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IN THIS ISSUE2 College Houses, 21st Century;

Facilities Management

3 Hillary Clinton: October 21SENATE: SEC Actions 10/8;Dr. Janzen’s Kyoto Preview;Corrections to 10/7 Issue

4 Residential CommunitiesWorking Team (Final Report)

6 Speaking Out: More on Books;International Postdocs;Parking/Research Issues;Two Front Doors to the Inn

7 COUNCIL: Agenda for 10/15Mac Users: A Switch to Virex

8 COUNCIL: Reports of the

Penn and the real estate property management firm of Trammell Crow Company have signed a intent” that by March would outsource the management and operation of three units of the University—FManagement, Residential Operations, and Penn’s wholly owned real estate subsidiary, University Cityates. About 180 Penn managers and support staff (A-1s and A-3s) are affected, but the contracts ocollective bargaining agreements are not.

President Judith Rodin announced the signing of the Letter of Intent in a news release issued WednTrammell Crow Company (see page 2 for a website giving the full text of both documents). The release was iwithin hours of a meeting at the Faculty Club where Executive Vice President John Fry described thethe managers and staff. The president of Trammell Crow Corporate Services, Bill Concannon, also spgroup, indicating that all present staff will have an opportunity to be interviewed by the firm. Mr. Fry prothat “a significant majority” of the staff will be placed there, based on other such transitions conduTrammell Crow—whose normal mode of operation on taking on a contract is to employ client staff. The a strong internal training program, and a retention rate of about 95%, Mr. Fry added. Predicting that sostaff may take retirement packages, he said that for all others not moving to Trammell Crow—whetherthey choose not to be interviewed, choose not to accept an offer, or do not receive an offer—the University’sPolicy on Position Discontinuation and Staff Transition will apply. Arthur A. Gravina, Vice President for

Outsourcing Facilities Management

ResidentialCommunities“At Penn,” said ProvostStanley Chodorow, “the21st Century will beginin September 1998.” Thatis the launch date for a newprogram that incorporates allof Penn’s undergraduate resi-dences into a system of 12College Houses, and eventu-ally brings to all of them whathas been a pilot project in aca-demic support known as “TheWheel” (left).Each house is to havecommon spaces, dining andstudy areas, and expandedstaffing including a housedean. Launching of the houseprogram is also the first phasein a longer-term plan to reno-vate the residences.Please see the story on p. 2,and the Final Report of theWorking Team on pp. 4-5.

(continued on page 2)Committees on Bookstore,Facilities and Library

___________________________COMPASS FEATURES

9 Talking Point: Dr. Goodmanon Morals in the Schools

10 Family Fun for Faculty/Staff11 Mayor’s Scholars:

Making it a Family Tradition12 The Volunteer Summit___________________________________________

14 OF RECORD: Use of theUniversity’s Name (Corrected)

15 OPPORTUNITIES19 CrimeStats; Update

20 COUNCIL: Charges to theCommittees, 1997-98

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residential, intellectual, cultural, socialand recreational life at Penn.” The pro-

gram, produced by the Residential Communi-ties Working Team led by Dr. David Brownlee, is outlinedin the Team’s final report on pages 4-5 of this issue.

It calls for the creation of 12 residential communitiesencompassing all of the present undergraduate residenc(Please see page five for the configuration.):

— An expansion of the “Wheel” Project into all theresidences. (The 21st Century Wheel Project, sponsorby the Residential Faculty Council with undergraduateschools and departments and the office of the VPULintroduces into residence enhanced academic support pgrams in the areas of mathematics, writing, informationtechnology, library, research, and languages.)

— Enhanced staffing (each house to have a facultmaster, faculty fellows, dean, and student peer suppoincluding graduate associates, and resident advisors).

— Study centers, including computer and seminarooms, office spaces, social and multipurpose facilities, ieach house.

— A dedicated dining facility for each house.Freedom of choice is an important feature of the plan

Dr. Chodrow said: There is no mandatory residencrequirement and no mandatory dining provisions are imposed. Undergraduates will continue to have a full rangof housing options including Greek houses and off-campuhousing. They will also be able to transfer among thcollege houses.

“It is expected, however, that the increased amenitieand heightened sense of community of the college houswill attract growing numbers of students to multi-yearresidences on campus,” Dr. Chodorow added. “Those whmove into off-campus housing or fraternities will retaintheir college house affiliations and will be able to continueusing college house services and programs.” Programming and themes will be defined and executeby the residents, offering undergraduates, graduates, afaculty the opportunity to work collaboratively on aca-demic and non-academic projects of common interessupported by a new infrastructure of facilities and service The project is considered the first phase in a longeterm capital plan to renovate and rehabilitate the resdences, but the Provost and EVP John Fry project that littconstruction will be needed to launch the program—anthat most of the projected increase in annual operatincosts will be paid for by efficiencies derived from therestructuring of Penn’s residential service divisions.

First-year capital costs associated with the project arestimated at $700,000, to be funded through the estalished annual budget for the residences. Reallocation existing resources is expected to reduce additional personel and program expenses from over $1 million per year t$680,000. By extending the present $70 program fee acrothe residences, costs are further reduced to $525,000.

“Student, faculty and staff input will continue to beessential as the plan is put into place during the next yeaDr. Chodorow emphasized. “New and existing house councils, work groups and residential student and faculty leaders will shape the new system. In the immediate futuretransition teams will be established for each College Housto begin shaping the development of the houses, addrehouse constitutional issues, space issues and marketistrategies, among others. Finally, the Wheel Project will bextended into each house, and dining and facilities recommendations will be implemented.”

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Facilities Management until the announcement, Wednesday, will servetransition team along with Omar Blaik, associate vice president for facmanagement, and an newly named Interim Chief Facilities Officer, LawrenKilduff, Jr., of Columbia University, where he was vice president 1987-93acting EVP, 1993-94.

The outsourcing does not affect “residential service” areas, such as diniprogram-related services which report to Business Services Vice PresidenMurray, Mr. Fry said. Nor are any union staff involved in the transfer: “Whcollective bargaining agreements are in force, the University will honoobligations under existing collective bargaining agreements and its obligatilabor organizations under the National Labor Relations Act,” Wednesday’srelease said.

Some 105 of the affected employees are in Facilities Management, whithe major all-University divisions such as Physical Plant (which handles bumaintenance and groundskeeping), and Facilities Planning, where architand landscape design, and liaison to outside architects, are lodged. Anothein Housing Services, which until recently came under the VPUL. And 38 aUniversity City Associates (UCA), the subsidiary that manages Penn commreal estate on and off the campus.

UCA is already operated under contract with Trammell Crow CorpoServices, whose representative John Greenwood has managed the unit fthan a year, Mr. Fry said. “That is one of the reasons we looked at Trammelfor the larger role,” he added. “I would not have recommended this transitionfirm had not impressed me with its efficiency and its employment policies. I believthey will value our people and give them new opportunities to grow profesally.” Some terms of the transition would be, for employees who maketransition to Trammell Crow:

— a salary at least the same as the present one;— eligibility for an incentive bonus—typically 5% to 10% of salary;— a benefits package that differs from Penn’s but would include:

• an increment to base salary equal to any out-of-paycheck loss relamedical/dental plans;

• some extension of Penn tuition benefits at least through Spring 2 (“at a minimum—and I stress that it is the minimum,” said Mr. Fry);

• continued access to recreation facilities, libraries, parking, Faculty membership, and other campus activities.

$32 Million to Penn: Under the proposed ten-year contract, Penn wouldTrammell Crow $5.25 million/year for its services—but, Mr. Fry added, the would pay Penn $32 million ($26 million up front and another $6 million at theof the first five years) for “providing this opportunity to enter the higher educamarket in a leadership position.” Trammell Crow Corporate Services, Inc., a divisof the Dallas-based parent company, has operated some of the largest faciliticountry, Mr. Fry explained, but Penn represents its first entry into higher educaand it has created a new subsidiary, Trammell Crow Higher Education Servic(TCHES), in order to make this entry. A condition of the arrangement is that Twill establish its Northeastern headquarters in University City, at a site to be deteThe headquarters unit is expected to create some 30 jobs.

In effect, Mr. Fry said, the Penn contingent who join Trammell Crow will fthe core of a new TCC division that will provide facilities management andestate services to many colleges and universities rather than just one. “TraCrow respects our facilities people, and if they can hire many of the Penn pthat is a body of expertise it would take a long time to build.”

Penn’s track record in Facilities Management is one of the best in the coMr. Fry said—looked upon as a benchmark by other institutions, which oftenrepresentatives often to see “how Penn does it.” Reasons he gave for the dto outsource, given that track record, were the complexity of operations hererelated operations in the three separate divisions; a perceived need focoherency in the cost of, and cost-information on, services provided to the sand centers; and a sense of “ a need to look outside for new ideas and techPenn is also entering a phase of physical planning and development that hacommercial ramifications than ever before, he added, citing the constructSansom Common, the projected renovations of residential facilities, and condevelopment in areas such as 40th Street.

Next Steps: A rough timetable for the outsourcing project calls for drafthe definitive agreement for Trustee approval at the upcoming stated meetingfull board (November 6-7). Job interviews for the 175 employees are scheduled for November 10 through November 25. Job offers are to be mDecember 5, and those receiving offers will have until December 12 to returdecisions. The target for implementation is March 1.

Meanwhile, Trammell Crow representatives have been giving follow-upsentations to affected staff; a series of 20 focus groups is being scheduled tocampus facilities management and related needs; and an e-mail hotline hestablished at evp@pobox. upenn.edu “for members of the University to expretheir opinions and concerns, and to offer comments and suggestions.”

(For complete texts of the TCC news release, and of the Letter of Intsummarizes, please open Almanac Between Issues at www.upenn.edu/almanac/).

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Trustees Council is 10 Years OldThe Trustees Council of Penn Women, a 140-member

national network of Penn alumnae dedicated to the ad-vancement of Penn women, will celebrate its first decadeof service to the University with a three-day meetingOctober 22-24. It opens with with a keynote address byFirst Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, who will also re-ceive the Beacon Award, the Council’s most prestigiousleadership award.

In one of the eight major presentations on the anniver-sary theme, What does the 21st Century Hold for Women?,ABC News Special Correspondent Cokie Roberts willgive a talk on “Women and Politics” on Friday.

All events are invitational, and more information isavailable from Allison Cannady-Smith at the AlumniRelations Office, 898-7811.

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“Sneak Preview” of the Kyoto Lecture The Department of Biologypresents a lecture by Dr. DanielH. Janzen, winner of the presti-gious Kyoto Prize for extraor-dinary lifetime achievement(Almanac, July 15, 1997). In honor of Dr. Janzen’saward, members of the Univer-sity community are invited to aspecial “preview” of the com-memorative lecture that he willgive in Japan in early Novem-ber when he accepts the KyotoPrize for basic science. Dr.Janzendiscusses Gardenifica-tion of Wildland Nature andhow to Absorb the Human Foot-

print on October 21, at 4:30 p.m., in Room 10, Leidy LabsFor more information, call 898-7121.

...to Compass Faculty ProfilesIn the SAS section, p.S-1, a

photograph of Dr. StephenCoate of Economics mistak-enly appears alongside the bio-graphical information on Dr.Randall Collins of Sociology.Here is a likeness of Dr. Collins.The correct image has beenplaced in the Adobe Acrobatedition, located at www.upenn.edu/almanac/v44pdf/oct7compass.pdf.

On p. S-4, GSE’s Dr. Kath-erine Schultz is assistant pro-fessor not of language arts butof literacy and teacher education; and, the passage refer-ring to her research “....on literacy learning and issues identity and discourse in multiracial educational settingsshould have read “...on literacy learning and issues identity and disclosure in multiracial settings.”

Some faculty photographs that were not available at thtime of this publication will be published in a coming issue

—L.R.

October 7 Corrections......to Almanac

The page 3 item Of Record, “Use of the University’sName,” is riddled with typos because it is the wrong fileTo incorporate the good news of Dr. Prusiner’s NobePrize, I completely remade the first three pages of the issin great haste after presstime. A long item on page 3 had tobe replaced with a short one, so I took from the electroncutting board what appeared to be the finished policUnfortunately I had grabbed a “dummy” that had beeroughly typed-up manually for spacing purposes only. had not been proofread because it was to have been placed wholesale by an electronic file from the GenerCounsel’s Office. My special thanks to Dr. Andrew McGhieof LRSM, and Bonnie Clause of PennMed, the two members of the University courteous enough to identify themselves in calling this mistake to our attention. The corected file is on page 14 of this issue.

In the announcement of Jack Shannon’s appointme(page 4), it should have been noted that his position is joint appointment between the Office of GovernmentCommunity and Public Affairs and the Office of theExecutive Vice President. In his capacity as Director oEconomic Development, Mr. Shannon will work with theVice President for Government, Community and PubliAffairs and members of the West Philadelphia communitto foster economic development.

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The following statement is published in accordance with the Senate RulesAmong other purposes, the publication of SEC actions is intended tostimulate discussion among the constituencies and their representatives. Pcommunicate your comments to Senate Chair Vivian Seltzer orExecutive Assistant Carolyn Burdon, Box 12 College Hall/6303,898-6943 or burdon@pobox.upenn.edu.

Actions Taken by the Senate Executive CommitteeWednesday, October 8, 1997

1. Academic Planning and Budget Committee and Capital Council. PastFaculty Senate Chair Peter Kuriloff noted that membership on the committeethe Past Faculty Senate to strict confidentiality. He can report to SEC the discussed but not substance, with the exception that he can share substanceChair and Chair-elect of the Faculty Senate. The committee meets every wethe first meeting covered a full explanation of responsibility center budgeti

Capital Council has looked at pieces of projects that have been approvshifting them around.

