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(01/24/91 10:00am)
Animal rights activist Michael Winikoff is expected to withdraw an appeal of his June conviction today, ending the year-long legal battle surrounding his theft of two rats from a University psychology laboratory last January. Winikoff, a resident of Washington D.C. and an activist in People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said last night that he decided to drop the appeal after concluding that he could not get a fair trial in Philadelphia. "In Philadelphia, the University dominates the city, including legal affairs," Winikoff said. "If it was any other city, the University would be on trial." Winikoff's lawyer, Bernard Siegel, said yesterday that the animal rights activist will officially withdraw the appeal for a jury trial this morning at a Center City courthouse. The judge is then expected to reinstate the original verdict of a Philadelphia Municipal Court judge. Siegel said he did not know why Winikoff decided to withdraw the appeal, but emphasized that his client would probably not run the risk of a harsher sentence if convicted again. In June, Municipal Court Judge Lydia Kirkland sentenced Winikoff to 100 hours of community service at any organization that does not deal with animals, and to pay the University a $60 restitution fine -- $30 per rat. Under city laws, all defendants are entitled to a new trial by jury if they wish to appeal the decision of a Municipal Court judge. Winikoff had said last September that he was confident that he would have better chances with a jury than he had with Kirkland. According to his lawyer, Winikoff could have faced a maximum sentence of one year imprisonment and a $1000 fine at the appeals trial. Winikoff stole the rats while he was posing as a lab technician. He claimed that the animals were being neglected after receiving brain surgery. Winikoff said last night that the University has a bad track record of animal abuse. At the time of the original sentencing, Winikoff was an employee of PETA, a Washington D.C.-based animal rights group. Ingrid Newkirk, president of PETA, could not be reached for comment, but a PETA spokesperson said Winikoff should be praised for his actions.
(01/21/91 10:00am)
Students and administrators close to former Wharton student Christopher Clemente expressed sadness and shock last week over the guilty verdict entered against him Wednesday. Clemente and co-defendant Leah Bundy were found guilty on nine counts of drug and weapons charges last week in New York. They now face sentences of 25 years to life in prison. Clemente's attorneys plan to appeal the decision. Several of Clemente's friends and associates, including the steering committee of the Black Student League, said they were surprised by the verdict, especially by the fact that he was found guilty on every charge. Van Pelt College House Graduate Fellow Andrew Miller, who lived in the building with Clemente for three years and who testified on his behalf at his trial, said last week he was "amazed" by the guilty verdict. "I was just really, really shocked," said Miller. Vice Provost for University Life Kim Morrisson, who suspended Clemente weeks after his arrest in a Harlem apartment, said last week she was "saddened" by the verdict. Morrisson's decision to suspend Clemente last year sparked several student protests. Judicial Inquiry Officer Constance Goodman later reached an agreement with Clemente's attorneys to list the student's absence as a voluntary "leave of absence." "My heart goes out to his family," said Morrisson. Harold Ford, who is the managing editor of the University's black student newspaper The Vision and a friend of Clemente, said that he had been confident Clemente would be found innocent. "I was terribly, terribly disturbed," Ford said. "His defense was very strong." Ford also thought that the evidence in the trial seemed "shaky," adding that he was "curious to know why the judge wouldn't let Clemente's academic record be admitted to evidence." Miller also questioned the jury's verdict, saying "there's just no proof." "[The evidence] was merely circumstantial. . . I don't see how a jury could have convicted him," Miller said. "It's just crazy what he has gone through, when there is no evidence to connect him to [the crimes]." In addition, the ten members of the BSL steering committee showed their support for Clemente, a former member, in a written statement released yesterday. "The BSL would like to continue its support of Christopher Clemente and his family despite the decision of the court," the statement said. "We strongly feel that the circumstances and evidence upon which he was convicted were not concrete, and that his conviction cannot be upheld without a questionable doubt."
