UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA

Tuesday,November 11, 1997Volume 44 Number 12

Trustees: ‘Yes’ to Trammell Crow ContractIN THIS ISSUE2 Penn’s Way: A Side-by-Side Campaign

More on the Trammell Crow Plan for Penn3 Return of Snowcare for Children;

COUNCIL: November 12 Agenda;SEAS: Faces to Go With ‘Faculty Profiles’

4 COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING:Transciption of Discussion on Consultationand on Request to Trustees to Delay Actionon Outsourcing Facilities Operations

10 Zellig Harris Memorial, Meyerhoff Lecture;Speaking Out: Intellectual Property Issues;Ode to Corporate University; Bookstore Report

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COMPASS Features11 Corporate Development vs. Cityscapes12 VHUP’s Bloodmobile for Dogs13 Folklore and the Ethnic Diaspora14 PennVIPS and the Teens’ Esteem;

Makine Remembers His Russian Past__________________________________

15 OPPORTUNITIES18 Call for Nominations: MLK Awards;

Shadowing Day; Summer Grants Available;International Offers; Classifieds

19 Update, CrimeStats; Holiday Hosts20 Year 2000: Will Your Computer Know

What Year It Is? (James O’Donnell)

PropertyManagement andLeasingUCA Properties

Source: Trammell Crow Company materials distributed to staff inaffected Penn units. Additional charts were furnished, showing thestructure of delivery systems in Facilities Services, Construction andDevelopment Management Services, Campus MaintenanceServices, Account Support Services, and UCA Real Estate Services.

Financial,Human Resources,Customer Serviceand InformationServices

Directors ofFacilities ServicesSchools, Residentialand ResourceCenters

DirectorConstructionand DevelopmentManagementServices

DirectorCampusMaintenanceServices

Trammell Crow Higher Education Services Inc.Organizational Structure of the University of Pennsylvania Account

Alliance DirectorUCA Properties

Provides property man-agement and leasingservices for UCA

Provides financialand informationservices, humanresources and customer services tothe Penn account

Responsible formaintaining andmanaging Univer-sity infrastructure

Provides campus-wide maintenanceservices includingtrash removal, re-cycling, and land-scaping to facilitiesdepartment

Oversees andmanages all capitalconstruction andrenovation projects

Works withschools,residential andresource centers todevelop long-rangefacilities planning

Organized to providefacilities managementservices to schools,residential and resourcecenters with dedicatedstaffing

Liaison to constructionand campus mainte-nance services forschools, residentialand resource centers

Alliance DirectorCampus Properties

Will Your Computer Know?... please see back page

At the stated meeting of the full board Friday, November 7, the University trustees passedunanimously the resolution of the Budget and Finance Committee to approve the agreementwith Trammell Crow Company which will outsource Penn’s facilities and real estate manage-ment by March. (Please see page 2 for the text of the resolution.)

At the meeting, President Rodin said in her opening report to the trustees, concerning theBudget and Finance Committee action, “This was not an easy decision to make, but I amextremely confident that it is in the long-term best interest of the University. I look forward—as I know John Fry does—to working with all members of the University community inimplementing this decision and making the transition to Trammell Crow’s management ofUniversity facilities as smooth as possible.”

After the vote of the full board, the chairman, Dr. Roy Vagelos, gave a brief statement:We, the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, strongly support the Administration’s

strategic plan to focus on the University’s core responsibilities of teaching and research asexpressed in the Agenda for Excellence.

We commend the Administration for taking steps to operate the University effectivelyand efficiently and urge it to continue to do so.

Earlier in the week, at a Special Meeting of the University Council on Wednesday, membershad passed a resolution calling upon the trustees to withhold “approval of the proposedoutsourcing of facilities management at this time.” (For a transcription of the Special Meeting,which addressed issues in consultation as well as the specific proposal on outsourcing, please seepages 4-9 of this issue.)

President Rodin also reported on the beginning of a campus dialogue onalcohol awareness and on the opening of the IAST, with thanks toRoy and Diana Vagelos for their lead-ership in creating it. “IAST will standas a monument to your vision ofPenn’s future in the world ofresearch and education,” shesaid. (continued on page 2)

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Penn’s Way:A ‘Side by Side’ Campaign

In an effort to maximize options for our em-ployees, while minimizing administrative fees, Iam pleased to announce that Penn will partner withboth the Center for Responsible Funding and theUnited Way to manage this year’s Penn’s Waycharitable donations campaign.

It was determined that if the Center for Respon-sible Funding was selected to manage the entirePenn’s Way Campaign, there would be a signifi-cant “double hit” of administrative fees on fundsraised for United Way agencies. This would not bethe case if the campaign were run by the UnitedWay. This distinction is very important becauseapproximately 75 percent of the funds raisedthrough the Penn’s Way campaign are channeledthrough the United Way.

In last year’s campaign, for example, $230,000was raised, of which $173,000 went to United Wayagencies. In other words, of the $173,000, 11.7percent was “charged” by the United Way foradministration. If the Center for Responsible Fund-ing had handled these transactions, there wouldhave been an 11.5 percent charge from the Centeradded to the 11.7 percent by United Way. As aresult, the total administrative fee for 75 percent ofthe funds raised at Penn would have been 23.2percent – which would have amounted to $40,000,as compared to $20,000.

This year marks the first “Side by Side” cam-paign, in which the United Way will manage atraditional United Way campaign on our behalf,and the Center will manage a parallel campaign forthe partner organizations (Bread & Roses Com-munity Fund, Catholic Charities Appeal, Environ-mental Fund for Pennsylvania, Federation of Al-lied Jewish Appeal, the United Negro CollegeFund, Inc., Womans Way, AIDS Fund, BlackUnited Fund of PA, Inc.). While we chose theUnited Way so as to minimize administrative feesto United Way participants, we chose the Center tomanage the Partner organizations campaign basedon campus feedback on other issues such as inde-pendent management. Although this will be a Sideby Side campaign, we anticipate that there willonly be one mailing, a consistent and clear set ofmaterials, and a single letter sent on behalf ofPenn’s Way.

We are currently finalizing the operational de-tails of this campaign and I look forward to thisbeing the most successful Penn’s Way to date.

— John A. FryExecutive Vice President

Corrections to November 4 IssueIn the page 17 call for grant proposals to the

Center for Molecular Studies in Digestive and LiverDisease, the e-mail address for Lisa Kaiser shouldhave been kaiserl@mail.med.upenn.edu.

On page 21, the research study on Eating Disor-ders seeks volunteers who have had Anorexia orBulimia and (not “or”) who have a sibling, cousin orother relative who also has an eating disorder.

Packard Fellow: Nancy BoniniThe David and Lucile Packard Foundation has made a

$500,000 award to Penn’s Dr. Nancy Bonini, assistant pro-fessor of biology, as one of the 20 most promising science andengineering researchers at universities in the U.S. The awardwill support five years’ research for Dr. Bonini, a Princetonalumna who took her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in1987. She is currently working on genetic models of braindegeneration in fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster).

Packard awards, established in 1988, have supported 200Fellows at 44 institutions at a total of $100 million. Lynn Orr,dean of earth sciences at Stanford and chair of the advisory panelthat selects the Fellows, said the “unrestricted nature of thefellowship along with the commitment of funding for five yearswill enable these research groups to pursue lines of inquiry thatmight be too risky for standard funding mechanisms.”Dr. Bonini

Resolution on the Approval of theTC Higher Education Services, Inc., Servicing Agreement

Intention:TC Higher Education Services, Inc. (“TCHES”) is a wholly owned subsidiary of

Trammell Crow Corporate Services, Inc. and was formed for the purpose of managinguniversity facilities and related services. To provide for the cost efficient professionalmanagement of professional management of university facilities and related services, theUniversity of Pennsylvania (“University”) desires to enter into an agreement with TCHESfor management services in connection with the University’s facilities, infrastructure andreal estate portfolio and for other reporting and consulting services, as will be morespecifically set forth in a Servicing Agreement to be entered into between the Universityand TCHES (the “Servicing Agreement”). The Servicing Agreement will provide, interalia, for the management of at least 10,000,000 square feet of University facilities for a termof ten years (in addition to a four month initial period and a four month transition period)for an annual management feel of $4,700,000, which fee will be subject to adjustment onaccount of cost savings, performance standards and other terms and provisions which willbe more specifically set forth in the Servicing Agreement. The Servicing Agreement willalso provide for the following incentive payments to be made to the University: (1)$1,000,000 on the effective date of the Servicing Agreement; (2) $25,000,000 on the initialperiod commencement date of the Servicing Agreement; and (3) $6,000,000 to be paid inincrements of $1,000,000 starting on June 30, 2002 and annually thereafter during the termof the Servicing Agreement, subject to certain conditions more specifically set forth in theServicing Agreement.

Resolved, that the transaction described in the foregoing Intention be, and the samehereby is, approved, with such changes as the Executive Vice President of the University(“EVP”), or other appropriate officer, approves (such approval to be evidenced conclu-sively by the execution and delivery on behalf of the University of the Servicing Agreementand any and all other documents relating thereto).

Further Resolved, that, pursuant to the foregoing, the delegation of authority to the EVP,or other appropriate officer, to take such action and approve and execute such documentson behalf of the University as may be necessary to effectuate and implement the transactioncontemplated herein be, and the same hereby is, approved, with such changes as suchofficer deems advisable, necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate such transaction.

Trustees Stated Meeting (from page 1)

Dr. Rodin formally nominated and introduced Peter C. Erichsen as Vice President andGeneral Counsel of the University and the Health System (Almanac November 4), addingto the previously-published biographical information that he has coordinated the selectionand confirmation of federal judges and supervised the Presidential appointments process,including the 1996-97 Cabinet transition. From 1993-1996, Mr. Erichsen was deputyassistant attorney general at the Department of Justice. His election was approved.

Provost Stanley Chodorow, addressing his last full board meeting as he prepares to leavethe University December 31, expressed appreciation to President Rodin, EVP John Fry, theDeans and Vice Provosts and to the trustees for “an experience I hope to carry into my futurecareer.” Dr. Vagelos extended his thanks to the Provost, and Dr. Rodin said that while therewill be more occasions before Dr. Chodorow leaves, she added her appreciation for his“wonderful, lasting achievements” at Penn. Later Dr. Gloria Chisum, reporting on behalfof Dr. Donald Langenberg for the Trustees Committee on Academic Policy, praised theinitiative to increase the graduation rate of Penn undergraduates (Almanac October 28).

Neighborhood Initiatives: Dr. Vagelos also reported on the establishment of a newTrustee Committee on Neighborhood Initiatives, whose first chairman is the Hon. GilbertF. Casellas, L ”77, chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission inWashington, D.C., and a lecturer in the Law School, 1985-89 and 1992-93.

Later, after voting a suspension of rules to allow for election to the Executive Committeeother than in the spring, the trustees elected to the Executive Committee both Mr. Casellasand Dr. Harold J. Levine, Gr. ’66, H ’96, who is the Harry C. Wiess Professor of MolecularBiology at Princeton.

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Zhi-Long Chen Scott Diamond Camillo Taylor

COUNCIL

Agenda for the University Council MeetingWednesday, November 12, 1997

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

I. Approval of the minutes of October 15, 1997 meeting, 1 minute.II. Statement by Steering Chair Professor Vivian Seltzer, 2 minutes.III. Status Reports by the Provost, Chair of the Steering Committee, and Chairs of the Graduate

and Professional Student Assembly, Undergraduate Assembly, Penn Professional Staff As-sembly, and A-3 Assembly (Time limit for reports and clarifications: 10 minutes. )

IV. State of the University Report, by President Judith Rodin.(25 minutes presentation, 10 minutes discussion)

V. Voteon proposed University Council bylaws revisions. (Deletions in brackets, insertionsunderlined) (30 minutes).A. Deferred from 1996-97 Council:Proposed bylaws change to add (in chronological order) to Section II. Membership, 1. Composition,new paragraph (i): “One elected representative of the United Minorities Council.”B. Recommended by Committee on Committees

1. Add faculty to Committee on Open Expression. Section VI. Committees, 3. Indepen-dent Committees (a), revise to read: The Committee shall consist of [thirteen] sixteen members:[five] eight faculty members, two A-1 staff members, one A-3 staff member, and five students.”

2. Add A-1 and A-3 staff members to the Disability Board. Section VI. Committees, 3.Independent Committees (d), revise to read: “The Committee shall consist of eight facultymembers, [and two administrators] two A-1 staff members, two A-3 staff members.”C. Recommended by Steering

1. Abolish the Student Fulbright Awards Committee.Delete Section VI. Committees, 3. Independent Committees (e) Student Fulbright AwardsCommittee.

VI. Council committee reports (40 minutes, including 10 minutes for faculty presentations:A. Bookstore (15 minutes)B. Facilities (15 minutes)

VI. New business agenda items: 5 minutesVII. Adjournment by 6 p.m.

Note: Council meetings are open to observers. Please call the Office of the Secretary, 898-7005, toregister an interest in attending. Penn I.D. is required for entry to The Quad.

Six New Faces in SEASWhen The Compass was preparing this year’s special

insert on new faculty in all of the schools (Almanac Oct. 7),the School of Engineering and Applied Science sent thumb-nail sketches of its six new faculty directly from the Dean’sOffice, and arranged for photographs to be sent from an off-campus source. Inexplicably, the photographs did not arrive.But the Dean has since tracked them down, and we are pleasedto present them now on behalf of The Compass.

Rajeev Alur, Associate Professor of Computer and Infor-mation Science, specializes in computer-aided verification withstrong ties to diverse areas such as CAD, software engineering,real-time systems, and control systems; Ph.D. from Stanford.

Kwabena A. Boahen, Assistant Professor of Bioengineer-ing/Secondary in Electrical Engineering and Skirkanich TermAssistant Professor, specializes in neuro implementation withVLSI with a biology interest; Ph.D. from CalTech.

I-Wei Chen, Professor of Materials Science and Engineer-ing and Skirkanich Professor of Materials Innovation, special-izes in processing and properties of ceramics and metals, ferro-electrics, and thin films. He joins Penn from a faculty post at theUniversity of Michigan; Ph.D. from MIT.

Zhi-Long Chen, Assistant Professor of Systems Engineer-ing, specializes in operations scheduling and planning; capacityplanning and technology choice, logistics and transportation, equip-ment replacement, and asset allocation; Ph.D. from Princeton.

Scott L. Diamond, Associate Professor of Chemical Engi-neering/Secondary in Bioengineering, specializes in endothelialcell mechanobiology, drug and gene delivery, thrombolytictherapies, and biotransport phenomena. He joins Penn from afaculty post at SUNY, Buffalo; Ph.D. from Rice.

Camillo J. Taylor, Assistant Professor of Computer andInfor mation Science, specializes in machine vision; sensor-basedcontrol of mobile robots; real-time, autonomous control of automobiles using stereo vision; and 3-D model recovery of architec-tural scenes; Ph.D. from Yale.

Rajeev Allur Kwabena Boahen I-Wei Chen

A-3 ASSEMBLY

Members’ Forum November 18:What Do You Really Want?

The A-3 Assembly is holding an openforum meeting: What Do You ReallyWant? Tell Us!; on November 18, noon-2 p.m., at Room 200, College Hall. All A-3 staff members are invited to attend.

— Donna M. Arthur,Chair, A-3 Assembly

Snow Day Child Care:December 1—April 17

On weekdays between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.,from December 1, 1997 through April 17, 1998,Snow Day Child Care will again be available forPenn faculty and staff when the PhiladelphiaCounty Public schools are closed due to inclem-ent weather and the University is open. Childrenattending school in other districts are welcomeas well, according to an announcement by theOffice of Human Resources.