A former Academic Planning and Budget Committee member expreconcern about the change in confidentiality rules which affects bringing issthe faculty for discussion and input. Previously, confidentiality in the AcadPlanning and Budget Committee was applied only to specific issues, whereit is blanket confidentiality.

2. Senate Nominating Committee. The list of nominees submitted by SEmembers was considered and the deadline for further nominations was exuntil the start of business October 9. A mail ballot will be sent to SEC membethe ninth member will be chosen from SEC at the next meeting.

3. Facilities Management. Faculty Senate Chair Vivian Seltzer announadministration action regarding outsourcing Facilities Management to TramCrow which occurred earlier in the day. Discussion followed.

4. Intellectual Property. SEC discussed the Senate Chair’s column (AlmanacOctober 7, 1997) and the issues arising from it.

5. Educational Policy. Chair of the Senate Committee on Students Educational Policy David Williams verbally introduced a document pertaininfaculty activity in formulating educational policy. SEC expressed its suppo

6. Faculty Club Plans. Vice President Steven Murray presented the curplans for the Faculty Club move to the Inn at Penn in the Fall of 1999. PrChodorow and Executive Vice President John Fry were also present to respquestions and suggestions. Mr. Murray reviewed the history of the Facultyfrom its organization in 1959, to the caveat of a 50-year rent-free lease in SHall, to concern over the growing deficit and the recent two-year long-rdiscussions on the club’s future. He stated the administration is committeFaculty Club and the primary goals of the Faculty Club are: a place of comman upscale restaurant, a cafeteria, and maintaining the club’s identity. current plans the Inn at Penn will have about 256 rooms, banquet facilitiemeeting space, the Faculty Club with its restaurant and a cafeteria (off theentrance from Sansom Street), and a restaurant, bar and library open to thepublic. The operator of the Inn at Penn will work under Penn guidelines anddepartments will have priority in reserving spaces.

Extended discussion centered on: hours of operation exclusively reservmembers; changes in money flow and continued affordable pricing; concernthe Faculty Club employees; ease of access to and reservation of banqmeeting space; future use of Skinner Hall; extent of consultation with repretives of the faculty; the decision process for any future increase or reductionspace allocated; and the significance of the Faculty Club as a community c

7. Faculty Liaisons to Trustee Committees. Discussion was deferred.

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Report of the Residential Communities Working Group

21st CENTURY COLLEGE HOUSES Final Report of the W orking Group

Last spring, we published “Choosing Community,” a report that proposed the establishment of residential communities inPenn’s undergraduate residences. The committee of faculty, students, and administrators that made this recommendation wasappointed by the Council of Undergraduate Deans and chaired by Professor David Brownlee of the Department of Art History.

After the Council of Undergraduate Deans reviewed and accepted the “Choosing Community” report, we created a technicalteam to work on an implementation plan for the communities. The team has produced a plan that is driven by the objectives artlated by faculty, students, and staff throughout the three years of discussion of the “communities” aspect of the 21st Century Prfor the Undergraduate Experience.

The objective set forth by the 21st Century Project was the creation of an intellectually dynamic, varied and rich living experifor undergraduates. Faculty and students also consistently articulated a desire for a greater sense of community, enhanced facstudent interaction, improved facilities, better staff support, and a high level of choice and variety within the residential system.

With these objectives in mind, we asked the team to recommend ways to create a tangible change in undergraduate residenliving by fall 1998. We asked them to preserve the successful models of change created in the last two years—such as the comsupport-in-residence model and the library assistance model—and to keep the system simple, straightforward, and flexible. Ovethe past few months, the team has looked carefully at every residential building, analyzed the finances of the residential systemand refined the original recommendations to fit the facilities we have in place today.

The team has shown us how we can begin to transform the residential experience of Penn undergraduates along the lines esioned in the original report of the Provost’s Council on the Undergraduate Experience. We are convinced that the implementatreport that they have presented to the Council and the administration will enable us to establish the new system in fall 1998.

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The group brought to its work the lessogathered from a long history of planning anintensive consultation with students, facultand staff. We began with a four-day retreat at Wharton Executive Education Center late April and continued to meet throughout the sumer and into the beginning of the fall semeste

The Working Group is convinced that whave the capacity to create 12 residential “Colege Houses” (we adopt Penn’s well-establishnomenclature for these communities), encopassing all existing undergraduate residencand that we can establish them by Septem1998. We believe that this can be accomplishin a manner that will immediately and signifcantly enhance the undergraduate experiencour students.

We are also certain that this work will sucessfully inaugurate a campaign of even greaimprovements which can be achieved over next decade, supported by the Universityplanned capital and deferred maintenance pgrams, the outline of which has been shapedthe Biddison Hier Report and a systematic arctectural survey of residential buildings.

We agree with our predecessors that Penresidential system can be used more effectivto create the supportive academic communthat is essential to a great university. We haaccordingly examined existing facilities, pesonnel, and programming with the aim of mamizing their use, while also identifying arearequiring additional resources. We recognithat the diversity of existing conditions wiimpose a measure of variety on the various Clege Houses. Most of these variations strengtthe system, providing students with an attractvariety of residential options. It must be notehowever, that a few significant deficiencies mube corrected before September 1998, and thare other only slightly less unsatisfactory con

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The central element of this report is a syntic table (placed at the end), showing how facties and personnel can be deployed in Septem1998 to create 12 College Houses. This patof deployment uses what we already have wefficiency and judiciously identifies a few arefor immediate capital expenditure and increapersonnel.

The written report may be considered explanation of the table and consists of thsections, devoted to program, residential dining facilities, and personnel, followed bysummary of financial implications and a listnext steps.

ProgramAcademic programs in residence have a

nificant tradition at Penn, including a residenfaculty program recognized nationally for strength and excellence. (Some 200 faculty hlived in residence at Penn since the openinthe first College Houses 25 years ago). present proposal takes advantage of this leof innovation in co-curricular programs, whihave been designed collaboratively by studand faculty in the residential setting, and mathe programs available to all undergraduate

Each College House will, of course, deveits own particular activities, as defined by tinterests of its members. The 1998-99 residof the College Houses will bear the responsiity for developing their inaugural program plaHowever, essential elements of academic sport and support for co-curricular activities wbe uniformly available throughout the syste

The “Wheel” Project, sponsored by the Redential Faculty Council in cooperation with dpartments and programs in the undergradschools and the office of the VPUL, will bexpanded to serve all 12 College Housescurrently provides residentially based suppomathematics, information technology and coputing, writing, and library research; the plannenlargement of the program will include laguages, the arts, and other core academic aThe “Wheel” system depends on strong ridential faculty, graduate students, and stathe academic infrastructure for each Colle

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House recommended by this plan. The residtial computing support project, currently sering the existing First Year Houses and ColleHouses, has shown that such full-scale acadesupport can be provided cost-effectively in fustaffed College Houses led by the faculty, aneither not possible, or too costly, to attemptresidences with no academic mission or staffi

While the undergraduate schools will remasolely responsible for curriculum, instructioand academic advising, College House Deand other staff will now serve as local pointsreferral, directing students to school-based pgrams and also to the services provided throthe office of the VPUL, including campus rsource and service centers, student affairs grams, and co-curricular activities. ColleHouses will be able to develop collaborative lationships with the schools and the office of tVPUL in support of programming initiatives.

The major costs of academic support acounseling services will continue to be fundas at present, largely by the distribution of exing central resources. These include schobased programs, realigned for delivery throuthe residences (like the present Math and Wing Advising programs); other “re-structuredcentral services (such as the present ResideComputing Support Project); and the servicprovided by the office of the VPUL, which cabe to some degree decentralized (e.g., study development and tutoring).

The local cost of other College House prgramming (including some work-study staffinmini-courses, theater series, concerts, and osocial activities) is also to be supported aspresent, through a nominal house Program that will continue to be augmented by monfrom the office of the VPUL.

Residential and Dining FacilitiesThe capacity and specific configuration

our present residential and dining facilities exa strong influence on the proposed size anumber of College Houses. We have strivthroughout to minimize immediate capital cosand avoid reducing the number of rentable roo

The proposed College Houses will incluall the physical components that were identifin the “Choosing Community” report, includin

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lounges, seminar rooms, office space, studyters, recreational facilities, etc. Accommodawill also be provided in each College Housethe recommended minimum staffing level oMaster, Faculty Fellow, College House Deand teams of Resident Advisors (RAs) and Grate Associates (GAs). Recognizing that eCollege House will have unique needs (as as a unique environment), the actual configtion of these facilities will vary.

Common Space. In planning the residentibuildings, a highly critical consideration hbeen the most effective use of the large amof existing common space. The presence osuite of common space in each of the three Rises has determined the number of ColHouses that we propose for them. The tresulting College Houses are larger thanconsider ideal, but they provide a satisfacinfrastructure within which we may implemetangible change by next September. A simanalysis of the Quad has led us to proposeCollege Houses there, centered on the four eing suites of common facilities and sharing thout as equitably as possible. The badly nerenovation of Butcher, Speakman, and Clas1928 will offer opportunities to make significaimprovements in these arrangements.

Staff Apartments and Offices. Except in theHigh Rises, sufficient staff apartments andfices already exist, although one of the apments required by Ware College House iscated in the adjacent Goldberg House. In eHigh Rise, three apartments and a simple osuite must be created. This is the only immedcapital expenditure requirement in the residtial buildings.

The Present College Houses. The presenCollege Houses will be little changed. Howein order to maximize the efficient use of admistrative staff and common facilities, we recomend nesting the Modern Languages Resitial Program in an enlarged Van Pelt CollHouse (Van Pelt Manor and Class of 1925)redefining the boundaries of Ware College Hoand the First Year Houses in the Quad as follows:Community (to include Thomas Penn, CleemMagee, Ashhurst, McIlhenny, Warwick, WaChesnut, and Butcher), Ware (to include Lpincott, Carruth, New York Alumni, MemoriTower, Morgan, Wilson, Bodine, Morris, Claof 1928, and Speakman), Spruce (to includeSmith, Coxe, Rodney, Bishop White, BirthdMask and Wig, Provost Tower, and Graduand Goldberg (to include Brooks, Leidy, Fralin, Foerderer, McKeon, Baldwin, Class of 18Craig, Baird, Fitler, Hopkinson, and SmitThis plan has the advantage of providing re

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Accommodation for Graduate Associatesand Resident Advisors. The number of gradu-ate students holding staff appointments in tundergraduate residences will be increasedabout 50 percent, and the number of undergraate RAs will remain about the same. No modication of rooms will be required.

College House Dining. We believe that com-munal dining is an essential feature of successresidential programming, and while we reconize that the specific nature of food servicelikely to evolve to meet changing tastes, wjudge that none of the suggested changes oates the need for each College House to haveown dining space. The assigned dining roomeach College House will also be available fHouse activities outside the dining hours.

King’s Court/English, Stouffer, and Hill Col-lege Houses. These will continue to dine in theiintegral dining rooms.

The Quad. The shape of the four CollegHouses in the Quad has been adjusted insofapossible to match the existing dining rooms Stouffer Commons and provide at least 60 sefor every 100 residents. One of the larger StoufCommons dining rooms will be divided intotwo spaces to meet these needs.

The Super Block. The configuration of mostof the Super Block College Houses is similarshaped by 1920 Commons, where DuBois, VPelt, Harnwell, and Hamilton (HRN) will beassigned dining rooms, with separate eatiareas also provided for the several languatables of the Modern Language Residential Pgram. In adopting this plan, we judge that fewthan 60 dining seats per 100 beds is acceptabecause many of those dining in Class of 19Commons will live in apartments with individual kitchens. However, even with this concession, Harrison College House cannot be commodated, and we recommend that its Ratkeller be refurbished to create the largest posible dining room. This is the only significanimmediate capital expenditure for dining.

Housing and Meal Contracts. We believethat it will not be necessary to require mecontracts or establish a residence requiremenorder to insure either the development of comunity feeling or the financial viability of theprogram.

Signage. While holding capital costs to aminimum, we recommend that a new and coprehensive signage system be instituted for College Houses, with a uniform iconographadopted in other media (print, the Web).

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of the College Houses, and a full complement oMaster, Faculty Fellow, Dean, GAs, and RAsmust be assigned to each. In order to deal withe special circumstances of several of the Colege Houses, we have slightly adjusted th“Choosing Community” report’s staffing rec-ommendations: (1) the High Rise College Houseshould be assigned sufficient RAs and GAs tplace a staff member on every residential floo(2) successful staffing patterns should be maintained in Stouffer, Van Pelt, DuBois, and Hill,where additional Faculty Fellows and/or GAseliminate the necessity for RAs. (In Van Pelt anDubois, the staff serves special program needand in Hill the current system of GA staffing isliterally “built” into the architecture.)

Most of the needed personnel can be founby reassigning existing VPUL staff lines, al-though there are some attendant additional cos

Resident Faculty . One additional Masterand three new Faculty Fellows will be neededThis will increase the annual budget for diningand parking, and moving expenses and thmaster’s leave/research fund will have to bamortized over three years.

College House Deans. The reassignment ofVPUL personnel lines will pay for nine of the 12Deans.

GAs. Room and board support packages mube provided for 35 additional Graduate Associates. We believe that this cost can be mitigateby integrating this form of support with thefellowships awarded by the various schoolsthereby both increasing the schools’ fellowshipresources and integrating the College Houssystem with the interests of graduate educatioThe several schools will define for themselvethe mechanisms through which their studentparticipate.