(01/18/91 10:00am)
Convicted drug dealer Christopher Clemente was jailed yesterday after a New York Supreme Court judge reversed his decision to allow the Wharton junior to remain free on bail until his sentencing on drug and weapons charges next month. Clemente and a co-defendant, Bronx resident Leah Bundy, were found guilty of nine drug and weapons charges by a jury Wednesday night. They face a sentence of 25 years to life in prison at their sentencing February 28. Ronald Kuby, one of two attorneys for Clemente, said Wednesday that they will appeal the verdict. Judge Richard Lowe decided yesterday morning to jail Clemente -- despite his earlier statement that Clemente could remain free -- after Assistant District Attorney Maxwell Wiley made an application for Clemente's imprisonment, court officials said yesterday. According to New York District Attorney's office spokesperson Gloria Montealegre, the application cited a statute in the Criminal Procedure Law requiring that those convicted of a class A felony must be jailed. Clemente and Bundy, who were not aware of Wiley's application, were immediately taken into custody at the New York Criminal Court Building where they had come to fulfill other court procedures, court officials said. The Wharton junior was released Wednesday night after the jury's verdict was delivered due to a procedural error, according to Montealegre. A court official, who asked not to be identified, said yesterday that Clemente and Bundy were released because Judge Lowe "was trying to be nice to the defendants by letting them be released on bail," and that the release was made "kind of inadvertently." Wiley also "neglected" to remind Lowe that the statute requiring imprisonment immediately after the verdict was rendered, the court official said. Clemente's other attorney William Kunstler, a renowned civil liberties lawyer, said yesterday that imprisoning Clemente was unnecessary and reflected a lack of compassion on the part of the court system. He added that the DA's presentation of the statute yesterday morning was an attempt to "get the last pound of flesh out of these two young people." "The judge didn't know about [the statute], and the DA did not have to call it to his attention," said Kunstler. "That is the law, but the judge didn't have to do it." "We are sick at heart," Kunstler said of the Clemente's treatment throughout the trial. "It shows that young black lives are absolutely worthless to the general society." Kunstler also stressed the importance of winning an appeal, saying a long prison term would "ruin the rest of their lives."
(01/17/91 10:00am)
NEW YORK -- A New York Supreme Court jury found Wharton junior Christopher Clemente guilty on all nine drug and weapons charges last night after deliberating for almost five hours. Both Clemente and co-defendant Leah Bundy, who was convicted on identical charges, now face a minimum of 25 years to life in prison. Judge Richard Lowe allowed the two to remain free until sentencing, which was set for February 28. One of Clemente's attorneys, Ronald Kuby, said last night the defense will appeal the verdict. He added, however, that Lowe indicated the Wharton junior would not be released on bail pending a decision on the appeal. Clemente's home phone number in the Bronx has been changed, and he could not be reached for comment last night. The nine man, three woman jury came back with the verdict just before 8 p.m. after an intense day in Lowe's downtown Manhattan court room. Both sides presented emotional closing arguments that lasted throughout the morning, and Lowe spent over two hours in the afternoon giving the jury its charge. The courtroom was two-thirds full with newspaper reporters and spectators, including Clemente's mother Barbara Jenkins, who remained deadly silent during the morning summations, which lasted over three hours. In his closing arguments, Assistant District Attorney Maxwell Wiley asserted that Clemente and Bundy were part of a drug operation that may have inclued several other people, including Clemente's brother Henry. He argued that the defense's arguments that the two were in the apartment for romantic reasons was mere speculation based on no facts. "They were not in the wrong place at the wrong time," Wiley said with the most emotion he has shown throughout the seven-day trial. "They were not the victim of chance or bad judgement. They were where they wanted to be." "You heard that Christopher Clemente is a law abiding citizen," the assistant DA said, referring to character witnesses from the University. "I ask you [the jury], as law abiding citizens, if you would spend even a minute at that apartment. That is a place you run from." Clemente's attorney, famed civil liberties attorney William Kunstler, argued that evidence showed the apartment did not belong to Clemente. He also stated that the drugs or weapons were not tested for fingerprints and could be linked to Clemente. Kunstler, who was the first to deliver a closing argument, said that the apartment, drugs and weapons belonged to someone else, possibly Clemente's brother Henry, and that the two were only there for a romantic encounter. "The issue