INSIDE" Senate Chair: Truth and Diversity, p. 2" Speaking Out: Truth and Diversity, pp. 3-5

" Council: Evaluation of Diversity Ed, pp. 5-6" Change in United Way/Penn's Way, p. 5

" Council: Student Affairs Call, p. 7" Memorial for Grad Students; Deaths, p. 7" CnmeStats, Update, p.8

Pullout: CRC's Penn Printout

Tuesday, November 7, 1989 Published by the University ofPennsylvania Volume 36 Number 12

-SENATEFrom the Senate Office

Thefollowing is published in accordance with the SenateRules. Among otherpurposes, the publication ofSECactions is intended to stimulate discussion between theconstituencies and their representatives. We would bepleased to hear suggestions from members ofthe FacultySenate. Please communicate your comments to SenateChair Robert E. Davies or Faculty Senate StaffAssistantCarolyn Burdon, 15 College Hall/6303, Ext. 8-6943.

ActionsTaken by theSenate Executive Committee

Wednesday, November 1, 1989

1. Senate Nominating Committee. Prof. F. Gerard Adamswas selected as the ninth member from among the SECmembership. (See full committee membership, page 4.)2. Policy on Misconduct in Research. Amendments wereadopted inthe policy dated October23, 1989,so that it readsas follows (new language underlined):

p.2, par. 8, line 6: "The making of knowingly false ormalicious accusations violates acceptable norms ofbehav-ior for members of the University community, and mayresult informal charges being brought against the com-plainant under University procedures."

p.4, par. 1.4, line 16: "In the event that the dean andProvost determine to dropthematter,they shall use diligentefforts, as appropriate, to restore the reputation of therespondentand to protect the position and reputation of thecomplainant, ifthe complaint isfound to have beenmade ingoodfaith."

p.6,par. 3.1, line 5: "The dean and the Provost have theresponsibility to take an active role to repair any damagedoneto the reputationofthe respondent, andtotake appro-priate actionshouldtheydetermine that the accusation wasknowingly false."3. Campus Center. Prof. Stephen Gale and VPUL KimMorrisson presented results of the recent survey on thecommunity's preferences for facilities, services, and pro-grams that should be in the new center and asked for thefaculty's suggestions. SEC raised concerns that includedthe need to replace the parking that would be lost by con-struction ofthecenter; support formovingof theBookstoreto a larger, better stocked location; adequate storage space;as well as the need for routine faculty review beyond thisprogram stage when thedrawings are withthe architect andthe center is under construction.4. Diversity Education Program. VPUL Kim Morrissondescribed the program activities and gave a preliminaryreview of the questionnaire results from program facilita-tors. While analysis has just begun, Dr. Mon-isson felt theprogram had a positive result. Among issues raisedby SECmembers was the need to use accurate information and thesuggestion to change the name to "community building."As the meeting had run beyond the announced adjournmenttime,discussionofan expression ofthanks was carried overto the next SEC meeting.

Eckman Professor: Dr. Mark GreeneThe first holder of a new endowed professorship of

medicine, established by the Rorer Group Inc. in honor ofits longtime executive board chairman, is Dr. Mark I.Greene, a Canadian-born M.D.-Ph.D. who joined PennMed in 1986 as professor ofpathology and director ofthedivision of immunology. Since 1987 Dr. Greene has alsobeen associate head of fundamental research for the Can-cer Center here.

The professorship is named for John W. Eckman, a1943 Wharton alumnus who hasbeen a LifeTrustee, chairof the SAS Board of Overseers, president of the WistarInstitute Board of Managers, and member of the Presi-dent's Council. Penn Med is also the home of the RorerProfessorship funded by the estate of the pharmaceutical company's founder.

According to his colleague Dr. Peter Nowell, Dr. Greene's research on cancercells is "thefirst to showthat wecan attacktumorcells andleaveothercells alone."Studying a particular oncogene, that is involved in the regulation of growthofnormal cells, Dr. Greene made majordiscoveries in how the neu and its productwork-but "Most important, he developed antibodies against thegeneproduct thatin laboratory animals block the growth of tumors in which that gene is abnormal.This has major potential implications for human cancer in which the neu gene isfunctionally abnormal-including breast and lung cancer," Dr. Nowell said.

Dr. Greene earnedhis undergraduate and advanced degrees from theUniversityof Manitoba (M.D. in 1973 and Ph.D. in 1977), and became a Fellow of the RoyalCollege of Physicians (Canada) in 1976. The author of42 books and monographsand 179 papers,Dr. Greene wasonthe Harvard medical andpublichealth faculties,then chief of rheumatology/immunology at Tufts before joining Penn.

Dr. Kaurouma, Associate VPUL.. - Other ChangesDr. Patricia Kaurouma, MIT's associate dean forstudent affairs and director of

minority education, joins Penn next week as associate vice provost for studentaffairs. VPUL Kim Morrisson said Dr. Kauroumawilloverseeanew division calledStudent Affairs, which includes Student Activities and Facilities, Student LifePrograms, Fraternity/Sorority Affairs, University Counseling Service, StudentHealth Services, Drug and Alcohol Resource Center and Judicial Inquiry Office.

The appointment is one of a series of internal moves. In the new position ofDeputy Vice Provost for University Life is George Koval, who has been executivedirector of student financial and administrative services; Off-Campus LivingDirector Carolynne Martin is his executive assistant. Former Residential LivingDirector Dr. Carol Kontos-Cohen, is now on the central VPUL staff, andDr. GigiSimeone, has moved up from associate director ofresidential living todirector.Dr.Christopher Dennis, who has been director of the College House Program, is nowDirector of Academic Programs for Residences. Director of Tutoring HaroldHaskins has been named Director of Student Academic Support Services, oversee-ing the pre-freshman program, Reading Improvement, Upward Bound, VeteransUpward Bound, Tutoring and PcnnCAP.

Left to right: Dr. Karouma, Dr. Kontos-Cohen, Dr. Simeone, Mr. Koval

-SENATE -From the Chair

Is There "No Argument about the Truth"?

I have received the following letterfrom Professor Morrison, withthe notation that copies were sent to Professors Cohen and Kors:

Dear Bob:You have been speaking out as our leader, quite appropriately, on the

question ofacademic integrity and fraud this year.It would seem appropriate, therefore, that you also concern yourself

with honesty in the transmission of information and ideas to theyoung atPenn. I would like to hear you discuss the DParticle by Michael Cohenconcerning the allegedtampering with the truth at thefreshman diversityeducation sessions. I am concerned aswell that nonsensenot betransmit-ted. Irefer to the paragraphfrom Alan Kors' article that I have circled*.Irealize thatone canargue about whatis senseand what is nonsense, butthere is no argument about the truth.

Sincerely,Adrian R. Morrison

Myreply,whichI have alsosent toProfessors CohenandKors, follows:DearAdrian:

Thank you for your letter of October 19, 1989. You raise a veryimportant issue thatIhad already begun to addressinmy article (Alma-nac 9/26/89) on "Academic Integrity: A University-Wide Agenda"thatcontains thewords "But there should be no doubt in our institution thatimmediateremoval is to be the end resultofany proven falsification orplagiarism, whether by students, faculty or supporting staffor admini-stration." You may also have read by now the article on "FightingWords" and the SpeakingOut letter andresponse in Almanac 10/17/89.