Overall CostsFirst-year capital costs associated with thi

project will be $700,000. This can be fundedthrough the capital reserves of the housing sytem, and there are also development opportunties. Reallocation of existing resources effectively reduces additional personnel and programexpenses from over $1 million a year to $680,00

By extending the present $70 program feacross the residences, costs are further reducto $525,000. (A majority of undergraduates inUniversity housing already pay this fee, whichsupports programming.) The University will paythis remaining expense for the next three year

Next StepsImplementation planning will involve exist-

ing house councils and student and faculty resdential leaders. Masters and Councils must alsbe appointed for the new College Houses so ththey may join in this work, which includes inte-grating the 21st Century “Wheel” Project withthe new plan. A full complement of 12 CollegeHouse Deans should be in place by July 1, 199

First-year capital projects must be initiatedimmediately, and the support of the University’sdevelopment office should be enlisted. The Unversity should begin to chart the implications of thnew College House system for its large deferremaintenance program for the residences.

David B. Brownlee, SAS (chair)Valarie Swain-Cade McCoullum, VPUL

Christopher Dennis, VPULAl Filreis, SAS, RFC

Larry Moneta, Campus ServicesSteven Murray, Business Service

Twelve College Houses in September 1998College House Beds Dining (seats/%) RAs GAs Deans Masters Fellows1 Community 505 Stouffer 1 (400/78) 14 8 1 1 12 DuBois 204 1920-2 (120/58) 0' 7' 1 1 2'3 Goldberg 345 Stouffer-2 (212/62) 10 6 1 1 14 Hamilton (HRN) 809 1920-3 (476/59) 12 11 1 1 15 Harnwell 755 1920-1 (340/45) 12 10 1 1 16 Harrison 865 Rathskeller (200/23) 12 12 1 1 17 Hill 541 Hill (412/76) 0' 17' 1 1 18 Kings Ct/English 400 KC/Eng (233/58) 10 6 1 1 19 Spruce 302 Stouffer 2 (188/62) 8 5 1 1 110 Stouffer 131 Stouffer B (87/66) 0' 5' 1 1 111 Van Pelt 277 1920-2 (160/57) 0' 10' 1 1 4'12 Ware 444 Stouffer B (313/71) 12 7 1 1 1

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in his letter (Almanac September 16), all ofwhich are deserving of comment. First, thhigh priority given acquisition, when volumes are requested, is encouraging: it hbeen frustrating to learn this summer throudiscussion with librarians (confirming mydisappointing on-line discovery) that MsBacchilega’s new Penn Press book was navailable at Van Pelt. It is therefore a deligto learn that the library subsequently movquickly on acquisition. Van Pelt’s acquistion of Dr. Stewart’s poetry is equally laudable; nonetheless it remains my hope thstaff approach such acquisition proactivel

Secondly, I commend Mr. Traister fohelping support the Penn Book CenteDeborah Burnham’s volume is only one eample of the Penn Book Center’s large iventory of poetry; I would also like to add mthanks to House of Our Own bookstore, ato all of West Philadelphia’s independenmusic and book stores, for their valuabcontribution to our community. I share hihope that these small independent retailcontinue to survive in West Philadelphia anthat Penn administrators help to facilitathis survival.

Finally, I welcome Mr. Traister’s opening the discussion regarding difficulties witon-line research. The concept of “unnecesary” or merely differing spellings is intriguing and the issue of circumventing problemrelated to spelling is germane to resolvinon-line search difficulties. In particular onfaces such problems when researching; thors with foreign or varyingly spelled namethe problems are compounded if one’s seabegins with citations from another authoWhile citations may be inaccurately spellenames often differ by virtue of the date olocale of publication and all contribute twreaking havoc with on-line searches.

Although my own author search foBacchilega presented no difficulties—witsuch an unusual last name, adding merelyfirst initial of her given name sufficientlynarrowed the field—the kind of problem MrTraister describes did occur in researchicitations from Virginia Woolf’s Three Guin-eas. Woolf had cited an obscure Germaauthor who was not found in Van Pelt’on-line listings. An e-mail to Van Pelt elicited the explanation that the on-line bibliogrphy showed only the “correct” of two knownspellings. On learning that this rightfullyobscure author might receive a number inquiries more because of Woolf’s citatio(using his “incorrectly” spelled name) thafor the intrinsic value of his own militanramblings, the librarian kindly of offered tolist both with references to each.

The consistent use of alternate spellinfor foreign authors or where other discrepacies are found, while admittedly a time- cosuming task, would nonetheless be grea

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The following was sent to Dr. PedroPonte-Castaneda, Chair of the CouncilCommittee on International Programs,and to Almanac for publication.

appreciated, I think, by the research commnity. In time, of course, one hopes that newmore sophisticated “fuzzy” logic programming design for on-line systems might elimnate such headaches for both librarians aresearchers

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A Resource for PostdocsI have just read the year-end report of

University Council Committee on International Programs in (Almanac September 23)I was unaware of the existence of the Comittee and was pleased to read that therebeen concern over the lack of orientatiprograms for the international postdoctovisitor. In addition, the report raised cocerns that these individuals were vulnerato loss of status and that such individumade little contact with the University community.

It was for these very reasons, and othethat the School of Medicine has establishthe first Office for Postdoctoral ResearTraining in the nation. As its first director,am pleased to inform you that our officconsiders the orientation process to be a ority. As a first step, we are preparing orietation packages for all newly appointepostdoctoral fellows in the School of Medcine and will begin to distribute them to nepostdocs. We are also scheduling orientatsessions twice annually in which the podoctoral individual will be given resourcinformation and hear presentations from DRichard Tannen (Senior Vice Dean, Schoof Medicine), Ann Kuhlman (Associate Drector, International Programs), and repsentatives from Bioethics, Chemical HygienRadiation Safety and ULAR. They will alshear about the scope of services that office can provide.

Our office was also established so thacould formally implement the “UniversityPolicy on Postdoctoral Fellows in the Phycal, Biological and Health Sciences and Egineering.” This policy (Almanac April 30,1996) outlines fundamental rights for posdoctoral appointees including informatioon their source of funding, stipend levehealth and other benefits. It also providelist of the obligations of postdoctoral appoitees and principal investigators in conduing their duties.

In the future our office hopes to enrich ttraining experience of these individuals duing their stay on campus.

The issues raised by your committee aimportant ones and I would be more thpleased to meet with its members to infothem of our office and its programs.

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cars of our students and faculty who do nohave daily parking permits (very few students do) will be towed from lot No. 1 andothers, so I’m told, on nights and weekendsthey do not purchase a permit for those peods, costing $50 for students and $300 fofaculty. This decision, abruptly announcedhas a negative impact on the conduct oresearch, which goes on 7 days a week, hours a day in our laboratories. Students afaculty who come in evenings and weekendare obviously giving their time outside ofnormal working hours do to important work—work from which the University benefits, notonly from overhead recovery. Absent permission to park, they would have to takpublic transport and subject themselves the routine threats to personal safety that ofinds in our environment.

Lot No. 1 is generally nearly empty nightsand weekends, with the exception of evenfor which an attendant is present, in whiccase everyone without a permit must pay. (Aother times, there is no attendant, so oncould not pay even if one wanted to.) Thusthis new policy cannot be justified on thebasis that there is insufficient space to acommodate evening and weekend parking

Not only are students and faculty impacted, but so are occasional visitors. Twattendees at the Electron Microscopy Socety dinner meeting, which occurs in the LRSMfairly regularly, had their cars towed lasweek. They had been used to parking besiour building for years. If anyone thinks this isa good way for a research university to inteact with the scientific community, please leus know.

If the purpose of the towing is to keepunauthorized people off our property, thicould be accomplished by a special permgiven at cost, say $10, to the people who neto come in off hours. (This permit would bevalid only in a designated near the workplacand not when the lot is used for parking fosports events, etc.) If the purpose of the ofhours fee is to generate income, the amougenerated could not possibly compensate fthe ill will, threats to personal safety, andinterference with research work that thipolicy is causing.

The $300 fee for faculty is a fair fractionof the annual daytime fee. It would makeeconomic sense for them to buy a daytimsticker, assuming space was available (whicit isn’t in lot No. 1). This would induce themto convert from public transportation to theautomobile in the daytime, which is counteto what the University is supposed to bdoing to combat air pollution. (Public transportation is not a viable option off-hoursbecause of the infrequent schedules.)

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opportunity to remind the Penn communof the campus-wide policy for parking nighand weekends that became effective in Mar1997.

The Night/Weekend Parking Policy wadesigned to contribute to a safer and msecure campus environment by restrictiparking in many of the core surface parkilots to ‘permit parking only’ for faculty, stafand students who must be on campus duunusual hours. Copies of this policy are avaable in the Parking Office (898-8667) and the Transportation and Parking web pa(www.upenn.edu/transportation).

A brief history on the formulation of thipolicy is in order. In response to safetparking concerns expressed by faculty agraduate students at a meeting of UniversCouncil in October, 1996, the Universi

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McClelland Hall,

Approval of the minutes of September 24,Vote: Proposed bylaws revision to lower thbrackets; insertion underlined (4 minutesSection IV. Meetings, 5. Conduct of meeti

“[A majority] Forty percent of the full man actual quorum.”

Discussion Only: Proposed University Couninsertions underlined (15 minutes).

A. Deferred from 1996-97 CouncilProposed bylaws change to add (in chComposition, new paragraph (i):“One elected representative of the Unit

B. Recommended by Committee on Comm1. Add faculty to Committee on Open Ex

Committees (a), revise to read:“The Committee shall consist of [thimembers, two A-1 staff members, o

2. Add A-1 and A-3 staff members to tIndependent Committees (d), revise“The Committee shall consist of eigtwo A-1 staff members, two A-3 staf

C. Recommended by SteeringAbolish the Student Fulbright Awards CIndependent Committees (e) Student F

. Discussion on Council committee chargesDiscussion on Alcohol and Civility at Penn

. New business agenda items (5 minutes).I. Adjournment by 6 p.m.

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Council Steering Committee requested a drparking proposal that responded to the spcific issues and concerns that had been raisThe parking proposal went through severreviews and revisions before it was finallpublished OF RECORD in Almanac Febru-ary 25, 1997, page 16. However, additionalcomments and concerns were expressed athat publication which resulted in modifications to the policy that were published iAlmanac April 8, 1997, page 5, along with anotice that strict enforcement of night/weekend parking would begin on April 14, 1997For the month of April, enforcement of thpolicy included sending copies of the policto all parking permit holders, posting thpolicy on the web and throughout campuand placing ‘courtesy notices’ (which included the complete text of the policy) on avehicles that were parked in violation of thnew policy. The towing contractor was noauthorized to begin removing illegally parkevehicles until the first week in May.

The primary mission of Penn’s parkingprogram is to provide access to the Univesity for all who require it. Parking policiesand procedures have been established to isfy that mission and they provide for varioupermit options for faculty, staff and studen(including free evening parking in peripheralots), special arrangements for visitor/guesevent parking, and enforcement which costly and unfortunately necessary given th

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ommittee. Delete Section VI. Committees, 3ulbright Awards Committee.

for 1997-98 (p. 20 of this issue) (10 minutes). (90 minutes).

the demand for parking at Penn is far greatthan the supply. A review of all parking ruleand regulations (available on previously listeweb page) will support the genuine effortbeing made in support of the academic anresearch goals of this institution.

— Robert FurnissDirector Transportation & Mail Services

Following is the promised reply to aletter from CIS Graduate Student PingZhou, published in Speaking Out on Sep-tember 16. Questioning the northwardorientation of the Inn at Penn’s entranceand finding a previous answer unsatisfac-tory, Mr. Zhou asked, “Can’t one just say‘we have considered that problem andhere’s why we decided...’?”

Two Front Doors to the InnThere are two main entrances to the

proposed Inn at Penn, the 250-room inn thais being built as part of the overall SansomCommon development. The larger entranceand major “address” of the hotel is on San-som Street. Taxi and auto drop-off will takeplace there.

A second entrance is located on WalnuStreet. This entrance will be pedestrian-oriented. Traffic disruption of the extremelybusy Walnut Street will thus be avoided.

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agenda for the year (Almanac September23), the Steering Committee of Councilreleased for publication in this issue thereports of the Bookstore, Facilities, andLibrary Committees. The reports, whichstart on page 8 of this issue and continueafter Compass Features, are to be dis-cussed at a future meeting.—Ed.

Mac Users:Change to Virex October 15

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ISC recommends that Macintosh users re-move Disinfectant and install Virex 5.8 immedi-ately. Virex is distributed as follows:

• Computing Resource Center (CRC) at3732 Locust Walk from 9 AM - 4: 30 PM.

• Secure FTP (PennNet ID and passwordrequired) fromftp.upenn.edu (/pub/mac/virex/)

• Penn AppleShare file server (AppleTalkZone: UPenn-ISC-DCCS; file server:PENN_SW; Name: penn; Password: penn;volume: Mac)

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Bookstore. Insuring a satisfactory level of service in the present facili1996-97 and 1997-98 seemed to us our principal immediate concerntoured the present facility and discussed its limitations and potentialWe met with the chief buyers of books and of other merchandisediscussed stocks and presentations. By early next year constructionfacility that is to replace the present Bookstore should be sufficieadvanced to make planning for it our chief concern. Members wdisappointed that, in spite of our best efforts to find convenient hourour sessions, no student member attended any of our last four meeWe are resolved in 1997-98 to seek the advice of all the constitueserved by the Bookstore, but most especially of students, on the shanew Bookstore should take. We have begun to make plans with execuof Barnes & Noble for a luncheon meeting early in the fall semesteconvey to all members, and especially student members, the vital fotive role the Committee ought to play as we approach the openingBookstore that has the potential to reshape significant aspects oUniversity life.

