. Cancer tumors form when t-cells -- the killer cells sometimes referred to as "the hallmark of immunity" -- do not recognize tumor cells as hostile and therefore do not attack the tumor and check its growth. The vaccine operates using the unique properties of the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes, which is found in unpasturized milk. This bacteria can live inside of tumor cells, where it elicits an immune response that the tumors themselves do not provoke. To test the vaccine, scientists immunized mice with the bacteria, which is genetically engineered to produce a viral protein called NP, which acts as an antigen and induces a response from the immune system. They then injected the mice with tumor-stimulating cells that produced the same antigen. The researchers found that 16 of 20 mice failed to develop tumors, while all of the mice in a control group had tumors. In another experiment in which the bacteria was injected into mice that already had the tumors, nine-tenths produced t-cells that killed both the bacteria and the tumors. These experiments tested the ability of the vaccine to prevent the growth of tumors and also to treat established tumors. "If you immunize animals with this bacterium, they will produce t-cells that will kill them," Paterson said. "That's very exciting. No one has ever showed that by inducing a good immune response you can make a palpable, visible tumor go away." The vaccine works for virally derived tumors, which account for 10 to 20 percent of all cancers, including cervical cancer and skin cancer. A benefit of this vaccine is its universal application -- it does not have to be tailor-made for each individual patient. "Once we know what the tumor specific antigen is, we can target specific tumors for a whole population of people that have the same tumor," Paterson said. In a year or two, the vaccine will be tested for safety and toxicity. It will then go through second and third phase clinical trials and be tested for ethicacy. The study, conducted by researchers at the University and Johns Hopkins University, is published in the latest edition of the journal Nature Medicine.
(04/28/95 9:00am)
With the annual running of the Penn Relays come the hordes of street vendors selling T-shirts and other merchandise outside Franklin Field. And according to University officials, this has become an example of the University's efforts to incorporate the community's needs when planning events. Vice President for Government and Community Affairs Carol Scheman said the Relays -- which can bring millions of dollars to the local economy -- has an enormous economic impact on the area. She added that vending rights was a major problem confronting planners this year. Vending was complicated last year because the city issued licenses to several out-of-town vendors. Licensing is controversial because of the lucrative business of selling officially sanctioned T-shirts. Many local merchants were angered last year by the failure to ensure they would be able to take part. But Scheman said this year there has been a conscious effort to include more area vendors. Already yesterday, 34th Street was lined with vendors selling a variety of goods. Unofficial T-shirts were selling for between $5 and $8, while official T-shirts were sold inside Franklin Field for $12. "I am very pleased with how everything was constructed," said a vendor who refused to give his name, adding that "[city officials] were fair and nice and had a good attitude." No vendors on the street were willing to give their names. Scheman remained positive about this year's vending situation. "This is a community that is very tolerant," she said. She added that this year there would be more traffic control, increased police protection and better accessibility to facilities.
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A photo of a dog on a respirator being injected with narcotics and other kinds of drugs is representative of "a dog's life" at the University, according to an advertisement that has appeared in The Daily Pennsylvanian over the last two weeks. The ad -- paid for by the American Anti-Vivisection Society -- states that Anesthesia Professor Norig Ellison is using dogs in a laboratory class in order for medical students to observe the effects of narcotics and other drugs on the dog. After the lab sessions, the dogs are killed and discarded, the advertisement claims. But Ellison, who is also vice chairperson of the anesthesia department, does not use dogs in his lab class anymore, according to University spokesperson Barbara Beck. "The University is constantly in search of new and different technology so animals don't have to be used at all," Beck said. AAVS Director Dean Smith said his organization had not been informed of the Medical School's decision not to use dogs in their curriculum when the ad was placed. According to College junior Carrie Kramer, president of the Penn Society for Animal Rights, the information for the ad was obtained from University medical students and Peg Carlson, a member of the Physicians' Committee for Responsible Medicine, who had interviewed Ellison about the dog labs earlier this year. "Indications were that they had not stopped the dog lab and as of yet we still haven't heard anything from the University," Smith said. Beck said that the decision was made last fall to discontinue using dogs. "The University has pledged to uphold the highest standards in medical research," she added. But Beck did not know if any of the public interest groups had been informed of the change in policy. "Had we heard from the University we would have been happy to pull that ad," Smith said. "We just wanted to see the end of the dog labs." A protest will be held tomorrow at noon on College Green in conjunction with the last day of World Lab Animals Week. There will also be a public forum on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Houston Hall. Ellison was invited to attend the forum but he informed AAVS that no one would be able to represent the Medical School. Last semester AAVS sponsored a protest opposing Neurosurgery Professor Thomas Gennarelli's head injury research that involves pigs and baboons.