The issue of what actually took place during the orientation work-shops forthe facilitators andduring the Diversity EducationProgram forFirst-yearstudents isso importantthat asChair oftheFaculty Senateandas Chair of the Steering Committee of the University Council I havealreadyinvited the Vice Provostfor University Life,Dr. Kim Morrisson,to come to the next meeting of the Senate Executive Committee onNovember 1, 1989, and to the nextmeeting oftheUniversity CouncilonNovember 8, 1989, togiveus the results ofthe extensive questionnairefilled in by those who took partin the Program and to answer any ques-tions that people at those meetings may wish to ask.

In your letter you wrote "I realize that one can argue about what issense and what is nonsense, but there is no argument about the truth."However, the real problem is often to discover precisely what is the"truth" about which there can be no further argument.

I certainly would like to know more about the "brave undergraduateon Penn's planning committee for 'diversity education'..." mentionedin Professor Alan Kors' article in the Wall Street Journal (10/12/89)that you circled in the photocopy that you sent to me*. Can you, orProfessor Kors, get me a copy of the "memo," give me an opportunityto talk to the student and the administrator concerned, and let me knowof the context in which that exchange took place? I am surprised thatProfessorKorshadnotraised this previously within theUniversity at theSenateExecutiveCommitteeoratthe University Council so that itcouldhave been investigated already.

As for "the DP article by Professor Michael Cohen concerning thealleged tampering with the truth at the freshman diversity educationsessions" the situation is not quite so straightforward. For example,neither you, nor Professor Kors, nor Professor Cohen were facilitatorsintheprogram, but! was, andsowasProfessorHelen Davies. She went

to the all-day workshop for facilitators on Thursday, August 10, 1989,whereas I went to the one on Tuesday, August 22, 1989. Both of usrememberbeing told that the"IncidentsofHarassmentat theUniversityof Pennsylvania" and the "Scenarios for Afternoon Session" werecompositesorcaseexamples thathadbeen mixed updeliberately sothatno particular person or fraternity wouldbe identified. Thatis why! didnot requestthat "University professor" bechanged. Thatidentificationwas apparently made by Professor Cohen although he knew that Mr.Murray Dolfman was not a "University professor" or even a memberofthe standing faculty. He was a part-time lecturer.

Another problem stems from Professor Cohen's article "What isHappening and Why?"in The Daily Pennsylvanian ofOctober 2, 1989.He wrote that the material in the "Incidents..." that hesaid relates to the"Dolfman affair" is variously "false and libelous," "a lie," a "distor-tion," "totally unfair" and "too serious to be dismissed as an honestmistake" since "the report of the Wharton School Committee onAcademic Freedom [and Responsibility] found that Dolfman's refer-ence to black students as 'ex-slaves' was a one-time occurrence...".

However, areading ofthereport of thatcommitteeinAlmanacApril9, 1985, by no means supports Professor Cohen's claims. What thecommitteedidstatewas thatquestioningattheMarch 12, 1985 ,meetingelicited no affirmative response to whether the remarks with respect toslavery and the 13th Amendment were repeated in the Spring Term,1985. Whatthe "Incidents..."said was"Itwaslaterdiscovered thatotherAfrican-American students who had taken the professor's class had hadsimilar experiences."

The evidence that this is true is byno means trivial. Forexample: Aletter in The Daily Pennsylvanian of March 13, 1985, written by fourstudents in the Classes of '84 and '85 under the heading "FraternityBrothers Support Dolfman As Friend, Teacher" states" For the three-and-a-halfyearsthat we have knownMurray Dolfman, hehasconstantlybeen embroiled in controversy. Hehas been accused morethan once ofshowing blatant favoritism inclass, making sexist, racist andothernon-denominational yet nontheless [sic] offensive remarks in class, andgenerally behaving in a manner unbecoming a faculty member. He iscertainly notunawareoftheseallegations, yethepersists every semesterin the sameexactmanner, recycling to the letter his remarks, jokes anddemeanor."

I have discussed the matter with the Chair of the Wharton SchoolCommittee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility that investigatedthe case. Veryproperlyhedidnot wish to have material published fromhis confidential files and tapes but said that the report did not containeverything that they hadlearned aboutthe case; thatmanystudents hadclaimed thattheremarks had been saidinpastyears; that the Committeedid not wish to publish admissions by Mr. Dolfman concerning repeti-tions of the racist remarks in previous years that were not confirmedbyother testimony; that no students from previous years appeared beforethe Committee at the March 12, 1985 meeting; thatthe statements in theReport were true; that Professor Cohen's conclusions could not bevalidlydrawn fromthe Report; and finally, andmostimportantly, hehadno objections to thestatements in the "Incidents..."that "other African-American students whohad taken the professor's class had had similarexperiences."

I personally, and many others who havediscussed this case with me,feel that Mr. Dolfman, (who after all admitted to, and publicly apolo-gized for, his remarks), has suffered enough, and that anyone who isreally concerned for him will let the matter drop.

Sincerely,Robert E. DaviesFrom the Senate Office

Election of Secretary-electNo nominations were received by petition and the Senate

Nominating Committee's nominee Gary Hatfield, associate professorof philosophy is declared elected Secretary-elect for 1989-90.

Ed. Note: Senate notices are normally contiguous, but to allow forthe exchange that begins above and continues starting opposite,the SEC Actions of November 1 are on page 1 and the SenateNominating Committee list is on page 4.

* Ed. Note: Reference is to the following paragraph from "It's Speech, NotSex, the Dean BansNow," by Alan Charles Kors, WSJ 10/12/89:

Onebrave undergraduate on Penn's planning committee for"diversity educa-tion" wrote amemo to her colleagues about "my deep regard for the individualandmy desire to protectthefreedomof all membersof society."An administratorpaid to think about such things wrote back to her, circling the quoted phrase,underlining the word "individual," and commenting, "This is a 'RED FLAG'phrase today, which is considered by many to be RACIST. Arguments thatchampion the individual over the groupultimately privileges [sic] the 'individu-als' belonging to the largest ordominant group."

ALMANAC November 7, 19892

Speaking OutResponses on Truth & DiversityFollowing are replies to the Senate Chair'scolumn (opposite) by Professors MichaelCohen andAlan Kors. Further below arecomments by Vice Provost Kim Morrisson.,a message from Mr Dolfman (nextpage),andagroup response to Dr. Kors.

From Professor CohenAccording to the Daily Pennsylvanian

(9/27/89) the Vice Provost for UniversityLife "sent all diversity education facili-tators a memo correcting errors in the La-bor Day program's portrayal of two of themost controversial events on campus inthe past five years." The memo, which Ihave not seen, was sent out after I pointedout factual errors to Dr. Kim Morrisson. Ihave asked Almanac to publish the memo,and I also requested (unsuccessfully) thatthe corrections be publicized so as to reachthe 1700 students who participated in theprogram.