is not whether he used bad judgement by using an aparment to find a moment of love and peace," he argued. "You have him alone with a young attractive girl. You have an apartment that was used for a tryst." Kunstler argued that his interpretation of the night's events was just as valid as the prosecution's. He asserted that if two inferences are of equal validity, law mandates the jury find in favor of the scenario that points to innocence. Kuby said last night that he and Kunstler were extremely upset by the verdict. "Both Bill and I are shocked and disappointed, but it's a sign of the times," the ponytailed attorney said. "The callous disregard that the jury showed for the life of Christopher Clemente is the same callous disregard that we are seeing for life in the Persian Gulf." Clemente was arrested the night of January 9, 1990 in a Harlem apartment by police who were responding to a call of a man shot. Clemente threw 2000 crack vials into an alley, and cut his hands while struggling desperately to rip away a locked window gate so he could flee, Wiley said. In the apartment, police found 214 vials of crack cocaine, several large chunks of crack, $11,000 in cash and a loaded MAC-11 machine pistol. In addition to the over 2000 vials of crack, poice say a 9mm pistol and a scale were dropped out of the apartment window. Kunstler and Bundy's lawyer, Gail Davis, said in closing arguments that if their clients had been in control of the apartment and its contents, they would have had a key for the window gate. They would also have known about the guns hidden behind a radiator and in a closet and would have tried to throw them out.
(12/05/90 10:00am)
The first group forced to leave its prime location in the center of campus will not be removed by President Sheldon Hackney but by Mother Nature. In a report given at yesterday's College faculty meeting, School of Arts and Sciences Dean Hugo Sonnenschein brought home the news that inhabitants of Logan Hall will probably have to uproot themselves from their offices this spring while extensive repairs occur. The more extreme this winter's weather, the sooner faculty and administrators will relocate, the dean said. Sonnenschein said the repairs are likely to begin before next May because "it is not clear whether Logan Hall would survive another year." The repairs will cost the University $10 million -- more than it would cost to tear down the historic building and replace it with a purely functional building, according to Vice President for Facilities Management Arthur Gravina. Sonnenschein said the repairs, in which workers will replace much of the gray building's stonework, will force inhabitants to relocate their offices for at least a year. They will probably move to 3440 Market Street. Logan Hall houses many College administrative and academic departments, including the College for General Studies, the College Office, the Philosophy and Folklore departments, the International Relations Program and the General Honors Program. The relocation process for the current College-dominated inhabitants will be complicated, according to Karen Miselis, SAS associate administrative dean. She said approximately 150 people and 35,000 square feet of office space must be relocated. Miselis added that she and other administrators have been searching for three years for places to house the soon-to-be-uprooted offices. Sonnenschein said the only space where they could put all Logan Hall inhabitants together was at the University City Science Center at 3440 Market Street. "We found [the Market Street space] after a long, complicated search," said Miselis. "This space is conducive to what the departments have to do . . . Putting everybody there together will create a better atmosphere." Logan Hall inhabitants said last night they have resigned themselves to the move, adding that they are not angered because the repairs are vital to the building's health. Frank Plantan, associate director of the International Relations program, last night voiced support for the renovations. Plantan said that although the move posed an "inconvenience", he saw it as "a fact of life that you have to deal with . . . It's nothing to be upset about." "It's a shame that we have to leave, because Logan Hall is such a great building," College of General Studies Director Richard Hendrix said last night. "But you can't stay in a building that is going to fall down or be condemned." Hendrix added that although the most likely relocation site is not ideal, he is "glad it's not further away." The University made these renovations inevitable when it constructed the building more than 100 years ago, Sonnenschein said, because it used inferior quality stone to build both Logan Hall and College Hall. Water has thoroughly permeated and damaged the weak stone and must be replaced, he said. "The stone is soft and it is coming apart from the rest of the building, so it has to be taken down and rebuilt," Miselis said. She said every side of the building has been affected. In addition to fixing the stonework, workers will repair the building's leaking roof, replace worn out mortar, and conduct extensive cosmetic renovations.