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Over 75 attend forum Images of the Oklahoma City bombing have blanketed television, front pages of newspapers and magazines for the last week and will probably not fade from the collective memory of Americans for years to come. In a response to the Oklahoma City bombing and a bomb threat last week that forced the evacuation of the Penn Tower Hotel and Stemmler Hall, the University wants to take a more proactive approach to suspicious packages and bomb threats. A symposium entitled "Bomb Threats and Suspicious Packages in the Workplace" was held yesterday to inform managers, supervisors and building and business administrators about what to do when confronted with bomb threats and suspicious packages. Victim Support and Special Services Director Maureen Rush and Security Service Director Christopher Algard conducted the seminar in front of an audience of about 75. Rush and Algard explained what to look for in suspicious packages and letters and how to deal with bomb threats. In addition, they handed out fliers which outlined what questions to ask when a bomb threat is received. Some of the telltale signs of suspicious packages and letters include addresses where the name or title may be incorrect, return addresses that may be fictitious, addresses that are labeled "personal or private" and distorted handwriting or pasted label writing. Other signs of suspicious packages include protruding wires, aluminum foil, oil stains or even a peculiar odor. Also questionable are cancellation or postmarks different from the return address, excessive postage, rigid feeling packages or a ticking sound. Algard warned that people should only open packages that are addressed to them and should not open others' packages. Instructions for dealing with the suspicious package include not opening the letter or package, evacuating the immediate area, not turning on or off lights in that area because they might trigger the bomb, and not using two-way radios or cellular phones. In the case of a suspicious package or threat, the police have the responsibility for determining whether a building should be evacuated. As far as bomb threats are concerned, Rush said the individual who receives the initial call is the most important person in the situation because they can provide the most details. Some of the most crucial questions the the recipient should ask are when is the bomb going to explode, where is the bomb and what kind of a bomb is it. They should also pay special attention to the tone of the caller and background noises. A person could also dial "257" after they hang up to trace the call. Algard said people should definitely take elevators during an evacuation for a bomb threat. Algard stressed that individuals should not be afraid of false alarms. But Algard warned that people should not pull fire alarms during a bomb threat because people will be hesitant to use the elevators when they really should not be. After Algard and Rush finished speaking, they opened the forum up for questions. One of audience members, an administrator in the Medical Center, explained that some of the employees in the Medical Center did not respond to the call for evacuation last week because they believed it was a false fire alarm. Algard answered that the key is to have good communications between all the buildings at the University. He said that communication has been enhanced in recent days.
(04/28/95 9:00am)
University Police will be at "maximum staffing levels" in anticipation of the large crowds attending the 101st running of the Penn Relays today and tomorrow, according to University Police Commissioner John Kuprevich. The increased Philadelphia and University Police presence on campus is a response to the rash of criminal activity that marred the 1994 relay carnival. Last year, University Police responded to several reports of gunshots, students being dragged from a car and severely beaten, a stabbing and a series of robberies and assaults during the Relay weekend. Kuprevich said the majority of the criminal activity occurred at 40th and Chestnut streets and on Spruce Street, between 34th and 38th streets, which he characterized as "hot spots." At 40th and Chestnut streets, a party of more than 1,000 people spilled out into the street blocking off the entire intersection. This year, Kuprevich said police would be employing similar tactics to those successfully used during last summer's Greek Picnic. The Greek Picnic is an annual gathering of black fraternities and sororities in Fairmount Park that, in past years, has been accompanied by increased reports of crime in University City. In addition, a concentration of University and Philadelphia Police officers will be detailed to the so-called hot spots, Kuprevich said. He also added that the city's division of traffic police will prevent vehicles from circling, or "cruising" campus. Kuprevich believes that the larger-than-expected crowd came to the University area last year because it was the 100th anniversary of the Relays and there were no other major events in Philadelphia over the weekend. He added that today is Hey Day -- the traditional ritual in which the junior class is officially pronounced seniors, and tonight the Philadelphia Phillies will play their season home opener. Victim Support and Special Services Director Maureen Rush said that personnel from her unit would be on hand for an extra four hours during the weekend, staying in the University Police mini-station at 3927 Walnut Street until 3 a.m. Last weekend, University Police were also at maximum staffing levels to handle Spring Fling-related events.
(04/28/95 9:00am)
Rosemont College President Ofelia Garcia resigned last week after learning that a few members of the college's board of trustees objected to an exhibit Garcia planned to bring to the school that features women's underwear. Trustee Margaret Healy has since been named interim president of Rosemont, a women's Catholic college nestled in the western Philadelphia suburbs. The exhibit, called "Foundations: Underwear/Under Where?", features various garments -- including bras, corsets and bikinis fashioned from such unconventional material as beer cans and paper mache. The trustees had only seen the brochure -- a striking pink and gray flyer with descriptions of the exhibits and a cut-out of a bra. Many expressed outrage that Garcia had agreed to house the exhibition at Rosemont, saying that it was not suitable for a women's college. But Garcia, previously president of the Atlanta College of Art and director of the Print Club in Philadelphia, said the exhibit motivates the viewer to question how society treats women. Therefore, she said, Rosemont would be an ideal setting. "I thought we were past these discussions over whether someone has the right to show something that is provocative," Garcia said. "But, sure enough, the discussion comes up and someone explodes because of it. It's quite disappointing." The board did not overturn Garcia's decision, since they respected her prerogative to maintain control over academic issues. Still, Garcia said she felt she could not adequately serve as president without the board's full support. "You have to keep in mind that a president works for a board," Garcia said. "There were only about four board members who were upset, but they have access to money and other people with money?I might be getting my way [by allowing the exhibit to appear], but if I stayed I would be undermining the college." Garcia added that the same board members have consistently disagreed with her decisions. In 1992, Garcia invited Lynn Yeakel, a former candidate for U.S. Senate and an abortion rights activist, to speak at the college's commencement. This, too, created tension between Garcia and the board members. Once Healy assumes her new position next month she will take a leave of absence from Bryn Mawr College, where she has taught philosophy for 17 years.