Professor Davies states that facilitatorswere told that the "Incidents of Harass-ment "cited were "composites or caseexamples that had been mixed up deliber-ately so that no particular person or frater-nity would be identified." Regardless ofwhat the facilitators may have been told,they were instructed to read these words tothe students:

The following are examples ofracial, gen-der-related, religious, and homophobic in-cidents of harassment that have taken placeatthe University overthe pastfew years. Theincidents described onthis list are examplesof the difficulties and problems that manystudent and faculty/staff members face atPenn. While some of these events have re-ceived considerable attention over the pastfew years, thereareotherincidents listed thathave notreceived suchpublicity. It is impor-tant to recognize that these less well knownincidents are no less important than thosewhich have been widely publicized.

There is no suggestion in the above that theexamples are composites or may be par-tially inaccurate. Furthermore, I wouldconsider it very unethical to mix fact andfiction in such a context. One incident citedis the following:A University professor continually referredtoAfrican-American students in his class as'ex-slaves' and said that their commentswould be particularly useful when the classdiscussed the ThirteenthAmendment. It waslater discovered that other African-Ameri-can students who had taken the professor'sclass had had similar experiences.

Everyone, including Professor Davies,knows that this refers to Mr. MurrayDolfman. The report of the WhartonAcademic Freedom Committee, whichheld open hearings, stated that "...prior tothe complaints now lodged, no complainthas been filed.., during the twenty-twoyears Mr. Dolfman has taught at Whar-ton .... Students' course evaluations of Mr.Dolfman have been uniformly outstand-

ing..." The Committee also found that"Despite allegations ...that Mr. Dolfmanrepeated his remarks with respect to slav-ery and the 13th Amendment in the SpringTerm 1985, the Committee has found noevidence that would support such allega-tions." Regarding the circumstances ofDolfman's only documented reference to"ex-slaves," the report states: "Mr. Dolfman then expressed surprise that while he,as a Jew and a 'former slave,' celebratedthe end of his slavery at Passover, the blackstudents, whom he likewise called 'formerslaves' or 'ex-slaves,' did not celebrate thepassage of the 13th Amendment."

Perhaps Professor Davies and the com-pilerof the list of incidents know, or thinkthey know, more than was in the report ofthe Academic Freedom Committee. Theycan say anything they want at lunch or atcocktail parties, but when reciting "facts"about the University and about real peopleto freshmen who know nothing about pasthistory, they should adhere scrupulously towhat is on the record and not deal ingossip.

Professor Davies, who in 1985 intro-duced a resolution (which passed) in Uni-versity Council calling for the immediatesuspension of Dolfman without even wait-ing for the report of the Academic FreedomCommittee, now magnanimously urges usto "let the matter drop" in deference toDolfman. Unfortunately, his terms fordropping the matter include accepting atendentious version of history which isbeing imposed on the University and hasbeen force-fed to helpless freshmen.

My column in the DP (Oct.2) also dis-cussed two other misrepresentationsin the facilitator's guide. One concernedalleged racial slurs at a ZBT rush event;when Dr. Morrisson published her reporton this event, conspicuously absent fromthe list of 19 findings of fact was anyreference to racial slurs. The other con-cerned an alleged physical assault on anAfrican-American student. According tothe facilitator's guide, "The student waspunched in the face in an elevator in HighRise East by a white student, who thevictim said 'was trying to put him in hisplace'." When questioned about this inci-dent in University Council (three monthsafter the incident)Dr.Morrissonsaidthather office had no knowledge of such anincident, and no complaint was ever made.There has never been a hearing to ascertainthe facts. Nevertheless, an account of this"incident" was recited to 1700 freshmen.

It is not surprising that when the Uni-versity gets into the business of indoctrina-tion rather than education, old-fashionedvalues like truth and factual accuracy getbattered. The facilitators and the Admini-stration are hardly in a strong position tolecture the students and faculty aboutacademic integrity.

-Michael Cohen, Professor ofPhysics

From Professor KorsI do wish that Professor Davies had not

chosen to lecture me on subjects ethical,but since he has, let me reply. The man haschutzpah. Being told by Robert Davies thatMurray Dolfman has suffered enough islike being told by Torquemada that hereticshave suffered enough. In what was, in myopinion, an infamous breach of all decencyand collegial due process, Professor Davieshelped to create the very atmosphere ofwitch-hunt and hysteria in which this Uni-versity disgraced itself in the matter ofMurray Dolfman. He co-authored a letterthat called forhis colleague's suspensionfrom teaching prior to a hearing, as if thisthen and current member ofour facultywere a clear and present danger to thesafety of his students. I well understandwhy he would want the matter dropped.Perhaps we shouldn't talk about theMcCarthy period either, since its victimshave "suffered enough" and some of themeven apologized at the time to their fellowcitizens. I'll take no moral instructionfrom Bob Davies, thank you!

His argument that the "University Pro-fessor" falsely described and further perse-cuted in the harassment scenarios foistedupon our evermore indoctrinated under-graduates was a "composite" and notnecessarily Murray Dolfman is disingen-uous and casuistical bad faith.

His "surprise" that I did not begin an"investigation" into an administrator's ad-vice to an undergraduate that individualismwas racism simply reveals the differencebetween the inquisitor and the critic. I findthat the administrator's memo sheds lighton the moral degradation of our academicculture, but the administrator is entitled tohis opinion, others are free to agree ordisagree with him, and he should not besubjected to any "investigation," by me orby Professor Davies. Perhaps ProfessorDavies also would like him suspended withpay until some future auto-da-fe, but as forme, I believe in live and let live, think andlet think, express and let express.-Alan Charles Kors, Professor ofHistory

From Dr. MorrissonThe points that Professor Cohen and

others have raised about the "truth" suggestthat it is a subject around which it may bedifficult to reach agreement. Others wri-ting in this issue may dispute whether oneof the incidents reported in the Facilitator'sManual occurred once or more than once;for its significance to the Labor Day Pro-gram, what is important is that it occurredat all.

It was the intent ofthe Facilitator'sManual to list incidents which had oc-curred at Penn-minus individual ident-ifier-so that new students could under-stand what had formed the climate of opin-

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SENATEUnder the Faculty Senate Rules, formal notification to members maybe accomplished by publication in Almanac in lieu ofdirect mail.Thefollowing is published under that rule:

To: Members of the Faculty SenateFrom: Robert E. Davies, Chair

Subject: Senate Nominating Committee

1. In accordance with the requirements of the Faculty Senate Bylaws,notice is herewith givento the Senate Membershipofthe Senate Execu-tive Committee's 9-member slate of nominees for the NominatingCommittee for 1989-90. The Nominating Committee nominates candi-dates for election to the Offices ofthe Senate(chair-elect and secretary-elect), to the at-large and assistant professor positions on the SenateExecutive Committee, and to the Senate Committee on the EconomicStatus oftheFaculty, the SenateCommitteeon Academic Freedom andResponsibility, and the Senate Committeeon Conduct. The nine nomi-nees, all of whom have indicated their willingness to serve, are:

F. GerardAdams (professor economics)Adelaide M. Delluva (emeritus professor biochemistry/veterinary)RoselynJ. Eisenberg (professor microbiology/veterinary)OscarGandy (associateprofessor communications)Robert Giegengack (professor geology)Sol Goodgal(professor microbiology/medicine)Morris Mendelson (professor finance)Stephen Roth (professor biology)Louise Shoemaker (professor social work)

2. PursuanttotheBylaws, you are herewith invited to submit additionalnominations, which shall be accomplished via petitions containing atleast twenty-five valid names and the signed approval of the candidate.All such petitions must be received no later than fourteen days subse-quent to the date of this notice. If no additional nominations arereceived, the slate nominated by the Executive Committee will bedeclared elected. Should additional nominations be received,amailbal-lot will be distributed to the Senate membership.