(11/28/90 10:00am)
The University's Student Health Service received accreditation last week by one of the nation's top health organizations, joining an exclusive list of only 17 other college health offices which have received the honor. Student Health Director MarJeanne Collins said she was notified by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Organizations' ambulatory care division last week that Student Health's application for accreditation was approved. The JCAHO is a national accrediting body which sets standards for health care quality and evaluates various health services. Many people who work with Student Health were pleased by the accreditation by the JCAHO. "[Being accredited] made me feel terrific," said Collins. "The staff worked hard and it was exciting to achieve that goal." Student Health staff physician Janice Hillman, who co-chaired a committee to aid the accreditation process, said that accreditation was extremely significant to Student Health. "Accreditation helps us to maintain our high quality health care, and it helps us to find where our strengths and weaknesses are," said Hillman. Wharton senior Joe Porcelli, chairperson of the Student Health Advisory Board, said that he was pleased by the news. "The accreditation process is an important step for Student Health," he said. Receiving accreditation by the JCAHO is a very prestigious and selective honor, Collins said. Only 17 college health services have previously received accreditation by the JCAHO, according to Collins. Collins added that American College Health Association views JCAHO as the premiere organization to accredit larger health services such as the University's. "Accreditation says the Health Service meets the highest standard that has been set," said Collins. Brown University is the only other Ivy League school to be accredited by the JCAHO. Collins said that the evaluation process involved two members of the JCAHO who rigorously examined all aspects of Student Health's operation over a two-day period and then offered suggestions for improvements, with short return trips to ensure the recommendations had been implemented. Other than prestige and recognition, accreditation offers few tangible benefits to Student Health, Collins said. She added that the accreditation will have no impact on research activites at Student Health, although it may aid in attracting top quality practicioners. Hillman emphasized that accreditation is an ongoing process and that organizations which have received it must maintain their quality of health care. The JCAHO will re-evaluate Student Health after three years. Porcelli said that Student Health's connection with SHAB played an important part in the accreditation process. He said that the JCAHO stresses health services' communication with the community at large, and SHAB's weekly survey of patients at Student Health was a major asset.
(11/13/90 10:00am)
Two-hundred students who failed to turn in their immunization and physical forms to Student Health Service have been blocked from using PARIS to pre-register for spring semester classes, according to Vernell Edwards, the Student Health immunization coordinator. To regain access to the phone registration system, students must either turn in the forms or give Edwards a good reason why they have not. When the students call PARIS, instead of hearing the expected verification and list of class choices, they hear a computerized voice say "Sorry, you are on hold and not eligible to register for this term. For assistance, please check with your divison office," according to University Registrar Ronald Sanders. The warning, according to Student Health Director MarJeanne Collins, is designed to get the attention of "people who have ignored the process." Edwards said he gave students several chances to turn in their forms before resorting to barring them from pre-registration. Several reminders were mailed last spring, during the summer, and during the current semester. Students were also sent a registered letter reminder, which they signed to verify that they received it. Edwards said that if a student can provide him with an adequate explanation as to why the forms have not been filed, he can change the student's status. Since PARIS started November 5, Edwards has been contacted by about 50 students. He said the main excuse was forgetfulness. "Many students knew in the back of their minds that this was going to happen," he said. Collins said the policy was inspired by an increase in the appearance of potentially harmful diseases among college students, which could be prevented by vaccinations.