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Chanting "university silence perpetuates the violence," more than 350 students broke the evening calm last night to protest the continuing violence against women on college campuses. Sponsored by the University's chapter of the National Organization for Women, the "Take Back the Night" event culminated in a march across campus and speeches by members of the University community. In a speech preceding the march, Barbara Ditullio, president of the Pennsylvania branch of NOW, said "rape will stop when men stop raping." Following a rousing finale to Ditullio's speech, the women began a candlelight procession that began and ended at the Peace Sign on College Green. "We can join together to take back the night, take back the day, take back our lives," Ditullio said. Holding signs -- one of which was sloganed " 'Yes' means fuck me, 'No' means fuck off,"-- they marched for women's safety. Women should be able to walk down the street without the protection of men, said College junior Negin Noorchashm, co-founder of the University NOW chapter. To further this point, while the women marched, the men in attendance were asked to remain behind to listen to a speech by College and Wharton senior Zachary Liff, a veteran member of Students Together Against Acquaintance Rape. "It's great to be strong and assertive," he said. "But when we take that aggression and use it against others, it's wrong." He encouraged men to do more than just "not rape," urging them to become actively involved in educating their fellow men. "I'm definitely a feminist," he said. But several in attendance were hurt by the fact that they were not welcome during the procession. One male student, who wished to remain anonymous, said he had intended to march, but was offended by the exclusive nature of the event. "I refuse to march as part of a segregational organization," he said. "This is not a women's struggle, this is a struggle for the entire human race. I'm offended that the sexist organization NOW refused to integrate itself with the whole Penn community." But College junior Alisha Berry, president of the University's NOW chapter, disagreed. "We welcome the support of men," she said. "But the symbolic value of women marching alone is what 'Take Back the Night' is all about." NOW Vice President Nirva Kudyan added that " 'Take Back the Night' has fundamentally been a way for women to reclaim the right to walk alone in safety." Several musical selections performed by a trio of musicians -- Assistant Director of Transfer Admissions Shelly Krause, Comparative Literature graduate student Karen Schiff and Director of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs Tricia Phaup -- set the tone for the "Take Back the Night" ceremony. The final song of the set was a performance of "Lean on Me," which inspired many members of the crowd to sing along. The evening concluded with a series of "speakouts," which included personal experiences, narratives delivered by those close to victims and poetry readings. "It's not just the strangers on the street," said one victim. "It's the people we love, the people we trust." "This is not a problem that's going to go away by turning our backs," another woman said.
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Housekeeping manager Paul Ross has been accused by three of his employees of sexual harassment, verbal abuse and theft. And while some housekeepers have supported Ross's accusers, two Physical Plant workers defended him yesterday. Earlier this week, Brian Hunt, Ann Lee and Tyrone Best came forward to accuse Ross of behaving inappropriately and making unwanted, often sexual comments about them and members of their families. Lee also said Ross may have taken money from her wallet. Hunt and Lee, who formerly asked to be identified as "Spencer" and "Pita" in order to protect their jobs, have filed charges with the University's Division of Human Resources and Office of Affirmative Action. But others who work for Ross said he is a "perfect gentleman" and a "fair boss." "Not only did they hurt Paul Ross with these statements but also his family," housekeeper Mary Slater said. "They partially ruined this man's reputation." Slater, who works under Ross in the Biomedical Research Building where Lee works and where Hunt formerly worked, said supervisors are sometimes charged with harassment "because they're simply doing their job." "In one short article, he's been accused of being mentally unstable, a pervert and a thief," she said. "I was wondering what psychiatric training [Hunt] has to be able to make such a statement." And Slater said she thinks Hunt and Lee should be fired if the charges are proven to be untrue. But others said they believed the accusations, adding that the problems with Ross are even more serious than those discussed this week. According to housekeeper Charles King, one of Teamster Local 115's shop stewards, Ross first worked the day shift in the high rises and was later transferred to the Quadrangle. He then moved to the night shift and the medical buildings where he now works. "Wherever this guy goes, he manages to bring a lot of trouble with him," King said. "I always hear about Paul Ross." King said housekeepers will often come to him before taking a grievance to a more serious, official level. But he said that despite the ongoing complaints he has received about Ross, the University has not made the situation a high priority. "They shift him around campus like a checker on a checker board," King said. A housekeeper who asked to be identified as "Julie," worked under Ross in the high rises and said he would make "off-the-wall comments" that offended some employees. "He's not exactly the most liked person on campus," she said. "He really could be a pain in the butt." Julie said some who worked for Ross had a more positive impression of him, adding that she herself was never harassed by Ross. And a Physical Plant employee who requested anonymity because she is "really terrified of the unions" said Best, Hunt and Lee have only levied the accusations in order to get revenge against Ross because he reprimanded them for unsatisfactory job performances. "I know they're devious people," she said. "They're trying to murder him through the media." The housekeeper also called her three co-workers "bums who don't want to do their work." And she said Best is "psychotic," citing examples in which he "terrorized other employees" who offended him. Best said he did not want to comment on those statements, noting that his problem is with Ross and not his fellow employees. But Hunt and Lee did respond, defending their decisions to come forward. "My record stands for itself," Hunt said. "Anyone on campus who knows me knows [such accusations] are false." And Lee said revenge has never been an issue. "I had nothing against him when I first started here," she added. "If I didn't do my work, I would be written up -- and I don't get complaints or write-ups." The union and the University are in the process of investigating the charges against Ross. Daily Pennsylvanian staff writers Jorie Green and Tammy Polonsky contributed to this article.