The closing date for receipt of nominations by petition is Tuesday,November 21, 1989. Please forward any nominations by petition to theFaculty Senate Office, 15 College Hall/6303.

ion in the community they were entering.Language chosen to obscure identies mayhave led to confusion on whether they were"composites," but the term is more aptlyapplied to a second set of materials-casestudies used to explore some of the issuesin depth, which were based on compositesof cases handled by the judicial inquiryoffice or by the residential system.

Much as one might wish otherwise, theclimate ofopinion is often formed by inci-dents which never go through a formaljudicial investigative procedure, but insteadare reported through informal networks orsometimes through the campus media.That a student chooses not to press charges,for whatever reason, does not mean that anincident did not happen, and it certainlydoes not mean that the campus or studentsare unaffected.

Professor Cohen's image of "helplessfreshmen" being "force-fed" against theirwill reflects a dim set of expectations ofthe entering class and paints a dismalpicture of their experience. Fortunately, itis not supported by the nearly 81% of thestudents who agreed that "the day was avaluable educational experience" or the97% of the students who agreed that thefacilitators "created an environment inwhich I felt comfortable." From my ownexperience as a facilitator, I can say thatthe first-year students in my group werebright, concerned, challenging, question-ing, willing to debate each other on theissues, and as diverse in opinion as anyCouncil meeting.

On the matter of the exchange cited inProfessor Kors' article, the committee inquestion was considering recommendationsfor the follow-up programs in residence, aneffort separate from the planning of theLabor Day Program. The "administrator"in question was another volunteer commit-tee member who is also a part-time facultymember. He is not a student affairsadministrator, as passages elsewhere in theWall StreetJournal article might suggest.I don't know whether he is "paid to think

about such things," but I am sure he wassurprised to read his private correspondencewith another committee member in The WallStreet Journal. In any case, Professor Korsand I agree that he has the right to expresshis opinion freely in response to another'sviewpoint. Both viewpoints were welcomeand discussed fully by the committee.

Much has been said about "indoctrina-tion," so that it is perhaps worth saying thatthe purpose of the Labor Day Program wasnot to lecture anyone, but to create an op-portunity for discussion, communication,and exploration-surely efforts to be valuedin the business (art? science?) of education.

--Kim M. MorrissonVice Provostfor University Life

Conveyed for Mr. DoltmanEd. Note: On Saturday, November 4,Al-manac contacted Murray Dolfman byphone and read him passages from page 2and page 3, asking if he wished to respondin this or a future issue. He suggestedinsertion of an editor's note conveying hiscomplete surprise and total ignorance as tothe issues being raised here or in the D.P.October 2. He added that he would reviewthe material and if it was libelous or diddefame his character he would bring appro-priate action, and reserved for a futureissue his right to comment. Page proofs anda copy of the D.P. article were delivered tohis home on Sunday. Subsequently thecontribution below was accepted, on theadvice of Almanac's Advisory BoardChair, Dr. Charles D. Graham, Jr., as a re-sponse to the letter by Dr. Kors on page 3.

From 1985 Co-AuthorsFrom Faculty Members Who Co-Authored theLetter withProfessor R.E. Davies (Almanac, 2/26/85)We are appalled at the language and

tone of Professor Kors' letter. Any attackon the integrity of Professor R. E. Davies'actions with respect to the letter describedby Professor Kors as "...an infamousbreach of all decency and collegial due

process..." is indeed an attack on us all. Wedo not accept this intemperate claim ofProfessor Kors, nor do we believe that"...this University disgraced itself in thematter of Murray Dolfman." To deal withthe particulars ofour letter to Almanac, wewould like to clarify the historical recordwith respect to context and chronology.

President Hackney on the 18th of Febru-ary, 1985, sent a letter to the student media(see Daily Pennsylvanian 2/19/85) saying:

I spoke this morning with Mr. MurrayDolfman and emphasized the seriousnesswith which I regarded the incident in hisclass that led toaprotest from black students.I told Mr. Dolfman that a public apologyfrom him was in order. He readily agreed.His statement follows: "I do admit that mypresentation and feigned reaction on No-vember 12, 1984, was overdramatic andunnecessary. I apologized then to those whowere directly affected. And I apologize nowto the entire community."

Our letter signed by 10 faculty membersincluding Professor R.E. Davies read in itsentirety*:

Members of the Black Student League,along with a groupof Black faculty and staffat the University of Pennsylvania, havereshaped the politics and practices of theUniversity. Theyhavetaken thosebehaviorsandattitudes many at this institution assumeto he "standard educational practice" andnamed them appropriately as racist.We support this powerful coalition in

theirefforts to forcethe institution to recog-nize and act on internal racism. The Univer-sity does reflect the racism of the largercul-ture, but it is a university's job to lead thatculture in identifying racism as a problemwith consequences for all ofus.We believe that Professor Dolfman

should be susupended from his teaching re-sponsibilities, with pay, pending the resultsofwhat we hope will be an expedited inves-tigation. Wealso support the BSL'sdemandsfor increased minority presence on the fac-

* Almanac inserts headings on tellers thatarrive untitled, those addressed "To theEditor" and those with titles too long for thespace available. This letter was given thetide "Call for Suspension".-Ed.

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ulty and increased sensitivity to issues ofracial harassment on the part ofall faculty.

We believe that racial harassment is veryharmful not only to African-Americanstudents directly exposed, but to the camp-us as a whole. Mindful of Section III.E.14of the Handbook for Faculty and AcademicAdministrators, we expressed our view ontemporary suspension with pay and an ex-pedited investigation in order to assess thenature of the action, of the harm, and ap-propriate dispostion of the case.