Through 1996-97, much of our discussion has focused on a prothat has long troubled Bookstore management and earlier BookCommittees. Some faculty members and a few whole departmentslong refused to share their textbook lists with the University BookstThe motives for such refusals are various. The Bookstore of the 1960notoriously uncooperative: some who turned elsewhere then havenoticed that the Bookstore long ago corrected its deficiencies. Steachers want to encourage the entrepreneurial spirit of former stuwho appear at the beginning of a semester in low-overhead truckswhich they sell discounted high-volume titles for a few weeks and tdisappear. Some teachers favor friends or ideological comrades withbook orders. The Committee does not question the right of teacheselect their preferred booksellers and to urge their students to patrthem, but we believe that the interests of the whole community woul

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substantial participation by most of its members. During these meethe committee heard presentations by Chris Algard, Director of Secand Public Safety; Mr. Robert Furniss, Director of Transportation Mail Services; James Wargo, Executive Director, Physical Plant; anPallanti, Superintendent of Recycling. The Committee also reviewesome detail the Final Report of the Facilities Committee of 1995-1996reviewed the program and the schedule for the University Council ieffort to maximize our opportunity of assisting the University Counciits examination of various issues of the campus. In addition, the Comtee reviewed the 1991 Campus Master Plan document.

The charge of the Committee this year was primarily the physevolution of the campus. In particular, the Committee’s concern focon the planning problems faced by the campus now, almost six yearsthe latest Master Plan was formed in 1991, by a consulting firm, andresult of the changes the campus has witnessed in the last five yea

It was the view of the Committee that the changes that the University administration has introduced, and the evolving needs,sented by the various schools of the University in the last few yeaconnection with each other and individually, have made the matter of range planning for the physical needs of the University an urgent mfor all concerned.

The Committee expressed repeatedly the desire that any and all suggestions it might offer should be constructive and contributive toongoing discussions about the status quo of the campus and of its futureThus the Committee accepted the charge and proceeded with its detions.

In addition to this primary charge to the Committee, the UniverCouncil has asked the Committee this year to review the transportatioparking services of the University, to examine progress made on theSafety and Security measures introduced by the University, and to uits review and data of the recycling efforts of the campus.

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On these three matters the Committee listened to the presentations examined several documents offered by our visitors. After considerabdiscussion the Committee concluded with the following concerns ansuggestions.

On the matter of transportation and parking services, the Committeobserved that there is a need to pay greater attention on the levelcongestion, almost endemic on Spruce and 34th Streets. Also, strcrossings are still very dangerous all through the campus areas. A numof pedestrian overpasses need to be considered along 33rd, 34th, Spand Walnut streets connecting building and pedestrian paths. Additionmeasures facilitating transit use, and reducing vehicle speed, are also vappropriate for the campus at this time. Finally, the distances withcampus from east to west and north to south are becoming too long atend to divide, separate and disconnect the various parts of the campusto the great detriment to the University Community concept we all suppoObviously, some study of how this problem may be overcome needs take place is the near future.

On the matter of parking, it seems that although its supply appearsbe sufficient at present, its distribution and cost structure still leave a lto be desired.

The recycling services of the University appear to be organized webut they are subject to a great deal of fluctuation and cost variation.seems that the volatility of the market of recyclable material and its costructure requires a new study of how the University can achieve econmies and regain a level of control over the marketing of its recyclabmaterials.

Finally, on the matter of security and safety, the Committee waimpressed by the rigor of the current efforts. The concerns that wecreated focused primarily on the level of money outlays for new anadvanced technology and the level of security personnel in many designtions and classification that the University is currently obliged to incorporate. The costs appear great and continuous in the long run, producinnew major burden for the University. Some discussion about comparabcosts in other University campuses (e.g., Temple, Swarthmore) suggesthe need for some comparative analysis in this field before it is too late fcost confinement.

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courses on their PennNet home pages well before pre-registration. If thodescriptions inclucled text titles and ISBN numbers

• students, even pre-freshmen, would know what texts were to bobtained—and perhaps studied

months before classes would begin;

• they could seek to purchase or barter continuing texts from othstudents or to buy them where the best prices were offered;

• any bookseller who wished to compete in the textbook market couorder copies and offer them for sale;

• competition among booksellers would conduce to good service anthe lowest prices consistent with profitability; and

• students would find some booksellers offering all of their coursebooks and would be spared the inconvenience of standing in lines in twor three stores in order to purchase their texts.

The Committee is not sure that this proposal will work to the advantagof the University Bookstore, but we are encouraged by the receptivity the Bookstore management to the proposal. Our Bookstore is willinindeed eager, to face open and fair competition. We believe it should hathe opportunity, an opportunity it would share with all other booksellersOur students, we are sure, would be the beneficiaries of a fair and opmarketplace.

The Committee therefore recommends that University Council urgthe Provost to insure that all departments place their course descriptioand the titles and ISBN numbers of all texts on their PennNet home pagewell in advance of the commencement of pre-registration and that enroment numbers be made available to all booksellers who may desire the

1996-97 Bookstore CommitteeChair: Robert Regan (English); Faculty: William R. Brennen (chemistry),Noam Lior (mechanical engineering), Ewa Morwska (sociology), DavidRiebstein (marketing), Ruth York (nursing); Administration: Susan Passante(research admin), Z. Paul Reynolds (student life facilities), Adam She(dining services); A-3: Conchita Burwell (general counsel); Students: NoahBilenker, Chris Garrus, Dan Reynolds, Ann Whang; Ex officio: MichaelKnezic (dir., Bookstore), Marie Witt (chair, PPSA).

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President Bill Clinton challenged thecountry to continue the crusade to helpAmerica’s children through expanded vol-unteerism at the April 26 Presidents’Summit for America’s Future. And afterfive months to the day, Philadelphiadeclared here at Penn that it was ready tomeet that challenge.

The event, hosted by Penn, wasPhiladelphia’s Promise: The Alliance forYouth’s Summit on Youthand Volunteerism, the offi-cial local follow-up to thePresidents’ Summit.

“Our kids are in troubleand they need our help,”said Mayor Ed Rendell,addressing a crowd ofmore than 200 volunteerswho met at the Annenberg Center’sZellerbach Theater Sept. 26 and27. They were a diverse group rep-resenting every age, race and back-ground. They were communityleaders, politicians, businessmenand students.

The purpose of the originalVolunteer Summit was to highlightthe many outlets that volunteerismcan take, while allowing its partici-pants to meet and learn from each other.The purpose of the Annenberg session wasto sustain the Summit’s enthusiasm andgauge how its five goals are being fulfilled.Those goals are to guarantee children:1. an ongoing relationship with a caring

adult — mentor, tutor or coach;2. safe places and structured activity dur-

ing non-school hours to learn and grow;3. a healthy start;4. a marketable skill through effective

education;5. an opportunity to give back through

community service.Achieving all of them is a tall order but

one that those present at Annenbergbelieved is possible because, according tothe mayor, “the spirit of volunteerism isalive and well and it beats here inPhiladelphia.”

It beats especially in the hearts of theyoung. Take City Year, a youth organizationof 17-24 year olds dedicated to full-timecommunity service. The group, which alsohelps to develop the leadership skills of itsmembers, hoped that its presence atAnnenberg would show that today’s youthis concerned with improving the conditions,not only for themselves, but for the cominggenerations.

“We want to show thatthere are youth who care,”said Patricia Doughty, 19.And Ricky Lounsbury, 18,declared that City Year “willset the standard for communi-

ty service work not only for the city but forthe nation.”

Penn President Judith Rodin said thatPenn, too, “is committed to fulfilling [theSummit’s] goals,” because it is the “youth[who] will bring us into the next century.”For example, Penn plans to increase thenumber of students involved in communityservice from 229 to 460 (Goal 1), establisha Penn Police Athletic League Center atthe Wilson Elementary School (Goal 1),and to increase the number of communityservice courses from 50 to 100 (Goal 5).

“This Summit,” said Rodin, “canremind us that these goals can be accom-plished with an active and engaged citizen-ry.”

Former U.S. Congressman WilliamGray, now CEO of The CollegeFund/UNCF, agreed with her. He said that“volunteerism is about three things; solv-

ing problems, shar-ing, and helpingpeople reach theirpotential.”

To help achieve these ends,the Volunteer Summit sponsored a numberof workshops in which participants couldlearn about one of the goals set forth in theSummit’s agenda. In these workshops,conducted by leaders in community serviceorganizations, participants were encour-aged to ask questions and relate personalexperiences. The object was to learn fromeach other.

For example, the Safe Places (Goal 2)workshop gave participants basic tips on

how they could help children feelsecure in their neighborhood, andwith their peers and adults. ArthurGewirtz, a member of the CrimePrevention Association, said that safe-ty “meant not only protection fromphysical harm but sound health and afeeling of security.” He gave anexample: “At the clubs, we need toprotect kids [with] strong staff.”

Kathy Sharkey, a member of theBoys and Girls Club of MetropolitanPhiladelphia commented, “So manykids today don’t trust adults.”

But a representative from thePhiladelphia School District said that chil-dren can learn to trust adults. She cited aprogram, conducted in a 90 per centDominican neighborhood, in which chil-dren taught police officers Spanish andhow to play Spanish bingo.

“At the beginning, we had kids whodidn’t want to be in it [because they] didn’ttrust the cops,” she recalled, “and by theend they were organizing fishing tripstogether.”

The Summit closed with a pledge by allto achieve these goals and with the hopethat our children will soon be able to wakeup to a better future. “This entire event isabout the young people and it is up to us toensure a future that is bright and rich,” saidRodin.

Gabriel Aherne and Nancy Park con-tributed to this story.

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Penn Hosts Local Volunteer SummitBy Meghan Leary

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Games like Human Foos Ball, BungeeRun, Cliff Hanger and Human Joust trans-formed Hill Field into a playground for

the young and young-at-heart the after-noon of Oct. 4, a.k.a. Penn Family Day.

All members of the University commu-nity were invited by President JudithRodin, Provost Stanley Chodorow andExecutive Vice President John Fry.

The day’s activities also included aPenn football game in the evening, toursand treasure hunts at the UniversityMuseum during the day, and the Festivalof Fun on Hill Field. The Penn Glee Clubsang, the Penn Marching Band played, thecheerleaders cheered, and a DJ spun discsin what turned out to be perfect weather.

At the football game half-time,prizewinners for the drawing wereannounced: The weekend in New Yorkpackage went to Diana Koros, assistantdean in residence in Community House ofthe Quad; The dinner for two at Mad 4Mex went to Joyce Lewis, DiningServices cashier at Hill Hall; and the

lunch or brunch fortwo at La Terrassewent to UnjinZimmerman, researchprofessor for the Institute forEnvironmental Medicine of the MedicalSchool.

The day’s events were sponsored bythe Division of Human Resources andsupported by the Athletic Department andthe University Museum.

— Libby Rosof

In front of the food stands, Qing Zhu, inradiology at the School of Medicine, poseswith Erin Chen (left) and Kevin Wong.

Kia Gray, who works at the Institute of Human Gene Therapy, withhusband, Shawn, and (left to right) daughter Morgan, 1; nephewsKeenan, 5, and Kyle, 3; and son Shawn, 3.

Sumo wrestling required padded suits, and theHuman Joust used padded “spears”

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Tradition SupportsPhiladelphia ExcellenceBy Libby Rosof

Eun-Joo Ahn is the second in her family to come to Penn. So are Daniel Smith,Michelle Von Vital and Aimee Tran. The four are also the second in their families tocome here as Mayor’s Scholars. Penn President Judith Rodin (standing in center of firstrow) and Philadelphia Mayor Edward G. Rendell (standing behind her in back) recog-nized them and 30 others in a ceremony and reception Sept. 24 at Philadelphia CityHall.

The Mayor’s Scholars (pictured above) are outstanding students with financial needwho are city residents graduated from Philadelphia public, private and parochialschools. A committee selects them from a pool of eligible admitted students.

The history of the scholarships dates back to the late 1800s, when Penn, in exchangefor land from the city, created four-year, full-tuition scholarships for outstanding stu-dents from Philadelphia. That land is now largely occupied by the Medical Center, andthe University has expanded well beyond its boundaries, just as the number of scholar-ships has expanded.

The 34 Mayor’s Scholars in the Class of 2001 will receive a total of $722,501 ingrant assistance from Penn this year. They join 93 Mayor’s Scholars — sophomores,juniors and seniors — who will receive $1.8 million in grant assistance from Penn thisyear. The scholarships, which contain no student-loan obligations, are Penn’s most gen-erous financial-aid packages.

(In addition to the Mayor’s Scholars, 70 other students from Philadelphia public,archdiocesan and private high schools are in the freshman class this year. Of these stu-dents, 54 will receive a total of $657,644 in grant assistance from Penn.)

The Philadelphia schools sending the most Mayor’s Scholars this year are CentralHigh School, sending five; Masterman, five; and Girl’s High School, four. Other schoolsare Franklin Leaning Center, sending three; Northeast High School, three; GirardAcademic Music Program, two; Father Judge, two; University City High School, two;George Washington High School, two; and Chestnut Hill Academy, Abraham LincolnHigh School, Roman Catholic High School, William Bodine High School forInternational Affairs, and St. Hubert’s Catholic High School each sending one.