(04/28/95 9:00am)
When Alumni send their kids off to dear ol'Penn Students living in the Quadrangle walk by McClelland Hall, named after past University Provost George W. McClelland, every day. But they might not recognize his great-granddaughter who lived in the Quad last year. Wharton sophomore Karen Krause is a sixth-generation legacy -- members of her family have been attending the University since the 1844. McClelland was Provost of the University from 1939 until 1944. At that time, the Provost was the highest ranking University official. His grandfather, George B. McClelland, attended the University from 1842 until 1844 before transferring to the U.S. Military Academy. Krause said she is reminded of her great-grandfather each time she walks by McClelland Hall -- even though he died before she was born. "Growing up, there are all these baby pictures of me in Penn sweatshirts," Krause said. "My parents were always talking about how good Penn was and how much they enjoyed it here." In eighth grade, Krause went through what she described as her rebellious stage. "I bought and wore all these sweatshirts of other colleges," she said. "I told my parents that I was not going to come here." This incident soon became the family's inside joke. Krause explained that she visited several other colleges during the Spring Break of her junior year in high school, but "out of all the Ivies," she liked the University most. She applied and was accepted early decision. Krause's other relatives who have attended the University include her father James Krause, who graduated in 1968, her grandfather George B. McClelland, who graduated from the College in 1939 and the Law School in 1946 and her mother, Susan, who graduated from the College in 1969. The family's University connections also extend to numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. According to Audrey Bedford, director of the Alumni Council on Admissions, 12 percent of the undergraduate population is made up of children of University alumni. Legacies are defined as those students with one or more parent alumni, Bedford said. Students whose grandparents attended the University -- but not their parents -- are not included in these figures. According to statistics provided by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, 221 legacies applied to the University this year during the early decision process and 132 were accepted. Overall, 765 legacies applied for the class of 1999 and 399 were accepted. College junior Thor Halvorssen can trace his roots at the University back to the beginning of this century. He said that after he graduates next year, his family will be able to claim 11 University degrees. The tradition started with his great-grandfather, Douglas Coburn, who graduated from the Dental School in 1904. Four other relatives graduated from Wharton with both undergraduate and graduate degrees -- his father, also named Thor, in 1966 and 1968, his father's twin brother, Olaf, in 1966 and 1969, his uncle, Erik, in 1963 and 1965, and another uncle, Leopoldo Lopez, in 1966 and 1968. Olaf Halvorssen may be best remembered for dating Candice Bergen, a fellow student at the time. While Thor has achieved some campus prominence as the newly elected editor-in-chief of The Red and Blue, his father was known for running a nightclub called The Classroom with his twin brother Olaf at 39th and Chestnut streets -- where O'Hara's Fish House is located today. "Penn was not my first choice," Halvorssen said. "After I came here for a visit, however, I really liked it and now I have no doubt that I made the right decision in coming here." He came to choose the University over Duke and Georgetown Universities and several other Ivy League schools to which he was accepted. Halvorssen said that although he was allowed to select which college he was to attend, his family members' comments about their positive experiences here helped persuade him to choose the University. And when Halvorssen arrived at the Quad, he found himself smack in the middle of tradition. Literally --Halvorssen's room was the same one his uncle Olaf occupied when he was a first year student in 1962. But for every legacy that can trace their roots to the University, there are also those who do not realize they have an extended branch of alumni relatives. College sophomore Laurie Moldawer, a member of the Undergraduate Assembly, has relatives with diplomas dating as far back as the 1920s. "To be honest, until I visited the alumni admissions office the year before I applied to Penn, I didn't know that any other relatives besides my mother and two cousins had gone here," she said. When Moldawer visited the University in the spring of her junior year in high school, Gay Lacy, then assistant director of the Alumni Council on Admissions, thought it would be fun to check the computer for the Moldawer name. The search revealed that four other Moldawers had attended the University. Her first red and blue relative was her grandfather, Nathan, in the 1920s. "My grandfather passed away while my father was in college so I never met him," Moldawer said. "In some ways, Penn is a connection to my grandfather because we both went through some of the same things here." Moldawer's other alumni relatives include two great-uncles, three cousins, a distant uncle and aunt and her mother, Susan, who graduated from the College for Women in 1968. "The only person who is a bigger Mask & Wig fan than myself is my mother," Laurie Moldawer explained. "I attended my first Mask & Wig show when my mom came back for her 20th reunion." Moldawer was in eighth grade at the time. According to Moldawer, her mother encouraged her to apply to other schools. "If she had told me to go to Penn, I would have probably rebelled and applied elsewhere," Laurie said. "But I thought that if Penn was good enough for my mother, grandfather, aunts and uncles then it was good enough for me." Moldawer applied and was accepted early decision to the University. While some students experienced their first taste of red and blue spirit before they could crawl, others began toasting to "Dear Old Penn" a little bit later. For College junior Norm Hetrick, his earliest memories of the University are visits with his father for Homecoming and Alumni weekends. "At first, my college experience went in a completely opposite direction from [my father's]," Hetrick said. "I spent my entire freshman year in Mask & Wig while he was a student leader, into everything." His father played football, served as president of Delta Tau Delta and as president of the senior class. He was also a member of the Sphinx Senior Honor Society. The younger Hetrick said that after he left Mask & Wig, his path began to blend with his father's -- although not intentionally. He pledged Delta Tau Delta and became more involved with student affairs after attending the Race Relations Summit at Sugarloaf last year. "Some experiences, unfortunately, will never be shared by both of us," Hetrick said. Hetrick's father, like Halvorssen's uncle, dated Bergen. Other relatives who graduated from the University include his sister, Page, in 1993, cousin Norman in 1980, and cousin Matthew in 1988. Norm Hetrick Sr., who graduated in 1965, currently serves as a University Trustee. According to Hetrick Jr., his father never put any pressure on him to attend the University. "When my sister Page went on her college trips, I went with her and waited for a school to grab me like Penn always had," he said. "Nothing did." But even graduation does not stop legacies from returning to the place many learn to call their second home. President Judith Rodin was Judith Seitz when she attended the University. Her father, Morris Seitz, was a student of the University's evening school in the Class of 1930.