In summary, the letter signed by Pro-fssor R.E. Davies, along with each of thefollowing signatories, was written subse-quent to Mr. Dolfman's public acknowl-edgement of and apology for his actionsand was written within the legal languageof the Handbook. Mr. Dolfman was sus-pended subsequently. This decision (seeMemorandum from Dean Russell E. Pal-mer, Almanac 4/9/85) was taken on thebasis of the report of the Wharton SchoolCommittee on Academic Freedom andResponsibility and input from the LegalStudies Department and the Dean's Ad-visory Council (which was composed ofsenior members of the Wharton Schoolfaculty). We end by reiterating acommentby President Hackney and then-Provost

Ehrlich: "The Statutes of the University asapproved by the Trustees, are clear that'The teacher is entitled to freedom in theclassroom in discussing his or her subject.At the same time, that freedom obviouslydoes not include humiliating Black studentsbased on their race." (Almanac 4/9/85)-Fred Block, professor and chair, sociology-Susan Cohen, assistant professor, nursing-Helen Davies, professor and acting chair,

microbiology/Med-Adelaide Delluva, emeritus professor,

biochemistry/Vet-Michelle Fine, associate professor,

education-Ann Matter, associateprofessor and chair,

religious studies-MarkStern, associate professor, School of

Social Work(This includes all ofthe original signers stillat the University except R.E. Davies, who wasnot permitted to reply in this issue because ofthe operating procedures ofAlmanac)

Dr. Rutman on Research PolicyA letter from Dr. Robert J. Rutman, sent to

Dr. Haim Bauas chairofthe University CouncilCommittee on Researchandintended forSpeak-ing Out in this issue, has been scheduled forNovember 14. Dr. Rutman details his concernover Item 4 of the Draft Procedures RegardingMisconduct in Research (Almanac October 10)and Dr. Bau urges all faculty to convey theirviews on the proposed procedure.-Ed.

United Way/Penn's Way(s)Several weeks ago the Inquirer reported

thatPenn would be among thelocal employersoffering employees anew option to designatepayroll-deductible United Way/Donor Optiongifts for specific local "umbrella" organiza-tions that raise funds for groups of agencies.Initial campus campaign announcements didnot include the option, but the following wasreleased Monday by University Relations.

This year's campaign at Penn is differentthan previous ones. Four Delaware Valley or-ganizations that raise funds similarly to UnitedWay are being given visibility as options towhich employees may direct all orpart of theircontribution.

Traditional United Way giving optionsremain available to donors, who may eithermake a non-specific contribution with distribu-tion determined by UnitedWay,ordesignate thegift for agencies in one of six categories.

Literature from the United Way and thefour additional fund-raising organizations hasbeen sent to all Penn employees. The four or-ganizations are the Black United Fund, whichprovides financial and technical resources toAfrican-American community-based self-helpprojects; Bread and Roses, a partnership of ac-tivities and donors who are committed to build-ing apermanent financial and institutional basefor social change; United Negro College Fund,which provides financial aid to college-boundAfrican-Americans; and Women's Way, whichsupports arangeofservices for womenandgirls.

Solicitors can supply information on insur-ing that your contribution is directed to theagency or group of agencies of your choice.

COUNCILBelow andon page 6 are excerptsfrom the Vice Provostfor University Life's report to be delivered to the University Councilon November 8. Thefull report is available on request to the VPUL,200 Houston Hall/6306, Ext. 6081.

Evaluating the 1989 Orientation for Students in a Diverse CommunityOn Monday, September 4, 1989, Labor Day, as part ofnew student

orientation week, the University sponsored a community orientationprogram for new first year students as part of its Diversity EducationProgram. The program was designed by students, faculty, and staff,working in avariety of committees throughout the preceding year, andwas intended to provide a "common experience" for new students. Itwas to be followed by a series of residentially-based programs ondiversity, developed by each first year residential community, to takeplace throughout the academic year.

The content of the Labor Day program was designed to meet thefollowing objectives:

1. To define community and what it means to be a member of adiverse community at the University of Pennsylvania.

2. To recognize the complexity and scope of differences amongpeople and the impact of those differences on interactions.

3. To understand individual responsibility and choices of behaviorsthat enhance or detract from community.

4. To understand the University's behavioral policies.5. To introduce students to relevant campus resources.6.To introduce students to Diversity Education Followup Programs.

The day's activities began with aplenary session at9 a.m. in the Palestrafor all first year students and program facilitators. The audience waswelcomed by PresidentSheldonHackney,ProvostMichaelAiken, ViceProvostKim Morrisson,Chairof the UnitedMinorities Council PatriciaMann, and Presidentof the Black StudentLeague Reuben Brown. Poetand actress Maya Angelou gave the keynote speech..

After the plenary session, the audience broke into small groups ofsizes ranging from ito28 students with twofacilitators, a facultyorstaffmemberanda student. The workshopswerescheduled to begin at 10:30

a.m., break for lunch, and then resume for the afternoon, ending ataround 4:45 p.m. At the end of the day, students and facilitators wereeach given an evaluation form. The preliminary results of those evalu-ations are appended in the form of a report, written by Jo-Ann Zoll,Coordinator of the University's Drug and Alcohol program and GretchenBoris, Associate Director ofStudentData. Participating students andfa-cilitators were also given tickets to the Ron Darian concert which tookplace that evening.

Of the 195 program facilitators participating in the Labor Dayprogram from all parts of the University, 100 were faculty/staff and 95were students. (A listof facilitators is in the full report available frommy office.) The facilitators were trained by attending one of three all-day training sessions held on August 10, August 22 and September 3,1989. Atthe training sessions, the facilitators were givena24-page Fa-cilitators's Manual toguide them intheday's activities, whichincludeda mix of brainstorming exercises, discussions, examination of casestudies, and role-playing exercises.

Themorning program included an icebreaker exercise togetstudentstalking to each other, a review of the objectives of the program,brainstorming exercises exploring common perceptions and anxietiesabout the Penn community, brainstorming exercises about differencesamong people in the Penncommunity, areview ofknown demographicstatistics within the Penn community, discussion of the term "commu-nity" and its meanings to different people, and discussion ofbehaviorsthat add toordetract from asense ofcommunity. Twocasestudies wereexplored, the first concentrating onaroommate conflict, and the secondconcentrating on the telling of racial/ethnic jokes. At the end of thissession, alistofreported occurrencesofconflict between individual andcommunity from campuses around the country was read by the facilita-

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tor to the group and discussed, followed by a similar reading anddiscussion of a list describing incidents which had occurred at Penn.After the morning session, the groups were given box lunches whichmost chose to eat outside.

The afternoon session consisted ofan overview ofUniversity poli-cies and procedures governing student conduct including the Code ofConduct, the Studentjudicial system, the University Anti-Discrimina-tion Policy, the Code of Academic Integrity, the Guidelines on OpenExpression, the Racial and Sexual Harassment policies, and the Uni-versity Alcohol and Drug policies. Also included was the range ofsanctions which have been imposed on students for violations of thesecodes. This section was followed by a discussion ofvarious methodsof conflict management and ways to enhance communication andtherebyreduce conflict. Three case studies were used which involvedstudent role plays ofpossible solutions which were then discussed bythe groups. The case studies involved cheating, alcohol abuse and

sexual harassment, each a composite of cases which had occurred atPenn. The afternoon program ended with adiscussion of the follow-upprograms in the residences and the program evaluation.

