Tuesday,October 8, 1996Volume 43 Number 7

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IN THIS ISSUE2 News in Brief: Safety Awareness Steps

African American Studies: Dr. Beavers;Transition in Affirmative Action;Food Study Team

3 HONORS & Other Things;EDUCOM ‘Hot Topics’

4 SEC Actions 10/2/96;From the Chairs: A Safety Review;

5 Council: October 9 Agenda andReport of Research Committee;Staff Appreciation Day

6 Speaking Out(Challenging Crime; ‘Beyond Belief’;SCUE on Six Priorities; Outsourcing)

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8-13 COMPASS Features8 IRCS’ New Computer Search Tools9 Cartooning Across Cultures10 Four New Detectives for Penn11 Safer Streets: An Update12 Nursing Care for Minorities13 Well Said

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14 OPPORTUNITIES

18 PENN PRINTOUT: The Digest

19 CrimeStats, Update

20 Healing Plants: The Morris ArboretumLooks Across Time and Cultures

WatchingMedicinesGrowThis weekend at the MorrisArboretum of the University ofPennsylvania, six years of hardwork come to fruition as themassive outdoor exhibition,Healing Plants: MedicineAcross Time and Cultures,opens officially on Saturday.

The opening is a one-dayfestival (see back page), but theexhibition itself is a long-rangedisplay that will be there forfive years or more.

And, though the 92-acre Arbo-retum is one of the beauty spotsof the region, with its windingpaths and planted vistas enliv-ened by unexpected sculpturegardens, the exhibition is morethan beautiful. It acts as aliving textbook for manydisciplines as it draws attentionto the herbs, flowers and evenweeds that play a role in heal-ing throughout the world—either as healers themselves, oras the basis of a major part ofthe pharmaceutical industry. —The exhibition also focuses onthe worldwide cultures whereplants’ medicinal qualities havebeen discovered, developed,and how they were transmittedacross borders and oceans.

Over three-fourths of the world’s population dependsfor medication on the plants in their own back yard,according to Morris Arboretum Director Paul Meyer.And about 40% of all prescription drugs are derivedfrom natural sources or synthesized from chemical blue-prints drawn from nature. Shown here: what is believedto be the oldest of all the healing plants: the ginkgo tree,found “good for the heart and lungs” by Chinese herbalsas early as 2800 B.C. Sold in the U.S. only as a dietarysupplement, it is the largest-selling botanical preparationin Germany and France today. The Arboretum traces itsdevelopment around the world and its history in the U.S.from Colonial times, when the Historic Bartram’sGarden in Philadelphia planted one in the 1780s.

To mark the opening of its biggest-ever outdoor exhibition, HealingPlants: Medicine Across Time and Cultures, the Morris Arboretum ofthe University invites one and all to a Healing Plants Festival on Satur-day, October 12, from 11 am to 4 pm. Admission will be free all day.Co-sponsors of the Festival are two international pharmaceutical compa-nies, Merck and Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories. The Festival is funded inpart by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The rain date isOctober 13.

Both festival and exhibition focus on the importance that plants haveplayed in healing traditions of many lands, and how information hasbeen passed between various cultures and from generation to generation.

The Healing Plants Festival will be a day-long celebration, withmusic and dance, herbal demonstrations, storytelling, vendors, andactivities for the whole family. Main-stage performances begin at noon,and include music and dance from Native American, West African, andChinese traditions. Demonstrations and activities throughout the gardeninclude a children’s herbal discovery tour, colonial herbal remedies,rice-paper painting, basket-making, accupressure, Tai Chi, Japanese kotoplaying, Native American and African American storytelling, and herbalwisdom and lore from a variety of traditions. Food and drink will beavailable in the vendor area.

Between activities and performances, visitors can explore the Arbore-tum, and the six areas of the garden that have become the exhibition’smini-galleries. Here, large panels tell the story of the plants that 75% ofthe world’s people still rely upon as their primary medicine. More than1,800 new plants have been added to the Arboretum’s garden as part ofthe exhibition.

The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania, with itsrenowned 92-acre public garden, is located in the Chestnut Hill areaof Philadelphia at 100 Northwestern Avenue, between Stenton andGermantown Avenues. Plenty of free parking will be available.

A special healing plants tour has been developed for the thousandsof school children who visit the Arboretum each year. A traveling“Medicine Trunk” curriculum is being developed; it will be used inlocal classrooms in conjunction with visits to the Arboretum.

Multicultural Healing Plants Festival

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News in Brief Afro-American Studies: Dr. Beavers

An Outdoor Safety SeriesOn Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this

week, the Undergraduate Assembly and other stu-dent organizations will hold safety-oriented eventson Locust Walk. All are open to the Universitycommunity.

Student groups have designed banners (one reads“Take Back Penn”) to hang over the Walk during theweek. Tables will be staffed by student volunteersdaily starting at 10 a.m., and a safety forum isscheduled for 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

One table will have safety information—on Penntransit, the locations of bluelight phones and indoorMAC machines—and giveaways such as whistlesand magnets.

At another, there will be a petition to MayorRendell asking for more attention to lighting, trash,and other problems in the area around campus. Themayor will be invited to accept the petition oncampus on Thursday.

At the table with the Mayor’s petition, SpruceHill Community Association will offer students anopportunity to sign up with the Association, whichworks on quality-of-life issues west of campus. TheUA is also working with the Spruce Hill Commu-nity Association to coordinate monthly safety fo-rums at a coffee house on campus, to be announced.

For Wednesday afternoon’s safety forum onCollege Green, speakers include the Vice Provostfor University Life, Dr. Valarie Swain-Cade Mc-Coullum; Tom Seamon, Managing Director of Pub-lic Safety; Maureen Rush, Director of Police Opera-tions; Michelle Goldfarb, Director of the StudentDispute Resolution Center; and Bob Furniss, Direc-tor of Transportation and Parking (where PennBus,the Loop bus and Escort services are lodged).

Senate: Reviewing Safety StepsIn a letter to all Faculty Senate members,

published this issue (page 4), the three Senate chairs(current, past and elect) review safety measures thePresident and Provost have discussed with them,and add some suggestions on student action,outreach and institutional activity.

Council: Safety on the AgendaAt the October 9 meeting of the University

Council, there is now a 15-minute presentation onsafety, to be followed by 30 minutes’ discussion.The University community can participate but non-members of Council are asked to sign up to attend(please see page 5).

Fall Break, Safety BreakFall Break begins at the close of classes Friday,

October 11, and runs through Tuesday, October 15.Classes resume Wednesday, October 16.

For those who live locally and plan to be awayduring Fall Break, Penn Public Safety again offersits Safety Checks. Please see page 7.

Note: For a story on officers recently added tothe Penn Police strength, and an update on SaferStreets, see also Compass features, pp. 10-11.

Penn Printout: The DigestPenn Printout, ISC’s prize-winning bi-monthly

journal for computer users, is now going to an on-line-only format, but will publish a one-page printdigest periodically in Almanac. The digest is ex-pected monthly, and the plan is to locate it on thepage opposite Update and CrimeStats—starting withthis week’s digest, on page 18.

Affirmative Action: Interim Director Arnold

Food Services Study TeamIn Almanac September 10, Executive Vice President John Fry said a consultative

committee would be appointed to guide a comprehensive market study of Penn DiningServices. This week Mr. Fry announced that the campus members below will serve as aSteering Committee to work with the Cornyn Fasano Consulting Group, who have beennamed to conduct the study.

Steven D. Murray, Vice President, Business ServicesDr. Larry Moneta, Associate Vice Provost for University LifeDon Jacobs, Executive Director, Hospitality ServicesDr. Peter Steiner, Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Faculty Master of

Modern Languages College HouseDr. Christopher Dennis, Director of Academic Programs in ResidenceMelissa Tatro, Student Payroll Coordinator, Dining ServicesSamara Barend, Undergraduate AssemblyTal Golomb, Undergraduate AssemblySanjay Udani, Graduate and Professional Student AssociationJanet Gordon, Office of the Vice President for FinanceMarie Witt, Director, Support Services, Business Services

Dr. Herman Beavers, associate pro-fessor of English and a faculty fellow ofHill House, has been named Director ofthe Afro-American Studies Program.

Dr. Beavers succeeds Dr. John W.Roberts, the former professor of folklifeand folklore who left Penn in June tojoin Ohio State University.

A specialist in 19th and 20th Cen-tury African American literature, Dr.Beavers is also known for his teachingin other genres of 20th Century Ameri-can literature, notably examing with Pro-fessor Elisa New African- and Jewish-American writing in the “Exodus andMemory” and “Intimacy and Distance”focusing on gender/race experience inthe work of Southern writers Faulkner,Hurston, Welty and Wright.

Dr. Beavers is a 1981 alumnus ofOberlin College with majors in government, sociology and creative writing. After takingan M.A. from Brown in creative writing in 1983, he enrolled at Yale where he added asecond M.A., in Afro-American Studies, and a Ph.D. in American Studies. He also wonthe first Edward Alexander Bouchet Prize at Yale, and has since won numerous awardsin poetry, community service and scholarship.

He joined Penn in 1989 as assistant professor of English, winning a W.W. SmithPostdoctoral Fellowship and a Lilly Teaching Fellowship at Penn in 1990, and directingthe Honors Program in English in 1991-92. Dr. Beavers, who was promoted to associateprofessor this year, has also served on numerous University committees including theCommittee on Pluralism.

He is the author of two books, one of them a volume of his own poetry. Work inprogress includes a book on performance and masculinity to be called A Credit to HisRace; a collection of essays to be named In Our Father’s Image, In Our Mother’s Hearts;and several entries for the Encyclopedia of American Culture and History and the OxfordCompanion to African American Literature.

On the departure of Office of Affirmative Action Director Anita Jenious last week, toreturn to Nashville to be near parents in ill health, Dr. Judith Rodin named as interimdirector Professor Howard Arnold, Associate Dean of the School of Social Work and apast chair of the University’s Affirmative Action Council.

Ms. Jenious, who came her from Vanderbilt, has taken a post as affirmative actiondirector of Tennessee State University, Dr. Rodin said. “We are sorry to lose Anita, whohas served the University ably and well over the past year and a half,” Dr. Rodin said.

Professor Arnold, now Emeritus Associate Professor of Social Work, is an alumnusof Penn State who took his masters degree in social work at Penn, then joined the facultyof the School in 1969. Since that time he has also served as a faculty master of the W.E.B.DuBois College House and as a member of the Senate Executive Committee, and heldnumerous committee and task force roles at University and School level.

Continuing in his School role as associate dean, Professor Arnold will be in theAffirmative Action Office two days each week and will “provide invaluable guidance,oversight and support,” the President said.

Dr. Herman Beavers

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EDUCOM ‘96:Highlighting Penn People and Resources

As 2500 to 3000 creators and users of today’s computer systems stream into Philadel-phia this week for EDUCOM ’96 at the Philadelphia Convention Center, some of thespeakers are from Penn—and some of the campus will be part of the conference. Amongthe speakers:

• President Rodin in a special address at the opening general session.

• James J. O’Donnell, Professor of Classical Studies and Interim Vice Provost ofInformation Systems and Computing, and Alan Filreis, Professor of English andDirector of the University Writing Program, heading a panel session, “Teachingwith Technology... and With Students,” which will be addressing issues includingdistance learning students and the erasure of boundaries between academic andresidential life due to technology.