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Ending a day of Holocaust remembrance, more than 150 people crowded Houston Hall's Bodek Lounge last night to hear a speech by Holocaust survivor and filmmaker Zev Kedem. Kedem, who was rescued from death by Oskar Schindler, served as a consultant to Steven Spielberg in the creation of last year's Academy Award-winning Schindler's List. While relating his Holocaust experiences, Kedem spoke in a calm, steady voice with a British accent. "I was born in Poland in 1934," he said. "I came from a Jewish family that was totally assimilated." Kedem explained that he was five years old when the Germans entered Poland. That was when things started to change, he said, explaining that some of his family was placed in a ghetto in Poland. "People started losing control of their existence," he said. "The Jewish area was surrounded by walls and barbed wire. Communication by television or radio was punishable by automatic death." The Jews in this ghetto were also stripped of their identity, Kedem explained. "We had to wear the yellow stars of David, and any show of culture such as a beard was considered objectionable and for that you could get beaten up," he said. Kedem added that those in the ghetto had to give up their personal belongings -- such as fur coats -- for the war effort. He also said that when deportation began, nobody under the age of 13 or too old to work was allowed to stay in the ghetto. The families thought that they had been taken for resettlement, but later learned that the deported were sent to death camps. The last deportation took place when Kedem was eight or nine years old. He said that when this deportation started, some of his family hid in a pigeon coop. "There was nothing else to do there but sit in fear and listen to what was going on outside," he said, describing the sounds of yelling and occasional gunshots. Kedem said those with work permits were forced to dig up Jewish graves and turn over gold teeth and other valuables found to the Germans. He added that the children who were too young or weak to be deported were systematically executed. When the Germans searched the building in which they were hiding, his grandparents were prepared to take poison rather than be taken to concentration camps. Kedem said that his mother knew that deportation would mean death for him, and that the only way to save his life was to put him among the workers by smuggling him into a concentration camp. He was hidden in a wagon filled with jewelry and smuggled into a camp. "I started work in a brush factory," he said. "I would produce more brush than anyone. It was a competition to stay alive." He added that he surrounded himself with older boys and sat up higher than anyone else -- so as not to be killed because of his youth. Kedem said people brought into the camps were forced to strip naked and stand in the cold. They were then forced to walk over lime-covered corpses in a demonstration of complete control by the Nazis. He added that the prisoners were given small pieces of bread covered in sawdust to eat, along with soup devoid of solids. He explained that when Oskar Schindler created his fictitious factory, Kedem's adopted father got him on the famous list of people who were "purchased" to work for him. But because of his age, Kedem was sent back to Auschwitz. He said that when he was given a tattooed number, he had tears of not only discomfort but happiness -- because it meant he would live a little longer. He said that at night, he had to strap on his boots tightly to keep them from being stolen. He also had to cover his body in mud to keep from being eaten by rats. Kedem explained that he was liberated two weeks before his 11th birthday. He then moved to England, received an Oxford degree in engineering and moved to Israel. He was reunited with his sister 20 years after liberation, and with his mother another 20 years later.
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The Executive Committee of the University's Board of Trustees basked in the glow of the University's accomplishments at its Stated Meeting yesterday. The Trustees also approved resolutions that will hopefully provide for an equally bright future. In her opening remarks, University President Judith Rodin announced that Trustees Chairperson Roy Vagelos was recently inducted into the Fortune Business Hall of Fame and received the National Academy of Sciences Chemistry in Service to Society Award. Rodin also updated the Committee on her trips to Harrisburg and Washington this semester and on University alumnus and Trustee Ronald Perelman's $20 million gift for the student center that will bear his name. Additionally, Rodin said she continues to be impressed by the "dedication and support" demonstrated by University alumni she has encountered during her "heady and exhausting" development trips this semester. In his report, Provost Stanley Chodorow reviewed the multitude of awards and honors University faculty members have received in recent weeks, including five Guggenheim Fellowships, membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and, for Rodin, installation in the American Philosophical Society. Chodorow also told the Committee he has selected Michael Wachter, a professor of law and economics, as deputy provost. Wachter will assume the position July 1, and will focus much of his attention on academic planning. Medical School Dean William Kelley, who is also chief executive officer of the University Health System, said in his report that the recent merger of the University Health System and Presbyterian Medical Center is "extremely important for health care in this region." Executive Vice President John Fry and Trustees' Investment Committee Chairperson John Neff then detailed the current state of the University's finances and investment holdings. Prior to adjourning, the Committee approved a resolution renaming Biomedical Research Building I in memory of former Anatomy Professor and Provost Eliot Stellar, who died last year, and in honor of Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics Britton Chance. The facility will now be known as the Stellar-Chance Laboratories. The Committee also appointed a number of alumni -- including Rolling Stones manager Joseph Rascoff -- and equally prominent, non-alumni executives to various University Boards of Overseers, and approved the sale of University-owned properties in suburban Philadelphia and New Jersey at yesterday's session.