Somewhere between 1482 (the number of completed evaluations)and 1700 (the numberoflunches distributed tostudents) participated inthe LaborDay program. Overall thedayran quite smoothly, taking intoaccount the logisticsinvolved. The acoustics atthe Palestraprovedto bedisappointing for the opening session, but as the evaluations show, theworkshops were well-received and the facilitators praised. The evalu-ation committee, consisting of Jo-Ann Zoll, Gretchen Boris, RichardCaputo (School of Social Work), Ruth Hall (University CounselingService), Jim Newswanger (Residential Living) and Randy Nepomuceno(undergraduate student), willbedeveloping focus group interviews withrandomly selected faculty and staffparticipants to gather further infor-mation which can be used to improve the program.

-Kim M. Morrisson, Vice Provostfor University Life

Diversity Program: Student Responses to QuestionnairePreliminary evaluation ofthe LaborDayPro-gram (see page 5) was based on two question-naires-one to the 195 facilitators, with 189responding, and the other to the approximately1700 students who participated (1482 respond-ing). Below are the results concerning students.Each section is complete and taken verbatimfrom the report by Jo-Ann Zoll and GretchenBoris, but sections have been omittedforreasons ofspace: those on the keynote speaker,tables showing demographic breakdowns, andrawdata are availablefrom the Office oftheVPUL-Ed.

General ImpressionsQuestions in this area primarily refer to

overall objectives of the day. Most of therespondents were very positive. Informationregarding the keynote is presented in the sec-tion below.

Ninety-four percent (94%) of the respon-dents agreed that the objectives of the day'sactivities were clearly explained.

Over 84% agreed that the day was interest-ing.

More than half of the respondents (56.6%)discovered that there is more diversity at Pennthan they originally thought.

Eighty percentofthe respondents found theprogram to be a valuable educational experi-ence.

Almost all (97.7%) of the respondents be-lieved they would "fit in" at Penn.

Thirteen percentofthe respondents thoughtthe day was a waste of time.

More than 62% of the respondents agreedthat the program "encouraged me to thinkdifferently about diversity."

Students report being generally comfort-able discussing most issues. More studentswere uncomfortable discussing sexual orienta-tion issues (16.4%) and racial issues (10.6%)than discussing religious issues (8.1%) andgender issues (7.5%).Content

Questions in this area asked respondents toreport how much they had learnedaboutissues,policies and procedures.

Nearly all (96 and 97%) ofthe respondentsreported learning at least something about thediversity of people and about resources avail-able at Penn.

Almost half (47.6%) reported learning "alot" about how their behavior influences theexperiences of others within the community.

Students appearto have learnedmoreaboutsexual and racial harassment (60% and 66%,respectively) than about otherpolicies at Penn.Halfor fewer of the students reported learning"a lot" about the following:

- Residential Living Policies- Alcohol Policy- Open Expression Guidelines- Code of Academic Integrity- Student Code of Conduct

Flow of the DayQuestions inthis areaprimarilyconcernthe

small group sessions and the facilitators.Students were positive about their facilita-

tors; 96-97% agreed that the facilitators cre-ated a comfortable environment, encouragedparticipation and did an overall good job.

Six percent oftheparticipants agreed that itwas difficult to meet people.

Over half(52%) oftherespondents thoughtthe small group sessions were too long. Elevenpercent thought that there was not sufficienttime to cover the material. Please see thecommentssection formoredetailing regardingthe length of the program.

Studentsgenerally found the brainstorming(72.8%) and the role-playing (71.9%) exer-cises to be useful.

Ninety-fivepercent of therespondents agreedthat it was easy to talk with people during theworkshop.

Aboutthreequarters (76.6%)oftherespon-dents agreed that they were looking forward toparticipating in ongoing diversity educationprograms.Overall Evaluations

Whenasked torate the clarity ofthepresen-tation as a whole, 86% thought it was "excel-lent"or "good." In addition, 92% thought thatthe small group sessions were "excellent" or

When asked to rate the structure ofthepro-gram as a whole, 82% thought it was "excel-lent" or "good" and 87% thought the same ofthe small group sessions.

Only half of the students (55.6%) thoughtthat lunch was at least good.Comments from the Questionnaire

Respondents were asked to comment spe-cificallyon themostbeneficial and leastusefulaspects of the program. They were also askedfor any general comments and suggestions.Tallying ofthese comments produced two general

categories of response: positive and negative.The primary positive comments concerned

the opportunity to share ideas and beliefs,meeting new people, the small group discus-sions and the keynote address. Secondary positivecomments included learning about Penn's re-sources and policies, learning about Penn ingeneral, thehelpfulness ofrole-playing and thecase studies presented during the program.Some typical quotes from respondents:

"In the same group sessions, we got to talk toeachother about how eachofus is responsible andan important part of the community.., and Iliadlots of fun getting to know [students]."

"The small group sessions increased myawareness of the diversity among students and Ithink it allowed people to express their thoughtson extremely important issues and, at the sametime, hear other's views."

"Met new people-also, although I haven'tchanged any of my views, I found the programmade me examine why I hold these views, opin-ions, etc. that I do."

"I found that there are many people like my-self, but I also learned to respect people who aredifferent."

"It helped to make me aware of things that Ineverreallytookinto consideration. Also, itmadePenna much morewarm and friendly place for mebecause there were smaller groups and a lot ofinteraction."

"I was encouraged to realize that thecampus ismaking aconcerted effort to ease any tension andmake Penn the best community it can be."

"I found the role-playing and basic discus-sions about the good and bad things at Penn mostbeneficial because it gave me an idea of what toexpect and what I can do to make my communitybetter."

Primary negative comments concerned theinability to hear the speakers, particularly thekeynote speakerand the length oftheprogram.

Secondary negativecomments included notliking role-playing, the day starting too earlyand disliking the morning speakers.Future Reports

Future reports on the studentsurvey willin-clude discussions that consider responses thatdifferamongstudents from different regions ofthe country, from varying urban/rural back-grounds and different religious affiliation. Asofthis date, wearescheduling follow-upinter-views with randomly selected participants.Complete results should be expected in theearly spring.

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Student Affairs: Call for InputThe Student Affairs Committee of the Univer-

sity Council would like to request of students,faculty, and administrators of the University com-munity that they forward any issues of concernregarding student activities and/or services to stu-dents to this committee for its review and consid-eration. Please be sure to submit a full explanationof the concern, with appropriate documentation.Some ideaofhow far-reaching theconcernis wouldalso behelpful. Please addressyourconcerns to Dr.Vivian Seltzer, Chair, Student Affairs Committeec/o: Sarah McLaurin Office of the Secretary, 121CH/6382.

-Vivian C. Seltzer, Chair-Andrew T. Miller, Co-chair

Memorial Service for Two International StudentsOn November 16 a memorial service will be held in honor of two Penn graduate

students from abroad who died by violence in recent years, Meera Ananthrakrishnanand Cyril Leung. The service, sponsored by the Penn Women's Center, will be heldfrom 5 to 7 p.m. in the lounge at the Christian Association, 3601 Locust Walk, and isopen to all members of the University.