Care is provided at licensed day care centersin University City for children aged three monthsthrough twelve years whose parent is either aregular, full-time or part-time faculty or staffmember. Space is limited.

Faculty and staff should expect to receive abrochure containing an enrollment packet re-quest form which needs to be completed andreturned before using the Snow Day Care.

For further information, please contactMarilyn Kraut, Worklife Programs, Division ofHuman Resources, at 898-0380.

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COUNCIL Special Meeting November 5, 1997

Debate and Action on Consultation and on Outsourcing

At the November 5 Special Meeting of theUniversity Council, attended by some 50members and a large number of observers,the Moderator, Dr. Samuel Preston, openedby noting, “There is only one item on theagenda for this meeting, and discussion ofany other issue is going to be considered outof order.” He also reported that the SteeringCommittee asked speakers to limit themselvesto three minutes, and had set an order for ini-tial speakers. As Chair of Steering, Dr. VivianSeltzer then verified the procedure followedto call the meeting.

Statements of speakers have been transcribedfrom a Council tape recording and lightlyedited to remove false starts and repetitions.Annotations in bracketed italics show wherematter has been omitted or summarized. Asnoted at the end, this account is not completebecause either the master or the dubbed tapereceived by Almanac did not go all the way tothe end of the discussion. —Ed.

President’s Opening StatementDr. Judith Rodin: I’d like to comment on

three areas as a way of beginning the conversa-tion—first, the goal of the Trammell Crow con-tract; secondly the issue of consultation; andthird the issue of treatment of employees.

Beginning with the goal: There really are twogoals, they are as important as they are simple.First ,to enhance service in our facilities and ourresidences for the entire University community;and second, to control costs in our facilitiesmanagement, so that more of our resources canbe devoted to the core academic missions of theUniversity.

These goals have been high on our institu-tional agenda since I came to Penn. In conversa-tions with faculty, students, trustees and somestaff, before my inauguration everyone made thesame point in different ways: Penn had to do abetter job of providing administrative services,and at the same time do it less expensively.

More formally, in 1993, the year before myarrival, the University’s Cost Containment Com-mittee, appointed by the Faculty Senate, issueda report that called for administrative improve-ment and cost-effectiveness in the service of ouracademic mission. For well over a year in theUniversity-wide strategic planning process thatled to the Agenda for Excellence, people fromacross this institution amplified the same points.More than any other point in the agenda, therewas consensus that if we could find the opportu-nity to improve administrative service, and si-multaneously control costs, then we should takeit eagerly.

Let me move to consultation. A number ofpeople have complained that there was inad-equate consultation before the Administrationsigned a letter of intent with Trammell Crow.Let me say something about that. First, we signedwhat was called a non-binding Letter of Intent,which simple enabled us to begin negotiating an

agreement. This was not and is not a final agree-ment. It was the beginning of the negotiatingprocess. That was the point. We wanted to givethe campus community an opportunity to thinkand to comment. A month has now passed sincethe letter of intent was signed—a month inwhich, as was intended, a great deal of commenthas been voiced and a great many good sugges-tions have been made. Later I hope that you willask John Fry to list the number of meetings andconsultations that he has personally participatedin over the past four weeks. The proposed agree-ment with Trammell Crow has been improved asa result in response to the many useful sugges-tions received. Again, that was the point ofopening up this month-long process.

Before we ever spoke to Trammell Crow, theAdministration had a mandate from all cornersof the University to enhance administrative ser-vices across the board and to control their costs.Let me reemphasize this point, only to note thatthere has been a great deal of consultation overa long period of time that led to the mandate tocontrol administrative costs. This is one end re-sult of that consultative process. While we maynot be able in all cases to wholly satisfy thedesire for consultation across every constitu-ency of the University, I want you to know thatI take the need for consultation seriously. I havespent my life, as many of you have, at universi-ties. I respect them as communities and I under-stand and value the need for inclusion. We aretrying to be respectful of that process whilerunning a university.

Third, treatment of employees. I understandwhy staff affected by the Trammell Crow agree-ment feel so strongly. Your lives and your jobsare affected by that decision and I do not takethat at all lightly. But I want to assure all of youthat fair treatment of Penn employees in ourfacilities operations has been a paramount con-cern in this process. I’m sure there will be muchmore discussion of this today, but I would like tomake only a few points before relinquishing thefloor. It is simply not the case that the affectedfacilities employees are going to lose their jobs.It will be a contractual provision in the finalagreement if signed that a large majority of themwill be offered comparable or better jobs withTrammell Crow. It is also not the case thatemployees who go to work for Trammell willsuffer major losses in their employee benefits.While Trammell’s benefits package is not thesame as Penn’s, Trammell has made adjust-ments to make it close. Domestic partner ben-efits are now included, employee salaries will beincreased to cover any losses that they mightexperience in dental, medical or vision benefits.In addition, for employees who go to work forTrammell, Penn will continue to provide tuitionbenefits for the employees and their dependentchildren as long as they continue to work forTrammell on the Penn account. For the minorityof affected employees who do not ultimatelyfind jobs with Trammell or elsewhere within the

University, we will provide a range of transi-tional services to help in their search for workelsewhere. In my judgment this is not at all a casein which the University has shown no regard forits employees. We value our staff very highlyand we are taking every possible step to showthis as we work through the agreement.

GAPSA’s Initial ResolutionMatthew Ruben: I’m addressing you now

not as myself but on behalf of the 27 petitionersrequesting this meeting. The resolution wasbrought by GAPSA in response to the obviousrecognition based on the reaction to the an-nouncement of the non-binding agreement thatsomething is wrong. And the evidence for thatwas that a lot of people, including people whoare not directly affected by this arrangement,had very extreme reaction and showed theirconcern immediately and unequivocally. Wethought this would be a good way to get thoseconcerns vetted. While it’s not a substitute forconsultation, it helps to operate upon the recog-nition that there is a problem with consultationas perceived by many people in the Universitycommunity and so it’s upon their behalf that webring this resolution.

[Mr. Ruben read into the record the resolu-tion as published November 4; note that a friendlyamendment is made immediately after it, andthat later in the meeting the motion after “There-fore” is divided into two parts.]

ResolutionWhereas, Statutes of the Trustees have es-

tablished University Council, and have em-powered this body to “consider the activities ofthe University broadly in all of its phases[and]recommend general policies and otherwise ad-vise the President, the Provost, and other offic-ers of the University”, and

Whereas the Undergraduate Assembly(UA), and the Graduate and Professional Stu-dent Assembly (GAPSA) have been establishedby the Statutes of the Trustees to “discuss andexpress their views upon any manner they deemto be of general University interest, and to makeresolutions and pass resolutions with respectthere-todirectly to the President, the Provostand the Trustees”; and

Whereas GAPSA has passed resolutionsrecommending that the Trammell Crow con-tract not be approved, and a special committeebe appointed by the Trustees to examine theconsultative and decision making process at theUniversity; and the UA is considering similarresolutions; and

Whereas both the employee organizations(Penn Professional Staff Assembly (PPSA),and the A-3 Assembly) recognized by Councilas thelegitimate voices of thousands of Univer-sity employees, have issued statement stronglycritical of the Trammel Crow contract, and theBlack Student League (BSL) and the AfricanAmerican Association of Faculty, Staff andAdministrators (AAA) have also objected tothis deal; and

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Whereas, University Council itself was notconsulted on the decision to outsource facilitiesmanagement, nor was provided sufficient timein which to independently assess the implica-tions of this arrangement on the University “inall of its phases”; and

Whereas, in December 1996, UniversityCouncil requested that the administration re-port back to Council on many issues raised bythe Trammell Crow contract; and to date theadministration has not done so;

Therefore:University Council strongly recommends

that the Trustees act in a manner wholly con-sistent with the resolutions of the Graduate andProfessional Student Assembly, and the ex-pressed views of the PPSA, A-3 Assembly, theBSL, and AAA.

Before we move on I should note that this reso-lution was written a little over a week ago, andsince then the UA has finished considering asimilar resolution; and at this time if anyone iswilling to offer a friendly amendment... [Amend-ment is made and accepted.]

Statement of SECDr. Seltzer: The position of the Senate Ex-

ecutive Committee is found in a column in theNovember 4 Almanac [page 5]. In essence, itstates that the SEC is concerned by tensionswhich have resulted from the impact of theTrammell Crow outsourcing decisions. SECencourages reactivation of broad consultation toseek varying and divergent views and particu-larly asks that the Senate leadership be takeninto confidence before the fact.

Statement of GAPSAVictoria Tredinnick: GAPSA organized this

meeting because we felt it was important thatsome community discussion take place beforethe trustees met to sign a contract that has veryfar-reaching consequences. People sometimes,various times, various people, have asked whywe have an opinion about something that doesn’tconcern graduate and professional students. Butwe feel that it does concern us, and we take veryseriously the assertion that we are a community.We have submitted, prior to this meeting, aseries of questions to EVP John Fry, and whilewe have not yet gotten responses in writing, weare expecting a response soon. We feel they’rebasic questions regarding this Trammell Crowcontract and they shouldn’t pose too great aproblem to answer.

On October 22, GAPSA General Assemblypassed unanimously two resolutions. One wasabout community and the process of consulta-tion at Penn, which I won’t read--they’re bothavailable on our website:www.gapsa.upenn. eduThe second resolution, which was specificallyabout the outsourcing of facilities management,reads:

GAPSA urges the trustees not to approve theproposed contract to outsource the managementof Penn’s facilities. Proper public disclosure anddiscussion of the details is absolutely necessaryfor such a major decision to made with confi-dence and credibility.

Statement of PPSAJames Bean: Our comments also appeared

in Almanac November 4, and to briefly capsulizethem:

The Penn Professional Staff Assembly hasadded its voice to the many that have expressedconcern over the recent announcement of theoutsourcing of facilities planning to TrammellCrow. Many of those affected employees arethose who make up our constituency, the A-1employees.

For years Penn has fostered among its em-ployees a feeling of community and family. Thesuddenness of the Trammell Crow announce-ment has virtually shattered that mindset. Ex-ecutive Vice President Fry has met with PPSA—as a matter of fact we met this past Monday inthis room—at that time Mr. Fry offered an excel-lent insight into his decision-making process.This was something many of us needed to hear.

Each of us has been told to do more with less.We all feel we are doing just that. So how do wejudge whether our efforts will save our jobs ornot? We as administrators deserve to know howwe are being adjudged. This is the type of com-munication which has been lacking during thisentire process, but Monday’s session and today’shopefully represent significant steps towardscorrecting that process.

The Penn Professional Staff Assembly sup-ports the proposal made by the A-3 Assembly,calling for scheduled updates before UniversityCouncil from the EVP on his ongoing evaluativeprocess. We’d like to be kept informed whatother areas are prime targets for outsourcing.The PPSA feels it is important for more staff tobe included in understanding information onbenchmarks used to determine what getsoutsourced—in terms of customer service, fi-nancial return, and cost avoidance—so that eachunit at least knows what they are trying toaccomplish relative to the market.

We believe the EVP has heard this call. Weare pleased to see the prompt scheduling ofresume-writing workshops and job interviewtraining; we would like to see both of theseprograms, as well as programs centered aroundenhanced change management and/or careerplanning seminars, to become part of the overallprogram offered by the University’s Office ofTraining and Organizational Development.

And finally:We have brought these suggestions and some

others to the Executive Vice President. He hasmade himself very open to us, we feel he hasheard what we have brought to the table, and weare confident that each of these issues are goingto be addressed.

Statement of the A-3 AssemblyDonna Arthur: The A-3 Executive Board

made their statement at the last Council meetingand we stand firm on that statement. We feel thatthe consultative process currently in use here atPenn is in sad shape.

Input after the fact is no good when themorale of the employees has already been com-promised. We realize that a letter of intent is notlegally binding, but the headlines we saw saidUniversity Hands Over Facilities Managementto Outside Firm— in the past tense. As supportstaff, we’re not usually involved in decisions ofthis kind, and we feel that it’s as good as done alot of time.

Many A-3s wonder how a company that hasno knowledge of how to manage these facilitieswill be more efficient, cost-effective and in-crease quality. The only way this could even

dream of becoming a reality is if the key person-nel employed there accept offers from TrammellCrow. We don’t understand how not invitingtheir input into solving the problems of thepractices of facilities management is a way toencourage these employees to accept these of-fers. Or is it that they feel they don’t have achoice?

The A-3 staff of this university is very afraid,anxious, and in serious doubt that the intentionsare aimed to include their welfare. Many aretalking of unionization because they feel they’rebeing ignored, that their opinions don’t matter.

On October 11 of 1995, EVP Fry said atUniversity Council, “You will never come inhere and pick up the D.P. and find out thathundreds or thousands of jobs have been elimi-nated. There’ll never be a broad, across-the-board cut of X number of employees.” However,the October 9, 1997, headline about handingover Facilities Management is in fact laying offalmost 200 employees. That would have to be.

The employees feel now that we need toestablish, reestablish trust between the staff andthe administration. And we need to have effec-tive communication between all constituencies.We need to know when we’re being reviewedand given a chance to make solutions that work.

We also very, very badly need to remedy themorale of employees here at the University,because they’re feeling that they’re overlooked,unheard, overburdened, and just plain ignored;and we feel that not just the 175 employees arebeing affected, we are all being affected by this,over time, and we feel that this can be accom-plished by voting in favor of the proposed reso-lution.

Statement of UANoah Bilenker: This year’s UA is concen-

trating on fostering discussion within the under-graduate community. We feel that collaborationand discussion are the best ways for us to effec-tively represent our undergraduate constituency.

Such practices hold true for the entire Uni-versity community as well. That is why themeeting today of University Council is a big stepfor Council. It is a step to restore it to its onceinfluential status as an advisory body, ratherthan the current technicality that hears announce-ments and suffers from low attendance.

In the future I hope that it can be a vehicle forconsultation, preventing matters of central con-cern to students, such as residential living, frompassing through the University without our in-put. It is vitally important for us to have sus-tained and meaningful input on major structuralchanges with regards to a sector of the Univer-sity that encompasses our entire residential andclassroom experiences here. Such disregard forour input in the past and recent past raisesquestions about the future. Residential Facilitieshas traditionally been separate from the rest ofFacilities Management in order to ensure thatservices are responsive to the students who arepaying for them. How are we to assure suchinput when the departments were merged with-out our knowledge? How are we to assure anyinput when the administration blocked attemptsto appoint a search committee for leadership ofthe merged departments? Will a delay of theoutsourcing deal, until groups can be consulted,hurt this school any more than the atmosphere ofskepticism and low morale that secret practices

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have already created? It is for this reason that theUA recommends that the trustees look into theconsultative process and work with us to de-velop strong lines of communication betweenstudents and trustees. That’s why the proposaltoday is so important.

[Dr. Preston calls upon the organizationsnoted in the GAPSA resolution; AAA responds.]

Statement of the AAAJames Gray: I represent the African Ameri-

can Association of Faculty, Staff and Adminis-trators here at the University, and I’m going toread to you a letter that we are submitting toAlmanac, and also to The Daily Pennsylvanianwith a few extra comments.

We, the Executive Board of the AfricanAmerican Association (Triple A), the organiza-tion representing African American administra-tors, faculty and staff at the University of Penn-sylvania, wish to register our deepest concernsover the University’s recent decision to outsourceFacilities Management, Residential Operations,and University City Associates to the Dallas-based property management firm of TrammellCrow. As has been our past experience, we seethis as yet another indication of the UniversityAdministration’s willingness to cut costs on thebacks of loyal employees.

While Mr. Fry claims that a significant ma-jority of the Penn employees would be retainedby Trammell Crow, experience has proven oth-erwise. When Barnes and Noble took over themanagement of the Bookstore, a significant num-ber of African American employees lost theirjobs or were forced to accept retirement pack-ages even though they were reluctant to do so.We know that a large number of employees inFacilities Management are African Americans,and we are deeply concerned about their future,despite Mr. Fry’s pronouncements.