• Gregory Farrington, Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science,and Helen Anderson, Associate Director of Computing and Educational TechnicalServices, SEAS, will be speaking about technology experiments on the Universitycampus and strategic choices universities will face in the virtual world.

Tours of campus will begin at 1 p.m. on Wednesday 10/9 and Thursday 10/10. Includedon the tours are: SAS’s Music Computer Lab; the compuer-friendly classroom renova-tions at Engineering and Chemistry; Nursing’s Distance Education Program; services ofthe Instructional Technology Center and Videoconference Center; the Residential WiringProject; Van Pelt-Dietrich Library and Biddle Law Library computer resources; and thesource of it all, the ENIAC Museum tour.

For more information please see:Educom’s website (http://educom.edu/),the conference website (http://educom.edu/web/confsemi/confsemHome.html/);or Penn’s Educom events website (http://www.upenn.edu/educom96).

HONORS & Other Things

Packard Award to Dr. WarnowDr. Tandy Warnow, assistant professor of computer

and information science, has received a $500,000 PackardFellowship in recognition of her research. Dr. Warnow, amember of the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science,also won a National Young Investigators Award two yearsago for her work in computational problems in evolution-ary tree construction. A 1984 alumna of the University ofCalifornia/Berkeley, she took her Ph.D. in math at Berke-ley in 1991 and was a postdoctoral fellow at USC andvisititing research fellow at Princeton before joining Pennin 1993.

Honorary Degree to Dr. GirifalcoDr. Louis A. Girifalco, University Professor of Mate-

rials Science, received the honorary degree Doctor ofScience from Hahnemann University, where he gave the1996 Commencement Address on “Coexisting With theFuture Technological Transitions.” Dr. Girifalco, who hasserved as Director of LRSM, Vice Provost for Researchand Acting Provost, was cited both for his research on howalloys are formed and how materials behave, and for“bringing together scientists and helping us understandthe process of change.” His contributions began at an earlyage when his doctoral thesis on the physical chemistry ofphysics became a standard text in the theory of interfaces.

ElectionsDuring the 10th International Congress of Medieval

Canon Law held at Syracuse University this summer,Provost Stanley Chodorow was elected chair of the boardof directors of the Institute of Medieval Canon Law. TheMunich-based Institute is a research center, with an exten-sive reference collection, and publisher of the principalscholarly works in medieval canon and Roman law as wellas an annual Bulletin of Medieval Canon Law.

Honors in ComputingThe U.S. Post Office this

week is issuing a new 32-cent stamp honoring com-puting—both the date andthe locations of its first twodays’ cancellations chosenbecause of ENIAC’s 50thbirthday.

The first-day cancella-tions will be made at a mili-tary site in Kansas, recog-nizing the Department ofArmy’s support of the firstproject at Penn, and a second-day cancellation ceremonytakes place in Philadelphia both as the birthplace of moderncomputing and the site of EDUCOM ’96. Governor Tho-mas J. Ridge and Penn President Judith Rodin will take partin the ceremony.

Via the stamp designed by Nancy Skolas and TomWedellof Charlestown, MA, “The Postal Service not only salutesthe hard work and diligence of all who contributed to theevolution of the computer, it values their contribution, saidthe Service’s Acting Vice President for Area Operations,John A. Rapp. Because of the computer, we can processmail at a staggering 40,000 pieces per hour—on one ma-chine!” He will describe at the ceremony some new elec-tronic communications being tested by the Postal Service,including an electronic postmark and public kiosks.

Penn Printout has been awarded first place in twocategories in the 1996 newsletter competition of the ACM/SIGUCCS (Association of Computing Machinery/ SpecialInterest Group on University and College Comptuing Ser-vices). The awards for best print newsletter of 20 pages ormore, and for best in electronic news, were given inChicago last week. They singled out Judy Smith and EddaKatz as editors, and Randall Couch, Teresa Leo and CelesteStewart as designers.

At the Tenth International Congress on TraditionalMedicine, held recently in Corpus Christi, TimothyTomlinson was elected Vice President of the World Fed-eration of Traditional Medicine. The Morris Arboretum’sassociate director emeritus, was also elected to member-ship in the Mexican Academy of Traditional Medicine.

TransitionsDr. Frederic D. Burg, who held associate and vice

deanships at PennMed for the past 15 years, is now Asso-ciate Dean for the University of Alabama School of Medi-cine/Huntsville Program, an experimental program de-signed to change medical education in the light of healthcare’s increased focus on wellness and health mainte-nance. He is also professor of pediatrics at UAB. At Penn,Dr. Burg was associate dean for academic programs from1980 until 1989, when he became vice dean for education.He was also professor of pediatrics at CHOP, and morerecently a senior fellow with University’s Institute forResearch on Higher Education, as well as faculty associateof the Center for Bioethics at the Medical School. Dr. Burgcan be reached at burgf@email.uah.edu.

Dr. Kim M. Morrisson, the former Vice Provost forUniversity Life who also co-led the 21st Century Projecthere, has become Senior Vice President of DiversifiedSearch Companies, the Philadelphia-based executive searchfirm that is the largest woman-owned firm of its kind in thenation. Dr. Morrisson, who has also held teaching posts inEnglish and was assistant to the Ombudsman early in herPenn career, will help DSC clients in higher education andnot-for-profit sector on senior level executive searchesand will provide a range of guidance in organization andmanagement. She is at (215) 656-43546.

Dr. Warnow

Dr. Girifalco

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SENATE From the Senate Chairs, A Review of Safety Issues

To: Members of the Faculty Senate October 6, 1996Dear Colleagues:

President Rodin and Provost Chodorow met with the Senate Executive Committee to discuss thevery serious safety situation at the University. They informed SEC that they have taken the followingsteps in an effort to reduce, hopefully to eliminate, the recent “crime wave.”1. Public Safety Interventions—Short-term

• Redeploying officers to peak crime periods• Expand existing police force with addition of 10 new officers• Expand network of blue-light phones by establishing 66 new locations

(30 in area West of campus)• Secure commitment from Philadelphia Police Department to provide an additional 3

foot patrols, 1 additional 24-hour patrol unit and 2 additional patrol units (midnight - 4 a.m.)• Place 10 security guards on city streets• Secure commitment from SEPTA to provide one mobile unit and 6 officers to patrol

subway system• Going after businesses that are breaking the law• Support expansion of Penn Watch

2. Public Safety Interventions—Long-term• Implement technology plan to secure on-campus properties

First year includes installing headquarters computer receiving equipment, intelligent panelsfor 40 buildings, preliminary work for CCTV.

• Consolidate security contracts with one vendor and develop partnership arrangementwith vendor to leverage their expertise

• Relocate Public Safety to 40th Street• Escort Services• Reorganize route system and Escort Service accountability structure to ensure more

frequent, regularized services• Initiate full review of entire Escort Services program• Quality of Life Initiatives• Special Services District• Crackdown on establishments which sell alcoholic beverages• Vending plan• Revitalization of 40 Street retail

Furthermore, the President and Provost announced that they intend to continue to work with thecommunity on the related issues of housing, schools, graffitti, and new business development.

Students, too, have moved beyond the frightened and angry stage. They are counselling oneanother to “be careful,” to walk in groups, and to make sure their doors and windows are closed. Theyare giving out whistles, establishing “safe houses” within the fraternity structure, enlarging thenumbers who participate in “Penn Watch,” and are moving on initiatives like “Safety Week.”

The Office of Public Safety is working steadily on the problems and the Office of University Lifehas been working overtime to respond to the concerns of both parents and students, answering eachinquiry they receive—there have been hundreds!

We believe these community efforts can be enriched by supportive faculty efforts. Briefly, let usmake suggestions in three areas of activity. Some might take a bit of extra time and effort; others verylittle, but can nevertheless be very meaningful. For example:

A. Students1. Take some class time to focus on safety issues.2. Invite concerned students to make appointments.3. Most important, where appropriate teach about the causes and responses to crime.B. Outreach1. Make contacts with influential individuals in the criminal justice system (lawyers,

judges, the mayor, city council persons, agency heads) to let them know the communitydemands more protection.

2. Call on friends who have contact with such individuals and enlist their help for a lobbyingeffort.

3. Write opinion pieces—“op-eds”—bringing scholarly attention to the causes and cures ofcrime.

C. InstitutionalEncourage action-oriented discourse through informal, ongoing forums to increase ongoingawareness of safety issues.

Often, we Faculty Senate Chairs are approached by faculty requesting that we ask for adminis-trative support for a variety of faculty initiatives. At this critical time, the administration, studentsand staff need our support to help them in whatever way we can. As faculty we need to do more thanapplaud their swift actions and their long-term efforts to involve Penn in the West Philadelphiacommunity. We can be a resource and a model to students. We can lobby and pressure representa-tives of the criminal justice system for rapid action against the perpetrators of crime. We can invitediscourse in our classes and support students after class. We urge you to assist in meeting theemergency.

Thank you for what we hope will be an impressive show of support from faculty members forthe University community’s efforts to attack, not just respond to, this crisis that threatens Penn’scontinued well being.

Peter J. Kuriloff, Chair William L. Kissick, Past Chair Vivian Seltzer, Chair-elect

The following statement is published inaccordance with the Senate Rules.Among other purposes, the publicationof SEC actions is intended to stimulatediscussion among the constituenciesand their representatives. Pleasecommunicate your comments to SenateChair Peter Kuriloff or ExecutiveAssistant Carolyn Burdon, Box 12College Hall/6303, 898-6943 orburdon@pobox.upenn.edu.

Actions Taken by theSenate Executive CommitteeWednesday, October 2, 1996

1. Informal discussion with the presi-dent and provost. Regarding safety andsecurity, President Rodin commentedbroadly on steps the University has takenand plans to take. She emphasized that allmembers of the community are respon-sible for taking steps to improve the situ-ation. Provost Chodorow discussed therecent decision by the University of Min-nesota Board of Regents to radicallychange tenure, steps which would renderinoperative the lifetime appointment oftenured faculty. Robert Gorman and Mor-ris Mendelson, Penn faculty active in theNational AAUP, also discussed the Min-nesota tenure situation and presented adraft motion opposing the MinnesotaBoard of Regents’ action for SEC’s con-sideration. It was moved and secondedthat “the Senate Executive Committeeopposes the proposed tenure revisionsmade by the University of MinnesotaBoard of Regents and instructs the Fac-ulty Senate Chair to draft a letter to theregents indicating those concerns.” Themotion was adopted unanimously.

2. Update on just cause revision.Charles Mooney reported on behalf of thesubcommittee appointed at the last meet-ing. A question had been raised by SEC asto whether there was any material adversechange in separating the Policy on Mis-conduct in Research from the ProposedJust Cause Procedure. (The two docu-ments had been combined by the FacultySenate to simplify the procedure and com-bine overlapping rules. They are nowbeing separated once again in collabora-tion with the administration and trustees.See SEC Actions September 4, 1996.)Discussion centered on the definition offaculty and whether all faculty-like cat-egories that were included in the com-bined documents should be retained inthe separated just cause procedure andwhether that question should be sent tothe faculty for a vote. Discussion of thepoints raised by the SEC subcommitteewere carried over to the next SEC meet-ing.