Ms. Ananthrakrishnan, whocame toPenn from India in September, 1985, to beginherdoctoral work inphysics, was killed by an intruder during the Thanksgiving breakin 1985. She was 24. Economics Graduate Student Cyril Leung of Hong Kong was 25when he died following an assault in Clark Park on October 7, 1988.

Speakers will recall the two students' lives, and others will address such issues asviolence against women, the special needs of international students living in WestPhiladelphia, education on safety awareness, and life in a diverse community.

DEATHSDr. Sadie Alexander, the firstblack woman

toearn adoctorateattheUniversity ofPennsyl-vania, died November 1 at the age of 91. Dr.Alexander earned her doctorate in economiesin 1921 andlaterbecamethe firstblackwomanto graduate from the Law School and was alsothe first admitted to practice by the Pennsylva-nia Bar Association.

Dr. Alexander worked actively for civilrights throughout her life, and was a leader inthe areabefore itbecame amovement-press-ing for desegregation of movie theaters andrestaurants inthe 1920sand '30s. Sheserved asan advisoron civil rights to Presidents Trumanand Kennedy and held a position in everyDemocratic administration alter 1948.

Surviving are her daughters, Rae Alexander-Minter and Mary A. Brown; her son-in-law, ThomasK.Minter, formerassistantsecre-tary of education in the Carter administration;two grandchildren; a step-grandson, and twogreat-grandchildren.

LillyI.Clair, aretiredgrant administratorinthe offices of Research Administration, diedSeptember 8 at the age of 84. Miss ClairreceivedherB.S.degree from Penn's School ofPedagogy in 1927. She began heremploymentwith the University in 1943 and was namedgrant administrator in 1961. She remained inthatposition until her retirement in 1973. Sheis survived by herniece, Mrs. Gordon E. Saxon.

Yolanda Davis, an insurance clerk at theDentalSchool, diedOctober 18 atthe age of43.She first arrived at Penn in December 1977 as

secretary in the Economics Department. In1978 she became administrative assistant inthe Office of Affirmative Action and latertransferred to the Office of Human Resources.In 1983 she joined the Dental School as aninsurance clerk and remained in thatpost untilherdeath. Surviving areherdaughter, RhondaC. Davis, and a grandson, Marquise.

Jan DeGaetani, a leading interpreter ofnew vocal music long associated with PennContemporary Players, died September 15.She made her Philadelphia Orchestra debut in1982performing Professor Richard Wernick'sPulitzer Prize-winning Visions ofTerror andWonder, and performed with the Penn Con-temporary Players on many other occasionsafter its founding in 1964. Polish composerAugustyn Bloch and mezzo-soprano FredaHersethjoined the Penn Contemporary Playersand Music Director Wernick in a concert onOctober 29 dedicated to Jan DeGaetani.

Geri Fritz, an administrative assistant in theDepartment ofAthletics, died on October 15 atthe age of36. Mrs. Fritz served as a secretaryin Alumni Relations from 1981 to 1985, andthen transferred to the Wharton School. Shejoined the Department of Athletics in June1987. Surviving are her husband, David Fritz,and their daughter, Desiree, born October 9,1989.Gjftsforthefamilyarebeingcoordinatedby

Sheila Armstrong in the athletic department.Checks should be made out to David Fritz.A memorial fund is being set up for De-

siree's future. Checks for the fund should bemadeout to The Desiree FritzFund,and shouldbe care of Gary Steele, Football Office, Uni-versity of Pennsylvania, 33rd and Spruce Sts.,Philadelphia, PA 19104.

Albeit Garner, a retired custodian for PhysicalPlant, died October 17 at the age of 66. Hecame to Penn in August, 1951, went on long-term disability in October 1976, and retired in1987. Mr. Garner is survived by his wife,Carrie Garner.

Dr. John A. Goff, emeritus professor andformer dean of the Towne Scientific School,died October 24 at the age of 90. Dr. Goffearned his bachelor's degree in 1921 and hismaster's in 1924 from the University ofIllinoisin Urbana-Champaign, where he also earnedhis doctorate in mechanical engineering andthermodynamics in 1927.

Dr. Goff went on to serve on the faculty ofthe University of Illinois from 1930 to 1938,whenhe came to Pennas professor and dean of

the Towne School. While serving as dean, Dr.Goff also headed the mechanical engineeringdepartment until 1950. From 1945 to 1950 hewas director of Penn's Thermodynamics Re-search Laboratory as well. Dr. Goffwas alsofounder and president of the Faculty Club.

Surviving are his wife, Virginia HanawaltGoff; a son, John R.; a daughter, Susan G.Pearl; four grandsons, and a brother.

Edward J. (Ned) Parker, assistant directorinthe OfficeofResearch Administration, diedNovember 1 at the age of 55. Mr. Parker re-ceived his B.A. at Penn in 1957 and thenbecamea writerand programmer for theMooreSchool from 1958-1972. He transferred to theOffice of Research Administration in 1972 ascontract administrator and then became assis-tant director in 1980, the position heheld untilhis death. Mr. Parker is survived by his wife,Dr. Satoko Parker (CW '60 and received herPh.D. from Pennin 1978),andadaughter, RuthAllison Parker (Wh' 87).

Elizabeth Greens Wiley, a 31-year-oldstudent in Penn's Graduate School of FineArts, and husband Peter A. Wiley, an alumnusof the Graduate School of Fine Arts, diedOctober 28. The Wiley's were married Octo-ber 21, 1989 and were spending their honey-moon in Hawaii when killed in the Aloha AirLine Commuter plane crash on the island ofMolokai, Hawaii. Mrs. Wiley earned her A.B.from Smith College in 1980 and came to theUniversity in the fall of 1987. Mr. Wileygraduated from Ohio'sDenison Universityandgraduated from GSFA in 1983.

Elizabeth Wiley is survived by her parents,Mr. G. Davis Greene and Mrs. Ann Greene,who is Assistant to the Dean of Admissions atPenn; sisters, Leslie, Ellen, and Sarah, andbrother Dave. Peter Wiley is survived by hisfather, Welles Wiley; brothers, David and John,and sisters, Hilda and Sarah.

A memorialfundforpreservationofland-mark buildings in Philadelphia has been estab-lished in memoryof the couple. Send checks tothe PeterA. Wiley and ElizabethGreene WileyFund, care of the Central Philadelphia Devel-opment Corporation, Suite 2200, One EastPenn Square, Philadelphia, PA 19107.

Christopher Van, a doctoral student inphysics, died on October 18 at the age of 29.Mr. Yan received his B.S. from the Universityof Melbourne and entered the graduate pro-gram in September 1985. Surviving are hisparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wai Ho Yan, and histhree brothers Anthony, Brian, and Darren.

Omission: In the introduction to last week's listof new 25-Year Club members Almanac shouldhave identified Douglas Dickson as incomingchair and Virginia Scherfel as outgoing chair.