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University President Judith Rodin will update the Executive Committee of the University's Board of Trustees on campus happenings over the last month at today's Stated Meeting. Before yesterday's University Council meeting -- the last of this year -- Rodin said many of the issues she planned to raise there would be included in her remarks to the Trustees today. At the meeting, Rodin addressed the visit of the Middle States accreditation committee to campus in early April to evaluate undergraduate education and briefed the Council on her recent trips to Harrisburg and Washington to push for continued funding for higher education. At today's meeting, Provost Stanley Chodorow will brief the Executive Committee before asking members to approve faculty appointments and promotions. The Committee is also expected to approve resolutions on the disposal of various University-owned properties in Chester County and Jackson Township, N. J. today. And it is expected to act upon resolutions for renovation of the Medical School's Johnson Pavilion and the naming of the Stellar-Chance Laboratories. Finally, Executive Vice President John Fry and University of Pennsylvania Health System Chief Executive Officer William Kelley will present financial and health system reports to the Committee. Before adjourning, the Trustees are expected to approve a number of other non-academic appointments, including that of Marjorie Rendell -- wife of Philadelphia Mayor and University alumnus Ed Rendell -- to the Board of Overseers of the School of Arts and Sciences. Architect Denise Scott Brown will join the Board of Overseers of the University Libraries. Her firm -- Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates -- handled the restoration of the Furness Building and is working on the Perelman Quadrangle student center project. The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held in the Faculty Club's Tea Room at 2 p.m.
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Brown University has appealed a federal judge's ruling that its athletic department violates Title IX. Last month, Raymond Pettine, a U.S. District Court judge in Rhode Island, found Brown in violation because, according to the complainants, women make up 38 percent of athletes but 51 percent of the student body. In its appeal, Brown is asking the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals either to throw out the judge's ruling or order a new trial, the Associated Press reported. Mark Nikel, director of Brown University's News Bureau, said that the figures Pettine used do not represent the teams' numbers for the majority of the season. At the beginning of the season, men's teams, such as basketball, field more players than the women's teams. But, as the year progresses and students are cut or leave the team, the numbers come to more closely resemble the student body. During the trial, several Brown coaches for men's and women's teams estimated the number of athletes on their squads. Using the coaches' approximations, Nikel said, 42 percent of Brown's athletes are female. Under Title IX -- which became a federal law in 1972 -- gender discrimination is prohibited at institutions receiving government funds. Athletic departments must have a "substantially proportionate" ratio of female to male athletes. Departments must also meet the interests and abilities of male and female students. The law allows institutions a 7 percent discrepancy between the number of female athletes and the number of women in the student body, Nikel said. He said he believes this discrepancy exists because at many institutions, fewer women want to join teams. He said that while Brown could accommodate at least 30 more female athletes, there are not enough women trying to fill the spots. In the past few years, women's teams and coaches at universities nationwide have sued their schools for violating Title IX. Complaints have ranged from inadequate facilities and coaching to a shortage of women's teams. The University has also been involved in such disputes. Last year, the Women's Law Project joined with the Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education to file an official complaint against the University. Their suit accused the University of widespread gender bias in the athletic program.
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The voice of College sophomore Cecelia Beyer contrasted with the night's silence as she sang Ani Ma'amin, a prayer for salvation despite overwhelming odds. Beyer and more than 70 students, professors and parents took part last night in events marking Yom HaShoah-- a Holocaust memorial ceremony that began as a candlelight procession from Superblock to the Peace Sign on College Green. The speakers opened ceremonies on the Green by sharing personal thoughts and readings about Holocaust-related subjects. Students then began a 24-hour vigil which will continue until tonight at 9 p.m. According to College junior Reuven Bell, co-chairperson for the Hillel Holocaust Education Committee, the vigil serves to remember Holocaust victims related to University students by reading their names aloud. Because this year's memorial falls on the 50th anniversary of the liberation of occupied Europe it is especially relevant, according to Abigail Lindenbaum, co-chairperson for the Committee. Six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. "If you count from one to six million, saying one number every second, you would be here all of April, May, June and July," she added. "We are here to mourn those that died, to praise those that had the strength of mind and body to survive, and to pay homage to those that ended the nightmare," Lindenbaum explained. Many of those participating wore yellow felt stars on their chests. Bell said these stars symbolize two things-- unity and the stars that the Jews in occupied Europe were forced to wear. "When Norway came under Nazi occupation," Bell said, "the King of Norway proclaimed that everyone should wear the yellow star to promote unity. "We invite non-Jewish students to remember [the Holocaust] by wearing the yellow star also," he added. College junior Chad Haller informed the candle-illuminated faces before him that there is a new enemy in our generation. "This time [the enemy] is not just ignorance, nor is it those that deny that the Holocaust ever existed," he said. "With this new generation comes a wave of indifference. "We cannot let [the Holocaust] become ancient history," Haller added. Associate Vice Provost for University Life Larry Moneta brought a similar message. "You are probably the last generation to have physical contact with survivors," he said. Moneta referred to his own parents, who he said are among the last remaining survivors of the Holocaust. "It is your responsibility to make sure everyone knows what happened," Moneta said. College sophomore Leora Klein agreed that remembering the tragedy is important. "It is imperative for all of us to remember what happened -- regardless of our race, creed, religion or gender," she said. "[The Holocaust] was a crime against humanity, but to forget it is an even greater crime."