3. Senate Nominating Committee. Thechair stated that he had extended the dead-line for nominees to serve on the commit-tee until October 9.

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Research CommitteeReport on the agenda for discussion October 9

The committee met three times during this period and addressed the following items:1. The report of the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Postdoctoral Fellow Policy, submit-

ted by a subcommittee chaired by Professor John J. Cebra of biology with Dr. NealNathanson serving as vice chair. The committee members became acquainted with thedifferent positions that postdoctoral fellows enjoyed in different schools/cultures. Thecommittee then unanimously and enthusiastically approved the document as setting theminimum standards for postdoctoral fellows at the University of Pennsylvania. Theproposed policy subsequently has been cleared by various University committees andthe last step is the approval of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee.

2. Vice Provost for Research Ralph Amado brought the following new issues to thecommittee.

a) Advice from the Research Committee to the administration on what should bethe proportion of University resources put aside for matching funds.The ResearchCommittee requested some data from peer universities and the discussion will continueafter the data is received.

b) The optimal University policy on authorship and on ownership of data.Themembers of the Research Committee have not yet decided what to recommend as the vehicleto develop a draft University policy that addresses these complex and important problems.

3. The chair of the Research Committee proposed to discuss the evaluation andrenumeration of the faculty for responsibilities: teaching large undergraduate classes,leading large research groups/laboratories, and carrying substantial administrativerepsonsibilities. There exists a point system at Berkeley and other state universities. Thepoint system attempts to ensure an equitable distribution of work with equitablecompensation. The committee concluded that this problem is not acute at Penn andconsequently the idea has been tabled.

— Ruzena Bajcsy, Chair1995-96 Research Committee MembershipFaculty: Ruzena Bajcsy, Computing and Information Science; Dorothy Brooten, Nursing;John Cebra, Biology; Peter K. Davies, Materials Science and Engineering; Martha Farah,Psychology; Nabil Farhat, Electrical Engineering; Daniel Malamud, Biochemistry/Dental;Richard R. Miselis, Animal Biology; Mark Rosenzweig, Economics; Steven Sondheimer,Obstetrics/Gynecology; Arjun G. Yodh, Physics. Students: Larry Kamin, C ’96; AlfredWang, C ’97; Maureen O’Leary, GSAS. Ex officio: Ralph Amado, Vice Provost forResearch; Anthony Merritt, Director, Research Administration.

Agenda of the University CouncilWednesday, October 9, 1996

4-6 p.m., McClelland Hall, The Quadrangle

I. Approval of the minutes of September 25, 1996

II. ReportsA. PresidentB. ProvostC. Chair of the Steering CommitteeD. Chair of the Graduate and Professional Student

AssemblyE. Chair of the Undergraduate AssemblyF. Chair of the Penn Professional Staff AssemblyG. Chair of the A-3 Assembly

Time limit for reports and clarifications: 20 minutes.

III. Update and discussion on campus safety.Time limit: Presentation 15 minutes, discussion 30minutes.

Note: The University community is invited toparticipate in this discussion. Non-members ofCouncil please sign up to attend the meeting bycontacting the Office of the Secretary by telephoneat 898-7005 or by email at jpwells@pobox.upenn.edu.

IV. 21st Century Project update.Time limit: Presentation 15 min., discussion 15 min.

V. University Council Committee on Research1995-96 year-end report. Time limit: 5 minutes.

VI. Discussion on Draft University CouncilCommittee Charges 1996-97. Time limit: Presenta-tion 10 minutes, discussion 10 minutes.

VII. Discussion on Draft Outline of 1996-97University Council agenda. Time limit: 10 minutes.

VIII. Adjournment by 6 p.m.

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Penn’s Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day igrowing in more ways than one. It has a manew program feature—the University Museummulticultural Halloween fête—and attendanis also rising: from 1200 in 1994 to 1800 layear, with some 2000 expected for the thautumnal observance of the Day, October 1

The President, Provost and Executive ViPresident have invited all Penn faculty and stto bring their family and friends for the picniand other activities—which begin at noon at HField with entertainment by the Penn Glee CluPenn Cheerleaders and Marching Band, avisiting clowns and face-painters.

President Judith Rodin will give the WelcomingRemarks at approximately 12:20 p.m.

The Picnic Lunch (of Santa Fe chicken, hotdogs, pasta salad, Caesar salad, beveragesdessert) is from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., at HField, 34th and Walnut Streets (Rain locatioHill House).

At the University Museum, the Halloweenspirit reaches out to the crowd with free famadmission (with PENNcard), to its the Ghosts,Goblins & Graveyards event, noon-4 p.m. Theactivity-filled afternoon has workshops anstories, face-painting and mask-making, fortun

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telling andgallery visits tosee the ancientEgyptian mum-mies—plus a special Hal-loween dance performanceas the grand finale to thismulti-cultural event. The Mu-seum is at 33rd and Spruce Streets.For more information call 898-4000or visit the website http://www.upenn.edu/museum/.

The Football Game: Penn vs. Lehigh, beginsat 1:30 p.m., at Franklin Field, 33rd and SpruStreets. Admission for Penn faculty/staff is frand tickets for family and friends to attend tgame are $2 each, available via campus maorders are received before October 11, operson at Weightman Hall Ticket Office, M-10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Ticket Office: 898-6151.

Beforehand: A Health Promotion FairIndependence Blue Cross is supporting so

Health Promotion activities for Faculty and StAppreciation Day on Saturday by bringing thHealth Van on Tuesday, October 15, and Thday, October 17, for special health screeni

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and to promote F/S Appreciation Day. The HealVan will be in the parking lot at 36th and WalnuStreets and offering:

October 15: Skin Analysis Screening—usingthe Dermascan black light device, this analysdetects skin conditions on the face, includin“invisible” as well as visible areas of concernfrom sun damage and/or Vitamin B deficiency

October 17: Carbon Monoxide Lung/Breath/Blood Screening—using the Smokerlyzer de-vice, enables smokers to see the effects of thsmoking habits.

On both days, educational materials will bprovided on topics such as:

Smoking Stress Blood PressureAt your Desk ExercisesGreat Ways to Take Charge of Your HealtPreventing Keyboard Injuries and FatiguesWhat to do about Colds and FluThe 50 Greatest Weight Loss Tips10 All-time Favorite Stress Tips

Complimentary parking at the 34th and Chesnut Street Garage will be available with aPENNcard. This event is sponsored by the Divsion of Human Resources and supported by tAthletic Department. All services and materialsare free and offered as part of the Quality oWorklife Program of Human Resources. Foadditional information contact Marilyn Kraut at898-0380 or kraut@pobox.upenn.edu

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SCUE on ‘Six Priorities’The newly declared priorities for aca-

demic excellence (Almanac Supplement Sep-tember 24) reaffirm the often-voiced commit-ment by this administration to an exceedinglysuperior Penn experience.

While the reexamination of academic pri-orities among these newest global trendsrepeatedly mention the integration of thepractical and the theoretical as their philo-sophical foundation, SCUE proposals haveepitomized this ideal since our first publica-tion in 1966.

The priorities of the humanities, demo-cratic issues, scientific research, urban is-sues, management and leadership, and infor-mation technology have all been advocatedextensively prior to, but most specifically in,SCUE’s 1995 White Paper on Undergradu-ate Education.

Upon this fundamental of interdiscipli-nary and holistic learning, our suggestions toprovide each Penn graduate with the requi-site tools for individual and societal utilitymatch exactly with those arriving out of themission of the 21st Century Project and theAcademic Priorities. In our white paper, wesuggest that these academic priorities shouldnot only be a signature of the University buta signature of the University’s education—an original distinction that is sorely lackingin our currently fragmented curriculum. It isSCUE’s opinion that continuing this discus-sion of institutional redefinition without open-ing the discussion on the primary product ofthis institution—the undergraduate degree—would be irresponsible.

Thus, SCUE applauds, not only the stra-tegic conclusions of the deans, the Uni-versity’s Academic Planning and BudgetingCommittee, and the President and Provost,but also the process of development that has,so far, included considerable student input.As Penn continues its reevaluation in posi-tioning, the participation of the student inmaximizing Penn’s capacities as an institu-tion of learning must not be overlooked.SCUE eagerly anticipates its role in the fur-ther shaping, and eventual implementing, ofour mutual goals and encourages all under-graduates to participate in the forthcomingdiscussion on the future of our University.

— Ben Nelson, Chair, Student Committeeon Undergraduate Education

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Art after viewing “Beyond Belief,” I waspleased to learn that the show will continueon view until October 27. Just one visit is notenough. There is too much of interest andstudious discovery to observe in one visit.

Past ICA exhibits have too often flown inthe face of popularly held concepts of whatconstitutes art. And, I admit, my credulitywas often sorely challenged.

In the case of the “Beyond Belief” show,however, it would be fair to say that we arebeing served up a rich smorgasbord offood-for-thought. The thirteen artists fromEast Central Europe whose work is shown athe ICA are beneficiaries of an importanthistorical happening. Their art is a by-producof the collapse of communism in their re-spective homelands—an event which serveto liberate artistic expression.

Not content with painting pretty picturesand creating classical sculpture, the work othese artists reflects the diverse range ohuman experience, both abstractly and reaistically. But central to the group’s strivingfor artistic expression is the desire to explornew artistic horizons.

— Maurice S. BurrisonDirector, Faculty Club Art Gallery

Meeting the Challenge of CrimeCrime, its causes, preventatives and cu

is a challenge. Crime should be a challengus at Penn to engage our incredibly rich loof human capital to work on the researteaching/action agenda demanded by most intractable of issues before our socie

Every one of the University’s twelvschools and most of its departments can gfrom and contribute to such an agenda. Ait must take in as partners our geographneighbors, the city, state, nation and evthose many international interests we ha

The continuing serious crimes on anear the campus, the anger of students their parents and the expensive promisesadministrators to deal with the situatioshould come as no surprise: these are signthe times and Penn is not unique in whahappening.

Signs of the times? When we are told economy is doing well while more than 4million Americans live below the povertline; when our economy depends on a 5.unemployment rate to remain “healthy”; whsuicide rates for teenagers in all populatgroups are soaring; when half of young Afcan American males are in some negarelationship with legal institutions; when onhalf of all African American children live inpoverty.

This is a time for action: to take a holisview of what needs to be done and how can organize ourselves to do it. Penn’s decation to and expertise in research and teing and other knowledge-building enterpriscan all be enhanced through a conceeffort to contribute towards the solution what creates crime and what contributesits prevention and eradication. Securityessential to our continuation as a communa concerted and sustained effort will helpand can contribute to the national and intnational scene.

Some proposals of my own: Instead building prisons to boost the economy American towns, build institutions to reclaim the environment, relevant educatioefforts and rebuild America’s worn-out infrastructure: instead of bombed-out cencities and growing rings of suburbia, plrational continua of urban/suburban/rural lause; instead of NIH research only for tpreservation of the body, NIH research the quality of life for all socioeconomic grouand all ages. (And implementation of goresearch need not always be costly: in UgaI found that more than half a million childreorphaned by the civil war and AIDS habeen absorbed by their extended familsubsidized modestly by their impoverishgovernment, instead of being housed in conew orphanages as our Speaker of the Hoproposed for children of “welfare” familiein America!)