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ALMANACADVISORY BOARD: For the Faculty Senate, JuneAxinn.RE.Davies,CharlesD.Graham (Chair). Alrnann Phillips,Lorraine Tulman and Vukan R. Vuchic; for the Administration,WilliamEpstein;for Staff Assemblies,Deveno Pierce (Al). IrmaFeldman(Librarians). Joseph Kane (A-3).

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Bike Auction: Rain or Shine

The Department of Public Safety's 1989 bike auctionwill be held Saturday, November 11 at 10 a.m., rain or shine.Inspections of approximately 30 unclaimed bikes will beginat 9:30 a.m. in front of High Rise North, 3901 Locust Walk.

(Anyone who believes his/her stolen bike might be among those atauction should come to the inspection with proof ofownership.)Based on past years' bidding, bikes may go for as little as $10 or

as much as $200. Cash or check with ID will be accepted.For more information: Detective Larry Singer, Ext. 8-4485.

UpdateNOVEMBER AT PENN

Traffic Alert: November 15-16, 9 am.-1 p.m.,and 1-6 p.m. on the 15th, Philadelphia National

College Fair at Civic Center (National Associa-tion ofCollege Admissions Counselors).

FITNESS AND LEARNING

Faculty/Staff Assistance ProgramThefollowing programs will be held at 12.1 p.m.in she Bishop White Room, Houston Hall. Regis-tration: Ext. 8-7910.

7 Assertiveness in the Workplace:3-Part Series;Bette Begleiter, MSW, Faculty/Staff AssistanceProgram counselor. Also November 14 and 21.

8 Sobriety I.: Less Than 18 Months in Recovery;on-going weekly support group; Carol Bennett-Speight, ACSW, and Nancy Madonna, MSW,Faculty/Staff Assistance Program counselors.Also November 15 and 29.

9 Empowering Ourselves; Virginia McIntosh,ACSW, private practitioner.

ON STAGE8 Curtain Call; Theatre Arts Program; 8 p.m.,Studio Theatre, Annenberg Center. Tickets $3(Theatre Arts Program). Through November 11.

TALKS9 OpticalStudiesofExcitation-Contraction Cou-

pling in Skeletal Muscle; Stephen Baylor; 4 p.m.,4th floorRichards Building (Department ofPhysi-ology).Regulation ofEmbryonic Stem CellDifferentia-

tion; Austin Smith, department of biochemistry,Oxford University; 4 p.m., Wistar Auditorium(Wistar Institute).

10LightScattering Methods forMonitoring Vol-ume Changes in Mitochondria; Bayard Storey,departments of obstetrics-gynecology and physi-ology; 12:15p.m., Room 1, John Morgan Building(Institute for Environmental Medicine).

Reason andNature in Ethics; John McDowell,University of Pittsburgh; 4 p.m., Room 310,Logan Hall (Department of Philosophy andGreater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium).

13 Interdisciplinary Seminar Program: Half a

Century of C-14; Martin Kamen; noon, 5th floorlibrary, Richards Building (Metabolic ResearchCenter, Institute for Structural & Functional Stud-ies, Beckman Center for History of Chemistry).NewAge Techno-Culture; Andrew Ross, de-

partment of English, Princeton University; 12:15p.m., Room 108, Annenberg School ofCommuni-cations (Annenberg Faculty Research Seminar).

14 "PENatPenn" Series; George Plimpton, bestknown for Paper Lion and Out ofMy League; 4p.m., Room 102, Chemistry Building (College ofArts and Sciences and PEN Center ofNew York).Deadlines: The deadline for the December AtPenn pullout calendar is November 7. The dead-line for the weekly Update is Monday, a weekbefore theissuegoes to press. Submit in writing toAlmanac, 3601 LocustWalk/6224 or via E-mailtoAlmanac@A1.Quaker.

Department of Public SafetyThis report contains tallies of part 1 crimes, a listing of part 1 crimes against persons, and summarieof part 1 crime in the five busiest sectors on campus where two or more incidents were reportebetween October 30, 1989 and November 5, 1989.

Total: Crimes Against Persons-i ,Thefts-24, Burglaries-2Thefts of Auto-0, Attempted Thefts of Auto-2.

Date Time Reported Location IncidentCrimes Against Persons:11/01/8 4:56PM Lot #45 Female robbed/purse taken/no injuries38th to 39th; Spruce to Locust10/30/89 9:59AM Dining Commons Microwave taken from kitchen11/01/89 10:19 AM Harnwell house Secured bike taken from rail11/03/89 7:32 PM Harnwell house Bike taken from railing11/04/89 3:58 PM ZBT Bike taken34th to 36th; Spruce to Locust11/02/89 6:23PM Houston Hall Clothing taken from secured room11/04/89 12:04AM Houston Hall Walletand contents taken11/05/89 4:27 PM Logan Hall Bike taken from railing32nd to 33rd; South to Walnut11/01/89 6:26PM Lot #5 Tapes and calculators taken from auto11/02/89 6:04AM Lot #5 Telephone & clipboard taken from booth11/03/89 10:50PM Lot #5 Unkown person attempted to take auto40th to 42nd; Baltimore to Walnut10/31/89 2:23PM Evans Bldg Radio taken from unsecured cabinet10/31/89 7:04PM Evans Bldg Dental equipment taken from secured locker11/02189 3:28PM Levy Building Camera equipment taken from desk36th to 37th; Locust to Walnut10/30/89 2:01 PM Delta Psi Bike and watches taken11/05/89 4:52 PM Phi Sigma Kappa Male took kitchen items/recovered

Safety Tip: Crime prevention on acollege campus is no different than crime prevention in alocal city or town.The philosophy is always the same, "To reduce criminal opportunity."

18th District Crimes Against PersonsSchuylkill River to 4901 Street; Market Street to Woodland Avenue

Reported crimes against persons from 12:01AM October 24, 1989 to11:59PM October 29, 1989.Total: 18 Incidents, 3 Arrests

Date Time Reported Location Offense/Weapon Arrest10/24/89 7:50PM4800Pine Robbery/gun No10/25/89 3:41AM4100BaltimoreRobbery/gunNo10/26/89 8:00AM3700Sansom Robbery/knife No10/26/89 3:40PM4509Sansom Aggravated Assault/hammer Yes10/26/89 9:08PM4511Walnut Robbery/knife Yes10/27/89 7:30PM1S 46th Robbery/strongarm No10/27/89 12:15PM3400Market Robbery/strongarm No10/27/89 6:45PM4621 Hazel Robbery/knife Yes10/28/89 12:30AM 4100 BaltimoreRobbery/strongarm No10/28/89 12:37AM4600Locust Aggravated Assault/strongarm No10/26/89 1:50AM4517Spruce Robbery/gun No10/28/89 2:07AM3600ChestnutRobbery/gunNo10/28/89 8:10AM3300Market Robbery/strongarm No10/28/89 6:21 PM404S43rd Robbery/strongarm No10/28/89 7:09PM4750Spruce Robbery/strongarm No10/28/89 7:58PM4610SpringfieldRobbery/gunNo10/29/89 10:40AM 4800 WoodlandAggravated Assault/gun No10/29/89 4:05PM 3600 Walnut Purse Snatch No

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