(10/05/90 9:00am)
In January, it is no surprise to have lectures punctuated by fellow students' coughs and sneezes. But when professors are drowned out by students' wheezing before Fall Break, you know there is something funny in the air. And there is. Hundreds of students have been hit in a recent outbreak of the flu, Student Health Services officials said. Student Health Director MarJeanne Collins said last week that a virus has been plaguing students and others for over a month, with symptoms ranging from a runny nose to bronchitis. Collins said that the virus is "extrordinarily wide-spread," adding that 10 to 12 people have been coming into Student Health with the symptoms every day. Student Health doctor Jeanette Wheeler said that while flu epidemics are not rare during the winter, this outbreak has arrived unusually early. Wheeler said that the first cases were reported during early September. "This is more than we usually see this time of year," Wheeler said yesterday. Wheeler also said that the virus has proved particularly difficult to combat, adding that antibiotics have done little to stop its effects. Student Health recomends that afflicted students drink plenty of fluids, get a lot of rest and consume over-the-counter decongestants. Wheeler said the symptoms of the virus include a sore throat, nasal and chest congestion, heavy fatigue, coughing, fever, soreness, nausea and severe cases can result in bronchitis. "This is more than the usual cold," Wheeler said. Collins said that the illness comes in waves and is "persistant over a long period of time." The virus has made itself felt by professors and student alike. Political Science Professor Alvin Rubinstein said yesterday that he had noticed a particularly high amount of coughing and wheezing in his classes. "It's usually later in the year when they go around sniffing and coughing," said Rubinstein. College sophomore Allison Keech said she caught the virus last week, and that her symptoms included bronchitis. Keech said she has missed classes for three days and sees no end in sight. "I feel like I can't move, like I have run a marathon," she said. "Everything hurts." Keech said that Student Health helped her to shake the fit of bronchitis she had last week, but that now she has relapsed into other symptoms. "You seem to get over it, but then it comes back," said Keech. The virus does not offer any life-threatening consequences and is more inconvenient than serious, Wheeler said. "Luckily, it does go away."
(10/03/90 9:00am)
(*****EDS NOTE: See Follow up to story for possible changes) The School of Arts and Sciences faculty voted yesterday to allow students to count General Honors courses taken within the last two years towards the distributional requirement. Approximately 55 members of the College faculty unanimously approved the move, proposed by the committee reviewing the General Requirement. The change will allow a maximum of two GH courses taken during the 1988-89 and 1989-90 academic years to count toward the 10-course requirement. Yesterday's vote was the latest phase in a continuing discussion and modification of the general requirement in the College. Last spring, the College faculty voted to maintain the structure of the requirement after the three-year trial period came to a close. But the faculty decided to include freshman seminars and GH courses towards the distributional requirement for classes starting with the class of 1994. Later this semester, the College faculty may discuss and vote on making freshman seminars taken in the past years count retroactively towards the General Requirement. David Williams, former chairperson of the Ad Hoc Committee on the General Requirement, said yesterday that faculty allowed GH courses to be counted retroactively toward the requirement because students had been told unofficially for two years that they would be valid. Williams also said that faculty only decided to let two GH courses retroactively because the College faculty voted on the number for future classes last spring. Williams said the committees which determine the courses that fulfill each of the seven sectors have established the categories for which the GH courses count. Any student wishing to know the sector for the GH course they have taken should contact the GH office.
(10/01/90 9:00am)
Student Health Service has modified its health insurance policy to provide additional coverage for prescription drugs after graduate students' complaints that the policy was insufficient. Student Health Director MarJeanne Collins said that her organization renegotiated its contract with Associates Life Insurance Company, which underwrites the University policy, so that policy holders will be now be covered for up to $500 worth of prescription drugs with no increase in premiums. Before the renegotiations, only $100 worth of prescription drugs were covered by the University health insurance plan, said Collins. Susan Garfinkel, chairperson of the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, said that many graduate students were concerned that seriously ill students would be financially burdened because of the $100 limit on drug reimbursements in the original policy, which was contracted last spring. The GAPSA chairperson said that individual graduate students contacted Collins and were instrumental in increasing the drug reimbursement limit. Anthropology graduate student Michael Bazinet, who is HIV-positive, said he is pleased with the increase, but said it will have little effect on the average student, and that even for the seriously ill student the reimbursement policy "still isn't going to help them out a whole lot." Bazinet said that insurance companies have an attitude with seriously ill patients that " 'if they are rare, then we don't have to worry about them.' " Every year, Student Health administrators either renegotiate the University health insurance plan for students with the previous year's company, which it offers to renew, or finds a new company to underwrite its plan. Last Spring, Student Health abandoned Boston Mutual Life Insurance Company because they would have increased the cost from about $600 to $900 dollars per policy holder. Student Health instead chose Associates Life Insurance because the increase per policy would only be about $100 dollars. The new plan, however, put the $100 dollar reimbursement cap on prescription drugs, which upset many graduate students, who make up about 4000 of the 6000 Student Health life insurance policy holders. Collins said the major reason for the University's health insurance problems is that the national health insurance situation is bleak and that "premiums are up and benefits are down everywhere."