We need help on new issues arising outhe great and potentially exciting and enricing influx of immigrants. Why is attentiogiven only to those perceived as clevetaking advantage of our open society, whalongside them come thousands of

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A suggestion for immediate action is thatAlmanac provide a forum for University com-munity constituents: faculty, students, ad-ministrators, staff and people among whomwe live in this part of Philadelphia as well asthe city and state. The Forum would serve toidentify what we already know and are doingand to generate ideas for research/teachingaction on attacking the roots of crime, treat-ment of the effects of crime and methods ofprevention as well as immediate contain-ment of crime.

We are all related to crime in many waysas citizens, residents, consumers, frightenedpedestrians. Now I challenge us all to take itseriously as an appropriate and possible society-saving issue for our academic pursuit.

— Louise P. ShoemakerProfessor and Dean Emeritus,

School of Social Work

Almanac’s Board Chair responds:Without waiting for a structured Forum,

Speaking Out welcomes any contributionson matters of direct concern to the Univer-sity. For a wider discussion, potentially in-volving the larger community as proposed byProfessor Shoemaker, the Center for Com-munity Partnerships has been proposed as facilitator, and its director, Ira Harkavy, hasagreed. Those who wish to particpate in anongoing forum may thus write directly toAlmanac [see addresses on page 19] or con-tact Dr. Harkavy at the Office of CommunityPartnerships.

— Martin Pring, Physiology/Med

Outsourcing and QualityAs a member of the University commu

nity, I have been following the ongoing discussion about outsourcing with some inteest. While I do not minimize the University’sneed to cut unnecessary costs, Paul Lukasialetter (Almanac September 24) seemed to meto be a compelling challenge to a flaweUniversity process and not the “diatribe”John Fry labeled it in his reply. Mr. Fry’stactic of refusing to “dignify” the letter with aresponse leads me to believe that he is unablrebut Mr. Lukasiak’s detailed criticisms.

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As for Mr. Fry’s assertion that the Bookstore deal with Barnes and Noble will “provide Penn with one of the finest campBookstores in the country,” I hope that will bthe case. But my last few visits to the Boostore have revealed significantly reduced stoon the shelves, with many long-stocked scharly titles now gone and others being dposed of in a half-price inventory reductiosale. I fear that in its effort to transform thBookstore into a “superstore,” Barnes aNoble is showing insufficient commitment tthe Bookstore’s academic mission. If the arival of Barnes and Noble drives the areaother serious bookstores out of business,

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that the Penn Book Store will continue to one of the premiere academic bookstoresthe country while, at the same time, signicantly enhancing its selection of nonacdemic books.

Bookstore deal will prove a net loss to thUniversity, notwithstanding any additionarevenues that may be received.

— Peter D. Schneider, Assistant DirectCareer Planning &Placement

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My office, together with the UniversitCouncil Bookstore Committee, will worclosely with Barnes and Noble to ensure the academic book selection in the PBook Store is appropriate for a universityPenn’s stature.

— Steven D. MurraVice President for Business Servic

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Dear Faculty, Staff and Students:Fall Break 1996 (10/12/96 through

10/15/96) is approaching quickly. Tradi-tionally, this is a time of lower occupancyand greater opportunity for crime. There-fore, we need to be more safety and security conscious.

In order to reduce the opportunity forcrime (i.e., criminal mischief, burglaries,etc.), the Division of Public Safety isagain offering to conduct Special Checksof Residential Properties during the fol-lowing time frame: 5 p.m. on Friday,October 11th to 7 a.m. on WednesdayOctober 16th.

Faculty, staff and students who livewithin the following geographical bound-aries—Schuylkill River to 43rd Streetand Baltimore Avenue to Market Street—may list their residence with the PennPolice Department for Special Checksduring the period it will be vacant.

Penn Police officers will periodicallycheck the exterior of the property forsigns of criminal activity or securitybreaches. Upon discovering same, thofficers will take appropriate action rang-ing from arresting the perpetrator to con-ducting an interior check of the propertywith subsequent notification to the listedoccupant.

If you would like to list your residencefor Special Checks during Fall Break 1996please pick up an application at the PenPolice headquarters (3914 Locust Walk)or the Special Services Unit (3927 Wal-nut Street). You need to complete andreturn the application to either locationprior to vacating the premise. Attachedyou will find Safety And Security Tips tohelp keep your time away from P enn asafe and happy one.

Wishing you colorful foliage and cool,crisp autumn nights,

—Thomas M.Seamon, ManagingDirector, Division of Public Safety

—Maureen S. Rush, Director ofPatrol Operations

Fall Break 1996 is almost here. Along wibeautiful autumn foliage and visiting family anfriends, let’s also think about Safety! To keethis time away from Penn restful and fun, heare some Safety Tips to keep in mind:

If you are leaving Penn for Fall Break,• Secure or remove all valuables (i.e., je

elry, computers, stereos, televisions, etc.). valuables should already be engraved with ySocial Security or other identifying numbeEngravers are available at the Special ServiUnit (3927 Walnut Street, 898-4481).

• Close and lock all windows; close ashades, drapes and blinds. Lock and bolt trance doors to rooms or apartments.

• Use timers on lights and on a radio television to give your residence the appearaof being occupied.

• Register your residence with Public Safefor Special Checks during the Break.

• Your answering device message shounever indicate that you are not at home. Alwause plural nouns even if you live alone (e.“we’re not available to take your call right now”Don’t use your name.

• Make sure that your exterior lightinworks and turn all lights on. Preferably, exterilights should be on a timer or photoelectric ceIf not, contact your landlord regarding thesecurity devices before you leave for Break!

If you are remaining at Penn during Fall Brea• Use one of the ten automated teller m

chines (ATMs) located inside University buildings and avoid withdrawing money at nighCheck the amount withdrawn only after you aresafely inside your office or residence. Nevdisplay money in a crowd.

• Carry only necessary credit cards amoney.

• Carry your wallet in an inside coat pockor side trouser pocket. Carry your handbag tighunder your arm with the clasp toward your bodNever let it dangle by the handle.

• Keep your wallet or handbag closed awith you at all times. Never place it on the sebeside you, on the counter next to you or una seat when dining.

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• Walk with your head up, shoulders backand your eyes scanning thepeople around you

• Use the “buddy” system or the Penn Tran-sit System when traveling at night. From non-University exchanges, dial 898-RIDE for thevehicular escort service or 898-WALK for thewalking escort service between the hours of 6p.m. to 3 a.m. daily.

• If you are expecting guests or workers, donot open your door until you know it is the rightperson(s). Always ask to see identification ofcallers you don’t know.

• If accosted, don’t resist! Don’t panic! Geta good description of the assailant (i.e., approximate age, race, sex, height, weight, clothing description, direction traveled, etc.) and report theincident to the police as soon as possible.

• Know the locations of Penn’s blue-lightemergency telephones. Open the box, lift thereceiver or push the button to talk.

• Report any suspicious person(s) or activi-ties to the police as soon as you can: WhereWhat, Who, When and How.

• Know your emergency phone numbers:

Division of Public SafetyPenn Police Department3914 Locust Walk

On Campus(University Exchanges:898, 417 and 573): 511

Off Campus: 573-3333Non-Emergencies 898-7297 / 7298Special Services 898-4481 / 6600Penn Investigators 898-4485

Philadelphia Police Department18th Police District, 5510 Pine StreetEmergency Telephone: 911General Business Telephone: 686-3180

SEPTA Police DepartmentEmergency Telephone Number: 580-4131

— Division of Public Safety

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corporations and research organizations apost more and more information on line,retrieving that information has becomemore and more of a headache for users othe Internet, the World Wide Web and othesources of on-line information.

The biggest headache comes from thesheer volume of material available on lineA search for information about a particularsubject on the Web, for example, can retuthousands of documents in which the subject is mentioned. To compound the head-ache, some of these documents may runthousands of words long, with only one ortwo paragraphs pertaining to the subject. a search in such a document for referenceto the subject may miss relevant material,because the search engine looks only for specific term requested.

About a year ago, a group of computerscience graduate students at Penn’s Institfor Research in the Cognitive Sciencesdecided to try their hand at solving theseand related problems using establishedprinciples of computational linguistics.Their project has evolved into a sophisticaed and powerful text summarizer that couwork with Web browsers and other Interneresearch tools to shrink those mountains oinformation down to a manageable size.

Breck Baldwin, now a researcher, ex-plained that the road to the summarizerbegan when “a bunch of graduate studentgot together and decided to enter this government ‘bake-off’ where teams compete a specific task.” One of the assigned tasksfor this “message understanding competi-tion ” was to create systems that could traand calculate chains of “coreferences” —nouns and pronouns in a text that refer tothe same subject or object in real life, suchas “Bill Clinton,” “the President” and “he”in a news story about the President of theUnited States.

Baldwin and Computer and InformationScience (CIS) graduate student Jeff Reynled a team that developed a workable engine for the competition. “Officially, weplaced in the middle of the pack” in thecompetition, Baldwin said, “but once wefixed a bug in the software — four characters in the source code — we had the be

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opment came when Baldwin gave a talk the software to a group of Penn faculty astudents. As he described it, “I was givinthis talk, and [CIS Chair] Mitch Marcussaid, ‘This would be great! You could getautomatic summarization out of this.’”

The key to how the coreference algorithworks its magic lies in a series of rules thacapture very reliable patterns of coreferenin English. For example, subject pronounoverwhelmingly tend to corefer with thesubject of the priorsentence, as in“Mary called Sue theother day. She wasupset about theevening news.” Insthese instances,grammar is said tomandate a corefer-ence.

Grammar can alsoblock coreference aswell. In the sentence “John gave him aball,” “John” and “him” cannot corefer.Rules like these, along with the rules thatdetermine coreference between “Bill Clin-ton” and “Mr. Clinton,” form the core of thecoreference algorithm. “These simple ruleapplied together to the text, allow us to gegood results,” Baldwin said, “but each ruleby itself doesn’t contribute very much.”

Using the summarizer, which the cre-ators call “entity-based summarization,”the IRCS team has been able to reduce size of documents anywhere from 40 to percent while retaining most relevant infomation. The size reduction is achieved bdiscarding sentences or paragraphs whiccontain no coreferents before deliveringthe text to the user.

Last spring, CIS graduate student AnoSarkar wrote an interface designed to enable the summarizer to work with docu-ments found on Internet and World WideWeb hosts. The resulting application wasdemonstrated on Capitol Hill as an example of National Science Foundation-fundresearch that has commercial potential.The response was enthusiastic. At thedemonstration, Baldwin said, “We receivoffers for collaborative work with other

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But there are still a few problems to beworked out before the summarizer is trulyworld-ready. One is a philosophical prob-lem: How should the software handlereferences to the same person or thing indifferent capacities? “Are Richard Nixonthe president and Richard Nixon the home-owner the same person?” Baldwin asked.

Enabling the soft-ware to recognizesemantic distinc-tions of this typecould achieve evenfurther reductions indocument size.