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In an opinion piece in Education Week(“Talk Of The Good Is Good Talk”, Sept.24), Joan Goodman wrote on the need forteaching morals in the schools. Compasshas excerpted some of what she wrote.

By overwhelming majorities ... parentsand teachers support moral instruction inschool, ... yet many educators remain skit-tish about making moral teaching a curricu-lum priority. What appears troubling tothem is the judgmental nature of morality— good implies bad; moral, immoral;virtue, vice.

Commending good acts that occur withinthe school day is not the same as promotinggoodness as a school aim. Had morality anequivalent status to academics, then teacherswould select activities because of theirpotential for promoting moral instruction —as reading a book is selected to promote lit-eracy. And they would refer to “being good”or “being kind,” as they refer to “readingwell” — the meeting of a standard.

The self-restriction on moral language,because it is judgmental, ignores the obvi-ous fact that school personnel are in theconstant business of judging children, bothwhat they do and who they are. ...

It seems obvious that the words we useto talk about children alert us to the traitswe value and, arguably, the words we usecontribute to the development of thosetraits. For example, it is hard to imagine thatusing the term “intelligence” does not drawchildren’s attention to our valuation of it,and equally improbable that, given itsimportance to our society, we will stopusing it. If moral education is a high priority... isn’t it essential that we use moral lan-guage in our daily dealings with children? ...

Objections to Moral Talk

One objection [to reintroducing moraltalk] ... is that moral discourse is often sovague. ...The club of moral language couldbe wielded to enforce some very unsavorypractices. One easily can imagine the abuseof a child in the name of teacher “respect.”... By taking it upon themselves to passmoral judgments, professionals may act todestroy inquiry, independence, nonconformi-ty and, most seriously, stigmatize minorityand dissenting groups. ...

Moral language unquestionably can beabused. Its use to increase moral sensitivityin the classroom assumes a general commu-nity consensus ... on core moral values—one of which, of course, is tolerance. ...However, the experience of character educa-tors is that while there may be disagreementaround the edges of the moral domain,where relative “goods” conflict (sometimes alie may be justified out of compassion),communities, in general, agree on basic val-ues. ...

Another criticism of moral terms is that

they burden children with feelings of shame

and guilt ... and undermine the sense of self-

worth and extinguish initiative. ...[This overlooks the fact that] guilt and

shame are important control mechanisms;they alert the conscience to action, much aspain alerts one to seek treatment for injury orillness. ...

Support for Moral Language

On the other side of the ledger, anincreased infusion of moral language has

much to offer children. Morality can beginto compete with other values: money, pos-sessions, peer approval, chemical and sex-ual highs. Striving to become a worthymoral agent offers children another set ofambitions to consider, another track toself-fulfillment and self-esteem. Noteveryone can get A’s or be a star athlete,not everyone can be in the popular crowd,but everyone can cultivate virtue, though itis not easy. ... In many of his books,Robert Coles describes the delicious joy,the profound satisfaction children find intheir moral and spiritual lives.

Educators who increase their use ofmoral language are likely to be more vigi-lant in monitoring their own morality, ...[seeking] the purpose and justification fortheir actions.

... A decent society requires a sharedunderstanding of, and language about,good and bad. ...Values are transmittedthrough vigorous talk, as well as action,and may fade away if not given voice.

The less a language is used, the moreawkward it begins to sound. In today’s cli-mate, there are those who feel less prig-gish, prudish, and self-righteous engagingis sex talk than in moral talk. Yet, as withsexuality, the consequence of keepingsilent is that acts not discussed becomeignored or take on exaggerated impor-tance. Instead of seeing moral lapses asdaily mistakes to be conscious of and tocorrect, they are overlooked or highly pri-vatized. Is it not ironic that we avoidmoral talk in school because the moraldomain is too sacrosanct and, by so doing,risk its becoming irrelevant?

FeaturesOne in a series of pieces in which we ask Penn faculty to shed some light on an issue in the news.

The Value of the Words “Good”and “Bad” in the Classroom

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II. Review and Recommendations on Basic Principles andObjectives for the Future Development of the CampusThe Committee reviewed the continuous references to the four b

principles that guided the 1991 Master Plan and concluded that all principles are as pertinent in 1997 as they were in 1991. The four bprinciples of the 1991 Master Plan are:

1. Reflect Penn’s standing as Philadelphia’s preeminent educational itution.

2. Continue development as an urban park.3. Reflect the ambitions of its schools and faculty, providing each wi

strong physical center and overlapping links with its neighbors.4. Reflect the University’s architectural history and traditions.

However, the Committee also concluded that a fifth principle shouldarticulated and recommended to the University Community for proadoption. This new fifth basic principle in determining the future of campus can be stated as follows:

5. The future development plan of Penn’s campus should be conceiveand should be implemented, consistent with the great need to promote samenity, and efficiency in carrying out all the typical activities undertakenthe students, the faculty, and the staff of the University.The safety concerns suggest that all transactions, communications

meetings on campus should be undertaken within conditions that proand assure personal safety and security.

The desire to provide an advanced level of amenity in campussuggests that the new plans and programs on campus should be enwith elements of amenity that will better the experience of all individuwho spend parts of their life on campus.

The need to carry on all the activities on campus efficiently and wan economy of resources suggests that all future plans and programs development of the campus should be conceived of, and shoulimplemented, with the need for economy of effort and all other resouclearly articulated in all aspects of these plans and programs.

III. The Planning ProcessThe 1991 Campus Master Plan was completed by a consulting

without significant input from the campus constituency. It was a confidtial process that led to a confidential report, and remains such until nThe Committee believes that the process for the new master plan focampus of the University of Pennsylvania should be more reflectinnovative, and even visionary in response to the times we live in anthe major changes we have experienced in all the fields relateUniversity functions and roles. Above all, the new process should be mconsultative and participatory involving all the schools and the differconstituencies of the campus. Inputs from all these sources shouprovided to the planners charged with the responsibility of articulatingplan and a process should be envisioned and implemented that also pa participatory process when choices have to be made among alteoptions.

However, even today the planning process of the University is largexecutive, highly centralized, and participatory only to the extent tha“need to know” individuals are invited to enter the process. The typprocedure would be that a dean will perceive a need and then will marequest and a proposal to the central administration. Also, an execofficer of the central administration will become aware of a need (i.e. mparking space) and make a proposal to his/her higher-ups. Also, thleadership of the University would conceive a new idea, or externalladvised about something new that appears desirable at first glance, asome pertinent studies to be made. Most planning and decision-makdone in close (and closed) meetings between appropriate deans, adtrators and the president or executive vice president of the Universitan idea survives that meeting, then other people are called in strictly obasis of the need to know, or to advise. At that stage most first-rostudies/designs are made internally or though confidential consufirms. If and when a complete proposal is formed, then the Trusteeentered in one of several ways through the chairman of the BoarTrustees, the Executive Committee, the Facilities Committee, orBudget Committee. If consent has been reached, final plans are controut for final preparation and formal trustee approval.

This is the process that reminds us what is called executive or “govment planning” for the the typical benevolent but despotic governmaround the globe. It is also similar to the usual process followed bytypical centralized corporations of the private and public sector.

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This division between planning and deciding places some distancbetween those who decide, those who compare, and those who advocateoppose issues or plans. The result is that all those groups perform in thbest and the result is both better plans, and more satisfied communitieSuch a planning function will serve the University well at this juncture.

The Facilities Committee of the University Council submits thissuggestion in view of the fact that the University has to decide and act oprojects, in virtually all parts of the campus, as well as on all matters of thdirection the University should take in the next 25-30 years. In view of thaamount of work, a switch from the “executive mode” of planning to the“advisory/participatory mode” of planning is recommended. The Commit-tee makes this suggestion because of the seriousness of the issues foconcerned. It is true that in the past, suggestions coming from thiUniversity Council Committee have frequently been side-tracked and thimay occur in this case, too—but it is important for the campus communitthat this suggestion with the unanimous support of the Committee bsubmitted to the University at large. It might be added here that the proceand the committees in place currently on campus do not meet the needspresented above. For example, the Facilities Committee of the UniversiCouncil is currently without a planning charge or planning composition;the Design Review Committee is charged to review only limited aspects othe projects submitted to them; the Capital Budget Committee reviewonly the availability of funds for a given project; the Trustee FacilitiesCommittee enters the picture only to approve or disapprove projects, anthe Provost’s Planning and Budget Committee is concerned only/primarilwith academic matters. Clearly there is no physical planning functiongoing on campus as is the case in other “public communities”, i.e. citiesWhat planning is done at Penn is the absolute minimum necessary for tdecisionmakers to decide without overt mistakes.

IV.Concerns about the Present Campus Activity and NeedsThe Facilities Committee reviewed many other aspects of the situatio

prevailing on campus today and of the campus’s needs for the future. concluded with the realization, once more, that there are many issuewhich are multi-school, multi-function, and multi-community. Also thereare issues of campus expansion that need to be faced comprehensively proactively, that involve the city and the University neighbors. Above all,these issues involve the “idea” or “vision” of the University for the next 25-30 years and its relations with the city and its neighbors. At the end, thCommittee decided to put its emphasis this year on discussing the moeffective planning mode of the campus and to let the individual issues bdiscussed sometime in the future. Those interested in specific projects aproposals of this Committee can contact me about obtaining a copy of layear’s (1995-1996) Final Report of this Committee.

— Anthony R. Tomazinis, Chair

1996-97 Facilities CommitteeChair: Anthony Tomazinis (city & reg planning); Faculty: Nadia Alhasani(architecture), John Keenan (civil systems), Reuben Kron (psychiatry)Anuradha Mathur (landscape architecture), Michael Tierney (educ), VucaVuchic (systems engr), Dennis Yao (pub pol & mgmt); Administration: PatBurns (social work), Monica Dalin (chemical engr), Vivian Hasiuk (physics);A-3: Vicki Lopez (CPPS), Loretta Miller (student info & systems); Students:Jannifer Jaye (CAS ’97), Naomi Migliacci (GSE), Josh Rockoff (Col ’98),Joan Rockett (GSE); Ex officio: Arthur Gravnia (VP Facil Mgmt), Alice Nagle(coord Program for People with Disabilities), Ronald Sanders (registrar).

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and demanding “information climate” in a period of limited resourceseemed particularly important that the Library continue to evaluattrack usage in terms of user segments disciplines (which have, of cvery different needs end assumptions). The use of “survey reseamong users is underway and should be continued especially in teongoing adjustment to the new electronic data access system that wline in August of 1997.

It would seem particularly important that we maintain the presentlevel of continuity and morale among professional staff; agile respoin a changing technical environment imply such human investmen

The fact that Library has ranked so high among American ResearchLibraries in terms of ILL requests filed (fifth in 1995-6) should be seequite positively—both in terms of staff performance and the scholarlyof users. On the other hand, it points to a sobering contrast with thversity Library’s continuing rank (roughly twentieth) in levels of suppas measured by expenditures per faculty and/or student or staff me

It underlines as well the necessity of such collaborative ventures acurrently being undertaken with Yale and Columbia—in which usersthree libraries will have online and physical access to materials fromparticipating institutions. Participation in a Pennsylvania consortium

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Although we are not fully aware of University budgeting proceduresit seemed worth considering whether costs of knowledge acquisition (inprinted or electronic form) should not be considered separately fromglobal/structure considerations. Conditions in this environment are sounstable and so important to the Library’s effective operation that theydemand specific, disaggregated consideration. This reality is underlineby the fact that sanguine hopes that growth of electronic data source(journals, databases, etc.) would cut knowledge acquisition costs have nbeen borne out.

1996-97 Library CommitteeChair: Charles Rosenberg (history & social sci); Faculty: Eduardo Glandt(chem engineering), Karin McGowan (pediatrics), Philippe Met (romancelanguages), Amos B. Smith (chemistry), Nancy Steinhardt (Asian & Mid EastStudies); Administration: Sharon Bode (Eng lang programs); A-3: Carol B.Henderson (counseling services); Students: Kristin Baumi (GSAS), AlexanderThein; Ex officio: Paul Mosher (v provost & dir libraries).

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including Penn, University of Pennsylvania, thnames of its schools and programs, its shield arelated insignia, trademarks and logos (“insinia”) to ensure that such use is related to tUniversity’s educational, service and researmissions and promotes its objectives. Responbility for overseeing use of the University’snames and insignia lies with the Secretary of tUniversity.

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cial capacity, all units of the University anmembers of the faculty and administration muuse “University of Pennsylvania” in their publications and documents. Approved Universistationery must be used for official correspodence.

University names and insignia may be usin connection with any academic Universitprogram provided that the program is controlleby the University and has been approved advance by the responsible department chair adean or director, and Provost, as appropriaUniversity units, faculty, staff and student organizations that wish to use University names insignia in connection with any non-academUniversity program, activity, service or producmust obtain the approval of the Secretary befoproceeding. Requests to use University namor insignia must first be presented to the apppriate department chair and dean, director, orthe case of student organizations, to the ViProvost for University Life, for review. If ap-proved by the dean, director, or Vice Provostrequest with supporting information must bsubmitted to the Secretary for review. ThSecretary will review the proposed use and d

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products or in connection with services offereby outside entities only under license from thUniversity. Requests for such licenses are prcessed through the Center for Technology Tranfer. If the Center determines that a proposlicensed use may be beneficial to the Universitit may submit the proposal to the Secretary freview. The Secretary will review the proposaand make a determination under the criterstated above and may take particular note of tnature of the product, the proposed marketinplan, and the capabilities and reputation of thproposed licensee. If the Secretary approves proposal, the Center for Technology Transferauthorized to negotiate a license that is constent with the terms of approval.