The University has demonstrated once againa refusal to involve the members of the AfricanAmerican Association in negotiating with po-tential business partners to arrive at a fair andequal agreement for all. It would have been inthe University’s interest to do so, in good faithand in the interests of its employees. After all, isthat not the mission of this University? Thequestion is, when will this gross, cancerousgreed stop? When will this institution value itslong career employees and the young peoplewho are students here? Aren’t their human needsmore important?

Statement of the Chair ofCouncil Facilities Committee

Dr. Anthony Tomazinis: The UniversityCouncil established the Facilities Committee asan instrument of the Council with an advisoryfunction for the Council on matters of facilitiesdevelopment and maintenance on the campus.The Committee includes faculty members, stu-dents, administrators, and an A-3. .

I don’t have very much to say because wewere never asked to express an opinion, neverasked to advise one way or another, or to discussthe matter. Last year we discussed the matter ofsafety, the matter of transportation and recy-cling, and we had also the physical plant directorto discuss things with us. We produced a report,published in Almanac (October 14, 1997). Thereis no evidence that there was any functional role

for the Facilities Committee; therefore I can saythat although we see three situations, only thethird situation obtains: It’s advice or consulta-tion before a decision is made; or advice orconsultation after the decision was made, or noadvice and consultation whatsoever. Only thethird took place.

In this particular case we were surprisedbecause the letter of intent for us was a matter ofdecision from the administration to proceed.The matter of the corporate decision, which isthe trustees’, has not taken place yet, and theappeal of the campus will I guess produce someconsultation on this case, although the trusteesfor one reason or another did not ask for addi-tional consultation, and they have this afternoonthat meeting that probably will be discussingand decide about it. Whether they will show aninterest in hearing from someone is something tobe found, before or after they decide and theyvote. However, the truth is that as far as aninstrument of the University Council, the Facili-ties Committee which I guess was established tobe part of the discussion, has played no role andthere is no indication that anyone wanted it toexist or to play any role.

GAPSA Motion to DivideAlex Welte: [noting that he moves to divide

the question for clarity, and that “the whereasesremain the same,” Mr. Welte reads the amendedmotion]:

Therefore,The University Council calls upon the trust-

ees to act in a manner consistent with the statedneeds of the campus community, by takingactive steps to rehabilitate the culture of consul-tation at the University. The Council recom-mends appointing a committee composed oftrustees, faculty, students, administrators, andsupport staff, which is charged to examine theproblems that have been raised about the con-sultative process, and authorized to make bind-ing recommendations to facilitate improve-ments.

* * *Therefore,The University Council calls upon the trust-

ees to act in a manner consistent with the statedneeds of the campus community, by withhold-ing approval of the proposed outsourcing offacilities management at this time.

[Dr. Preston explains that a division of thequestion is an incidental motion, and not debat-able. On a show of hands the Moderator de-clares that the ‘ayes’ have it.

[Dr. Preston also rules that the parts will bediscussed together, but separated for voting.]

Mr.Welte: The President and the EVP havetold us several times about the process that hasbeen behind this and that when the letter of intentwas announced on October the 8th, that a lot ofdiscussion has in fact occurred, and they wouldlike us to consider this as being in fact the naturalprocess of consultation that is to take placearound this.

I think a fundamental point that needs to beunderstood is that one very large decision isalready effectively made—and that it is onething to discuss some details of how one mightout-source or under what circumstances peoplewill be employed by TC if they are, and so on,but there is a very fundamental decision that has

been made to proceed with outsourcing, whichtook everyone by surprise because it had notonly not been hinted that this was coming but wehad been told that these kinds of things actuallywouldn’t happen. It’s really more the questionof how does a major decision get made just outof the blue; I think it’s a quite different matter totalk about the response that is provoked aroundthe details and to talk about the process that ledto the big, well-defined decision that was, essen-tially, handed down.

Dr. Tomazinis: I was very delighted hearingthe President at the beginning of this meeting,and it seems to me the first resolution is verymuch in the spirit of what the President said. ThePresident does want consultation, and it is im-portant to remove that very explosive issue fromthe midst of the campus. It is therefore very wiseto have the President work with the trustees, andwith some consultation from the Council, andestablish a mechanism of consultation whichwill have some transparency, and can stop theconversation about whether or not there is anyconsultation, as the first step.

Therefore I find this division and this word-ing very comforting. I hope the students agreethat a mechanism that is transparent and thatadvises before the fact is important, with thebyproduct of information flowing.

For example, on this campus for three yearsnow we don’t have any budget information onwhere the money goes—even misinterpretationor different interpretations exist as to what ismeant by administrative costs. We have differ-ent impressions from what the President indi-cated earlier: running the campus, cleaning thecampus, is not an administrative cost, it’s a basicfunction that the University needs to carry out.So we need to know how much it costs, whetherit went up or down, how many people, and so on.In many areas of the University informationdoes not flow any more and is communicatedonly on a need-to-know basis, which is inappro-priate for a consultative community.

As for the second part, on the basis of expe-rience in many organizations, the choice is not abinary choice; outsourcing is a legitimate choiceand in this case may prove to be the best. Butthere are different forms of outsourcing, as wellas different measures that internally can be taken.Obviously the administration has taken abso-lutely no measures; they kept talking but eventhe Facilities Committee has never been in-formed there was any complaint.

Four years ago the Committee on Adminis-tration reported on the cost of the Administra-tion—the President’s Office, the Provost’s Of-fice, all of the paraphernalia of the Admissionsand Development—that was the topic of thatcommittee three years ago. Things changed. Atthat time, I remember, we had in the School ofFine Arts, the thing which now the new organi-zation of Trammell Crow proposes, cleaners bybuilding—but we were finding them in the closetsleeping, and we had to call and bring the policeand do something because the bathrooms weresmelling and something had to be done and thepeople could not be found. Obviously solutionsof that type are not going to work. A much moresincere and extensive analysis of the problemneeds to be made. This second resolution has thepromise of such an analysis, and I am for thispurpose in favor of it.

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David Bowie: [He identifies himself as amember both of GAPSA and of GSAC, the Gradu-ate Student Associations Council, which repre-sents graduate students of SAS plus others pur-suing the Ph.D. in the University]

Discussions within GSAC executive boardshow a great bit of concern that there seems to besome sort of culture of, for lack of a better word,secrecy, within the administration—on issuesranging from vending to health insurance, to thedelay in finding out how the general fee isbroken down, to this current issue of downsizingand outsourcing. It’s been very difficult to haveany feeling that there’s allowed to be any sort ofinput from those affected by administrative de-cisions.

Even if this is not the case, this is the way itappears. And something needs to be done tocorrect this feeling. Therefore I feel that both ofthese resolutions should be passed by Councilbecause they will in any event help to counterthis feeling that the administration makes deci-sions unilaterally without caring what any of theconstituents have to say about anything.

Dr. Peter Freyd: There is an issue I havetrouble with; I’d like to discuss the resolutionsfrom at least two points of view. First, as afaculty member, I have always felt that I shouldnot in any official way even recognize the exist-ence of the trustees. I am very worried about thefaculty talking directly to the trustees. I can thinkof an exception—maybe how to invest, andwhether to invest endowment funds in some-thing like bad regimes—but otherwise when itcomes to the running of the University, it strikesme as a very dangerous thing. The trusteesshould do what the administration tells them todo and not anything else. Now, I certainly didn’tfeel that when I was a student, and indeed I brokethe rule I just set. But I would like to point outthat the very process that would lead to moreconsultation between the Administration andthe campus community is defeated by goingover the Administration’s head directly to thetrustees. And I think there’s a self-defeatingaspect of these resolutions as they now stand.This may just be a technical thing...may justmean a rewording so you’re not talking directlyto the trustees. It’s not clear to me at all that youwant to. I can’t vote for them in the present form.

Dr. Larry Gross: Peter’s already begun thecomments that I was going to make...

[A turnover of the tape interrupts Dr. Gross’sremarks, which agree with Dr. Freyd’s concern-ing the inclusion of the trustees on the proposedcommittee. Dr. Gross continues.]

I am concerned that the University as a com-munity of scholars, as a community differentfrom other large institutions and large employ-ers, maintain a distinct identity, and thereforemy instinct is to work within the community. It’snot as if the trustees won’t know what we’retalking about. This is not as if they won’t hearabout it—some of them may be present?—orwon’t learn about it. But when I read a motionthat says “recommends appointing,” doesn’tspecify who would appoint, the implication isthat the trustees would appoint such a commit-tee—and that worries me enormously. The no-tion that the Council will ask the trustees toappoint—a precedent strenuously to resist—acommittee to “make binding recommendations”?Binding on whom? Enforced by whom? I can

imagine circumstances where it would be neces-sary for Council to resist the intrusion of trusteeson issues that are equally important to the life ofthe University.

So I would like to urge that we find a way toexpress deep concern that I certainly share, thatthe consultative process at the University has notbeen adequately in practice; and contrary tosome of the things that have been said, I thinkthat announcing something as a clock ticking forthirty days puts a certain slant on discussions—telling people they can apply for their jobs putsa certain slant on discussions—that I wouldn’tquite call consultation. Input, maybe; negotia-tion, maybe; but not consultation. And I think wedo need to try and focus on that.

[Mr. Welte accepts as friendly the commentsof Dr. Freyd and Dr. Gross and offers to change“trustees” to “administration” in the first in-stance, and to remove it in the second. He alsoaccepts Dr. Seltzer’s suggestion to strike “auth-orized”and “binding.” These amendments pass.

[Additionally, Dr. Larry Gross recommendsadding a reporting date of April 1, to allow forCouncil discussion before the end of the aca-demic year. The chair asks to withhold the mo-tion and reopens discussion.]

Dean Gary Hack: What are we debating?Can we debate substance? I have to say I feel thediscussion has been hijacked into a general dis-cussion of the issue of consultative process onthe campus. I actually thought the subject wasthe question of facilities management andwhether it made sense or not for us to proceedwith an arrangement whereby we made changesto how we do facilities management.

It seems to me that the second half of thismotion is I think unnecessary. I would like toargue that in fact the direction that’s being pro-posed is not only the right direction but in factthat the process is probably the only way that onecan imagine going about these kinds of debatesand discussions.

Let me take the second before the first. Itseems to me we would have very little to discussif we didn’t have a concrete proposal on thetable. And when we ask our leaders to lead weask them to bring forward to us proposals aboutchanges that are to be made, and it seems to methat we have such a proposal, and I haven’t heardover the last month very much debate over thequestion of whether change is either necessary,or whether this is the right direction of change.I haven’t heard anybody over the last month forexample come up to me and say “Gee, we haveterrific maintenance on the campus and it costsso little.” Or come up to me and say, “Thebuildings we’re building are a real bargain.”

I’ve heard just the opposite of it; that is, alarge number of people come forward and say,“We really must do something about mainte-nance, we must do something about the cost ofit.” In the Graduate School of Fine Arts, we haveabout 30 cents of every dollar to spend on edu-cation. Seventy percent of it goes to administra-tion, space, and all of the other kinds of needs ofrunning a university of this kind. And it doesstrike me that every dollar we can save, either onthe maintenance of things or on the building ofnew structures, which is unnecessary, is anotherdollar that we get to spend in one way or anotheron education. So I would like to see more discus-sion on the question of whether we should be

proceeding with this kind of arrangement or not.In my opinion it really is in fact the right way tobe going. And I can say more reasons for that,but I wrote many of those in the DP today and Isuggest you take a look at them.

Dr. Helen Davies: I would like to concernmyself with what Dean Hack brought up, theidea of facilities management outsourcing, andwhat changes need to be made. I will agree thatvarious committees have talked about whatchanges need to be made, but at no point did weever say in this discussion, “... and let’s out-source.”

I’d like to talk first to the morale of the staffthat are outsourced. Even if they will stay atPenn, what they are going to lose is being part ofPenn. They are no longer part of a community.And what will this do to those not part of theoutsourcing? One is a general fear, “When willI be next?” The other is survivor guilt, “Howcome I stayed when the rest of them were out?”

I would like to bring out what happenedwhen the trustees themselves had a committee,the Commission on Strengthening the Commu-nity, chaired by Gloria Chisum. We had a sensethat there was part of the trustees that said, “Thisis one community and a very important part.”

Now comes the problem of our changingmanagements. Look back at the number of EVPswe’ve had at the University, and when one madea change and that EVP was out, we had anotherEVP and another kind of thing. What do we doas we go up the chain, when the next EVP says“Outsourcing wasn’t the way, let’s start back tohaving Penn part of it own community.”

So I do think before we should have gone tooutsourcing, if there had been widespread con-sultation, we would have said, “There are changesthat need making within the structure that wenow have,” and that’s what I would like to see usgo back to. Certainly as a member of the SenateI was very unhappy to know that the Senateleadership had not been consulted on any of this.

[An unidentified speaker indicates the sec-ond part of the motion is also a matter of process“... to slow it down so people become informedthrough proper channels.”]

Statements by Non-MembersPaul Lukasiak: [After identifying himself as

part-time administrative assistant to GAPSA,commending Mr. Welte, Ms. Arthur and others,and passing out several documents.]

Dr. Rodin, do you know if Trammell Crowhas a policy of nondiscrimination and providesequal opportunity to its lesbian and gay employ-ees, for the 3000 people who work for TrammellCrow? [Dr. Rodin tells the moderator she willtake questions at the proper time.]

Let me put it this way: They don’t. AndTrammell Crow has tried to hide this fact frompeople, including two other members of theUniversity community. In one of the documentsyou are looking at right now, you can read whatTC is telling Penn’s employees. In the second isTrammell Crow’s EEO/AA policy, faxed to thePhiladelphia Gay News; it does not mentionsexual orientation as a protected class. I calledon Tuesday to confirm this, and spoke to theassistant of the Vice President of HR [at TrammellCrow], and she confirmed this as accurate.

Why has this University had for 14 months acontract with a company that does not provide

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Containment Committee was formed in 1993. Itconsisted of faculty and administrators at theUniversity. Our purpose—the official name wasthe Cost Containment Oversight Committee—was to raise issues to the administration. TheCommittee met, at least twice that I was in theroom, with the Faculty Senate [on issues raisedin the Cost Containment Committee].

What I want to say is there was some consul-tation through that Committee, as to issues—notsolutions. And one issue that was raised continu-ally was the quality of facilities management.We were not in a position, nor did we think it wasour charge to make suggestions of solutions.That was the role of the administration.

But I did just want to bring to the table the factthat this had been going on since 1993. This isnot something that was made up in the last monthor two years. It’s a long effort of people lookingat this and raising this question both in terms ofadministrators—I’ve been a chairman both inthe Wharton School and in the School of Engi-neering—there are other people who are facultymembers, chairs of departments, deans—thiswas a question that was continually raised inthese meetings. Again, I don’t want to commentpersonally, because I don’t know the details ofthe Trammell Crow agreement, but I do thinkit’s worthy of your consideration to think aboutthe fact that there was consultation about theproblem. And I think we have to separate out theconsultation on the solution versus the consulta-tion on the problem.

Dr. Tomazinis: I think we are coming backto what Noah pointed out from the UA, thematter of producing solutions has not been tack-led well. With all due respect to Dean Hack’scomments, and to John Fry’s efforts, the solu-tion is not that easy to come by. And the inves-tigation, the comparative analysis, could havebeen in Almanac—those are not secrets. Techni-cal work here is technical work. All the technicalthings are not in Almanac, not in publication.