The other, moresignificant problemis speed. “We’retrying to get thecomputer code that

calculates the coreferences to run fast,” hesaid. As of last spring, the coreferencealgorithm took on average 12 minutes toprocess and summarize a document; theteam’s goal is to cut that time to about tenseconds. “To do this, we’re trying tochange the algorithm from an exponentialto a linear or sub-linear calculation,” Bald-win said. To address these problems, theAdvanced Research Projects Agency(ARPA) of the U.S. Department of De-fense has awarded Baldwin’s team a three-year, $600,000 grant for furtherdevelopment of the summarization engine.

Given the high level of interest shown ina fast, effective text filter for the Internet,Baldwin is confident that these problemswill be solved and the engine developedcommercially. He noted that the summariz-er could be used to positively as well asnegatively eliminate text, as in editing ofconfidential documents for outside release.It could also be used to check for ambigu-ous coreferents, aiding writers and studentsin English-composition or English-as-a-second-language classes. With additionalresources, the algorithm could also bemodified to work in languages other thanEnglish in the future.

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nearly all of them — two big shots in theworld of cartooning — came to Penn’sHarold Prince Theater to talk about theirwork, Monday, Sept. 30.

More than 100 Francophiles and car-toonophiles came to hear French cartoon

ist Claire Bretécher and PhiladelphiaDaily News cartoonist Signe Wilkinson atan event sponsored by L’Institut françaisde Culture et de Technologie, otherwiseknown as Penn’s French Institute forCulture and Technology.

The goal of the talk and the Institutewas to bring people at Penn in contactwith things French. That certainly seemedto be the lure for most of the audience,avowed Francophiles, almost one and all

Not surprisingly, many of them wereardent fans of Bretécher. Before the talk,Wilkinson said, “If you want some slob-bering, devotional comments on what agreat cartoonist Claire Bretécher is, justask me. ... She draws like a butterfly,stings like a bee.”

Bretécher almost missed the talk alto-gether. Something about time and placehad been lost in translation, but the Insti-tute people tracked her down to her hotelThen, on the way in, she dropped herslides. “Quelle marmelade”.

So Wilkinson began without her, re-marking that most cartoonists were male.“You are seeing 98 percent of the femalecartoonists in the world,” said Wilkinson,

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the 1994-95 president of the Associationf American Editorial Cartoonists.She said the cartoons she had drawn

hat had attracted the most ire were relatd to religion, and she expressed amazeent at how Bretécher was a national

nstitution. “In America people don’t treatartoonists as the arts,” Wilkinson said,

dressed inbusiness-likepumps andstockings.“Here editorialcartoons getreproduced inthese littleroundups in theNew YorkTimes. Youneed a magni-fying glass tosee them.”

Bretécher,whose cartoonshave appearedin the weeklynews magazineLe Nouvel

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shocked people was about religion.That seemed to shock the audience, to

whom she had just shown some frankcartoons about relationships, excrementand oooh la la — cartoons no Americannewspaper would have printed. Her“Agrippine” comic series about the trialsand tribulations of a teen-age girl have ahilarious, but unfamiliar, Gallic frankness

Not everyone who came spoke fluentFrench. As the theater filled, French andEnglish seemed to be spoken in a ratio o1:3.

Daisy Gordon and her friend Mia Steiner, both well beyond a “certain âge”,study together at the Alliance Française.

“I can read it and write it,” Gordonsaid, “but she’s the fluent one.”

“Fluent?” Steiner protested. “Comparedto whom?”

Fortunately for the non-Francophones,Bretécher spoke excellent English

Wilkinson, who began the talk, ex-pressed her admiration for Bretécher.

After the talk, came the wine andcheese, with touches American andFrench. Two kinds of bubbly washeddown big wheels of brie, pâté, fishmousse and little circles of crusty bread.The French bubbly was wine from Tou-raine prepared by “la méthode champeg-noise.” The American bubbly was Coke(regular and diet), Sprite, and seltzer(plain and lemon-lime).

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By Robert StraussLike many folks in their mid-40s, Jo-

seph Hasara was looking for a bit of acareer change. Hasara had spent the lastyears in the Philadelphia Police Depart-ment, the last 15 of them as a detective.

“It’s not that I disliked what I was doing,just that I needed a new challenge,” saidHasara. He retired from the police depart-ment in May, but he didn’t sit around long.In July, two formerpolice departmentcolleagues — TomSeamon, managingdirector of public safe-ty, and Maureen Rush,chief of police opera-tions — hired Hasaraand three other retiredPhiladelphia detectivesto double the size of thePenn police investiga-tive unit.

And it has worked.In the last several

weeks, working closelywith the Philadelphiapolice Southwest De-tective Division, thePenn investigators’work led to arrests inthe series of robberiesat Penn fraternity hous-es, in a rash of armedrobberies near campus, and in a series oburglaries in Moore and Towne Buildings,in addition to the recapture of a stolen$10,000 piece of artwork.

“Now, none of this could have beendone without the great help of uniformcampus police,” said Bill Danks, anotherof the new University detectives. “But wehope that the four of us coming on willcontinue the spirit of cooperation necessato solve crimes on campus.”

Hasara and Danks, and the two other neUniversity detectives, Frank DeMeo andPatricia Brennan, have a combined total omore than 100 years of Philadelphia policework behind them. They all seem genuineexcited about their mid-life job switches.

“Sure, I retired, but at 53, realistically, Iwasn’t going to stop working,” said De-

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Brennan was a homicide detective fothe last nine years and said she neededchange.

“This was just a wonderful opportunity

to move to a different environment and nreally disrupt my career,” said Brennan,who noted that the University police worclosely with the Philadelphia SouthwestDetectives, at 55th and Pine streets, whshe started her police work. “Staying in tcity, we keep our contacts. We get to usewhat we know.”

The four new detectives stress that thwill be doing the same things at Penn asthey were in their former jobs: working wuniformed cops to sort out crimes and toarrest those who commit them.

“All the things you might expect, crimewise and socially, that you find in Philadephia, you will find at Penn,” said Danks.“Because we are part of the inner city, yoare going to have those same city problejust on a smaller scale.”

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The new detectives want to make clearthat they don’t lookupon themselves as asort of Legion of SuperHeroes, some arrogantnew small force ofsaviors that will onceand for all clean allcrime out of the Uni-versity area.

“We do hope ourexperience helps solvemore crimes,” saidDeMeo. “But, really,what we can do is freeup the other investiga-tors and campus policeto do their jobs moreefficiently. If we aregoing to be successful,it will be because wecooperate with allpolice and all parts ofthe University commu-nity.”

For the time being, the detectives willswitch between 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 3 p.mto 11 p.m. shifts (“You see different thingsaround campus in the daytime and atnight,” said Hasara), but they may find onshift or another better as time goes on.Their eventual goal is to have enoughstrength to clear cases right on campus,sending cases directly to the city DistrictAttorney’s office rather than burden theSouthwest Detectives with the paperwork

“There have been a lot of cutbacks in thecity police department and our real missionis not to let that affect overall police work,”said Danks. “We are realistic enough toknow that crime may always be with ushere, but our goal is to make everyone atPenn know that every crime will be thor-oughly investigated and, hopefully, solved.

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this past week implementing new safetystrategies in response to a series of robbeies in the campus community. At a specia

town meeting Sept. 26 to address safetyconcerns, President Rodin announcedseveral new initiatives to improve campusafety. A number of those were imple-mented last week:

• The Penn Police Department’s SpeciaResponse Team — comprised of five exprienced officers — was deployed as ofSept. 30; the team will patrol in both uni-form and plainclothes, in marked and un-marked cars, from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m., sevendays a week;

• The Philadelphia police assigned threfoot-patrol officers from 4 p.m. to mid-night, as well as one patrol car on duty 24hours a day, and two additional patrol carfrom midnight to 4 a.m. These extra patroalso began Sept. 30;

• SEPTA transit police have assignedone mobile patrol during evening hours,and six foot-patrol officers, to subwaystations around campus;

• Ten new Spectaguard guards beganpatrolling the west end of campus Thurs

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• All buildingsowned by UniversityCity Associates(UCA) — the Univer-sity’s real estate sub-sidiary — now serveas “safe houses” forstudents who need tocall Penn EscortServices.

As President Rodinput it, these new mea-sures, and those yet tocome, are meant “todeliver the strongestpossible message to those intent on vicizing us — stay away from the UniversPennsylvania.”

Maureen Rush, Director of Operatiofor the Penn police, said that many pehave contacted her to comment on the“heightened visibility of police officers,both Penn and Philadelphia.

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impact on the criminal element’s windowof opportunity for committing a crime, aswell as the perception of safety of the Penand West Philadelphia community mem-bers,” she noted. “We are committed tomaintaining this increased police presenceto ensure the safety of our students, facultand staff.”

Several additional intiatives will beimplemented shortly.

• The University is about to enter into acontract with one of the leading securitycorporations in the world to bring state-of-the-art security systems to Penn’s buildingand residences, using new technologies.Work will begin almost immediately, oncethe contract is signed;

• The University will begin installing 66new solar-powered cellular blue lightphones — including at least 30 in areas

adjacent to thecampus — on Nov.1; this is in addi-tion to an alreadyplanned upgrade ofthe existing net-work of phones,which currentlynumber approxi-mately 260;

• Penn’s EscortServices will im-plement short-termenhancements to itsoperations inresponse to stu-dents’ concerns,and will also givethe program a fullreview that couldresult in furtherlong-term changes.

President Rodinalso announced

that the Penn Police Department wouldexpand its police force with the addition of10 new officers. The department is also inthe process of filling nine vacancies, whichwill increase the number of police officersby 19, said Public Safety Managing Direc-tor Thomas Seamon. He added that theprocess of recruiting the 19 new officers isunderway.

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is tackling the battle to improve the healand well-being of Latino Americans isAntonia Villarruel, Ph.D, MSN. Shebrings to the classroom and research inatives her concern for minority needs anthe importance of working in partnershipwith the local Hispanic community.

The number of Hispanic children in thUnited States is exceeded only by thenumber of non-Hispanic white children.Most of them — 94 percent of Hispanicchildren — are legal residents of the Uned States.

The majority of Hispanic families (64percent) are headed by two parents. Yean alarming 31 percent of children ofHispanic working adults are uninsuredcompared to only 12 percent of whitechildren. Hispanics are the group leastlikely to see a physician. And Hispanicadolescents are more likely than any othgroup to report fear of attack going to anfrom school.

“Because nurses constitute the largesforce in the delivery of health care, thepotential exists for the profession to de-velop a proactive voice to improve thehealth of minority children and families,”Villarruel said.

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When Villarruel joined the Penn Nurs-ing faculty last year as an assistant profe

sor of nursing, she set out to develop linkwith Philadelphia’s Latino communitythat would enhance the community-basedexperiences for Penn Nursing students.For the first time this fall, the School ofNursing is offering a course taught byVillarruel, “Latino Health Issues.” It isone of several case-study courses de-signed to expose students to contempo-rary health issues.

The course includes a community experience through which students work withthe staffs of several local organizationslike the Consortium for Latino Health andthe Association de Puertorriqueños enMarcha to explore solutions to the socio-political problems that affect the ability ofPhiladelphia’s Latino community to ac-cess affordable, good health care.

Villarruel is buoyed by the enthusiasticresponse of Penn students to her course“That students from throughout the Uni-

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Villarruel’s knowledge of minorityissues signifcantly enriches her othercourses. “Her expertise in cross-culturalissues and extensive clinical experience inpediatric nursing combine to provide animportant dimension in the undergraduateeducation of nursing students,” said JaneBarnsteiner, Ph.D., FAAN, associate pro-fessor of pediatric nursing at Penn.