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olely for University business by authorizedniversity personnel and by officially recog-ized campus organizations. See Human Re-ources Policy No. 3. Additional information onaculty and staff involvement in extramural ac-ivities and organizations can be found in theonflict of Interest Policy for Faculty Members,nd Human Resources Policy Nos. 5 and 6.

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There are approximately 280 additionpen positions for examination at the Jpplication Center, Funderburg Inform

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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT II (081395AM) Pro-vide support to Associate Dean; schedule appoments; organize meetings; perform word process& filing; process information on student recordassist in admissions, fellowships & graduation cyclQUALIFICATIONS : HS diploma; minimum 2 years AA experience or equivalent; familiarity with Universidesirable; knowledge of Filemaker Pro, Windows, WoE-Mail, Excel, SRS/SFS; excellent judgement, accur& ability to deal with difficult situations. GRADE: G10;RANGE: $19,261-23,999; 10-6-97 Dean’s OfficeRESEARCH LAB TECH II (101591AM) Run labexperiments using rats & pigeons; weigh, feedprovide general care of animals; input experimedata; order animals & general lab supplies; run rands. QUALIFICATIONS: HS diploma, some collegepreferred; able to work under light supervision; hidegree of accuracy; computer literate. GRADE: G8;RANGE: $16,171-20,240; 10-6-97 Psychology

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Contact: Ronald StoryCLINICAL RECEPTIONIST (40 HRS) (091488RS)Receive & register patients; make appointments;ceive & record patient payments; maintain patierecords; answer telephone; light typing & geneoffice duties. QUALIFICATIONS : HS diploma; 2 to 4years experience in clinical or practice setting; exrience with billing systems; 8:30 am to 5:30 pm,possible Saturdays. GRADE: G8; RANGE: $18,481-23,132; 10-10-97 Dental Care CenterDENTAL ASSISTANT II (40 HRS) (091488RS) Decontaminate, clean & assemble full range of surgi& implant supplies & equipment; assist in surgical sup & break down of operatories; assist on densurgical team; expose, develop & mount X-rays; issinventory & store clinical supplies & implant components. QUALIFICATIONS : HS diploma & completion ofaccredited dental assistant program; 1 year direxperience may be substituted for formal educatiPennsylvania X-ray certification required; GRADE:G8; RANGE: $18,481-23,132; 10-10-97 ImplantDENTAL ASSISTANT II (04429RS) Assist in recruitment & interviewing research subjects; scheduleconfirm patient appointments; perform data entry specialized forms; maintain infection control policieof SDM. QUALIFICATIONS: HS diploma; 1 to 2 yearsexperience as Dental Assistant required; PA X-rcertification required; ADAA certification preferred

How to ApplyThe University of Pennsylvania is an Affirma-tive Action and equal opportunity employerand does not discriminate on the basis of race,color, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion,national or ethnic origin, disability or veteranstatus.

• Current Employees can call 898-7285 to obtain the name of the hiring officerfor the available position (please provideyour social security number for verificationand the position reference number). Internalapplicants should forward a cover letter andresume directly to the hiring officer. A trans-fer application is no longer needed!

• External Applicants should come tothe Application Center to complete an ap-plication. Applicants interested in secre-tarial, administrative assistant, or other of-fice support positions, will have an appoint-ment scheduled for a technology assess-ment as part of the application process.

Schools and CentersPenn is a large community made up of

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personality to work as part of research team & opmize contacts with patients; good handwriting & atention to detail; knowledge of dental terminologchair side assisting; familiar with periodontal charing; flexible hours; position contingent upon granfunding. GRADE: G8; RANGE: $16,171-20,240; 10-10-97 PeriodonticsDIRECTOR V (081409RS) Direct activities of Uni-versity Dental Care Network; responsibilities includstaffing, development, operations, finance & strategplanning; supervision received will be on broad objetives & goals for Network. QUALIFICATIONS: BA/BSrequired, MA/MS or equivalent experience preferre8 to 10 years experience in health care setting, preably dental; experience includes 5 years experiencmanagement level; hours may be other than 9 to 5.GRADE: P8; RANGE: $39,655-52,015; 10-8-97 Resource ManagementINSTRUMENT STERILIZATION ATTENDANT I (40

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HRS) (101625RS) Under direct supervision, decon-taminate, clean & assemble full range of scientificsurgical supplies & equipment used in clinic; selectappropriate methods of sterilizing instruments; store& issue sterile supplies & laboratory equipment; in-ventory & replenish clinical areas. QUALIFICATIONS:HS diploma or equivalent; must be able to push or pulup to 50 lbs. & be able to lift up to 25 lbs.; demon-strated ability to follow detailed verbal & writteninstructions. GRADE: G5; RANGE: $12,875-15,811;10-9-97 Clinic ManagementSCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT STERILIZATION AT-TENDANT (40 HRS) (091448RS) Under direct super-vision, decontaminate, clean & assemble full range oscientific surgical supplies & equipment used in clinic;select appropriate methods of sterilizing instrumentsstore & issue sterile supplies & laboratory equipment;inventory & replenish clinical areas. QUALIFICATIONS:HS diploma or equivalent; must be able to push or pulup to 50 lbs. & be able to lift up to 25 lbs.; demon-strated ability to follow detailed oral & written in-structions; variable hours. GRADE: G5; RANGE:$14,714-18,069; 10-10-97 Clinic ManagementSECRETARY III (081381RS) Serve as back-up Sec-retary/Receptionist; perform varied secretarial taskslibrary research & special projects; compose routinecorrespondence; arrange appointments & meetingshandle standard inquiries; organize & maintain files.QUALIFICATIONS : HS diploma, business curriculum orequivalent; 1 year secretarial experience preferredtype 55 wpm; familiar with word processing pack-ages/office automation equipment; able to work inde-pendently. GRADE: G8; RANGE: $16,171-20,240; 10-10-97 Student Affairs

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Contact: Sue HessDIR., INTERNAL AUDIT (CORPORATE COMPLI-ANCE OFFICER) (101585SH) Provide critical lead-ership to the Corporate Compliance function & staff;interact with all levels of management throughout theUniversity & Health System; participate with Manag-ing Director, in continual risk assessment & develop-ment of corporate compliance plans; develop, imple-ment & monitor effective compliance functions tocoordinate University-wide compliance initiatives toprevent, detect & respond appropriately to violationsof law; participate in corporate initiatives & representManaging Director in his/her absence. QUALIFICA-TIONS: BA/BS in Business Administration, Account-ing or Law or related field; MBA preferred; CIA, CPAor CFE preferred; minimum 10 years experience in

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GRAD SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONContact: Ronald Story

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT I, PART TIME (28HRS) (101584RS) Provide secretarial assistancegroup of 3 people; type letters, handouts, chartsmemos from dictaphone & handwritten materialarrange appointments; schedule travel arrangemeopen & screen mail; compose routine correspondenmaintain records & files; arrange conferences; heatelephone responsibilities; some interaction with prgram sponsors & other program chapters is alsoquired. QUALIFICATIONS : HS diploma or equivalent;minimum 2 years clerical and/or secretarial expeence or equivalent; should have typing speed of 5060 WPM & be proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel &Type Styler; position contingent upon grant funding.GRADE: G9; RANGE: $9.678-12.083; 10-7-97 SYTE

GRAD SCHOOL OF FINE ARTSContact: Ronald Story

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT I (101593RS) Re-ceive & direct visitors; answer telephones, direcalls; perform word processing, filing, copying &scheduling; provide information for faculty, studen& staff. QUALIFICATIONS : HS diploma; 1 to 2 yearsoffice experience; knowledge of Windows, Word, Email, excellent interpersonal & communication skillGRADE: G9; RANGE: $17,614-21,991; 10-7-97 Archi-tectureCOORDINATOR III (101592RS) Manage administrative operation of department, including faculty suport, student advising & staff supervision; suppoChair in administrative tasks; act as liaison betwedepartment & central offices; prepare reports & stattics for department chair & biannual accreditatioreport; organization of conferences, lectures & copetitions. QUALIFICATIONS: BA/BS or equivalent re-quired; minimum 3 years administrative experienceacademic setting; at least 1 year supervisory expence required; strong verbal & written communiction skills; computer proficiency. GRADE: P3; RANGE:$24,617-31,982; 10-7-97 ArchitecturePHOTOGRAPHER (101583RS) Manage photography darkroom, lighting studio & presentation roounder direction of Program Director & UndergraduaChair; maintain, monitor & service equipment; mchemicals according to OSHA standards of safemanage supplies budget; order supplies & equipmeassist faculty in support of instruction & work withdirector & chair in program planning; supervise worstudy assistants. QUALIFICATIONS: BA/BS/BFA in Pho-tography or equivalent; 1 to 3 years of experiencemanaging & maintaining photography facilities &equipment; technical knowledge of photography darkroom equipment, processing & lighting for colo& black & white, conceptual & documentary; demonstrated skills in word processing, spreadsheet & dital imaging. GRADE: P3; RANGE: $24,617-31,982; 10-7-97 Landscape Architecture

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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT I (40 HRS)(081421AM) Provide administrative support inChairman’s office; manage office & telephone recetion; perform word processing; receive & distributpackages & mail; run errands & other duties as rquested. QUALIFICATIONS : HS diploma, BA/BS orequivalent experience preferred; 2 years experientype 45 wpm; excellent computer skills; strong verb& written communication skills; organizational skills;able to work well with diverse group of people; demonstrated independence & judgement; able to hanmultiple tasks & determine priorities. GRADE: G9;RANGE: $20,130-25,133; 10-10-97 PharmacologyBUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR III/IV (101602AM)Oversee post-award Grants & Contract managememonitor account establishment & performance of ependitures; oversee sponsored program receivabensure timely financial reporting & close out; develo& implement training programs; provide content foweb site; represent on various committees & taforces. QUALIFICATIONS : BA/BS degree in Account-ing, Business or equivalent preferred; BA III: 3 yearexperience in accounting, business administrationequivalent; BA IV: 4 years experience; 2 years exprience in post-award grants & contract administratiowith strong knowledge of financial reporting & closeouts; knowledge of University policies & procedurepreferred; knowledge & experience with computeized accounting & managerial administrative sofware packages; excellent interpersonal & communcations skills. GRADE: P4/P5; RANGE: $26,986-35,123/$29,664-38,677; 10-8-97 School of Medicine Busness OfficeCOORDINATOR IV (101601AM) Provide training &support on various University business systems processes including FinMIS (Oracle GovernmeFinancials), Personnel/Payroll, Salary Manageme& Procard; develop & implement training programsdisseminate information about University, School &sponsored program agency policies & procedurecreate & maintain information databases; direct istruction & assistance; oversee & participate in prcesses related to fiscal controls. QUALIFICATIONS : BA/BS preferably in Accounting, Business or equivalent;years experience in accounting, business administraor equivalent; experience with computerized accounti& managerial administrative software packages; knowedge of University policies & procedures preferreknowledge of financial & business practices at reseauniversity preferred; excellent interpersonal & commnication skills. GRADE: P4; RANGE: $26,986-35,123; 10-8-97 School of Medicine Business OfficeNURSE PRACTITIONER (40 HRS) (101606AM)Perform intake health histories & physical examplan & deliver outpatient detoxification & addresclients primary care needs; perform, order & interprresults of laboratory & diagnostic tests; share admiistrative duties; order supplies, inventory, med counfollow patients in substance abuse treatment procols. QUALIFICATIONS : MA/MS required; PA certifiednurse practitioner, MSN degree, licenced registered nuby PA Board of Nursing required; adult or family nurspractitioner; 2 years clinical nursing experience; psycatric nursing experience desirable; position contingentupon grant funding. GRADE: P6; RANGE: $32,857-42,591;10-8-97 Psychiatry/AddictionsPROGRAMMER ANALYST I (101603AM) Providesupport for computer systems in behavioral generesearch; develop & write database programs; pform computing procedures for research applicatioresolve computer related problems. QUALIFICATIONS :BS in Computer Science; knowledge of UNIX, Mac OSOracle; position contingent upon grant funding. GRADE:P4; RANGE: $26,986-35,123; 10-6-97 PsychiatryPROJECT MANAGER II (101618AM) Supervise &participate in performance evaluation review for clincal trial participation; participate in conceptualizatio& formulation of new projects, including protocol

development; interface with regulatory agencies, phy-sicians, biotechnical/pharmaceutical companies &IRB; allocate assignments; coordinate data collection;assist in preparation of budgets, clinical agreements &grants; prepare progress reports; maintain computefiles. QUALIFICATIONS : BA/BS in scientific or relatedfield required; 4 to 7 years experience in clinicalresearch data management, including data collection& analysis in clinical, biotechnical or pharmaceuticalsetting preferred; prior supervisory experience; priorexperience with clinical trials required; clinical studyagreements & grant preparation experience desireddemonstrated communication & organizational skills;attention to detail & ability to handle multiple projects;knowledge of research methodology, study design &data analysis; knowledge of PC IBM & Macintoshcomputers required; data management on microcomputer database required. GRADE: P7; RANGE: $36,050-46,814; 10-8-97 Cancer CenterRESEARCH COORDINATOR (101604LW) Recruit,screen & assess patients with schizophrenia & otherneuropsychiatric disorders from participating facili-ties; maintain database, charts & records for partici-pants; coordinate follow-up visitations & participa-tion in Center protocols. QUALIFICATIONS : BA/BSwith strong background in clinical research includinginterviewing; computer skills, strong organizational& interpersonal skills are required; position contin-gent upon grant funding. GRADE: P3; RANGE: $24,617-31,982; 10-7-97 PsychiatryRESEARCH COORDINATOR (101617LW) Providedata management support for extramural & intramuralclinical trials; participate in conceptualization & for-mulation of new projects, including protocol develop-ment & IRB approvals; coordinate data collection,disseminate patient protocol information; ensure con-sistency of data collected at participating centers;monitor patient accrual, protocol adherence & dataquality; coordinate data review; code & analyze data;prepare progress reports; maintain computer files;prepare & distribute correspondence; maintain regu-lar contact with other data managers; maintain listing& reports on protocol progress. QUALIFICATIONS : BA/BS in scientific or related field; at least 3 years priorprofessional experience in clinical research data management, including experience in data collection &analysis; prior experience with clinical trials required;knowledge of research methodology, study design &data analysis; knowledge of PC computers required;data management on micro computer database required; able to focus in busy environment with fre-quent interruptions; strong verbal & written commu-nication skills; ability to prioritize multiple tasks;meet deadlines; detail oriented; strong organizationa