You want to close your eyes and jump into it,you’re welcome. You want to keep open youreyes and see where you are jumping, that wouldbe the advisable thing at this moment. But as ofnow, things are not really investigated suffi-ciently, with alternative solutions and compara-tive analysis to see the cost and the benefits ofthe solution and conclude what’s best for theUniversity even if it involves hurt or harm tocertain individuals. But we produce harm with-out certain benefits. I submit that the discussionreally finally indicates the extent to which theanalysis has not taken place.

Rev. Beverly Dale: [The Director of Chris-tian Association explains that she was invited byGAPSA as an observer of the Penn culture. Sherecalls the study on Strengthening the Commu-nity, and continues.]

What does community require of you? Itrequires that you do justice, that you show kind-ness, and you walk humbly.

Trust has been broken significantly. What isgoing to be fair?

You have an administration that is under thegun. They are supposed to make this an efficient,cost-effective organization within a reasonabletimeframe. You have to understand that that’spart of why they’re here. On the other hand, wehave to be fair to the people who right now arefeeling as if they’ve been kicked in the stomach,

equal rights for lesbians and gays, and hasn’tbothered to tell its lesbian and gay communitythat this is what is happening?

[Mr. Lukasiak begins to introduce RichCipollone, whose remarks are further below,but is interrupted by the Moderator, who notesthat Mr. Fry wishes to answer.]

Response from the EVPJohn Fry: Paul’s raised an important issue

and we have done some further checking. It isthe policy of the Trammell Crow Company thattheir policy and practice is to comply with allfederal, state and local laws where they operate.Therefore they would operate within the lawsand statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-vania and the City of Philadelphia, which Ibelieve provides the kind of protections thatyou’re talking about. If they don’t, this is simplysomething we will insist upon before signingthat contract.

[To questions of Dr. Peter Freyd, Mr. Fryresponds that New Bolton Center, which is out-side the protection of the Philadelphia law, isnot to be managed by Trammell Crow because ofits specialized needs.

[The moderator calls on Mr. Cipollone.]

Statement of a Member ofFacilities Management

Rich Cipollone: I’d like to thank UniversityCouncil for providing the first, and only, publicforum in which the people whose jobs are atstake actually have an opportunity, howeverbrief, to present their side of the story themselves.

I am handing around this table the FacilitiesManagement section of the original Coopers&Lybrand report, written by John Fry [Almanac January 15, 1995]. Some day youshould read it, because it contains a lot of goodideas. The problem is, the implementation of most ofthese ideas was never discussed with the employees.

When John Fry first came to this University,he told us—he told you—that he was hired torestructure the way the University delivers ser-vices. He told us—he told you—that some jobswould be lost as a result, because the goal ofrestructuring was to improve services while in-creasing efficiency and cutting waste.

As employees we accepted that, because weknew better than anyone how inefficient muchof Penn’s administrative bureaucracy had be-come, and we knew that there were quite a fewjobs that supported administrative bloat. In theFacilities Management Department, for the lasttwo and a half years we have been waiting forrestructuring efforts to begin. We were told—and you were told—that we would be partici-pants in the process, that our knowledge, expe-rience, and expertise were valued and necessaryin order to create more responsive and efficientsystems.

That never happened. Instead, the only “effi-ciencies” that were achieved were done througha hiring freeze. Facilities lost a fairly largenumber of employees over the past few years.But our jobs were not redesigned to make themmore efficient. Instead, the work being done bythe people who left the department was thrownon the rest of the staff.

We tolerated this, first because we are dedi-cated to this University, and secondly becausewe knew that when restructuring finally did hap-

pen, that there would be fewer jobs to go around.Most of the people who are affected by the

Trammell Crow deal have been here for yearsand years. We’ve been doing our jobs. But JohnFry has not been doing his. Instead of findingways to make Penn more efficient, John Fry hasbeen making deals. This is not the job that he toldus, and that he told you, that he was hired to do.And the loyal, hardworking employees of thisuniversity should not be sold off to a Texascompany because John Fry did not do his job.

That is a moral issue, but there is a practicalside to this for you as well, and it is this:

Our departments are already overworked,with too few people doing way too much. Someof that work is wasteful—I can’t tell you howmuch time we spend compiling reports for peoplein John Fry’s office to look at. But a lot of thework we do is necessary if you are to receive thekinds of services that students are paying for,and that faculty need to do their job. And quitefrankly, I don’t think that Trammell Crow can dothe job that needs to be done by making furthercuts of 20-40% in its workforce. And if they cando it, then why can’t John Fry figure out how,and tell us?

The Trammell Crow deal is designed to dotwo things. First it’s designed to bring in $32million by selling the expertise of loyal Pennemployees to a company that has no experiencewhatsoever in the management of academic fa-cilities—in fact, they aren’t even experts in themanagement of residential facilities. All thatTrammell Crow claims leadership in is commer-cial real estate management. This is not a normalbusiness deal. This is white-collar flesh ped-dling.

The other thing this deal is designed to do isreduce accountability, and make the faculty andstudents of this university accept a lower level ofservices by bringing in an outside company toperform those services. Right now you are theclient, and our job is to meet your needs. IfTrammell Crow takes over, John Fry will be theclient, and you will just be the tenant. Real estatemanagement companies exist, and make money,by satisfying the landlord and not the tenant. Inan open market, tenant satisfaction is necessary.But Penn is not an open market, it is a restrictedmarket, and the client doesn’t have to worryabout tenant satisfaction.

One final thought. No doubt each and everyone of you has received assurances that yourneeds will be met. Well, the employees of Facili-ties Management are here to tell you that thepromises made by John Fry are worthless. Re-member, what John Fry is asking you to do isbelieve that a company with a ten-year contractwill not betray its commitment in order to makea fast buck to meet the demands of stockholdersfor high quarterly profits. If John Fry is willingto break the promises that he made to you for afast buck, do you really think the company thathe wants to hire will be any different?

[Dr. Preston opens discussion to anyone whowishes to speak.]

Statements from ObserversDr. Patrick Harker. I’m a faculty member

who was a member of the Cost ContainmentCommittee. I am not here to talk about the qual-ity or the benefits and costs of the TrammellCrow agreement but really to put on the table theconsultative nature of the process. The Cost

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who have been loyal employees for decades, andwho now are questioning whether or not they aregoing to have a job in a couple of months. Whatis fair and how do we do justice?

How are we to show kindness in the midst ofall this, in this unfortunate reality? It’s not justthe action of whether or not a negotiation papershould have been signed. Who is talking to who?

Trust is the key. We don’t have trust. Open-ness is the key, and there are severe problemswith openness. So finally how are we going tobring about justice and with some kindness? Weare going to have to approach this with somehumility. That means on both sides. I wouldsuggest to you it’s going to take some time toreally get at some core issues that underlie thiscurrent debate. We have a culture of suspicionand we’ve got to create a culture of trust. So doesthe resolution encourage some time for somehealing to occur? Can you put in motion actionsthat will prevent further problems such as this?If we can, I would suggest that that is a compas-sionate way to respond to this, and it is a fair wayto respond to this, and hopefully we can do thiswith a little bit of humility on everybody’s side.

Dr. Marshall Blume: I’ve been on the CostContainment Committee, I think for genera-tions. The first one was appointed by SheldonHackney and when Judy Rodin became presi-dent she appointed another Cost ContainmentCommittee. There were four faculty memberswho were appointed in consultation with theFaculty Senate. We met with John Fry almostevery month for quite a while. Every majororganization that reports to John made presenta-tions to us. We listened to these. In Almanac wepublished a report which we also gave to theCouncil. One of the areas which we identified ashaving very bad possibility of success in thefuture was the Facilities Management area. Wethought that some major restructuring should bedone in that area.

That was reported, it was inAlmanac [September 3, 1996], it was clearlyvisible to everybody. In that Committee welistened to the presentations. In my view if thedeans and the faculty had said “no,” nothingwould have been done. We talked generallyabout outsourcing and we thought it was a goodidea but each case of outsourcing had to beexamined on its own merits. We were involvedin that committee in overviewing the outsourcingof the Bookstore, and we thought that was a goodthing to go ahead with.

So there has been a large amount of consul-tation. I think there’s a debate about whether theimplementation of our consultation, which wasthat there was a real problem in there, shouldhave been revealed, maybe a week or two beforeit was announced publicly, to the Faculty Sen-ate; I personally think it should. Having saidthat, I think that we have such a severe problemin this area that we should be going forward andrelying on the administration for doing the rightthing at this point.

Dr. Seltzer: I would like to respond to themembers of the Cost Containment Committeeby merely letting you know that certainly sincethe beginning of this academic year, we haven’theard from you, and I’m wondering if you aremembers of a current Cost Containment Com-mittee; and if not, if you could please help us outby identifying the period of time where you wereserving?

Dr. Blume: The Cost Containment Commit-tee as I understand it was not reappointed for thiscurrent year.

Dr. Preston: When was it in fact operative?Dr. Blume: It was operative from 1993

through our final report in the fall of 1996.

Dr. James Galbally: I’m Associate Dean ofthe Dental School and I’d like to talk a little bitabout the contract.

At the School of Dental Medicine like theother schools and units at Penn we’re concernedabout the cost of goods and services. We under-stand as President Rodin has said that traditionalsources of revenue from tuition, patient fees andresearch will not continue to keep pace with theprojected increases in our costs and we areregularly looking at ways to find new sources ofrevenue and to control costs in order to reallo-cate funds to our core academic programs.

The proposed agreement with Trammell Crowprovides a way to control growth of one of ourmajor expenditures—the cost of operating andmaintaining facilities and constructing new fa-cilities. We appreciate the efforts of John Fryand his colleagues in crafting this pioneeringagreement that not only promises to reduce ourcosts, but also enhance services, and most im-portantly assure the humane treatment of Uni-versity employees. Thank you.

Barry Stupine: I’m Associate Dean forAdministration of the Veterinary School, and acustomer of Facilities Management. In my opin-ion the Facilities Management process here atPenn is broken. It’s very much broken.

There are a lot of good people there. It’s nota criticism of them. But there are delays—delaysof sometimes over a year in getting feasibilitystudies and engineering studies done. Some-times the quality of work is less than adequate.Faulty estimates range between 50 and 100 per-cent. It’s not only very frustrating and demoral-izing but alienates some donors when we ask forfunds and then the estimates turn out to bewrong. And the costs, they just seem to be far toohigh. Those problems tend to demoralize thefaculty and staff. They waste their time, andUniversity resources.

We’ve had grants rejected from the federalgovernment where the most severe criticism hadto do with the cost of construction; it said in aparticular case it was more than twice the na-tional average. We recently put in a door—it was$3500. This sends a message to the faculty; itdemoralizes them; it sends a message that theUniversity is not well managed—it’s not true,but that’s the message that sometimes goes outto the faculty. That’s their contact—when youput in a door and it costs that kind of money.

The truth is the University is very good; itexcels at many things. Facilities Management isnot one of them. If that’s the case, why not turnover that function to a firm that does specializeand hopefully excels. And that way we can useour resources for what we are here for...

[The tape made for Council ended here, andwe have not yet been able to determine whetheradditional material from a usable tape exists.

[From notes, we can indicate that debatecontinued with an extended statement by Mat-thew Ruben of GAPSA, which received a roundof applause from Council and observers. Alma-

nac will publish his statement if it can be recon-structed with Mr. Rubin’s assistance.

[The following approximate exchange tookplace between Dr. Gross and Mr. Fry, recon-structed from notes.]

Dr. Gross: I want to get back to the non-descrimination policy and the idea that whenyou step across City Line Avenue you have noprotection. And to the larger question: Whathappens when two communities overlap? Whatwill be the influence of Trammell Crow on ourcommunity of tenants, clients and landlords?

The University could have a beneficial effecton Trammell Crow—we could say that if theywant to play ball with us they have to dischargethese responsibilities. I’m not impressed with“We observe all federal, state and local laws.” Ihope so! Or it could be like the times when anAmerican company doing business in SaudiArabia would be asked not to allow any anyJewish employees to be hired on their job.

What about the employee who moves toTrammell Crow but later is no longer on thePenn account and loses the domestic partnerbenefit? Or who not only loses the sexual pref-erence protection we have but is moved to Texaswhere there is still a sodomy law on the books?It seems to me that we could not only ask for cashup front but ask them to make these accommo-dations, to influence their organizational cultureand bring it closer to the University’s.

Mr. Fry: First, it’s in the agreement thattransfers will be only with the consent of theemployee. Second, on domestic partners, theyare willing to learn from us and will respondappropriately. And third, on Paul’s documents,this will be clarified or we won’t go forward.

[Final speakers included Ms. Arthur of the A-3 Assembly, who noted Residential Facilitieswas left leaderless for 18 months; and GAPSA’sMr. Welte and Ms. Tredinnick, who urged thatthe agreement was not ready for a trustees vote.]

[Dr. Gross’s motion to amend the first part ofthe resolution, giving a reporting date of April 1,1998, for the work of the proposed committee,passed. The resolution’s first part then read asfollows.]

Therefore,The University Council calls upon the

Administration to act in a manner consistentwith the stated needs of the campus commu-nity, by taking active steps to rehabilitate theculture of consultation at the University. TheCouncil recommends appointing a commit-tee composed of faculty, students, adminis-trators, and support staff, which is charged toexamine the problems that have been raisedabout the consultative process, and to makerecommendations by April 1, 1998, to facili-tate improvements.

[The motion passed on a show of hands with nodissenting votes. The second part, which passedwith a show of hands and a scatteing of dissent-ing votes, read as before.]

Therefore,The University Council calls upon the

trustees to act in a manner consistent with thestated needs of the campus community, bywithholding approval of the proposed out-sourcing of facilities management at this time.

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Multimedia Courseware at PennIn response to the Senate Chair’s recent

message on intellectual property(Almanac October 7), I want to address theissue of multimedia courseware, because thereappears to be an extreme divergence of viewsbetween the 1994-95 task force on copyrightpolicy, as discussed in the article by VivianSeltzer, and one of our deans. The latter hasstated that “...courseware used in teaching....isthe property of the University,” and that “...formal teaching activities are what facultyare paid for by Penn and therefore theirproducts are owned by Penn.”

There are two components to the multi-media tutorials that I am developing under anNSF grant: the content and the computeriza-tion of the content. The content compriseswords and illustrations that are essentiallythe same as found in a textbook. In fact, mostof the tutorial content is based on a textbookthat I co-authored. The copyright of a text-book has always resided with the author(s),including authors who are faculty membersat colleges and universities. Some textbooks(unfortunately not ours) generate substantialincome that accrues to the author(s). I am notaware of any logical argument to the effectthat this procedure should be altered at Pennor elsewhere.

Anyone who has carried out normal fac-ulty duties knows that this kind of creativeactivity cannot be carried out in one’s officeduring normal working hours. There are sim-ply too many other duties and interruptions.That means it has to be done in the evenings,on weekends, on vacations, on sabbaticals,etc. Certainly, this has been the case with me.Therefore, an argument that the Universityshould own this kind of “courseware” be-cause it is part of normal teaching activities,for which the faculty are already being paid,simply has no merit. If a university wants todiscourage textbook writing by faculty, andto attract faculty lacking the capacity or thedesire to write textbooks, then this policywould have some logic to it.

The computerization of the words andillustrations is a different matter. In ourproject, the analog of “software” as envi-sioned in Penn’s present policy is the userinterface and the template that we have de-veloped, into which we put the words andpictures. The present policy, as I understand

it, is that the University has the royalty-freeright to use this interface and template, and Ihave no problem with that. In other words,the present policy appears to cover my situ-ation adequately.