In addition to bringing cross-culturalissues to the classroom, Villarruel is in-volved in multiple research projectsaimed at preventing HIV/AIDS amongLatino adolescents, understanding thesexual behavior of young Latinos, andpromoting cancer education and aware-ness among Latino children and adults.

Of particular note are her scholarlyinitiatives devoted to assuring culturalcompetency — the capacity to functioneffectively in cross-cultural situations — innursing research, education and practice.

Her work in this regard has implica-tions for every health care discipline,because by the year 2050, estimates dou-ble the country’s Hispanic population.

Villarruel received her masters degreein nursing from Penn in 1982 and re-turned to the School of Nursing last fallafter completing post doctoral studies atthe University of Michigan and receivingher doctoral degree in nursing fromWayne State University. She practiced forover a decade as a clinical nurse-specialisin pain management in various settingsincluding the Children’s Hospital ofMichigan in Detroit.

Her interest in pain management forchildren launched her research career andfocused her interest on health issues relat-ed to minority populations.

Villarruel’s earliest research involved arevision of the widely used Oucher tool, ameasurement scale used by nurses andphysicians to assess levels of pain in pediatric patients. The tool utilizes a series ofphotographs portraying the facial expres-sions of distressed children. To determine

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a child’s pain level, pediatric patients aasked to point to the picture of the chilwhose facial expression matches theirown level of discomfort. In its first ver-sion, the Oucher portrayed only whitechildren.

Villarruel worked with the originatorsof the tool, noted nursing researchers Beyer, Ph.D., RN, and Mary Denyes,Ph.D., RN, to develop two new scalesone depicting African-American childreand the second depicting children of Hpanic origin.

She said, “For the tool to be reliablechildren of color needed to identify witthe face in the picture.”

Throughout the coming academic yeVillarruel will share her expertise with tUniversity community-at-large under thauspices of the Annenberg Public PoliCenter, which this past spring named han Annenberg Dubois Policy Fellow.

Looking to extend Penn Nursing’sreach beyond Philadelphia, Villarruelrecently traveled to Mexico to explore School of Nursing international prograthat would allow undergraduate nursesstudy in Mexico.

While in Mexico she also will consulwith nurses and prepare for her forthcoing participation in the National Institutof Health’s Fogarty International Institua group collaborating with Mexican re-searchers on issues related to adolescbehavior and pregnancy prevention. Sis the only nurse and only Mexican Amican representing the United States.

Last summer Villarruel was awardedprestigious U.S. Health Service PrimaCare Policy Fellowship that each yearbrings together a multidisciplinary grouof primary health care leaders fromaround the world to meet and work wittop government, congressional and prvate sector health care officials. The 1Fellows spent three weeks in Washingaddressing the primary health problemthat affect our country’s under-servedpopulations.

As a prominent nursing leader, Villarel currently is serving a two-year term president of the National Association oHispanic Nurses. Last February, in renition of her outstanding research initiatives, she was named by The MedicalHerald as one of the nation’s top 20 leaers in health care for Latinos.

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“Now that the court has gotten in-volved, all these issues are going to movto center stage. We’re going to have ayear long national seminar on dying andassisted suicide.”

— Arthur L. Caplan , director of theCenter for Bioethics, responding to th

recent Supreme Court announcement tthey will rule on the legality of the right

to-die question. (Los Angeles TimeWednesday, October 2

“The empowerment of patients iswhere OncoLink’s getting its most utili-ty. Patients grappling with a new cancediagnosis or a change in managementhave a thirst for knowledge. These pa-tients are turning to the Internet in reconumbers.”

— Ivor Benjamin , co-editor-in-chiefof OncoLink and a gynecological oncologist, commenting on the OncoLink canc

information and research service maitained at Penn. (Los Angeles Time

Monday, September 30

“It’s absolutely sobering how large thegap is from how American kids are doinginternationally. Americans don’t under-stand how bad things are now, nor arethey aware of how bad things will be inthe future.”

— Ted Hershberg, public policy andhistory professor, who is organizing

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(Allentown Morning Call, Sunday,September 29)

“With the growth of big organizationsand bureaucratic institutions, secondaryties are now the main form of human inteactions. ... But still, there is a need in thehuman being for warm, holistic interactionThere’s the need for community.”

—Ewa Morawska, professor ofsociology, in an article describing th

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— Jerry A. Jacobs, professor ofsociology, commenting on the continued

underrepresentation of women in thesciences (Cleveland Plain Dealer,

Tuesday, September 24)

“Every place that I have examinedwhere community policing has occurred,there has been a dramatic drop in crime,particularly in violent crime.”

— Marvin E. Wolfgang, professor ofcriminology, commenting in an

article that addressed what factorscontribute to a decrease in youth crime.(Austin American-Statesman, Monday,

September 23)

“If you could get the candidates talk-ing directly to the camera ... on commonissues, we should create a running de-bate. In theory that provides comparativeinformation in a civil fashion. It’s histor-ically true that candidates are less likelyto engage in inappropriate attacks whenthey are speaking their own words onscreen than in any other form of politicaldiscourse.”

— Kathleen Hall Jamieson, dean ofthe Annenberg School for

Communication, expressing support for acoalition urging television stations to give

free time to presidential candidates tospeak. (Associated Press Online,

Tuesday, September 17)

“Vietnam provided a lightning rod for awhole generation of activists. It became,along with civil rights, the central themeof youthful organizing. There isn’t anysingle set of political issues today that areable to captivate the imagination of youngpeople.”

— Thomas Sugrue, assistant professorof history, commenting in an articleon how the problems facing modern

youth are so deep-seated, complexand diverse that they don’t unify

the young. (Dallas Morning News,Friday, August 3)

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OPPORTUNITIES at PENNListed below are the job opportunities at the University of Pennsylvania. To apply please visit:

University of Pennsylvania Job Application CenterFunderburg Information Center, 3401 Walnut Street, Ground Floor

Phone: 215-898-7285Application Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.Positions are posted on a daily basis, Monday through Friday, at the following locations:

Application Center—Funderburg Center, 3401 Walnut Street (Ground level) 9 a.m.-1 p.m.Blockley Hall—418 Guardian Drive (1st Floor and 2nd Floor)Dental School—40th & Spruce St. (Basement-across from B-30)Houston Hall—34th & Spruce St. (Basement-near the elevators)Wharton—Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall (next to Room 303)

Job Opportunities and daily postings can also be accessed on the Human Resources web page (www.upenn.edu/hr/).A position must be posted for seven (7) calendar days before an offer can be made.The University of Pennsylvania is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race,sex, sexual or affectional preference, age, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability or veteran status.

WHERE THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR A POSITION ARE DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF FORMAL EDUCA-TION OR TRAINING, PRIOR EXPERIENCE IN THE SAME FIELD MAY BE SUBSTITUTED.

POSITIONS WITH FULL DESCRIPTIONS ARE THOSE MOST RECENTLY POSTED.

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INFO MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST II (091133CP) P6;$32,857-42,591 9-26-96 Annenberg School

ARTS AND SCIENCES

Specialist: Susan CurranASSOC. DIRECTOR VI (101211SC) Assist graduate stdents & postdoctoral fellows implementing simulationmodeling programs & solving research related softwproblems; give graduate course in simulation & modeexpected on a biannual basis; conduct research throcollaboration with faculty; develop & support advanccomputer application & systems admin. in dept. Qualifica-tions: PhD in theoretical or computational chemistryrelated field of natural science or MS with relevant exp.; thyrs. of UNIX exp., at least two yrs. in multi-platform UNIsystem administration, on as many of the following pforms as possible; Sun/Solaris, SGI/IRIX, IBM/AIX, HPHP-UX & DEC/OSF; ability to work independently & goointerpersonal & organizational skills. Grade: P8; Range:$39,655-52,015 10-4-96 SAS ComputingASS’T DEAN (POST-BACC. PROGS) (07829SC)P5; $29,664-38, 677 8-16-96 CGSLANGUAGE SPECIALIST (091108SC) P2;$22,351-29,098 9-18-96 English Language ProgramsRESEARCH COORDINATOR SR (03203SC) P4;$26,000-34,100 8-29-96 Linguistics/LDCSYS. PROGRAMMER I/II (091086SC)P6/P7; $32,85742,591/36,050-46,814 9-16-96 SAS ComputingADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT I (091132SC) G9;$17,614-21,991 9-24-96 PsychologyADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT II (081025SC) G10;$19,261-23,999 9-4-96 Penn Language CenterADMIN. ASSISTANT II (091093SC) G10; $19,261-23,9999-16-96 Dean’s Office -Graduate DivisionOFFICE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT III (091081SC)G11; $20,497-26,008 9-12-96 BiologySECRETARY IV (091068SC) G9; $17,614-21,991 9-1396 Sociology

DENTAL SCHOOL

Specialist: Clyde PetersonDIRECTOR II (091201CP) Direct, plan, organize, devel& manage Central Materials Services, inventory manament, centralized instrument process & distribution, clisupply & material procurement & supply distribution; impment policies & procedures related to CMS functions; dircoordinate & evaluate activities of personnel engagefurnishing sterile /non-sterile supplies, instruments & equment; hire & supervise employees; represent CMScommittees. Qualifications: BA/BS in business administration or health admin. or equiv.; at least four-six yrs. exphealth care materials management or equivalent; one-yrs. supervisory exp. Grade: P5; Range: $29,664-38,67710-2-96 Clinic ManagementMANAGER I (091202CP) Coordinate, receive & registpatients; schedule appointments; perform administra

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ENGINEERING/APPLIED SCIENCE

Specialist: Clyde PetersonMGR., ADMIN. & FIN. (07838JZ) (Application deadlinedate: 9/25/96) P7; $36,050-46,814 9-19-96 IMERESEARCH SPECIALIST JR./I (08962RS) P1/P2;$20,291-26,368/$22,351-29,098 8-22-96 IMEP-T PROFESSIONAL (COORDINATOR V) (17.5 HRS)(08958CP) P5; $14,833-19,338 8-28-96 MEAMADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT III (091084CP) G11$20,497-26,008 9-17-96 BioengineeringADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT III (091085CP) G11;$20,497-26,008 9-17-96 CISADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT III (091167CP) G11$20, 497-26,008 9-26-96 Student ServicesSECRETARY IV (081003CP) G9; $17,617-21,991 9-6-Mechanical EngineeringLTD. SERVICE (ADMIN. ASSISTANT II) (081004CP)G10; $14,446-17,999 9-6-96 Systems Engineering