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Some University alumni have taken tinsel town by storm Wendy Finerman, a 1982 Wharton graduate, always planned to work on Wall Street. But then, during the fall of her senior year, the would-be businesswoman started interviewing with high-powered companies -- and quickly discovered that she wasn't really interested in what prospective employers were offering. So, armed with an entrepreneurial management degree from Wharton, Finerman went to work for The Movie Channel, where she coordinated film deals. Soon, she was the first woman in the business affairs department of Universal Television who wasn't a lawyer. "That was really bizarre," she said recently, reflecting on her circuitous route into show business. "I fell into this, and then I got smitten." Smitten indeed. In 1988, Finerman founded her own production company. By March of this year, working through that company with Steve Tisch and Steve Starkey, Finerman had won the Academy Award for Best Picture -- for the blockbuster hit Forrest Gump. Not surprisingly, Finerman currently feels all Gumped out and declined to muse further on that aspect of her success. However, she was eager to talk about her new projects -- feature films dealing with a wide range of topics, from World War II-era female pilots to fairies to a drama focusing on a family's response to cancer. "I feel that I have the greatest job in the world," she said. "I get to meet, both fictionally and non-fictionally, the most fascinating people in the world, and get to learn about them." To prove her point, Finerman explained that she will be talking to Acting Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig for her next movie, The Fan, which tells the story of -- what else? -- a deranged baseball fan. From her headquarters in Southern California, Finerman said she oversees every aspect of movie production, from the development of scripts and shooting locations to the marketing of finished products. Her days are filled with activity --whether she is pitching ideas to prospective talent or studios, meeting with writers or budgeting to turn an idea into reality on the silver screen. Finerman said she, like the characters with whom she works, is constantly aware of the past -- including her time at the University -- and the subtext it provides for the present. Someday, she added, she'd like to return to the City of Brotherly Love to make a movie -- although her college roommate, Stacey Snider, has already beaten her to it. Snider, who is president of production at Tri-Star Pictures, was instrumental in the release of such hits as Sleepless in Seattle, Legends of the Fall -- and of course, Philadelphia. "Much of what I do now, even though it seems like a very glamorous position, is select[ing] and choos[ing] the material we develop into screenplays," the International Relations major and literature buff explained. She also said she enjoys the hectic and varied pace of her job, because it allows her to work on upwards of a dozen interesting projects at one time. "Projects are always in different stages of development," Snider said. "As a result, I'm meeting talented, creative, vibrant people all the time." Snider added that she feels the University gave her not only a broad-based, liberal arts foundation for her eventual career, but also provided her with a large network of colleagues in all areas of the entertainment industry. Joan Harrison, vice president of the miniseries division at CBS, is just one of these many colleagues. Founder of the all-female musical comedy troupe Bloomers, Harrison graduated from the University in 1981 with an English degree. "I feel very indebted to Penn," she said, adding that she got her start in the entertainment business by pursuing the practical opportunities available at Philadelphia television and radio stations. Since she moved to the Golden State, Harrison has been active with the University of Pennsylvania Alumni Association of Southern California. The club has about 700 members, both because California is now the fourth-most represented state on campus and "because the entertainment business has proved to be such a magnet" for alumni, she said. A few years ago, the growing size of the University's California alumni contingent inspired Harrison to start what has become another University tradition -- the annual Penn-in-Pictures luncheon, which brings together 300 to 400 University alumni working in motion pictures, television, news, talent agencies and numerous other segments of the entertainment field. Among those who were invited to a recent luncheon: Paul Provenza, who replaced Rob Morrow on CBS' Northern Exposure, Joe Rascoff, manager of the Rolling Stones, Richard Baker, executive producer of The Santa Clause and Home Improvement star Tim Allen's manager, and Tri-Star Pictures President Mark Platt. "I found that I was on the phone with someone, and sure enough, we'd hit upon our Penn connection," Harrison said, explaining the impetus behind Penn-in-Pictures. "It seemed like an obvious meeting waiting to happen?[it has been] hugely successful for people in and out of the business. "Penn is a really good place to spring from, and now that there's a strong alumni network, it's even better," she added. Many of Harrison's on-the-job responsibilities resemble those mentioned by Finerman and Snider, although Harrison said she did not receive formal preparation at the University for her television career. In recent years, Harrison has worked with stars such as Melanie Griffith, Sidney Poitier, Anjelica Huston and Cicely Tyson. It's these people -- and the members of her production team -- who make possible the long process of seeing a story through from script to celluloid frames. "I work with such smart, informed people and I'm constantly learning," she said. "The business is changing and evolving before my very eyes?I can't say where I'll be in 10 years but that's also the exciting part of this business." Stand-up comedian, actor and producer Lew Schneider couldn't care less where he'll be in 10 years -- as long as he has as much fun getting there as he has had over the past 10 years. "I don't know where this will take me -- I'm still finding my way 10 years later," he said, adding that the ability to use acquired