The real problem at Penn regarding mul-timedia courseware, as I see it, has to do withthe lack of involvement by the University inthe development of this potentially impor-tant mode of teaching. A university commit-ted to modern education would be preparedto provide the resources that faculty need tocarry out such development. It would have afund analogous to the Research Foundationto which faculty could make proposals to buythe necessary computers, software, video-editing equipment, cameras, etc. It wouldalso have a central facility staffed by expertswho would know the latest techniques andequipment, and who would be available toassist faculty and students in getting startedin creating multimedia courseware. Unfortu-nately, Penn has almost no such experts andno fund for courseware development, as faras I can tell. As a result, I have had to raise themoney for equipment elsewhere, sometimesout of my pocket, but mainly from the NSF,and we have had to go outside the Universityfor the essential expertise. All this makes theprocess of multimedia-courseware develop-ment at Penn tortuous at best.

The probability that there is big money tobe made in the courseware area is small.Every faculty member in the country has theopportunity to get into this kind of develop-ment, and many are doing it now. There willprobably be a proliferation of locally devel-oped courseware, much more so than in thecase of conventional textbooks. Rather thanbeginning the contemplation of what to doabout computerized courseware by focusingon ownership and income, the Universityshould begin by asking how important this isnow and is likely to be in the future, and howmuch of a commitment the University isprepared to make to support it. Penn, unfor-tunately, appears to be lagging behind otherinstitutions, including many that are nowherenear the top ten in U. S. News and WorldReport. The lag is by no means irreversible.The question is, how much real interest isthere in this new form of education at Penn?

— Charles McMahon, Professor ofMaterials Science and Engineering

Speaking Out welcomes reader contributions. Short timely letters on University issues can be acceptedThursday noon for the following Tuesday’s issue, subject to right-of-reply guidelines.

Advance notice of intention to submit is appreciated.—Ed.

Bookstore Committee—NotFor the record, I would like it to be known

that I resigned from the Bookstore Commit-tee in April of this year.

I was a bookseller prior to coming toPenn and was thrilled when I was selected toserve on the Committee. Much to my dis-may, notification of Committee meetingseither occurred the day of the meeting or notat all, making it impossible for me to attend.I was surprised to see my name included inthe Bookstore Committee Report(Almanac October 14) since I never attendeda meeting, received only one set of minutes(from March) and resigned in April, wellbefore the report was written and submitted.

— Susan R. Passante, Assistant DirectorOffice of Research Administration

Ed. Note: Year-end reports of Council Com-mittees are “reports of the chair” (not of thecommittee as a whole), but in forwardingthem to Almanac the Office of the Secretaryadds for the record a list of the membershipas it stood in the Committee on Committeeslists on appointment; normally a name is notremoved if the resignation occurs well intothe academic year.

Some years ago, the practice was to listonly the author’s name with a publishedyear-end report. While this made it clearerthat the report is of the chair and not of thewhole committee, some chairs felt it failedto give proper credit for service. So we havetried to split the difference by carrying both,but attempting by typography to indicate thedistinction between authorship and mem-bership.—K.C.G.

Speaking Out

Ode to the Corporate UniversityFree choices academic or otherwiseWill certainly face a demiseIf corporations make decisionsWith economic precisionOf whether profit margins are the right size.

Consider Barnes and Noble; Trammell CrowWhose main ambitions are to grow.Cappucino’s awash, great books in short supply,Frightened employees passing byWho gets the benefit while Penn loses its soul?

— Judith Bernstein-Baker, Director,Public Service Programs, Law School

First Meyerhoff Lecture: November 17Dr. Saul Friedlander, a renowned scholar and professor of the history

of the Holocaust at UCLA, inaugurates the Rebecca and Joseph MeyerhoffLecture in Jewish History on Monday, November 17, at 4:30 p.m. in theCarol Lynch Lecture Hall, Chemistry Building. Dr. Friedlander, who isalso on the faculty of Tel Aviv University and senior editor of its journalHistory and Memory, will discuss Writing the History of the Shoah: SomeOld/New Dilemmas in a talk free and open to the public. The MeyerhoffLecture, under the auspices of the Center for Judaic Studies of SAS, isfunded by a gift of Herbert D. and Eleanor Meyerhoff Katz, to bring tocampus each year a distinguished scholar in Jewish history with broadinterests capable of linking Jewish and general historical scholarship.

Dual Celebration: Zellig Harris and House of Our OwnA public lecture in honor of Dr. Zellig Harris, the late Benjamin

Franklin Emeritus Professor of Linguistics,will be held Tuesday, Novem-ber 18, at 4:30 p.m. in Meyerson B-1. Dr. Noam Chomsky of MIT—a Pennalumnus and former student of Dr. Harris—will speak at the event, whichmarks the posthumous publication of Dr. Harris’ The Transformation ofCapitalist Society (Rowman & Littlefield, 1997).

The evening’s Organizing Committee—Professors Murray Eden ofthe NIH; William M. Evan, Edward Herman, and Andrew Lamas of Penn;and Seymour Melman of Columbia— will also honor Deborah Sanfordand Greg Schirm of the House of Our Own for the bookstore’s 25 years’service to the region as a “progressive, independent bookstore.”

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Corporate Development ThreatensCityscapes Worldwide

Cities across the world are rapidly losingtheir individuality thanks to corporate shop-ping spaces. That was the main point of the13th Annual Urban Studies Lecture Oct. 29in Meyerson Hall.

Guest lecturer Sharon Zukin presented“The Privatization of Public Space: FromDisney World to Nike Town” to a packedaudience of more than 250 people. She isthe Broeklundian Professor of Sociology atBrooklyn College in the City University ofNew Yo r k .

Last spring, Urban Studies seniors choseZukin to be the guest lecturer this fall whileconsidering her multifaceted professionalcontributions to urban studies, including herrecent book, “The Cultures of Cities.”

Elaine Simon, co-director of underg r a d-uate urban studies, introduced Zukin, say-ing her multidisciplinary research was “at

the nexus of urban studies.” Simon praisedZ u k i n ’s “interweaving consideration of thebuilt environment with urban history, eco-nomic development, politics and culture.”

Zukin argued that in the 1990s, “retaile m e rged as a strategy of urban redevelop-ment, and public spaces became representa-tions of consumption spaces.” The trend isinternational, she said, “changing the builtenvironment in most cities of the world.”

Zukin became interested in the newurban redevelopment strategy when sherealized the importance of shopping in

modern society. She noticed the publicattention given to many New York areasthat were redeveloped into shopping areasand were praised in the popular media.Well known areas of Manhattan, such asMadison Avenue and Times Square, arebeing “revitalized” by giant corporateretailers like Disney and Nike.

Zukin argued corpo-rate retailers are creat-ing a “new shoppinglandscape of power, ”using museum-likeatmospheres to reshapepublic space into “newconsumption spaces.”She gave several exam-ples of museum-liketactics — the screeningof Nike commercialvideos on movie-sizedscreens, and the presen-tation of products inglass cases with goldlabels — that elevatethe cultural value of mereconsumer goods.

Zukin noted howsocial, racial and classd i fferences related to the wave of corporatesuperstores. The new superstores have dis-placed many small, unique and ethnic busi-nesses that reflected the diversity of NewYork culture. Stores such as Barney’s, T h eGap, Barnes and Noble, and Georg i oArmani have not only cleaned up sleazybusinesses like porn shops and bars; theyhave effected a kind of urban retail ethnicc l e a n s i n g .

The new superstores create mainstreamconsumption spaces attracting “suburban-ites, visitors and tourists,” Zukin said. Sheused slides to demonstrate the shift from“vernacular social space” to spaces thatreflected “the visual appreciation of a pay-ing public.” The spaces are environmentsconducive only to buying.

She showed howthe new corporate style hasco-opted city governments. New York Citycooperated with the Disney Corporation,not only closing down a heavily usedManhattan avenue, but also shutting off allthe lights along the street so the lightedDisney floats would appear more awesome.

The cooperation goeseven further. Zukin saidcorporate retail demandsconstant police presenceand surveillance. Sheused the Disney Paradealong Fifth Avenue as anexample, pointing to thehundreds of police off i-cers and barricades in herslides of the parade toillustrate the role of regu-lation and surveillance inthe new corporate retailculture.

The connectionbetween upscale con-sumerism and police pres-ence reflects the degree ofregulation required for“successful” retail revital-

ization. Certain races, ethnic groups andsocial classes are discouraged from partici-pating in both the consumption of goodsand space as part of the revitalization strate-g y, Zukin argues. Well-heeled consumersare welcome in the “revitalized” areas,while other people’s presence is monitoredand discouraged.

Zukin concluded her argument by con-templating a balance between public andprivate space, and questioning the directionof further urban redevelopment using thecorporate retail strategy. She outlined theloss and suppression of certain cultures asthe cost of new urban, glitzy consumerism.

Shopping in the world’s newest retaildevelopments may have more than oneprice, she said.

Features

Corporate retailers are creat-

ing a “new shopping land-

scape of power,” using muse-

um-like atmospheres to

reshape public space into

“new consumption spaces.”

By Henri Tetrault

Sharon Zukin spoke about her theories on how corporateretail undermines democratic

commerce.

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Days like these begin very early forDonna Oakley and Kim Prager. Oakley,director of the Penn Animal Blood Bankbloodmobile, and Prager travel as far as anhour away from the Penn campus to collectblood from volunteer dogs.

Animals need transfusions for the samereasons as humans: traumatic accidents,anemia, excessive bleeding, and surg e r y.

The specialty of animal transfusionmedicine is a relatively new concept, andits emergence necessitated the opening ofthe Veterinary Hospital of the University ofP e n n s y l v a n i a ’s blood bank for dogs.

On this day, Oakley and Prager wereheaded for Newark, Del., where the localveterinary clinic has organized a blooddrive. The bloodmobile departs at exactly7:30 a.m. It arrives ahead of time at theclinic, much to the delight of the event’so rg a n i z e r, Erin Vicari, a veterinarian. Soonthe dogs and their owners come in, oneafter the other, every 15 minutes.

Today is slightly unusual. Often, Oakleycollects blood from dogs in hunt clubs orthe homes of true animal lovers where sheknows which dogs carry the correct bloodtype. About 1,500 dogs are enrolled as reg-ular donors. But today at the clinic, Oakleyand Prager will have to type all the dogsbecause they are first-time donors.

More than a dozen different blood typeshave been recognized in the dog, so Oakleyand Prager are looking for blood that iscompatible with all types. Dogs that carrythis type are considered universal donorsbecause their blood will not clump whentransfused; just as dogs have universaldonors, they also have universal recipients.

The first dog to enter the bloodmobile isa brown Lab named Cody, and as dogblood donors go, he is rare. Only 40 per-cent of the canine population carries theuniversal blood type. And this particularveterinary clinic has not had luck in findinguniversal donors. But Cody is one of thefour dogs today to be a universal donor.

C o d y ’s appointment begins with a dogbiscuit. While Prager is making friends

with the dog, Oakley explains to the ownerthe requirements to be a donor. Ad o n o rmust be at least one year of age and weighmore than 50 pounds. The dog cannot beon any medication, except for heartworm orflea preventative, and must be current on allvaccinations. If a dog has had any incidentsof excessive bleeding, then he cannot beconsidered a donor. Finally, the dog has tocarry the universal blood type.

The owner holds Cody’s head and easeshis anxiety with her voice as Prager gently

inserts a needleinto a vein inC o d y ’s right fore-limb. Cody, ner-vous about the

whole experience, winces at first, but afterthe initial twinge of the needle, he calmsdown.

Oakley then types the blood by mixingit with a saline solution and a reagent. If thereagent causes the blood to clump, then itcannot be considered for donation. Cody’sblood, however, stays in a fluid state. “Wewin,” proclaims Oakley.

Oakley and Prager then lift Cody ontothe examination table and lay him on his

side. Much to thesurprise of theo w n e r, Cody hascalmed down. Usuallythe dogs act more passive than expected.While the owner continues to comfortCody and hold his head, Prager stabilizesthe rest of his body. Oakley prepares anoth-er needle and slowly inserts it into Cody’sneck.

After three minutes of drawing blood,with only about 30 seconds left, Cody cannot sit still any longer. He makes a quickmovement that upsets the placing of theneedle. The blood begins to clot in the bag,making it impossible to finish. So Codygets his bowl of nutritious, delicious food alittle early. Maybe next time he will be ableto sit still. The bloodmobile wants each uni-versal donor to return at least three times inlight of the cost of typing blood.

The owner thanks Oakley and Pragerand leaves with a bag of food and a goody-

bag for participating insuch a worthy cause.Oakley and Prager waitfor the next patient toarrive in a few minutes.

The day ends sixhours later after the lastdog has been seen.Oakley and Prager packup, thank Vicari for her

participation, and return to Penn. Back atV H U P, Oakley and her personnel processthe acquired blood. Here, it is broken downinto its smaller components: plasma, clot-ting factors, platelets and other products.Veterinarians are able to use the universalblood type for every type of transfusion indogs without further testing.

Besides being used in V H U P, the bloodand its products are shipped all over thecountry to veterinarians in need. Penn isone of four blood banks nationwide. One ofthem, in Maryland, was started withV H U P ’s help.

Penn's program lives up to its motto,pets helping pets.

A Day on VHUP’s Dog BloodmobileBy Nathaniel Glasser

Features

Kim Prager (above)inserts a needle into avein to retrieve bloodfor typing. The PennAnimal Blood Bank

bloodmobile (right) collects blood from about 1,500 regular,

volunteer donors.

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Building bridges across both the A t l a n t i cand the Schuylkill, Penn faculty and stu-dents hosted folklore experts from Finland,Sweden, Norway and Denmark, and localfolklore organizations for a symposiumhere Oct. 27 and 28 on the changing facesof folklore and tradition.

In an increasingly small world, thefolklore experts agreed they had to com-municate with one another to track globalmigration and the resulting changesin the folkways of the groups theys t u d y.

“Folklorists, because of the thingswe study, are in positions of culturalbrokerage,” said Professor ReginaBendix of Penn to the group, whichmet on campus the first day.“ I n c r e a s i n g l y, we analyze newlye m e rging diasporas, people on thego, and how they cope.”

As the folklorists traced the inter-twined history of academic and pub-lic folklore in the United States andswapped stories from their fieldwork, a picture emerged of howresearchers now chart “new tradi-tions” from their onset.

“I see tradition as a process, not static,”said Anne-Leena Siikala of the Universityof Helsinki.

Nordic scholars were among the first, atthe turn of the last century, to create folklifemuseums of the kind we see everywherenow and to give a methodological founda-tion to the study of storytelling and culturaltraditions. These are some of the reasonsAmerican folklorists wish to strengthen tiesto the Northern European folklore commu-n i t y, according to Penn folklore ProfessorRoger Abrahams.

And the Scandinavians likewise wishto strengthen ties. Philadelphia, with itsvast tableau of ethnic enclaves, offers arich example of the survival of culturaltraditions in lands of emigration, some-thing the Scandinavians seek to learnmore about as their own countries becomemore multicultural.

Provost Stanley Chodorow, who hosteda reception for the international visitors theevening of Oct. 27, said, “For Penn, thehosting of such meetings both symbolizesand confirms its international stature andposition in the world of scholarship.”

The next day the group went to theAmerican Swedish Historical Museum(ASHM) in South Philadelphia, whichshowcases the lives of Swedes in the

Delaware Valley and beyond from the early17th century to the present. The visitreminded local participants of the great cul-tural diversity in our own backyard.

“It is important for the museum commu-nity and the Penn community to meet andget to know each other,” said Anne Jenner,lecturer in Scandinavian studies at Penn,who has worked for the ASHM. After thet o u r, Jan Garnert of the Nordic Museum inStockholm gave his perspective: “Theexhibits make many important historicalconnections vivid. It’s fascinating to seeitems decontextualized and fit into anotherc o n t i n e n t ’s cultural history.”