(09/19/90 9:00am)
Despite extensive water damage to the roof of Irvine Auditorium, maintenance workers and officials said yesterday that the 62-year-old auditorium does not require major structural work. A chunk of the auditorium's tile ceiling fell into the orchestra pit last week, forcing relocation of this week's Rosh Hashana services. Contractors were called in to repair the roof in time for the Dalai Lama's speech for the 250th anniversary celebrations, and officials said there will be no risk of other tiles falling during the speech by Tibet's spiritual leader. Maintenance officials and workers said Irvine is in stable condition and is doing well for a building its age. Carl Kunz, a stone mason for Lorenzon Brothers Contracting, the company hired by the University to repair the ceiling, said his crew is removing 42 sections of multi-colored tiling from the ceiling. The spaces left by the tiles will then painted over, Kunz said. The contractors must climb 90 feet of scaffolding and stand on large wooden planks to remove the tiles, which have been in the 1500-person capacity auditorium since it was built. But University officials said the building has had several problems throughout its history. According to Robert McKain, Physical Plant's director of contract maintenance, Irvines roof has suffered from several problems. McKain explained that the flat roof surfaces of Irvine often leak rain water. Moisture then builds up under the tiling, which causes them to loosen and fall. McKain added that workers are currently repairing the flat roof surfaces in addition to the tiles. Kunz said that in addition to the roof leak, the building constantly needs maintenance. He said workers recently replastered and painted parts of Irvine's basement. But Kunz said despite these difficulties, the main structure of Irvine, which was constructed in 1928, is still sound. "[Irvine] is old, but it is put together well," said Kunz. "They don't make them like this today." Other older University landmarks, such as College Hall and Logan Hall, are undergoing renovation, and McKain said he hoped the University would plan to renovate Irvine as well. "Irvine is a beautiful building, particularly on the inside, and I'd like to see it done," McKain said. Student Life Director Francine Walker said that there are no plans for renovation of Irvine, due to a lack of available funds.
(09/18/90 9:00am)
Rosh Hashanah services will be moved from Irvine Auditorium to Zellerbach Theatre while crews repair Irvine's damaged ceiling. Francine Walker, director of student activities and student life facilities, said that the University's office of Fire and Occupational Safety inspected Irvine's ceiling last week and discovered that some tiles were damaged. The University has hired contractors, who started repairing the ceiling Sunday. The scaffolding and the danger of falling tiles convinced officials to move the religious services Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to Zellerbach Theatre, in the Annenberg Center. Hillel Foundation Director Jeremy Brochin called the relocation "a logistical nightmare," explaining that he expects up to 1000 people for the Thursday morning services, and 500 worshippers for the night before. Zellerbach has capacity for only 911 people, according to Stephen Goff, Managing Director of Annenberg Center. Services will also be held in the Hillel Building and at the University Museum. Walker said the Office of Student Life will provide staff and students to redirect worshippers from Irvine to Zellerbach. Athough the religious services will be relocated, the contractors have agreed to finish work on Irvine in time for the Dalai Lama's speech for Saturday night. Robin Greenberg, a press officer for the Dalai Lama, said that she has not been notified of any changes in the Dalai Lama's Irvine speech.