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ASS’T MGR., ACCOUNTS PAYABLE (08979SC) P2;$22,351-29,098 8-28-96 Comptroller’s OfficeASSISTANT TEACHER (091124SC) G9; $17,614-21,9919-19-96 Penn’s Children’s CenterASSOCIATE DIRECTOR VI (091054SC) P8;$39,655-52,015 9-9-96 Student Financial ServicesDIR., INTERNAL AUDIT (CORP.COMPLIANCE)(091127SC) P12; $65,611-80,031 9-20-96 Int. AuditDIR., INTERNAL AUDIT (HEALTH SYSTEMS)(091129SC) P12; $65,611-80,031 9-19-96 Int. AuditDIR., INTERNAL AUDIT (INFO. SYSTEMS) (091128RS)P12; $65,611-80,031 9-19-96 Int. AuditDIR., INTERNAL AUDIT (UNIVERSITY) (091130SC)P12; $65,611-80,031 9-19-96 Internal AuditFINANCIAL ANALYST (081037SC) P5; $29,664-38,6779-4-96 Comptroller’s OfficeMGR, FINANCIAL REPORTING/BUDGET ANALYSIS(081038SC) P9; $43,569-57,217 9-4-96 ComptrollerNUTRITIONIST (091123SC) (End date: One yr. appoint-ment) P4; $26,986-35,123 9-23-96 Dining Svcs.ADMIN. ASS’T I (0288SC) (Hours: 7:30 a.m .-3:30 p.m.)G9; $17,614-21,991 8-26-96 Penn Children’s Ctr.ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT II (091146SC) G10;$19,261-23,999 9-26-96 PublicationsCOOK (091126SC) Union 9-19-96 Faculty ClubCUSTOMER SERVICE REP. (37.5 HRS) (081024SC)G8;$17,326-21,686 9-4-96 Human ResourcesDISPATCHER SR. (40 HRS) (08997SC) (Hrs: 5 p.m.-3a.m.) G8; $18,481-23,132 8-28-96 Transport. & Pkng.KITCHEN PORTER (091125SC) Union 9-19-96 Fac. ClubSERVICE REP. I (37.5 HRS) (091147SC) G10; $20,637-25,713 9-23-96 Computer ConnectionTELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES ASSISTANT II(08991SC) G10; $19,261-23,999 8-27-96 Penntrex

GRAD SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONSpecialist: Clyde Peterson

DIRECTOR II (081007CP) (End date: 9/30/01)P5; $29,664-38,677 9-9-96 NCALPROGRAMMER ANALYST I (081006CP) (End date: 9/30/01)P4;$29,986-35,123 9-9-96 NCALPROJECT COORDINATOR (081008CP) (End date: 9/30/01)P4; $29,986-35,123 9-9-96 NCAL

LAW SCHOOLSpecialist: Clyde Peterson

ADMIN. ASS’T I (091182CP) Maintain accurate databasof field supervisors & students in FoxPro & Notebook; assiin mail merges for large mailings; coordinate mailings; assin responding (in person) to student; assist in answerinphone inquiries by attorneys & public; file, copy & handlemanual & electronic distribution of info; assist in planningreceptions, special events. Qualifications: HS grad; at leasttwo yrs. admin./sec. exp. or equiv.; excellent organizationskills; use WordPerfect 5.1 & 6.0; familiarity with databas& NetScape; accuracy & attention to detail; ability to workcooperatively with small staff, public & students; adhere ttime limits & maintain composure under pressure. Grade:G9; Range: $17,614-21,991 10-1-96 Law SchoolCOORDINATOR II (081013CP) P2; $22,351-29,098 9-17-96 Law Development & Alumni Relations

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Specialist: Ronald Story/Janet ZinserCOORDINATOR II (091195JZ) Identify problem areas inthe current protocol submission procedures & institutchanges; coordinate research & preparation of Comprehsive Protocol List; originate a plan to assure that all CancCenter related protocols, consent forms & amendmenwritten in conjunction with standards of the Food & DrugAdministration (FDA) & the National Cancer Institute (NCI);prepare & present Cancer Center Protocol Office when FDA/NCI audit is being conducted; maintain the integrity othe regulatory files; prepare & submit all in-house & sponsored protocols, informed consents, amendments & chanthat the IRB requires; gather grant info & assist in writinrelative sections of competitive & non-competitive NCGrants. Qualifications: BA/BS or equiv.; two yrs. admin.progressive work exp. familiarity with Onco. terminology,clinical research trials, protocols, IRB functions & medicacharts pref.; excellent organizational skills; effective oral &written communication skills; strong interpersonal skills

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NURSINGSpecialist: Ronald Story

ADMIN. ASS’T II (40 HRS) (091187RS) Respond to inquies from prospective students about grad progs., applic& admission process; coordinate follow-up in liaison wProg. Directors; compile materials for grad prog. recruitmevents; sched. & coord. mtgs.; make travel arrangemcompose, type & proofread routine correspondence &terials for presentation, course related materials; coordgrant proposal process; recommend innovative improments in policies & procedures & use of technology; parpate in cross-training within team. Qual.: Completion of HSbus. curric. or equiv.; min. 4 yrs. office admin. or related ein customer svc. environ.; work productively in team-oented environ.; strong verbal & written communicatiskills; interpersonal & organizational skills; thorough knoedge of office procedures, practices & methods; typwpm; demonstrated advanced PC skills, pref. in Windofamiliarity with SRS & grant proposal process desirGrade: G10; Range: $ 22,013-27,427 10-2-96 NursingADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT I (40 HRS) (091172RSG9; $20,130-25,133 9-27-96 NursingADMIN. ASS’T II (08984RS) (Able to work some Sats. req(Male & female minority candidates encouraged to app(End date: 9/30/00) G10; $19,26-23,999 8-27-96 NursinADMIN. ASS’T III (40 HRS) (07804RS) (On going depen-dent on practice viability) G11; $23,425-29,723 8-13-9CARE ProgramSECRETARY IV (40 HRS) (08910RS) G9; $20,130-27,$25,133 8-13-96 Nursing

PRESIDENTSpecialist: Susan Curran/Janet Zinser

STAFF WRITER II (08938JZ) Provide general writing svcwith major emphasis on gift acknowledgement lettepresidental correspondence & other development comnications projects, incl. campaign & other newsletterssearch & writing for speeches & remarks, scholarshiprofessorship rpts. Qual.: BA/BS or equiv.; 1-3 yrs. professional writing exp.; excellent writing & research skills; deoriented; computer literate; strong interpersonal skills; knoedge of previous work exp. in univ. environ. pref. Grade: P3;Range: $24,617-31,982 8-21-96 Dev. & Alum Rels.STAFF WRITER II (04062JZ) For The Pennsylvania Gazette write feature articles, news accounts, short itemprofiles; attend gatherings & interview subjects; revimanuscripts to assure clarity, conciseness, conformanstyle, use of proper grammar & punctuation; copy-e

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PROVOSTSpecialist: Clyde Peterson

MGR. II (091174CP) Supervise & operate computerized boffice system (ARTSOFT); maintain group sales info, dposit & provide proper accounting for group sales incomdesign price scale of new performances & generate boffice statements from computer for submission to BuMgr.; assist regular box office staff with customer servicissues, problems & answering phones. Qual.: BA/BS; min.2-4 yrs. box office exp. req.; excellent computer skills anability to handle stressful situations; ARTSOFT exp.; excelent customer skills & exp.; expertise in fin. & sales. Grade:P3; Range: $24,617-31,982 9-30-96 Annenberg Ctr.P-T (COORD. I) (17.5 HRS) (091197CP) Organize collections in storage, making them accessible as educationaresearch resources; assist with grant prep for funding storimprovements; continue storage inventory project; monitphysical condition of collection; use ARGUS computesystem to oversee object cataloging & record maint.; partpate in developing computer database for collection mgmcoordinate with Registrar in processing object loans; assisarranging & organizing classes held in storage or museclassrooms, as well as facilitating student’s access to coltions; answer requests for info about collections & facilitaaccess for visiting scholars & educators. Qual.: MA orequiv.; broad knowledge of near Eastern archaeologyethnography, with some facility in pertinent foreign languages; three yrs. in museum & collections mgmt. or coparable exp. gained in other settings; strong computer skwith a demonstrated interest in developing & upgradindatabase; ability to take direction & work with others incongenial manner; good organizational & supervisory skilGrade: P1; Range: $10,145-13,319 10-2-96 MuseumASS’T LAB ANIMAL TECH (40 HRS) (081031JZ) Pro-vide care for laboratory animals; operate & maintain sanition equipment; maintain accurate records; handle feedibedding & other supplies; make observation on environm& report abnormal animal health. Qual.: HS diploma orequiv.; 18 months in animal care or certification as AssistaLab Tech; ability to pass pre-employment physical exam; 50 lbs. above shoulders & to restrain lab animals; willingaccept overtime assignments, shifts other than M-F. Grade:G7; Range: $14,935-18,592 9-20-96 ULARLAB ANIMAL AIDE (40 HRS) (091161CP) (091162CP)(091163CP) (091164CP) Do lab animal care, adhere to FState & Univ. policies; clean & sanitize cages & equip.; droutine maint. on sanitation equip.; feed, water & chan

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cages for a variety of lab animal; clean & sanitize animrooms & support areas; receive feed, bedding & supplobserve & report unusual conditions. Qual.: HS grad orequiv.; read, write & understand English; lift up to 50 lbfollow both written & verbal instructions. (May incl. shiftsother than M-F, incl. wknds., holidays & overtime) Grade:G5; Range: $14,714-18,069 10-1-96 ULAR/Med SchooLAB ANIMAL TECH (40 HRS) (091160CP) Provide labanimal care; feed, water & change cages; observe & reunsafe or unusual conditions pertaining to animal’s enviror facility security; perform tech assignments such as mtreatments, euthanasia; receive & house animals; mainaccurate records for receiving & census; handle, restradetermine sex of lab animals; identify lab animal accordto accepted means. Qual.: HS grad or equiv.; AALAS cert.as lab tech or five yrs. exp. in lab facility; lift 50 lbs. & properhandle, restrain lab animals. (May incl. shifts other than M-F, incl. wknds, holidays & overtime) Grade: G9; Range:$20,130-25,133 10-1-96 ULAR/Med SchoolLIBRARY CLERK (091205CP) Charge out, check-in &renew books; place holds & recalls; process fines & otpayments; perform inquiries on on-line database; regipatrons; create patron & item records; answer directionabasic info questions; resolve problems involving missibooks; assign carrels; process materials; search stacks; mtain circ. records; open & close desk. Qual.: HS grad; collegepref.; one-two yrs. prev. admin. clerical exp. pref.; commnicate effectively; computer knowledge a plus; light typinskills helpful. Grade/Range: Union 10-4-96 LibrariesLIBRARY DOOR GUARD (091185CP) Oversee entranc& exit; check I.D. & all materials removed from bldg.provide directional info & assistance to library users; genesurveillance; duties may cover clerical functions. Qual.: HSgrad; college pref.; prev. lib. exp. pref.; demonstrated inpersonal skills req. Grade/Range: Union 9-30-96 LibrariesASSOC. DIRECTOR, LIBRARY INFO SYSTEMS(081020CP) P11; 9-6-96 University LibrariesDATA BASE TECH II (091111CP) P7; $36,050-46,814 9-20-96 ISC OperationsDIRECTOR, MARKETING (091065CP) P7; $36,050-46,814 9-13-96 University PressDIR., UNDERGRAD ADMISSION OPERATIONS(06588CP) P9; $43,569-57,217 8-22-96 Undergrad AdHEAD COACH B (091166CP) P6; $32,857-42,591 9-26-96 DRIALIBRARIAN I/II (091122CP) P4/P5; $26,986-35,123/29,664-38,677 9-20-96 University LibrariesLIBRARIAN III/IV (091059CP) P6/P7;$32,857-42,591$36,050-46,814 9-12-96 University LibrariesMANAGER, MUSEUM SALES (091094CP) P3; $24,617-31,982 9-17-96 MuseumPROGRAMMER ANALYST I (081027CP) P4;$26,986-35,123 9-6-96 University LibrariesPROGRAMMER ANALYST I (091106CP) P4; $26,986-35,123 9-19-96 ISC-NetworkingPROG. ANALYST II/III (091119CP) P6/P7; $32,857-42,591/36,050-46,814 9-20-96 ISC/Application Dev.SYS. ANALYST II/SR. (091113CP) (091118CP) P7/P8;$36,050-46,814/39,655-52,015 9-20-96 ISC/App. Dev.SYSTEMS ANALYST, SR. (09112CP) P8; $39,655-52,0159-20-96 ISC/Application DevelopmentSYSTEMS ANALYST, SR. (091114CP) P8; $39,655-52,015 9-20-96 ISC/Application DevelopmentSYSTEMS ANALYST SR. (091150CP) P8; $39,655-52,015 9-24-96 ISC/Application DevelopmentSYSTEMS PROGRAMMER III (03273CP) P8; $39,655-52,015 9-6-96 DCCSADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT II (091064CP) G10;$19,261-23,999 9-12-96 University PressELECTRONIC TECH III/ELECTRONIC COMPUTERTECH, SR (091105CP) G11/G13; $20,497-26,008/$25,132-33,270 9-24-96 ISC-NtwrkNTWRK OP. (08940CP) (Schedule: 2nd shift,3-11 p.m.occasional overtime) G11; $20,497-26,008 8-22-96 ISCOFFICE ADMIN. ASSISTANT III (091165CP) G11;$20,497-26,008 9-26-96 LRSMSTACK ATTEND. (091043CP) Union 9-6-96 LibrariesLTD. SVC. (SALES CLERK) (081018CP) (081019CP)(Schedule: 12-6 p.m., eves. & wknds) G5; $9,656-11,858 9-6-96 Annenberg CenterP-T (WEEKEND SUPERVISOR) (20 HRS) (07747CP)G11; $11.262-14.290 9-17-96 University Libraries