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NURSING

Contact: Sue HessASSOCIATE DIRECTOR IV (40 HRS) (101611SH)Schedule, conduct & record interviews with appcants to oncology programs; participate in Universrecruitment activities regarding BSN/MSN, maste& post-master’s certificate programs; develop & maitain tracking system to monitor prospective studethroughout application process; initiate & maintacontracts with clinical agencies & preceptors for stdent clinical rotation sites; provide support for stdents funded on Graduate Education in OncoloNursing for Minorities grant; write & edit quarterlynewsletter of oncology program; work with coopertive agencies/institutions participating in family cagiver program; implement research methodology, spervise project staff, develop curricular, maintain suject files, assist in publication of reports & suppofield workers at outreach education sites. QUALIFICA-TIONS: MSN with experience as Clinical Nurse Specialist & Nurse Practitioner in oncology nursing; years clinical experience at advanced practice leveyears teaching experience at graduate level in univsity program in oncology nursing; 3 years administrtive experience in program planning and/or servicoordination; RN licensure in state of Pennsylvanend date 6-30-99. GRADE: P6; RANGE: $32,857-42,591;10-8-97 NursingBUSINESS MANAGER I/II (40 HRS) (081302SH)Oversee budgets & ensure integrity of financial tranactions within 2 divisions of School of Nursing; repoaccount status to principal investigators, division heaprogram directors, Manager, Administration & Fnance & School of Nursing Senior Business Officeinterpret University policies for faculty & staff. QUALI-FICATIONS: BM I: BA/BS preferably in Accounting,Business or equivalent; minimum 3 to 5 years progrsively responsible experience utilizing independejudgement in identification & analysis of diversproblems; solid experience with computerized acounting system, preferably FinMIS; quick startwith ability to develop proficiency with FinMIS within6 months; strong computing skills required witMicrosoft Office experience preferred; knowledge sponsor requirements & accountability for compance with sponsor requirements needed; thorouunderstanding of University policies & procedureexcellent analytical, written, oral & interpersonal skillBM II: Same as BM I except 4 to 6 years experiencGRADE: P4/P5; RANGE: $26,986-35,123/$29,664-38,677; 10-6-97 NursingRESEARCH SPECIALIST IV (40 HRS) (101610SH)Direct & mange nationally funded research grant froNational Institute for Nursing Research from dacollection phase to publication of articles; supervisetrain Research Coordinator & work-study studieprepare new research grants for submissions. QUALIFI-CATIONS: MA/MS required, preferably in Sociologyor Psychology; 3 years minimum experience workiin research center; able to teach, manage & superdiverse group of people; capacity to set goals, caout long-term projects & meet deadlines; compuliterate in word processing/editing applications; stroverbal & written communication skills; end date 6-30-98. GRADE: P6; RANGE: $32,857-42,591; 10-8-97Nursing

PRESIDENTContact: Sue Hess

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Contact: Ronald StoryADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT III (101609RS)Maintain high volume of public contact with appli-cants, parents, high school counselors, alumni & curent students; coordinate the issuance of advanceplacement credits; counsel present & prospective students & respond to inquiries from students, counselor& faculty related to transfer files & transfer guidelines& policies; serve as liaison between Transfer CrediOffice & undergraduate departments; coordinate &

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implement details of international travel itinerariesfor admissions staff; handle daily administrative activities of transfer admissions & transfer credit/advanced standing programs; train & supervise workstudy student assistants; compile & maintain transf& advanced placement statistical reports. QUALIFICA-TIONS: HS diploma, BA/BS preferred; 2 years experience at AA II level or comparable background requiredesktop computer experience essential, preferabMacintosh; WordPerfect, FileMaker & Excel application experience desired; strong organizational, interpesonal, verbal & written communication skills; ability tocoordinate diverse activities/work of others; sensitivityunderstanding of & genuine interest in working withstudents from diverse backgrounds. GRADE: G11; RANGE:$20,497-26,008; 10-7-97 AdmissionsCOORDINATOR IV (101589RS) Coordinate & moni-tor academic programs & services for approximatel500 students, including academic assessments, devopment of individualized academic plans, instructioin learning strategies & tutorial services; consult regularly with Associate Directors of PENNCAP & Tutor-ing Services concerning coordination of all services &programs & record students’ utilization of servicesQUALIFICATIONS: MA/MS in Education, Social Work orother related field required; study in academic skidevelopment (particularly in reading & study skills) onpost-secondary level desirable; minimum 3 years exprience as developmental education instructor on posecondary level, preferably in reading; excellent communication, organizational & computer skills; demonstrated commitment to diversity. GRADE: P4; RANGE:$26,986-35,123; 10-8-97 Academic Support ServicesINFORMATION MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST I(101628RS) Under general direction provide direcon-site microcomputer hardware & software troubleshooting, configuration, support & training on con-tract basis to University departments; provide suppofor networking (E-mail, Internet applications, net-working hardware & software); coordinate with vendors & other departments; write documentation aneeded; keep up on new technology; participate ocampus computing teams; offer creative technicsolutions to clients. QUALIFICATIONS : BA/BS or equiva-lent experience; 3 years experience with variety osystems with minimum 1 to 2 years supporting enduser computing; broad-based knowledge of desktosystems, operating systems (Windows 3.1/95Macintosh, Windows NT a plus), software & periph-erals; support-level microcmputer troubleshootinskills, networking & applications support; knowledgeof mainstream software applications & networkingprotocols; HTML knowledge a plus; strong customeservice orientation; able to work on multiple tasksimultaneously; able to present technical informatioto non-technical users; able to work independently as part of team; excellent communication & interpersonal skills; involves extensive traveling to multiplesites on campus; may require some evening or weeend hours. GRADE: P4; RANGE: $26,986-35,123; 10-10-97 ISC Support On Site ServicesSYSTEMS ANALYST II (101596RS) Responsible fortechnical & functional analysis of information pro-cessing & management systems; complete feasibilistudies; design systems; identify interrelationshipamong systems & coding, testing & debugging; develop cost benefit estimates & solve complex problems considering performance & capacity; ensurtechnical & quality assurance standards; organizplan & manage projects. QUALIFICATIONS : BA/BSwith minimum 5 years progressively responsible experience within administrative computing environ-ment, including minimum of 3 years in system desig& analysis; detailed knowledge of database desigconcepts & development methodologies; knowledgof UNIX & relational technology & experience withOracle preferred; expertise in Adabas/Natural a pluexcellent written, verbal & interpersonal skills; demonstrated planning & organizational skills; workingknowledge of Lan, project management software &desktop presentation tools helpful. GRADE: P7; RANGE:

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CLINICAL LAB TECH (101624RS) Perform varietyof clinical tests in lab utilizing precision instrumensuch as microscope & analyzers; results are usetreatment/diagnosis of disease; record & maintain tresults. QUALIFICATIONS : HS diploma or equivalent; 2years post-secondary school training in clinical lprocedures & techniques; ASCP certification as MLpreferred; accurate, dependable & able to work unpressure. GRADE: G10; RANGE: $19,261-23,999; 10-10-97 Small Animal HospitalRESEARCH LAB TECH I/II (40 HRS) (101612RS)Perform work under general supervision for nutritioresearch; barn related work involving handling cattsampling milk, feed, feed refusal & manure for cotent analysis; record daily inside/outside temperatumonitor ammonia volatilization; monitor feeding experiments for various studies; aid in collection blood & rumen samples; participate in collection farm nitrogen balance data; assist in lab with samhandling & processing; collect food & ration samplecomputer data entry & summary statistics. QUALIFICA-TIONS: RLT I: HS diploma; some science courseworRLT II: BA/BS or equivalent experience; fundamental understanding of farm management, nutrition feeding practices desired; flexible & able to particpate in team activities to accomplish project goacomputer literacy as well as strong written & commnicative skills required; position contingent upon granfunding; POSITION LOCATED IN KENNETTSQUARE—NO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AVAIABLE. GRADE: G7/G8; RANGE: $17,068-21,247/$18,481-23,132; 10-8-97 Clinical StudiesRESEARCH SPECIALIST III (091582RS) Performagricultural & animal production investigations; design, document & test computer software; specmathematical models of biological systems; progra& work on CPM Dairy model software; work independently & in conjunction with faculty & programmersto analyze data & formulate, code & test mathematimodels; related duties as assigned. QUALIFICATIONS :BA/BS in Science, Agricultural Science, Animal Scence or Mathematics; 3 years related experienVisual Basic 5.0/C++ & Microsoft Access experiencpreferred; knowledge of computer modeling methodesirable; position ends after 1 year; position contingent upon grant funding. GRADE: P4; RANGE: $26,986-35,123; 10-7-97 Clinical StudiesVET TECH I/II (40 HRS) (101622RS) (101623RS) VI: Administer treatments, injections & medications

ClassifiedCHILD CAREInfant care provided in Art Museumarea home by mother with childpsychology degree. Child abuse/criminal record clearance. Experi-ence/references. (215) 568-0312.

FOR SALE (OR RENT)House, on campus; garage; green-house. Telephone: 222-4369; fax:222-7757.

FOR SALEMove-in condition twin! 3 bedrooms;living room w/fireplace; formal din-ing room; new gas and hot waterheaters; new carpets, appliancesincluded. Diane Byrd, (610) 352-0388 (dianeb@sas.upenn.edu).

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prescribed; assist with diagnostic & therapeutic pro-cedures; monitor vital parameters; observe & recordsymptoms, reactions of patients; VT II: Same as above,plus perform diagnostic & therapeutic procedures;assist in instructions of nursing & Veterinary students(may have direct teaching responsibility). QUALIFICA-TIONS: VT I: Requires completion of accredited Ani-mal Health Technician program or degree in AnimalScience or 3 years Vet Tech experience; state certifi-cation/licensure may be necessary; VT II: Same asabove, plus minimum 2 years experience as VT I orequivalent required; rotating nights/weekends. GRADE:G8/G10; RANGE: $16,171-20,240/$19,261-23,999; 10-8-97 Small Animal HospitalVET TECH IMAGING I/II (40 HRS) (101621RS)Perform routine & special diagnostic imaging proce-dures on animals; operate diagnostic imaging equip-ment; follow radiation safety standards & rules; somestudent & technician teaching; routine radiology cleri-cal duties; assigned to emergency call evenings, week-ends, holidays; 5-day work week which includes week-day/weekend work. QUALIFICATIONS : VTI I: HS di-ploma with 2 years Vet Tech experience; completionand/or eligibility for AHT/RT program preferred; VTIII: Same as above except 5 years Vet Tech experience.GRADE: G8/G10; RANGE: $16,171-20,240/$19,261-23,999; 10-8-97 Small Animal Hospital

WHARTON SCHOOL

Contact: Anna MarcotteADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT II (40 HRS)(101599AM) Manage frontline duties of Dean’s Of-fice; answer calls, greet visitors, handle incoming &outgoing mail; perform data entry, word processing,scheduling, dictation, filing, proofreading & distrib-uting materials. QUALIFICATIONS: HS diploma required,AS/BA/BS preferred; 1 to 2 years AdministrativeAssistant Level experience required, excellent orga-nizational, professional & interpersonal skills; use ofWindows 95 required. GRADE: G10; RANGE: $22,013-27,427; 10-8-97 Dean’s OfficeADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT III (101594AM)Coordinate contacts with faculty clients & others;arrange meetings; serve as liaison to represent theDirector when necessary; support daily communica-tion; typing, files & fax; assist or coordinate ExecutiveEducation programs. QUALIFICATIONS : BA/BS; 3 to 5years relevant experience; able to work independently& manage several projects at once; PC proficiency inLotus, WordPerfect & graphics packages; strong cus-tomer service skills. GRADE: G11; RANGE: $20,497-26,008; 10-6-97 Executive EducationASSOCIATE DIRECTOR III (101598AM) Providefinancial aid service to prospective & enrolled stu-dents; establish packaging schedule for distribution ofneed-based scholarship & campus based loan; awardendowed & corporate scholarships according to donorcriteria; oversee & ensure integrity of scholarshipbudgets; deliver timely & accurate financial aid pack-ages; advise students on sources of financial aid,application process & loan availability; counsel stu-dents with complicated financial situations; supportAdmissions recruitment & candidate evaluation pro-cess, including on & off campus evaluative inter-views. QUALIFICATIONS : BA/BS, minimum 2 yearsexperience in financial aid counseling/administration;excellent organizational, communication & decisionmaking skills; thorough knowledge of University fi-nancial aid policies & procedures preferred. GRADE:P5; RANGE: $29,664-38,677; 10-6-97 Graduate Ad-missionsCOORDINATOR II (101595AM) Answer incomingcalls for sales & registration; perform course consult-ing to ensure enrollment in appropriate program; con-duct various market research projects. QUALIFICA-TIONS: BA/BS preferred; 2 to 3 years experience incustomer service/marketing services; highly organized& high attention to details; strong PC skills, able tolearn custom software. GRADE: P2; RANGE: $22,351-29,098; 10-6-97 Executive Education

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18th District Crimes Against Persons6 Incidents and 0 Arrests were reported between September 29, 1997, and October 5, 1997, by the18th District, covering the Schuylkill River to 49th Street and Market Street to Woodland Avenue.