(09/13/90 9:00am)
Student Health Service administrators are hoping to receive an accreditation from a prestigious health care commission which would make it one of the few student health organizations in the nation to receive this status. Accreditation could mean increased grant dollars for Student Health, and would ensure students that Student Health maintains certain health care standards, said Joe Porcelli, the chairperson of the Student Health Advisory Board. The Joint Commission for Accreditation, Ambulatory Health Care Organizations will evaluate the service this month. Student Health Director MarJeanne Collins said this week that JCAAHCO has only accredited 17 student health organizations, adding that the group has "very meticulous requirements about how you have ongoing health care." Porcelli said accreditation "would vastly increase Student Health's stature in the industry." Collins said that beginning September 24, the JCAAHCO will examine Student Health's operational systems and announce its results at the end of the semester. She added that if accredited, Student Health will be re-evaluated every three years. A group of experts in the health care industry will examine in detail the function and systems at Student Health, said Collins. In the evaluation, the experts will monitor Student Health's case treatment, policies, case outcomes and system for receiving student feedback. Porcelli said he is optimistic that the service will be accredited, saying that the quality of the feedback in the SHAB-distributed patient survey is a major boost for Student Health. "The most important question of the JCAAHCO is, are you really monitoring and correcting [medical situations]," Collins said.
(09/07/90 9:00am)
A recent University study has shown that the sunscreen industry is being honest in its attempts to save people's skins. The study was prompted by concerns that increasing SPF numbers some claiming to allow sun lovers to bask 50 times longer than their normal capacity were simply a marketing scheme. But Hospital of the University Pennsylvania Dermatologist Kays Kaidbey concluded that an SPF-30 sunscreen undoubtedly offers more protection than the SPF-15 lotion. In his studies, Kaidbey also found that higher numbered sunscreens are especially important because laboratory-developed SPF-15 sunscreens were less effective by about five points when tested in the sun. "Fair-skinned people need more than than a SPF-15 when they want to go out into the sun," Kaidbey said. Kaidbey received a grant from the Simon Greenberg Company, an independent organization wich funds reseachers. In his research he analyzed dead sunburned skin cells treated with the all SPF levels to determine whether higher numbers provided greater protection or were just an advertising gimmick. Rebecca Harmon, a HUP spokesperson, said the Kaidbey's study proves that "in this case, there is truth in advertising." Kaidbey said that he feels his research is particularly important due to the increasing threat to the skin due because of atmospheric changes. Kaidbey also said that although the SPF rating of a sunscreen is determined by guidelines set by the Food and Drug Administration to eliminate variances between the numbers on different brands of sunscreens, "inconsistencies [between brand names] are occasionally found."
(04/18/90 9:00am)
Many University professors win awards for their research in laboratories and libraries. But this year's recipients of the Ira Abrams Awards for Distinguished Teaching are being recognized for their outstanding work in a different area -- the classroom. Physics Professor Walter Wales and German Professor Horst Daemmrich, the 1990 winners of School of Arts and Sciences' highest honor, will recieve $1000 and have their names engraved on the plaque which hangs in College Hall next to the dean's office. The candidates are nominated for the annual award by faculty and students based on their "excellence in teaching." The applications are considered by a committee consisting of four faculty members and four students. In addition to letters of nomination, the curriculum and courses taught by the nominated faculty member are also considered. In addition, at least 10 letters of recommendation are required from students who have taken a class with the nominee, and one letter is required from another fauclty members and the nominee's department chairperson. SAS Dean Hugo Sonnenschein said this week that he read the letters of support submitted about the award candidates and he was very impressed and "delighted" with this year's choices. Not surprisingly, both recipients said they were pleased to have won. Daemmrich, who is chairperson of the German department, said that he was "very delighted to have won," and added that he was "honored" to receive the award as a member of a department "where teaching plays an important role." Daemmrich attributed his recieving the award to the "exceedingly outstanding" University students who have been in his classes. "To honor me is to honor students," Daemmrich said. German Professor Karl Otto said yesterday that Daemmrich was chosen "because he is obviously the best teacher on campus." "Daemmrich has a long tradition of excellence on this campus, a nd without a doubt he is totally deserving of this award," Otto said. Wales, who is also an associate SAS Dean, said he was "suprised and pleased" to have won the award. Physics Department Chairperson Gino Segre said yesterday that "Wales has been an excellent and devoted teacher, and he has always gotten the highest ratings in teaching."