The group next watched a documentaryproduced by the Philadelphia FolkloreProject (PFP). The project began 11 yearsago as part of the centennial of theAmerican Follklore Society, and cameabout through the combined efforts of

Debora Kodish andAbrahams with thehelp of Ella KingTorrey of the PewCharitable Trusts. Kodish had formerlytaught for a year at Penn, and now directsthe PFP, which has become a presence inthe local cultural scene, has archives, off e r spublic programs and provides services tolocal grassroots artists.

Michelle Jackson, archivist atthe PFP, presented the video,“Plenty of Good Women Dancers:African American Women Hoofersfrom Philadelphia.” It tells the storyof a reunion performance of the tapdancers, typical of the groups theP F P highlights because their folk-ways are inadequately documented.

Before the film, Abrahams saidto the crowd: “We’re anxious foryou to understand how public folk-lore works on the ground and ties inwith entertainment.”

The glamorous singing and danc-ing in the film inspired the interna-tional visitors to move to the music.When the film ended, the delighted

guests asked how this kind of folklore pro-ject could reach a wider audience. The filmshowed to advantage how grassroots folk-lore organizations educate the larger publicabout its neighbors and their traditions.

The public folklore movement began aquarter century ago under the auspices ofthe Smithsonian and the Library ofCongress, and folklore studies have donemuch to help communities understand andcelebrate their customs, Bendix said.

The message at the center of the sym-posium was that the university shouldkeep vital contact with the world aroundit.”Oxygen doesn’t come from thel i b r a r y,” said Penn folklore ProfessorM a rgaret Mills.

Marit Hauan of Norway said: “Cominghere to discuss and get ideas continues mywhole education, and brings together all theimportant issues for me.”

Folklorists Track Ethnic DiasporaBy Scott Shrake

Features

The chorus line from the video “Plenty of Good Women Dancers," screened for the Nordic visitors

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Thirty to 40 Philadelphia teen-age girlscome monthly on Saturday mornings towork out, to connect with Penn studentmentors and to find a sense of self-worth atW.E.B. DuBois College House. The pro-gram they attend, “Fitness & Fashionw/Funk” (FFF), is not an official Penn vol-unteer effort. Rather it’s the brainchild ofJanice Ferebee (r i g h t ), a graduate fellowworking on a master’s in social work.

Ferebee is a kind of an entrepreneur- m i s-sionary crossed with a one-woman-b a n d .She is using the Internet, church talks, wordof mouth and other publicity (an item inEssence Magazine didn’t hurt) to reach outto teens in Philadelphia. She gives motiva-tional talks. She’s got fliers, press packets,business cards and advertising specialtieslike water bottles emblazoned with “Got ItG o i n ’On.” And she’s got bookmarksadvertising her self-published book, also

called “Got it Goin’On,” an easy-to-readguide to self-worth aimed at teens.

D o n ’t think because this book is self-published that it’s a go-nowhere, vanitye ffort. It’s in use in the Washington, D.C.,public schools and in church rites-of-passage programs for girls,according to her Web page.S h e ’s also developing af a c i l i t a t o r’s guide and video,along with a similar bookfor boys.

F e r e b e e ’s motivational talkshave brought in volunteers to helpwith FFF. She’s got Penn students whoserve as mentors for the girls. She’s gottenarea businesses to donate: My FavoriteM u ffin donated snacks; The Body Shopand Themes & Books each donated $25gift certificates. She’s got speakers to talkto the girls about fashion and health. She’s

even got trainers tolead exercises —grad student NishaHitchman led thegirls in the workoutN o v. 1, for example.

Ferebee, who was the firstAfrican-American to serve as

models editor for SeventeenMagazine, uses physical fitnessthrough dance to “create an

environment where the girls feelsafe. T h e r e ’s a relationship between

self-esteem and physical fitness forgirls,” she says.

F e r e b e e ’s mission is personal. “I’m shar-ing some of the mental, physical and spiri-tual tools that work in my life.”

Her Web page is at h t t p : / / m e m b e r s . t r i -p o d . c o m / ~ g o t i t g o i n o n

— Libby Rosof

A Mission for Teen Self-Esteem

Features

The first writer in history to win both of France’s highest lit-erary honors — the Prix Médicis and the Prix Goncourt —spoke at Penn Nov. 4.

Andreï Makine, author of “Dreams of my Russian Summers,”(entitled “Le testament français” in the original French), won theprizes in 1995 for his recollections of summers spent visiting hisFrench grandmother in Siberia. He was dubbed the RussianProust for the way his book blends memory and imagination.

The event, organized by Penn’s French Institute for Cultureand Technology and by the Alliance Française of Philadelphia,attracted a French-speaking crowd of about 100 people.

Speaking in French, the Russian-born author said he soughtasylum in France a decade ago at the age of 30. Although hehad read widely in French while living in Russia, in France hebegan a chronological review of French literature, starting withthe medieval “Roman de la Rose.”

Makine spoke of his struggle between two identities, which isthe central theme of his autobiographical novel.

His grandmother, born at the turn of the century, moved toRussia as a child, where her father practiced medicine. She wastrapped in Siberia during the chaos of the revolution in 1921.

Under her influence, Makine created an imagined France thatcontrasted to the realities of his Soviet life. In his book, t h eimagined world allows the narrator to see Russia from a French

viewpoint, and alienates him from the surrounding society. In adolescence, however, the French heritage becomes

painful, conflicting with his love for “the pitiless, beautiful,absurd and unique Russia.”

At the same time, the French language connects the youngman, growing up in a dreary city lost in the Russian tundra, tothe much larger world that was flourishing beyond the IronC u r t a i n .

Torn between two languages, between two cultures, he arg u e sthat his biculturalism forced him into artistic creation as “a wayof reconciling the tension between the two cultures that engen-dered him” and gave him access to poetry, a language that goes“beyond local dialects.”

He compared the two cultures — Fench and Russian — say-ing the French culture is much older and therefore more sophisti-cated. For example, the French language has a linguistic arsenalof 26 tenses whereas Russian has only three. The Russian culturehas had less time to acquire “intellectual varnish,” hence the sud-den outbursts of raw emotions, the frequent resurgence of whathe called “le barbare russe.”

After Makine's talk, audience members bought books — inEnglish and in French — from the Penn Bookstore, and waitedfor le barbare russe with French intellectual varnish to signtheir copies.

French Literary Star Remembers His Russian PastBy Françoise Gramet

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OPPORTUNITIES at PENNWhere to Find the Job Opportunities—Here and Elsewhere

Listed below are the new job opportuni-ties at the University of Pennsylvania. Wherethe qualifications are described in terms offormal education or training, prior experi-ence in the same field may be substituted.

There are approximately 280 additionalopen positions for examination at the JobApplication Center, Funderburg Informa-tion Center, 3401 Walnut St. (215-898-7285). Hours of operation are Mondaythrough Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. New openingsare also posted daily at the following loca-

the Job Application Center, we hope to havecomputers available for current employeesand others to peruse the current job open-ings. Openings are also mailed to approxi-mately 50 community sites weekly.

— Employment, H.R.Please note: Faculty positions and po-

sitions at the Hospital and Health Systemsare not included in these listings. For Hos-pital and Health System openings, contact662-2999.

tions: Blockley Hall, the Wharton School andthe Dental School.

A full listing of job opportunities is at theHuman Resource Services website:www.upenn.edu/hr/. Current employees need-ing access to the web, may go to the ComputerResource Center at 3732 Locust Walk withyour PENNCard to obtain a list of computerlabs on campus available for your use.

In addition, almost every public library inthe Delaware Valley now provides web ac-cess. In the near future, as our office remodels

New Jobs for the week of Novemer 3-7, 1997SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES

Contact: Anna MarcotteADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT I (111769AM)Respond to broad range of in-person & tele-phone, faxed & E-mail inquiries from current &potential students & professionals who use En-glish as a Second Language (ESL); processenrollment forms & act as liaison with Office ofInternational Programs with regard to visa re-lated matters; create & update records on com-puterized databases; register students in ELPprograms & for proficiency tests; generate classschedules & various statistical reports; tabulatestudent evaluations; maintain inventory of of-fice supplies & brochures & reorder as needed;sort mail; perform variety of other duties associ-ated with smooth functioning of office support-ing student population ranging from 225 to 350at any given time, a staff of 20 full-time employ-ees & 25 to 40 part-time instructors, teachingassistants & part-time workers. QUALIFICATIONS:

HS diploma & related post-HS training or equiva-lent; 2 years administrative/clerical experience;experience in using database programs, spread-sheet & word processing applications in PCenvironment; ability to work as part of team essen-tial; fluency in one or more foreign languagesdesirable. GRADE: G9; RANGE: $17,614-21,991;11-5-97 English Language ProgramBUILDING SERVICES ASSISTANT II (40 HRS)(111789AM) Inspect/report condition of struc-tural, mechanical & electrical systems, monitortemperature control, cleanliness & presentationof facilities & rooms; schedule/track mainte-nance of rooms & vehicles; may supervisepart-time employees; assist with building secu-rity & fire protection; report safety & healthhazards. QUALIFICATIONS: HS diploma required,some college or trade school preferred; knowledgeof maintenance procedures applicable to struc-tural, mechanical & electrical systems; must have& maintain a valid driver’s license. GRADE: G9;RANGE: $23,130-25,133; 11-7-97 SAS Facilities

DENTAL SCHOOL

Contact: Ronald StoryBUILDING SERVICES ASSISTANT II(111786RS) Assist Facilities Administrator indaily operation involving all buildings compris-ing School of Dental Medicine; help to plan,assign & supervise daily work of facilities staff.QUALIFICATIONS: HS diploma; minimum 1 yearproven supervisory responsibilities; 3 to 5 years

experience in building services or related area,ability to lift & move heavy objects; variablehours; possible weekend hours. GRADE: G9; RANGE:

$17,614-21,991; 11-7-97 Resource Management

ENGINEERING/ APPLIED SCIENCE

Contact: Ronald StoryINFORMATION SYSTEMS SPECIALIST IV(101763RS) Associate Director of ENIAC-2000networked array for data- & processor-intensivecomputing projects across University in varietyof disciplines will assist researchers with adap-tation of software to ENIAC-2000 NT/Linuxclusters with MPI/PVM environment; superviseproject’s UNIX/NT systems administrator;evaluate effectiveness of ENIAC-2000 archi-tecture for high performance computation; trackefforts at peer institutions, especially recipientsof Technology for Education 2000 grants; act asliaison between Penn PI & Intel grant programstaff; prepare project reports & maintain web-sitedescribing project activities. QUALIFICATIONS: Ad-vanced scientific degree with experience inhigh-performance computation; minimum 3 yearsexperience with advanced research projects soft-ware development; experience with C, C++, For-tran & PVM or MPI parallel programming toolkits;experience with UNIX; some experience workingwith Windows NT; experience working with fund-ing agencies; demonstrated proficiency in devel-oping & implementing computationally/data in-tensive software; ability to collaborate with facultyon research projects; ability to work independently;good interpersonal & organizational skills required;end date 10-31-2000. GRADE: P8; RANGE:

$39,655-52,015; 11-4-97 CISSYSTEMS PROGRAMMER I/SYSTEMS PRO-GRAMMER II (101764RS) Assist in technicalproblem solving beyond scope of normal users;perform installation & updates of software pack-ages; provide on-going support of NT server &client workstation development applications;provide operational coordination with centralCIS systems & shared services (file systems,printing, E-mail); contribute advice & expertisein evaluation of new hardware & software; per-form installation, set-ups & updates of NT clus-ter systems & client PCs used for developmentof NT cluster applications; assist in trackinghardware & software problems, follow-up withvendors until problems are solved. QUALIFICA-

TIONS: SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER I: BS in Com-puter Science or related field required; 2 yearsexperience using UNIX or higher-level languages;

1 year prior NT system administration required;UNIX or Intel support experience desirable; expe-rience with UNIX to PC application bridging help-ful; experience with NT clusters & fast Ethernetswitching desirable; ability to work independently,with good interpersonal & organizational skillsrequired; SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER II: Sameas above, including 3 years experience; end date10-31-2000. GRADE: P6/P7; RANGE: $32,857-42,591/$36,050-46,814; 11-4-97 CIS

LAW SCHOOL

Contact: Ronald StoryCLERK IV (091581RS) Sort, route & deliver mail;handle record & inventory systems, mail-roomoperations, signage & special events services; serveas back-up receptionist; photocopy, alphabetize,file & prepare packages. QUALIFICATIONS: HS di-ploma; able to work independently & coordinatevariety of tasks; strong communication skills; ableto lift & move heavy objects. GRADE: G7; RANGE:

$14,935-18,592; 11-5-97 Law SchoolLIBRARY STACK ATTENDANT/DOOR GUARD(101752RS) Shelve or store material in accor-dance with appropriate classification system;work on book shelving projects; provide direc-tional assistance & information to users; serveoccasionally as messenger on & off campus;distribute mail; pack books & prepared materi-als for moving & shipment. QUALIFICATIONS: HSdiploma required, BA/BS preferred; previouslibrary experience preferred; work schedule is4:15pm to 12:15am. GRADE/RANGE: UNION;11-3-97 Biddle Law Library

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Contact: Anna Marcotte/Lynn Nash-WexlerADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT III (101743AM)Assist in maintaining 400+ databases; maintaingrant/prize Web site; type/compose complexdocuments; perform proofreading; screen & routephone calls; handle inquiries; schedule meet-ings; handle FinMIS purchasing for office; de-velop & maintain file system. QUALIFICATIONS:

HS diploma with at least 1 year relevant experi-ence or equivalent; thorough knowledge of of-fice procedures; experience with word process-ing, calendar & database programs especiallyMicrosoft Word, FileMaker Pro & NowUptoDate. GRADE: G11; RANGE: $20,497-26,008;11-6-97 Sponsored Program ServicesASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FINANCE(111787AM) Provide oversight for operations

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of financial programs of the Institute for HumanGene Therapy, Dept. Of Molecular & CellularEngineering & Division of Medical Genetics,including budget management, accounting, pur-chasing & sponsored programs; participate instrategic planning; responsible for overall fiscalmanagement of the Institute; establish & moni-tor annual operating budget estimated at $20million; analyze financial data & make budgetprojections. QUALIFICATIONS: MBA required; ex-tensive experience in finance necessary, includ-ing development & implementation of policies/procedures; previous experience in academicresearch environment preferred; working knowl-edge of Federal regulations, such as OMB Cir-cular A-21, necessary; proven administrative &management skills required; excellent organiza-tional, verbal & written communication skillsneeded; application deadline 11-14-97. GRADE:

P12; RANGE: $65,611-80,031; 11-7-97 Institutefor Human Gene TherapyBUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR III (40 HRS)(101706AM) Oversee assigned pre-award &post-award grant related activities; manage an-nual sponsored programs budget; report accountstatus; prepare & analyze grant budgets; recon-cile program accounts; examine & interpret data;verify personnel charges; oversee property man-agement; produce financial activity reports; ana-lyze account variances; recommend journal en-tries & salary reallocations; assist with prepara-tion of budgets. QUALIFICATIONS: BA/BS in Ac-counting/Finance required, MBA preferred; 3 to 5years experience in business operations & account-ing or financial management, including cost ac-counting; MBA may be substituted for experience;excellent knowledge of computerized accountingsystems & facility in working with databases;excellent organizational & communication skills;excellent computer skills including demonstratedproficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel &PowerPoint & general understanding of databaseoperations; position contingent upon grant fund-ing. GRADE: P4; RANGE: $26,986-35,123; 11-6-97Molecular & Cellular EngineeringBUSINESS MANAGER II (40 HRS) (101760AM)Manage departmental financial operations suchas grant/contract financial management, finan-cial statements & reports, general ledger & AIPsystems & annual budget. QUALIFICATIONS: BA/BS in Accounting Finance required, CPA/MBApreferred; 4 to 5 years experience in general orgrant accounting required, health care account-ing preferred. GRADE: P5; RANGE: $29,664-38,677;11-4-97 NeurosurgeryEXECUTIVE ASSISTANT I (40 HRS)(101747AM) Provide administrative support formanagement of Chairman’s office; supervisestaff; hire, interview & train administrative sup-port staff; manage calendar; inform Chair ofissues & actions; serve as Chair’s primary liai-son to internal & external sources; review confi-dential documents & prepare responses; preparebudgets; monitor expenses; handle facilitiesadministration; gather data & perform research.QUALIFICATIONS: BA/BS or equivalent work expe-rience; 7 to 10 years experience in high leveloffice administrative assistant/executive assis-tant role; advanced computer software skillsincluding word processing, spreadsheets, calen-dar programs & graphics programs; excellentorganizational abilities; strong verbal & writtencommunication skills; ability to deal effectivelywith diverse constituencies; demonstrated abil-ity to exercise initiative & independent judg-ment; variable hours. GRADE: P6; RANGE:

$32,857-42,591; 11-3-97 OpthalmologyEXECUTIVE SECRETARY TO THE SR VICEDEAN (40 HRS) (101654AM) Provide support

to & manage Office of the Senior Vice Deanincluding scheduling & communicating issues& actions on agenda; serve as primary liaison toexternal, University & Health System offices;review confidential correspondence & docu-ments; prepare responses for signature & ap-proval; monitor office expenses; supervise of-fice equipment operation; collect & compiledata; solve problems; process & route docu-ments. QUALIFICATIONS: HS diploma required, BA/BS preferred; 7 years experience as ExecutiveSecretary or Office Administrator required; pre-vious experience editing documents; word pro-cessing experience & excellent typing skillsrequired; excellent organizational, verbal &written communication skills; ability to dealeffectively with diverse constituencies; abilityto work effectively under constantly changingdeadlines & priorities; knowledge of MicrosoftWord, WordPerfect, spreadsheet, presentation& calendaring software preferred; familiaritywith health system environment preferred. GRADE:

G12; RANGE:$26,133-33,725; 11-5-97 Office ofthe Senior Vice DeanMANAGER IV (40 HRS) (101746AM) Managebusiness office operations & supervise staff;provide grant management support; interpret &develop policies; account for short-range plan-ning; prepare monthly reports; manage purchas-ing, accounts payable, payroll & personnel;monitor expenses & budgets; prepare financialanalyses & projects. QUALIFICATIONS: BA/BS inbusiness related field; 5 to 7 years relevant experi-ence; proficient in Lotus 1-2-3 or equivalent; knowl-edge of UMIS/PILLAR/FinMIS/SALMGT & su-pervisory experience preferred; strong organiza-tional & communications skills. GRADE: P5; RANGE:

$29,664-38,667; 11-3-97 PulmonaryPROJECT MANAGER II (111783LW)(111785LW) Manage overall project forlarge-scale multi-center, multi-protocol clinicaltrials, involving CRCU, CCEB & other institu-tional entities; provide leadership, management& supervision for project and/or multiple projectteams (10 or greater); participate to significantdegree in development of project managementaspects of proposals, programs, grants & projectsinvolving activities of CRCU; conduct infra-structure development related to project man-agement group within CRCU; includes analysis,development, usage & integration of standardsprocedures & policies related to discipline of

clinical trials project management; conduct re-search of new technologies & methodologiesapplicable to project management and perfor-mance of large scale multi-center clinical trials.QUALIFICATIONS: MA/MS degree in health-relateddiscipline plus additional minimum 5 years ofrelevant work experience or BA/BS degree inhealth-related discipline plus additional mini-mum 7 years relevant work experience involv-ing clinical research, clinical center operations& project planning activities is required; mini-mum 3 years of personnel management involv-ing supervision with direct or indirect reportingsituations; minimum 2 years of knowledge ofproject management practices, principles, stan-dards & guidelines; strong verbal & writtencommunication skills. GRADE: P7;RANGE:$36,050-46,814; 11-7-97 CCEBRESEARCH LAB TECH II (40 HRS)(111770LW) Assist with subject recruitment, incompliance with multiple research protocols;administer interviews, questionnaires & assess-ment instruments; score test batteries; ensurecompleteness of data; monitor subject compli-ance to protocol; collect/enter data into estab-lished database; maintain research files; provideinformation to clients regarding research proto-cols/procedures. QUALIFICATIONS: HS diploma withsome college courses in related fields; exposureto social science research required; interviewingskills desirable; attention to detail/accuracy indata collection required; must be available forevenings/weekends; position contingent upongrant funding. GRADE: G8; RANGE:

$18,481-23,132; 11-5-97 PsychiatryRESEARCH LAB TECH III (40 HRS)(101759LW) Perform experiments at directionof Principal Investigator, relating to study ofiron metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae;maintain supplies & order critical reagents asneeded; maintain media (solid & liquid); main-tain records of results of experiments. QUALIFICA-

TIONS: BA/BS degree & scientific background;good analytical ability & interpretative skills;mathematical competence/proficiency; attentionto detail; strong verbal & written communica-tion skills. GRADE: G10; RANGE: $22,013-27,427;11-4-97 HematologyRESEARCH LAB TECH III (101761LW) Undergeneral supervision perform experiments withHIV, cell culture, PCR analysis, ELISA assays& cell purifications; maintain laboratory records,order & stock supplies; perform data collection& organization; perform bibliographic searches.QUALIFICATIONS: BA/BS with training in biologi-cal sciences; prior experience with tissue culture& immunologic techniques; ability to under-stand research protocols; detail oriented; mustnot be afraid to work with HIV contaminatedblood. GRADE: G10; RANGE: $19,261-23,999;11-4-97 Infectious DiseasesRESEARCH SPECIALIST JR (40 HRS)(111772LW) Under indirect supervision per-form routine & complex laboratory experimentsincluding histological analyses, behavioral test-ing, small animal surgeries & perfusions; testnew procedures; assist in protocol planning;maintain laboratory equipment; order supplies;maintain logs; write lab reports; perform dataentry, management & statistical analysis; creategraphs & charts; perform literature searches;train lower level techs & students. QUALIFICA-

TIONS: BA/BS in scientific discipline; 1 yearexposure to lab work; computer skills. GRADE:

P1; RANGE: $20,291-26,368; 11-5-97 PsychiatryRESEARCH SPECIALIST I (40 HRS)(101744LW) Perform routine/complex experi-ments; test new procedures; perform isotopemonitoring; assist in protocol design & suggest

How to Apply• Current Employees can call 898-7285 toobtain the name of the hiring officer for theavailable position, (please provide your socialsecurity number for verification and the positionreference number). Internal applicants shouldforward a cover letter and resume directly to thehiring officer. A transfer application is no longerneeded!

• External Applicants should come to theApplication Center to complete an application.Applicants interested in secretarial, administra-tive assistant, or other office support positions,will have an appointment scheduled for a tech-nology assessment as part of the applicationprocess.

The University of Pennsylvania is an equalopportunity employer and does not discriminateon the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orienta-tion, age, religion, national or ethnic origin, dis-ability or veteran status.

Schools and CentersPenn is a large community made up of many

schools and centers which have their own char-acter and environment. The openings listedhere are arranged by School or Center.

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design changes; maintain laboratory equipment;maintain logs; write lab report; perform dataanalysis; perform literature searches; assist inpreparation of scholarly papers; train lower leveltechs. QUALIFICATIONS: BA/BS in scientific orrelated field; 1 to 3 years experience or experi-ence in similar project. GRADE: P2; RANGE:

$22,351-29,098; 11-3-97 Psych/AdministrationRESEARCH SPECIALIST I (40 HRS) (101744LW)Perform routine/complex experiments such as DNAcloning, DNA & RNA purification & analysis,PCR amplification & Southern blot analysis; per-form animal husbandry; maintain laboratory &equipment; assist in experimental design; performdata analysis; order supplies & monitor expenses;train lower level techs. QUALIFICATIONS: BA/BS inscientific or related field; 1 to 3 years experience insimilar project. GRADE: P2; RANGE: $22,351-29,098;11-3-97 PsychiatryRESEARCH SPECIALIST I (40 HRS)(111784LW) Responsible to Principal Investi-gator for conducting scientific research in Mo-lecular or Behavioral Genetics; project involvescharacterizations of developmental & behav-ioral mutations in the mouse, including the fol-lowing techniques & duties: Perform routine &complex laboratory experiments involving DNAcloning, DNA & RNA purification & analysis,PCR & animal husbandry; test new procedures;assist in protocol design & suggest designchanges; maintain laboratory equipment; main-tain databases; perform data analysis; performliterature searches & assist in preparation ofpapers; train lower level techs. QUALIFICATIONS:

BA/BS in scientific discipline; 3 years of labexperience in molecular biology orneuropathology; computer skills. GRADE: P2;RANGE: $22,351-29,098; 11-7-97 PsychiatryRESEARCH SPECIALIST III (101762LW) Per-form studies of virology & molecular biologyspecializing in Herpes Simplex virus & relatedviruses; plan & perform experiments indepen-dently including virus purification, Southern &Western blot, DNA isolation, complement as-says; write laboratory reports; assist in writingprocedural sections of papers; present oral &written summaries of work progress; teach &supervise students. QUALIFICATIONS: BA/BS re-quired, MS preferred; 3 to 5 years laboratoryexperience in related scientific field with em-phasis on virology, immunology & molecularbiology; skill in making & characterizing mu-tant viruses, keeping cell lines; capacity to carryout long-term projects. GRADE: P4; RANGE:

$26,986-35,123; 11-4-97 Infectious DiseasesSECURITY OFFICER, PART-TIME (22 HRS)(111771AM) Perform facility security & in-spection tours; assure safety & security of people& facilities; receive & clear visitors; enforceUniversity policy. QUALIFICATIONS: HS diploma& related post HS training or equivalent; physi-cally able to move about actively; good interper-sonal skills to interact effectively; strong cus-tomer service orientation; ability & willingnessto work at nights & on weekends as required;must be able to work overtime on short notice;applicants will have to successfully to pass Po-lice background security check; hours Saturday& Sunday 9pm to 9am. GRADE: G8;RANGE:$8.88-11.21; 11-6-97 Architecture & Fa-cilities Management

NURSING

Contact: Sue HessINFORMATION MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST I(40 HRS) (101755SH) Provide leadership & ex-pertise in all aspects of computing at School ofNursing for more than 1000 students & faculty;

puting environment; take lead in establishing &coordinating standards & technical directions;serve as liaison to University offices; administera departmental Novell LAN including serverworkstations, peripherals & applications. QUALI-

FICATIONS: BA/BS required, MS/MIS or equivalentexperience preferred; 3 to 7 years experience withvariety of computer systems with at least 5 yearssupporting end-user computing in Novell environ-ment, including programming, preferably in aca-demic setting; 5 years working knowledge & pro-gramming experience with a relational DBMS;end date 11-16-98. GRADE: P7; RANGE:

$36,050-46,814; 11-6-97 University Archives

PROVOST

Contact: Ronald StoryCLERK V, PART-TIME (20 HRS) (111788RS)Process document delivery requests; preparetable of contents packets; record & process ma-terial received through NYSE listing applicationservice; assist with clerical processing & filingof document delivery materials; prepare books,reports & periodicals for bindery; open mail;print articles from database. QUALIFICATIONS: HSdiploma, college preferred; previous library ex-perience preferred; basic knowledge of com-puter software & applications; type 45 wpm.GRADE: G8; RANGE: $8.88-11.12; 11-7-97Lippincott LibrarySECRETARY IV (101753RS) Perform secre-tarial duties with emphasis on external commu-nications; maintain paper & electronic files;execute mailing; make telephone calls & scheduleappointments; maintain supplies; track responses& prepare reports; coordinate with other staff mem-bers as assigned; serve as telephone & buildingreceptionist as necessary. QUALIFICATIONS: HS di-ploma, secretarial/business curriculum or equiva-lent; external relations experience; proficiency inword processing, databases, spreadsheets, projectcharting & graphics; ability to work with students& alumni. GRADE: G9; RANGE: $17,614-21,991;11-3-97 Fels Center of Government

VETERINARY SCHOOL

Contact: Ronald StoryRESEARCH LAB TECH III (111774RS) Assistin study & monitoring of dogs; measure bloodpressure; collect blood & urine specimens; per-form animal nursing; maintain paper & com-puter records. QUALIFICATIONS: Certified AnimalTechnician or BS in Biology; experience withanimals; experience with computer record-keepingdesired; end date 7-31-98. GRADE: G10; RANGE:

$19,261-23,999; 11-7-97 Clinical Studies-Phila.

WHARTON SCHOOL

Contact: Anna MarcotteDUP MACHINE OPERATOR IV (111773AM)Operate & maintain Xerox DocuTech Publish-ing system, Xerox Laser Printer & Kodak 2110Duplicator & other bindery equipment; performmail & image merges; manipulate images forreproduction; handle network orders & repro-duction of confidential & special materials; as-sist in receiving, storage & inventory of rawmaterials. QUALIFICATIONS: HS diploma or equiva-lent; 3 years experience as operator of highspeed duplicating machines required; post HStraining in graphic design & computer systemsrequired; experience in desktop publishing re-quired; excellent math & English skills required;proficiency with MS Windows & DOS; must beable to lift 50 lbs. GRADE: G10; RANGE:

$19,261-23,999; 11-6-97 WCIT

manage 1 student computer lab & 1research-oriented computer lab; train students &faculty in use of instructional software; managestudent E-mail access; supervise staff of 10 part-timestudent employees & schedule minimum 80 hrscoverage per week including evenings & weekendsduring academic year; collaborate with faculty tointroduce course-related software programs intocurriculum. QUALIFICATIONS: BA/BS preferably inComputer Science or MIS or equivalent experi-ence; 3 years experience in computer support inacademic environment preferred; expertise withWindows 95, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access,Netscape Navigator & Internet E-mail clients (pop,imap & host); familiarity with UNIX, TCP/IPprotocol, Windows 3.11 & Mac OS; demonstratedtechnical ability to run NT application server; abil-ity to troubleshoot & work with PC & Macintoshhardware & printers; strong verbal & written com-munication skills; ability to work both indepen-dently & as key member of team. GRADE: P4; RANGE:

$26,986-35,123; 11-5-97 NursingPRACTICE DIRECTOR (40 HRS) (101754SH)Provide delivery & day-to-day management ofprimary health & medical programs to individu-als, families & groups at Frances Myers HealthAnnex; facilitate achievement of mission of PennNursing Network in providing high quality,evidence-based care to clients; provide leader-ship to improve care; enhance professional pro-gram development & achieve interdisciplinarygoals & fiscal viability; assure coordination &continuity in providing collaborative, interdisci-plinary & comprehensive patient care in teamenvironment; assume responsibility within fieldof specialization for care delivery for caseload ofclients. QUALIFICATIONS: BSN & MSN; 5 years ofprogressively responsible administrative/nurs-ing experience or equivalent combination ofeducation or experience; 2 years supervisoryexperience; Pennsylvania Registered Nurse li-cense required; specialty licence/certificationas appropriate required; position contingentupon viability of Practice. GRADE: P10; RANGE:

$48,822-64,066; 11-5-97 Nursing Practice

PRESIDENTContact: Sue Hess

The following position Administrative AssistantII (101737LW) was posted incorrectly with thewrong reference number in last week’s Alma-nac. Below is the corrected posting.ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT II (101737LW)(101738LW) Under limited supervision, pro-cess & record high volume of gifts, includingpreparation of gift transmittals & review of trans-mittals from other departments for accuracy &completeness; retrieve & verify donor & giftinformation using University’s integrated data-base system; adhere to processing schedules &procedures; prepare correspondence, acknowl-edgments & monthly pledge reminders; provideadministrative support to director; assist in rec-onciling various accounts; organize & maintainfiles & records; generate & track reports. QUALI-

FICATIONS: HS diploma, some college preferred;minimum of 2 years general office experience, with1 year in development highly desirable; profi-ciency in use of WordPerfect; computer literate;ability to handle complex & highly confidentialmaterials. GRADE:G10; RANGE: $19,261-23,999; De-velopment & Alumni RelationsINFORMATION SYSTEMS SPECIALIST III(101667SH) Provide information system sup-port, including data analysis, system planning,selection, software/hardware configuration &troubleshooting, programming & training; per-form project & strategic planning; oversee com-

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To Members of the University Community and West Philadelphia Community Leaders:

Call for Nominations: Martin Luther King AwardsIn recognition of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s commitment to community

service as essential to the struggle for equality, the 1998 Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemo-rative Program Planning Committee of the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to announcethe Third Annual Community Involvement Recognition Awards.