knowledge and "fit things into intellectual frameworks [is] rarer and more valuable than you think out here." Being able to write has benefits, too, since the written word is one of Tinsel Town's hottest commodities -- and the only product studio executives have until they plunge into filming, according to Schneider, who majored in History. He eschewed law school for a career in show business so that he could retain the Mask & Wig aspect of his collegiate career for a lifetime. "Not with the clothing," he cautioned, referring to the fact that Wiggers dress in drag for a good portion of their shows. "But I wanted to be involved in writing and performing." After appearing in the CBS series Wish You Were Here and the FOX series Down The Shore, Schneider had his own HBO "One Night Stand" comedy special. For the past four months, he has been writing and producing The George Wendt Show for CBS. A pilot he co-created for the network -- Meant for Each Other -- should hit the airwaves this fall, and last month, Schneider started his own production company, Back to Camp Productions. "Everything in my life relates to summer camp," he said, adding that before he commits to a project, he weighs its fun factor relative to a summer at camp. "There's nothing more satisfying than coming up with a great idea and having fun doing it," Schneider added. Like Harrison, Schneider said he believes his experiences at the University did point him toward his eventual career. "The seed was basically planted there," he said. "Knowing how much fun it was to perform and to create and to write -- at least it helped exclude everything else that was worthwhile." Mandy Films President Leonard Goldberg, who characterized himself as "probably the oldest living alum working in the entertainment industry," took considerably longer than Schneider to strike out on his own. With a 1955 Wharton degree and an interest in marketing and advertising, Goldberg established the path to television that Finerman followed three decades later, serving as head of programming at ABC before going into partnership with Aaron Spelling of Beverly Hills, 90210 fame. Goldberg and Spelling produced literally dozens of series, including The Rookies, Starsky and Hutch, Charlie's Angels and Fantasy Island. They also made about 40 made-for-TV movies, a genre Goldberg credits himself with inventing. After running Columbia Pictures Television and 20th Century Fox Film Corporation -- where he oversaw the production of movies such as Big, Wall Street and Working Girl -- Goldberg released War Games, Sleeping With the Enemy and Distinguished Gentleman under the Mandy Films label. "I thought that television was going to be such a powerful medium that I wanted to be a part of it," Goldberg said, adding that films followed from television in "an easy transition." His current projects include a remake of a 50-year-old "thriller love story" called Laura, which will start production in September, and a feature-length version of Charlie's Angels. And although Goldberg has thrived in the often-cutthroat entertainment industry, he said that these days, surviving at all is an accomplishment. "It took Wendy [Finerman] seven years to get [Forrest Gump] made," he said. "[But] her passion for the material was just so strong. "If you have that passion you will persevere," Goldberg added. "It happens fairly frequently in this business, and you must not give up if you believe in it." Schneider agreed, explaining that if a recent graduate is lucky enough to find work in the business, his or her position is likely to involve copious amounts of "grunt work." That's not all bad, though. "The problem and the good thing about the entertainment industry is that some of the most powerful people in Hollywood started in the mailroom," Schneider said. "They know the business from the ground up, and the tenacity required to stay with that ill treatment?That goal-directed behavior becomes real valuable." Unfortunately, according to Schneider, "Your college education doesn't count for much." Unless it's from the University, Harrison said. "Having an Ivy League degree is always helpful," she quipped. "People are very status conscious in Los Angeles."
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The time has come for eager hat biters and cane twirlers to prepare for their annual rite of passage. Preparations for Hey Day -- the traditional ritual in which the junior class is officially pronounced seniors following a processional through campus and an assembly on Junior Balcony in the Quadrangle -- are underway according to Class of 1996 President Lenny Chang. Hey Day begins tomorrow with a barbeque from noon until 3:00 p.m. on Hill Field. From there, the jubilant juniors can join in a march around campus ending at College Green at four. President Judith Rodin, among others, will speak to the junior class. Chang said that this is one of the major Penn traditions, adding that all juniors should attend. "Now it's our turn," Chang said. And Class of 1996 Historian Caroline Berry said "it's the best day for a Penn student to have." Class of 1996 Secretary Rebecca Hornstein recalled fond memories she has about Hey Day. "I remember being a freshman in the Quad and watching all of the juniors on Junior Balcony and thinking that one day I'd be there biting hats with my class," she said. The traditional red shirts, styrofoam hats and wooden canes can be purchased on Locust Walk from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. today, and from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. tomorrow on Hill Field, Chang said. Students can pick up their paraphernalia at Hill Field tomorrow. The hats and canes are priced at $15 each and the shirts cost $10. Students can buy all three for a package price of $22. Chang said these prices have not increased from last year's, causing the junior class to take a monetary loss. "We've tried our best to make it affordable," he said. Chang added that the Class of 1996 officers tried to lower the prices, but Book Store officials refused to return Chang's phone calls. The Book Store "monopoly" is keeping costs high, Chang said, because they are the only place available to store the hats and canes. Chang remined juniors to bring their PennCard if they want to eat at the barbeque.