09/30/97 11:00 PM 4800 Larchwood Robbery10/01/97 10:50 AM 4500 Pine Robbery10/02/97 2:00 AM 4100 Sansom Robbery10/04/97 4:00 AM 4000 Walnut Robbery10/04/97 3:30 PM 4301 Walnut Robbery10/05/97 3:38 AM 4800 Market Aggravated Assault

Crimes Against Persons38th to 41st/Market to Baltimore: Robberies (& Attempts)—2; Aggravated Assaults—109/29/97 1:05 PM 4000 Blk. Spruce Complainant struck with unknown weapon10/02/97 1:42 AM 41st & Sansom US currency taken/simulated weapon10/04/97 4:07 AM 100 Blk. 40th US currency taken41st to 43rd/Market to Baltimore: Robberies (& Attempts)—110/04/97 3:54 PM 43rd & Walnut Property taken from complainant30th to 34th/Market to University: Simple Assaults—110/02/97 3:43 PM 33rd & South Complainant assaultedOutside 30th to 43rd/Market to Baltimore: Robberies (& Attempts)—1; Simple Assaults—109/29/97 9:04 PM 32nd & Arch Sts. Complainant assaulted09/30/97 10:30 PM 45th & Pine Property taken from complainant

Crimes Against Society34th to 38th/Market to Baltimore: Disorderly Conduct—1; Alcohol & Drug Offenses—2;Weapons Offenses—109/30/97 1:17 AM 40th & Pine Narcotics found/suspects transported to 18th District10/01/97 11:42 PM 3801 Chestnut St. Suspect refused to leave area/cited10/03/97 9:06 PM 39th & Sansom Weapon found/1 Arrest10/04/97 3:13 AM 4000 Blk. Walnut Driving under influence/transported to Police Admin. Bldg.41st to 43rd/Market to Baltimore: Disorderly Conduct—2; Alcohol & Drug Offenses—110/02/97 8 32 PM 42nd & Sansom Suspect cited/transported to 18th District10/03/97 11:01 PM 42nd & Ludlow Suspect cited for disorderly conduct10/04/97 12:55 AM 42nd & Pine Driving under the influence/transported to Police Admin. Bldg.

PENN Pals ClubThe Penn Pals Club, established by the Penn Women’s Basketball team, is a fan club for

children in grades 1 through 8. A fee of $10 grants your kids a membership packet whichincludes: a membership card to be presented at the Palestra for free admission to women’sbasketball home games (and a $2 discount on tickets purchased by accompanying adults);post-game locker room access; a women’s basketball player “PENN-Pal” who will writeletters to your child; a disposable (one-time use) camera that can be used on “Photo Day”(February 7, 1998) along with a developing coupon; a PENN Women’s Basketball t-shirt,poster and periodic updates; as well as a chance to be ball girl/boy at home games, and muchmore. To register your child with the PENN Pals club, call 898-6089.

—Devonna D. Williams, Women’s Basketball, Penn Athletics Department

Tennis Anyone?Develop basic tennis skills or improve footwork and point

strategies by signing up for either beginner or intermediatetennis lessons, starting October 27, which are being offered byPenn’s Department of Recreation. Instructor Rolando “Al”Lustrio, an assistant tennis pro, will teach both classes at theLevy Tennis Pavilion through November 22. To register, visitthe recreation offices at either Gimbel or Hutchinson Gym.

Wiffle Up!University of Pennsylvania Recreation brings wiffle ball to

Hill Field on October 25 through 26 with its “UPENN 3 on 3Wiffle Ball Tournament”. Entry forms are available atHutchinson and Gimbel Gyms, or call 1-888-777-W-I-F-Ftoll-free for more information.

The University of Pennsylvania Police DepartmentCommunity Crime Report

About the Crime Report: Below are all Crimes Against Persons and Crimes Against Society from the campusreport for September 29, 1997 through October 5, 1997. Also reported were Crimes Against Property,including 40 total thefts (including 2 burglaries & attempts, 6 thefts from autos, 9 thefts of bikes &parts, 5 criminal mischief & vandalism, 2 Forgery & Fraud, and 3 thefts of auto). Full crime reports arein this issue of Almanac on the Web (www.upenn.edu/almanac/v44/n08/crimes.html).—Ed.

This summary is prepared by the Division of Public Safety and includes all criminal incidents reported and madeknown to the University Police Department between the dates of September 29, 1997 through October 5, 1997.The University Police actively patrols from Market Street to Baltimore Avenue and from the Schuylkill River to 43rdStreet in conjunction with the Philadelphia Police. In this effort to provide you with a thorough and accurate reporton public safety concerns, we hope that your increased awareness will lessen the opportunity for crime. For anyconcerns or suggestions regarding this report, please call the Division of Public Safety at 898-4482.

UpdateOCTOBER AT PENN

ON STAGE15 Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose and AnythingGoes; an open-mic poetry and performance night;Chats, 3800 Locust Walk; 8:30 p.m. (WritersHouse).

TALKS16 Creating the Bowie Bond; David Pull-man, C’83, managing director, Structured AssetSales Group of Fahnestack & Company, Inc;creator of “Bowie Bonds”, in which he packagedand sold $55 mil. in securities backed by antici-pated royalties from rock star David Bowie’sfirst 25 albums; 4:30 p.m.; Rm. 200, CollegeHall (SAS Alumni Lecture Series).

20 The Role of the Winged Helix Gene, Mf3,in Patterning the Mouse Embryo; Dr. PatriciaLabosky, dept. of cell and developmental biol-ogy, School of Medicine; Physiology Depart-ment Conference Room; 4th Floor, RichardsBuilding; 2 p.m. (Pennsylvania Muscle Insti-tute).

Laçan/généalogies; Elizabeth Rudinesco,psychiatrist; Lauder-Fischer Hall; 4:30 p.m. (TheFrench Institute)

CANCELED

The talk on Environmental Policies vs. Poverty,Violence, & Despair: The Role of Green Placesin a Sound Human Habitat scheduled for Octo-ber 17, at 12:15 p.m. in Steinberg Hall-DietrichHall (Institute for Environmental Studies) hasbeen canceled.

Suite 211 Nichols House3600 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6106Phone: (215) 898-5274 or 5275 FAX: 898-9137E-Mail: almanac@pobox.upenn.eduURL: www.upenn.edu/almanac/

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The University of Pennsylvania values diversity and seeks tal-ented students, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds. TheUniversity of Pennsylvania does not discriminate on the basis ofrace, sex, sexual orientation, religion, color, national or ethnicorigin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam Era Veteran ordisabled veteran in the administration of educational policies,programs or activities; admissions policies; scholarship and loanawards; athletic, or other University administered programs oremployment. Questions or complaints regarding this policy shouldbe directed to Valerie Hayes, Director, Office of AffirmativeAction, 1133 Blockley Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021 or(215) 898-6993 (Voice) or (215) 898-7803 (TDD).

The University of Pennsylvania’s journal of record, opinion andnews is published Tuesdays during the academic year, and asneeded during summer and holiday breaks. Its electronic edi-tions on the Internet (accessible through the PennWeb) includeHTML and Acrobat versions of the print edition, and interiminformation may be posted in electronic-only form. Guidelines forreaders and contributors are available on request.EDITOR Karen C. GainesASSOCIATE EDITOR Marguerite F. MillerASSISTANT EDITOR Tina BejianWORK-STUDY STUDENTS Lateef Jones, Gregory Krykewycz,

Tony Louie

ALMANAC ADVISORY BOARD: For the Faculty Senate, MartinPring (Chair), Harold Bershady, Helen C. Davies, Peter Freyd, ,Ann E. Mayer, Vivian Seltzer. For the Administration, Ken Wildes.For the Staff Assemblies, PPSA and A-3 Assembly to be named;David Azzolina for Librarians Assembly.

The Compass stories are written and edited by theOffice of University Relations, University of Pennsylvania.ACTING MANAGING EDITOR Libby RosofDESIGNER Annette EarlingNEWS STAFF Phyllis Holtzman, Kirby F. Smith, Sandy SmithThe Compass, Suite 210 Nichols House,3600 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6106Phone: (215) 898-1426 or 898-1427 FAX: 898-1203E-mail: rosof@pobox.upenn.eduURL: www.upenn.edu/pennnews/

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COUNCIL For discussion October 15

University Council Committees Charges, 1997-98Please see page 7 for the complete agenda for October 15, 1997.

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Admissions and Financial AidCo-Chairs: Warren Seider and David Williams

• Review the campus tours given by the Admissions Officincluding those given by students in the Kite and Key Society, athe Alumni Council on Admissions to determine how the Universis being presented to prospective students. What is Penn’s messThe Committee may want to interview faculty and staff who hagone through the admissions process at other schools with children to determine how other schools present themselves, andevelop a questionnaire to determine what messages parentsstudents come away with after the tours.• On need-blind admissions, committee chairs should meet wthe committee formed by Trustee Chair Roy Vagelos, whichworking toward a goal of $200 million for financial aid to suppoPenn’s need-blind policy.

Bookstore Chair: Robert Regan• Act as an institutional resource for community input to Barn& Noble.• Consult with Vice President of Business Services Steve Muras the new bookstore moves forward.

Communications Chair: Martin Pring• Meet with the provost’s “utility commission” regarding the usof and charges for intra-campus electronic resources.• Work with The Pennsylvania Gazette on its on-line presence,examine the possibility of sending the Gazette to internatioalumni, assess how the Penn community feels the Gazette coveUniversity.• Continue to monitor and make recommendations on the uselectronic communications with Penn alumni.• Follow up on last year’s committee findings regarding digitimages of objects such as works of art and archeological artifproduced within the University.• Study Penn’s New Web Page and make recommendations aappropriate.

Community Relations Chair: Margaret Cotroneo• Analyze the Community Service Directory; determine if anprograms overlap in mission, and if so, how. Identify categories temerge and make recommendations on maximizing effectivenof existing programs.• Consider and recommend ways for University researchersprovide feedback to the community when the community is volved in research projects.

Facilities Chair: Anthony Tomazinis• Research and identify facilities projects that would enhanceacademic mission of the University, e.g., classroom related proje• Provide ongoing input to Design Review Committee through Facilities chair’s participation in that committee.• Schedule update with Director of Support Services in BusinServices regarding on-campus parking.

International Programs Chair: Pedro Ponte-Castenada• Working with the Office of the Vice Provost for University Lifedevelop a comprehensive list of services, including student orgzations and clubs, currently offered to international students scholars, and make appropriate recommendations.• Based on the 1996-97 committee report, further develop sugtions for the University to recognize the unique needs of and sup

mechanisms for international students and scholars.

Library Chair: Charles Bernheimer• Report on findings from library focus groups and user survey.• Analyze efficacy of the pilot project for library assistants inresidence (which provides 24-hour library assistance to students)and make appropriate recommendations.

Personnel Benefits Chair: David Hackney• Respond to the recommendations of the Benefits AdvisoryCommittee and the Academic Planning and Budget Committee onthe second phase of benefits redesign.

Pluralism Chair: To be determined• Work with the Student Affairs Committee to develop concreteways to broaden the understanding of the experience of Asian-American students, faculty, and staff at the University; use thecommittee’s final report of 1996-97 as the basis for direction,discussion, and recommendations.

Recreation and Intercollegiate Athletics Chair: Peter Hand• Review and discuss the consultants’ report on recreationalfacilities at Penn.• Act as an institutional resource for University community inputto Recreation and Intercollegiate Athletics as plans for facilitiesevolve.• Keep in touch with action items related to the NCAA’s recer-tification process.

Research Chair: Barbara Medoff-Cooper• No specific charge to date.

Safety and Security Chair: Sean Kennedy• With the Open Expression Committee, examine whether theUniversity needs a policy on campus video surveillance; if the answeris yes, determine what the parameters of such a policy should be.• Work with the Student Affairs Committee to identify ways to sendsafety messages to students with continuity over their four years.

Student Affairs Chair: Anthony Rostain• Work with the Pluralism Committee to develop concrete waysto broaden the understanding of the experience of Asian-Americanstudents, faculty, and staff at the University. Identify supportsystems at Penn for the Asian-American population.• Work with the Safety and Security Committee to identify waysto send safety messages to students consistently.• Develop ways to address alcohol issues in Penn’s studentculture,including working with the Admissions and Financial AidCommittee as it studies the messages about the University sent tostudents and parents during campus tours; attend Council’s OpenForum meeting to help ascertain community concerns and promotedialogue on the subject of alcohol.

Independent CommitteesDisability Board Chair: Janet Deatrick• No specific charges necessary.

Committee on Honorary Degrees Chair: Jeffrey Tigay• No specific charges necessary.

Committee on Open Expression Chair: Dennis Culhane• With the Safety and Security Committee, examine whethertheUniversity needs a policy on campus video surveillance; if theanswer is yes, determine what the parameters of such a policyshould be.

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