VETERINARY SCHOOLSpecialist: Ronald Story

RESEARCH SPECIALIST JR (081015RS) P1; $20,291-26,268 9-4-96 Pathobiology

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VICE PROVOST/UNIVERSITY LIFESpecialist: Clyde Peterson

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST II(08922CP) P6; $32,857-42,591 8-19-96 OSISP-T PROFESSIONAL (STAFF PSYCHIATRIST) (15HRS) (08999CP) (End date: 6/30/97) Blank 8-29-96 Counseling & Psychiatric ServicesOFFICE SYSTEMS COORDINATOR (08983CP) G11;$20,497-26,008 8-27-96 OSISREGISTRATION ASSISTANT(081000CP) G9; $17,614-21,991 8-28-96 OSIS

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Specialist: Janet ZinserASSOC. DIR. VI (091121JZ) Responsible for entire facucomputing research activity at Wharton; Interact direwith & respond to faculty tech needs; manage staff of 1computer consultants in acad. depts. & research unitvelop strategies to meet changing tech research & orgrequirements; promote provision of services to unsuppunits; perform need assessments; build & maintain gcohesiveness & develop staff; manage finanresources.Qual.: BA/BS req.; five yrs. mgmt. exp. ivariety of computing environ. & managing professiocomputing staff; familiarity with broad range of computplatforms; proven ability to plan, prioritize & manage budresources within division; demonstrated initiative & leaship in an academic setting; excellent leadership, team& interpersonal skills; proven ability to communicate eftively, both written & oral; excellent ability to present tematerials to non-tech users; demonstrated proj. plannorganization skills; strong customer service orientaGrade: P8; Range: $39,655-52,015 9-24-96 WCITMANAGING DIR. (101208JZ) Establish & manage mudisciplinary research prog. to study role of insurance & opolicy instruments in managing catastrophic risk & to vide guidance to policy maker & firms; coordinate angoing effort to produce sound research & extract uslessons from comparisons across industries; obtain resfunds & take responsibility for keeping funding sourinformed about progress; recruit, appoint & managExternal Advisory Board; obtain their guidance in charthe research direction; solicit informal reactions to reseoutputs & feedback about industry conditions & reseneeds; manage interaction with public & private seorganizations; do research; oversee & provide quality aance & consistency to all data collection & data bdevelopment activities; take responsibility for arrangfield work elements; organize & implement research wshops, conference & symposia for sharing research refacilitating the appreciation & use of these results by indparticipants & seeking guidance & insights from informacademic & practitioners; ensure effective promotioresearch prog., its activities & findings. Qual. BA/BS inecon., MA in econ. pref.; five yrs. exp. in financial & ecanalysis; conduct research on specified areas; demonleadership skills; excellent verbal & written communica

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Visit Penn Printout Online (http://www.upenn.edu/pennprintout/), to see this page replete with hyperlinks to theresources discussed below. Penn Printout Online will also used as a vehicle to post news bulletins and alerts. If you’dto receive e-mail notifying you that the online Printout has bupdated, send a request to printout@isc.upenn.edu—pleassure to include your full e-mail address.

What’s new in the ISC web?

The computing “publications and documentation” page the ISC web (http://www.upenn.edu/isc/document.html) containslinks to the following new or updated publications.

• the fourth edition of PennNet Passport, the guide to Pennand the Internet (also available for $5 from the Book Stor

• the ISC-supported software tipsheets, for instance: NetsFTP, Telnet, News, and antiviral software for Macintosh,Windows 3.x, and Windows 95

• the Point-to-Point (PPP) modem configuration documentafor Macintosh, Windows 3.x, and Windows 95 users, as was documentation on the new express modem service

• the third edition of the ResNet Guide, containing detailedinformation on configuring Macintosh, Windows 3.x, andWindows 95 systems for PennNet access in ResNet room

Other new or updated resources in ISC’s web include:

• a new computing lab page (http://www.upenn.edu/labs/)provides an overview of public computing labs and pointsmore detailed information available on the Penn Web

• new site license pages (http://www.upenn.edu/licenses/)detailing most of the software agreements negotiated by

• an updated Windows 95 page (http://www.upenn.edu/isc/techarch/standards/win95.html) announcing ISC support

• an updated 1996-97 ISC-supported software page (http://www.upenn.edu/dccs/sw-dist/network-sw.html), which haslinks to information about supported Mac and Windows 3software suites and lets you quickly download the softwar

• the annually updated desktop standards page (http://nextb.dccs.upenn.edu/techarch/standards/desktop-96-97.htm),which details systems supported by the ISC until July 2000:general-purpose desktop systems as well as Cornerstoneadministrative systems.

What’s new at the Penn Libraries?

Web pages developed for Van Pelt College House (by S.Morgan Friedman) “Van Pelt in Van Pelt” look at the PennLibrary Web from a student point of view. Check the Libraries’“What’s New” page to visit this link, as well as find up-to-dateinformation on the latest additions to the Library web.

Electronic calendars

Looking for a computing course, seminar, or workshop?Check these online resources.

• Biomedical Library: http://www.library.upenn.edu/biomed/forms/workshop.html or call 898-5817

• Lippincott Library: http://www.library.upenn.edu/lippincott/forms/oltrain.html or call 898-5924

• Van Pelt Library: http://www.library.upenn.edu/vanpelt/forms/workshop.html or call 898-8118

• ISC’s Technology Learning Services: http://www.upenn.edu/tls/coursemen.html or call 573-3102

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TALKS

9 Summer Reports: Iran, Egypt, Morocco,and Tunisia; Michelle Rein and Maria Feliciano,history of art, Farooq Hamid and Barbara Ro-maine, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies; 3:30p.m.; Room 816, Williams Hall (Middle EastCenter).

Medieval/Renaissance Seminar; DavidWallace, English; 4:30 p.m.; English GraduateLounge, Bennett Hall (English).11 Microhistories; Jacques Revel, Ecole desHautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales; part of theMellon Foundation Seminars in History series;noon-2:30 p.m.; History Lounge, Room 329A,3401 Walnut St. (History).15 Coffee, Croissants and Christianity; fac-ulty, staff, student discussion; 7:45-8:50 a.m.;

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A successful on-campus testing servceased operations last March due to inadeqfederal funding. The new service will be prvided by staff from the non-profit agency Phidelphia Community Health Alternative(PCHA). Testing will be conducted every Wednday from 12 to 4 p.m., beginning on October

Testing will be done by appointment onand is available to all members of the Pecommunity as well as residents of West Phdelphia. Appointments must be made by phing the PCHA’s Mazzoni Clinic in Center Citat 735-1911. Please specify that you wish totested at the Penn campus site. The camtesting site is located at 4019 Irving Strebehind the Penn Dental School.

Four individuals deserve special recognitfor their efforts to resume HIV testing servic

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About the Crime Report: Below are all Crimes Agthe campus report for September 23 through SepteProperty, including 51 thefts (including 3 burglariesand parts); 7 of criminal mischief and vandalism; 2 in this issue of Almanac on the Web (http://www.upe

This summary is prepared by the Division of Public Sand made known to the University Police DepartmSeptember 29, 1996. The University Police activeland from the Schuylkill River to 43rd Street in conjuto provide you with a thorough and accurate repoincreased awareness will lessen the opportunity for cthis report, please call the Division of Public Safety

Crimes Agains

34th to 38th/Market to Civic Center: Robberies harassment—6

09/23/96 3:20 AM 3700 Blk. Walnut Ro09/24/96 12:18 PM Houston Hall Ha09/24/96 5:07 PM 3600 Blk. Chstnt. Mo09/25/96 10:52 AM Williams Hall Un09/25/96 11:54 PM Mask & Wig Dorm Un09/26/96 10:39 AM Faculty Club Dis09/26/96 11:09 AM Faculty Club Dis09/29/96 10:24 PM Franklin Dorm Un

38th to 41st/Market to Baltimore: Robberies (& Simple assaults—1, Threats & harassmen09/23/96 7:26 PM 4060 Chestnut Su09/24/96 7:42 PM 1925 House Un09/25/96 2:18 AM 200 Blk. 40th Co09/25/96 8:11 PM 100 Blk. 40th Un09/26/96 8:50 PM 4040 Locust St. Un09/29/96 3:07 PM Pi Kappa Alpha Co09/29/96 4:01 PM 106 S. 38th St. Sto

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on the Penn campus: Dan Horn and Mary Paof PCHA, and Dr. Vernon Brightman and LauStrow of the Dental School. The Office of HeaEducation is grateful for their support of Hprevention efforts on our campus.

Because federal, state, and local fundingHIV prevention is not keeping pace with tdemand for services, it is impossible to promthat on-campus testing will be a permanentture at Penn for years to come. Given the cupolitical trends toward smaller goverment afewer social services, all HIV testing prograare in danger of cutbacks and shifts in the plations they are mandated to serve. Penndents need to be aware that PCHA’s abilityprovide on-campus testing is vulnerable to political reality.

Questions about the testing site, as weother concerns related to HIV/AIDS, may directed to the Office of Health Education: 53525 or she@pobox.upenn.edu.

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