The Awards have been conceived to honor members of the University of Pennsylvaniacommunity and members of the broader West Philadelphia community whose service involve-ments have best exemplified the ideals espoused by Dr. King. Four awards in total will bepresented; two will go to members of the Penn community, and two will honor members of thebroader community. The awards will be presented during the week of January 19, 1998, as apart of the University’s commemoration of the King Holiday.

We seek your help in nominating individuals whose work most merits recognition. Pleasecall 898-4831 to request a nominating form.

— Glenn Bryan, Director, Community and City Relations, and— David Grossman, Program for Student-Community Involvement

Co-Chairs, 1998 MLK Commemoration Community Involvement Committee

‘Shadows’ Wanted for November 20Penn Volunteers In Public Service (VIPS) and Penn Staff, Faculty and Alumni Volunteer

Service will host Shadowing Day on November 20, as one of 1500 employers in the City ofPhiladelphia who are reaching out to high school students in need of career guidance andmentoring under “Philadelphia’s Promise—The Alliance For Youth.”

On this date, thousands of Philadelphia high school students will accompany employeeshadows (mentors) through their workday, allowing the students to explore career options andlearn from professional role models. A partnership of the University, One to One Philadelphia,and the School District of Philadelphia’s Office of Education for Employment makes Penn’sShadowing Day possible.

Any members of the Penn community interested in inviting a student into the workplace areasked to please contact me by e-mail (smart@pobox.upenn.edu) or by phone at 898-6612. You willneed to attend one training session. We look forward to hearing from members of the Penncommunity, along with VIPS members willing to reach out and assist students in reaching their goals.Thank you very much for your attention and participation. I look forward to hearing from all of you.

— Winnie Smart-Mapp, Center for Community Partnerships

German-American Scholars in D.CThe government of the Federal Republic of Ger-

many is strengthening transatlantic relations in cul-ture, education, and science with new initiatives. Aspart of that effort, the German-American AcademicCouncil Foundation (GAAC), Bonn, the GermanHistorical Institute (GHI), Washington, D.C., and theAmerican Institute for Contemporary German Stud-ies (AICGS) of the Johns Hopkins University, Wash-ington, D.C. have established a German-AmericanCenter for Visiting Scholars (CVS) in Washington,D.C.

Starting January 1, 1998 the CVS will enableeight young German and American scientists andscholars, especially from the humanities and socialsciences, to do research in Washington, D.C. for upto six months. The CVS may grant rent subsidies.Grant recipients will be selected by a scientific com-mittee of CVS.

Please send applications (in English) with per-sonal information and a description of the intendedwork to: German-American Academic CouncilFoundation (GAAC), 1055 Thomas Jefferson St.,N.W., Suite 2020, Washington, DC 20007, or call:(202) 296-2991, Fax: (202) 833-8514, E-mail:gaac@pop.access.digex.net.

Selections will be made twice per year. The firstapplication deadline is November 30, 1997.

— Joyce M. Randolph, Director,Office of International Programs

Southeast Asian Summer InstituteThe Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute

(SEASSI) is a nine-week intensive language pro-gram, June 15-August 14, 1998—equivalent to a fullacademic year of instruction—for undergraduates,graduate students, and professionals from many fields.Other related course work also is offered. The 1998and 1999 SEASSI programs are being held on theUniversity of Oregon’s Eugene campus.

SEASSI is a national cooperative program gov-erned by over 15 major research universities thatregularly offer Southeast Asian language and areastudies on their own campuses. Instruction is pro-vided in small individualized groups (three to tenstudents per class).

Please contact SEASSI, Center for Asian & Pa-cific Studies, 110 Gerlinger Hall, University of Or-egon, Eugene, OR 97403-1246, Phone (541) 346-1521, Fax (541)346-0802,http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~caps/seassi,e-mail: seassi@oregon.oregon.edu

— Paula RobertsCoordinator, Center for East Asian Studies

ClassifiedsFOR RENTBeautiful, one bedroom, modern apt., 10 min.walk to Penn. Must see. $325+/per month.South Phila. 735-4647 (evenings).

FOR SALE2 BR townhouse w/deep front yard and patio,newer gas htr, appliances & more included!Conv UD loc, short commute to City via car orpublic transportation $46,900 Special financ-ing available, Century 21 Carr, Brown, & Hess(610) 853-8464.

VACATIONPocono Chalet, 3BDR/1B, Near Jack Frost/BB.Firewood incl. $375/weekend, (215) 898-9928.

• Note: To place classifieds call:

(215) 898-5274.

Center for Community Partnerships:Summer Course Development Grants

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation has provided the University with a three-year grant to linkPenn’s intellectual resources with community needs in West Philadelphia. The grant supportsUniversity faculty to develop new undergraduate courses that combine research with coopera-tive community projects. In addition, the grant provides support for undergraduates toparticipate in research opportunities that will both benefit the community and be integrated intothe curriculum.

The Kellogg Program focuses on three themes: Culture and Community Studies (coordina-tor: Peter Conn, Professor of English); Environment and Health (coordinator: Robert Giegengack,Professor of Geology and Director of the Center for Environmental Studies); and Nutrition andHealth (coordinator: Francis E. Johnston, Professor of Anthropology).

The Kellogg Program has funds available for faculty members to apply for summer coursedevelopment grants. Proposals should fall within the three project areas noted above. Grantswill be for no more than $3,000 per project. These funds can be used to provide graduate andundergraduate support, course implementation, course support, and/or summer salary ($3,000is inclusive of E.B. if taken as salary). Criteria for selection will include:

1. Academic excellence2. Integration of research, teaching and service3. Partnership with schools, community groups, service agencies, etc.4. Focus on Philadelphia, especially West Philadelphia5. Evidence as to how the course activity will involve participation or interaction with the

community as well as contribute to improving the community6. Evidence as to how the course activity will engage undergraduates in research opportunities7. Potential for sustainability

Proposals should include the following:1. Cover Page 1.1 Name, title, department, school, mailing address, social security number 1.2 Title of the proposal 1.3 Amount requested2. 100-word abstract of the proposal (include a description of how the course will involve

interaction with the community and benefit the community)3. A one-page biographical sketch of the applicant4. A two to four page mini-proposal5. Amount of the request and budget

An original and five copies of the proposal should be submitted to the Center for CommunityPartnerships, 133 S. 36th Street, Suite 519, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3246. The applicationdeadline is February 16, 1998.

—Robert Rescorla, Professor of Psychology and Associate Dean for Undergrad. Ed., SAS—Ira Harkavy, Associate Vice President and Director, Center for Community Partnerships

—Penny Gordon-Larsen, Academic and Administrative Coordinator, Kellogg Program toLink Intellectual Resources and Community Needs at the University of Pennsylvania

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

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

Tony Louie, Meghan M. Sinnott

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

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

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18th District Crimes Against Persons12 Incidents and 2 Arrest were reported between October 27, 1997, and November 2, 1997, by the18th District, covering the Schuylkill River to 49th Street and Market Street to Woodland Avenue.

10/27/97 10:00 AM Aggravated Assault 4800 Sansom10/28/97 9:47 AM Robbery 4800 Locust10/29/97 2:25 PM Robbery 4800 Chestnut10/30/97 1:43 PM Agg Assault 4702 Walnut10/30/97 11:41 PM Robbery 4600 Market / Arrest10/31/97 2:36 AM Robbery 3900 Walnut10/31/97 7:25 AM Aggravated Assault 38 44th St.10/31/97 4:25 PM Robbery 4600 Ludlow11/01/97 2:41 PM Robbery 4600 Ludlow11/02/97 8:12 AM Robbery 3900 Walnut / Arrest11/02/97 12:15 PM Rape 4500 Larchwood11/02/97 2:30 PM Robbery 4500 Springfield

UpdateNOVEMBER AT PENN

Crimes Against Persons34th To 38th/Market to Civic Center: Aggravated Assaults—1; Simple Assaults—1; Threats & Harassment—4;10/27/97 2:31 PM 3600 Blk Ludlow Complainant reports being harassed10/28/97 12:39 AM Speakman Dorm Unwanted calls/hang-ups received10/28/97 3:16 PM Johnson Pavilion Complainant reports being threatened10/30/97 10 :28 PM Phi Gamma Delta Officers assaulted/arrest11/01/97 12:57 AM 38th & Spruce Complainant assaulted by driver of auto/private complaint11/01/97 9 :02 PM 3600 Blk Chestnut Complainant threatened by unknown suspect

38th To 41st/Market to Baltimore: Robberies (& Attempts)—3; Threats & Harassment—1;10/29/97 6 :40 PM 40th & Sansom Complainant robbed by unknown suspect of checks/cash10/31/97 2 :36 AM 3900 Blk Walnut Property taken from complainant/arrest10/31/97 2:31 PM High Rise North Complainant reports being harassed11/02/97 8:14 AM 3915 Walnut St Actor took merchandise/displayed knife & needles/arrest

Outside 30th - 43rd/Market - Baltimore: Threats & Harassment—1;10/28/97 1:28 PM 2300 Walnut St. Harassing messages received via e-mail

Crimes Against Society34th To 38th/Market To Civic Center: Disorderly Conduct—1;10/31/97 10:09 PM 34th & Civic Suspect became disorderly with police/arrest

38th To 41st/Market To Baltimore: Disorderly Conduct—2; Alcohol & Drug Offenses—1;10/27/97 11:37 PM 4000 Blk Baltimore Driver arrested for alcohol violation/possible drugs10/31/97 9:31 PM 4000 Blk Spruce Suspect arrested for disorderly conduct11/01/97 5:55 PM 3900 Blk Walnut Suspect arrested for disorderly conduct

30th To 34th/Market To University: Disorderly Conduct—1;10/29/97 4:22 PM 34th & Spruce Suspect arrested for disorderly conduct

FITNESS/LEARNING21 2nd Annual Fall Basketball Classic:Deadline for Rosters; men, women and co-recleagues must sign up in Gimbel Gym. $50 (checkonly); all rosters must be complete with signa-tures. Event to take place December 2 —5 (De-partment of Recreation).

MEETING

12 Planning “Carnivale!”; to plan for a spe-cial event in February; everyone’s ideas arewelcome, 7:30 p.m.; 3601 Locust Walk (Chris-tian Association).

RELIGION

13 Bible Study; Mark’s Gospel; 7:30 p.m.;Christian Association, 3601 Locust Walk. AlsoNovember 20.

FILMSNeighborhood Film/Video ProjectFilms are shown at International House. Forinformation and tickets call 895-6542.Gazing at Pasolini14 Mama Roma; (P. Pasolini, 1962; 110 mins.;Italian w/ English subtitles); 7 p.m.; also No-vember 15, 6:30 p.m.; and November 16, 3 p.m.

Who Killed Pasolini?/Pasolini: Un DelittoItaliano; (M. Giordana, 1995; 101 mins.; Italianw/ English subtitles); Philadelphia premiere 9:30p.m.; also November 15, 4 and 9 p.m.; andNovember 16, 5:30 and 8 p.m.

The University of Pennsylvania Police DepartmentCommunity Crime Report

About the Crime Report: Below are all Crimes Against Persons and Crimes Against Society from the campusreport for October 27, 1997 through November 2, 1997. Also reported were Crimes Against Property,including 41 total thefts (including 6 burglary & attempt, 10 thefts from autos, 13 thefts of bikes &parts, 7 criminal mischief & vandalism, 1 trespassing & loitering, and 1 theft of auto). Full crime reportsare in this issue of Almanac on the Web (www.upenn.edu/almanac/v44/n12/crimes.html).—Ed.

This summary is prepared by the Division of Public Safety and includes all criminal incidents reported and madeknown to the University Police Department between the dates of October 27, 1997 through November 2, 1997.The University Police actively patrols from Market Street to Baltimore Avenue and from the Schuylkill River to 43rdStreet in conjunction with the Philadelphia Police. In this effort to provide you with a thorough and accurate reporton public safety concerns, we hope that your increased awareness will lessen the opportunity for crime. For anyconcerns or suggestions regarding this report, please call the Division of Public Safety at 898-4482.

TALKS14 The Third Annual Dolan Pritchett Memo-rial Lecture: Drug Discovery in the ModernEra; Perry Molinoff, Bristol-Myers Squibb; 4p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, Clinical ResearchBldg.(Pharm.; Ctr. Experimental Therapeutics).19 Clinical Bioinformatics—Where Are WeHeaded?; Michael Liebman, Wyeth-Ayerst Re-search; 5 p.m.; Austrian Auditorium, CRB 423Curie Blvd. (Center for Bioinformatics).

Deadlines : The deadline for the January atPenn calendar is December 2. The deadline forthe update is the Monday prior to the week ofpublication.

Holiday HostingAs you make the seating chart for your

Thanksgiving dinner, consider inviting amember of Penn’s international studentor scholar community to your table. Thewinter holiday can be a bit lonely, andmany from abroad would welcome theopportunity to share in a traditional Ameri-can holiday dinner or gathering.

While the Office of International Pro-grams will attempt to “match” you withan international student or scholar, wewould encourage you to consider invitinga member of your own academic depart-ment or unit. If you would like OIP toidentify a student or two to join you foryour Thanksgiving celebration, please callShalini Dev Bhutani at 898-4661 or e-mail her at: bhutanis@pobox.upenn.edu.If you are interested in hosting a studentfor other winter holiday celebrations,please get in touch with OIP.

— Joyce M. Randolph, DirectorOffice of International Programs

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Will Your Computer Know What Year It is?by James J. O’Donnell

Every millennium begets its own terrors. While few of us expect the world to end in the Year2000, we are already living with our own apocalyptic predictions: newspapers, magazines, radioand other media issue a daily Year 2000 warning. Will our computers stop working? Will ourelevators and security systems suddenly freeze up? Or is it all media hype?

This fear is in many ways very real. Penn, like any other institution or enterprise, relies heavilyon computer systems and devices that control the operation of equipment for crucial research andadministrative activities. Many of these systems and devices will not function correctly in the Year2000 unless we prepare them. (It’s simple: if like many systems over the last decades, a system isprogrammed to record dates by a two-digit number, then the move from 97 to 98 to 99 is easyenough, but the move to 00 means that you’ve suddenly moved back in time 99 years: all sorts ofcalculations can go awry if this happens.) But at the same time, we need to take a balancedapproach. The appropriate mentality is that of “risk management.” If you know you will buy a newdesktop system before January 1, 2000, then you can breathe a little easy: new machines are already2000-compliant. But if your system is mission-critical and will not be substantially upgraded in thenext 26 months, you should take a serious look at it to see what risks it contains, then think aboutthe costs of remediation.

Many of Penn’s academic and administrative offices are working aggressively to resolve theirproblems. Some changes have already been made (in time to cope with the arrival of the class of2000, for example), but much more remains to be done. Our goal is not just to fix code but to assurethat the essential business of the University continues uninterrupted. A working group under thesponsorship of the Provost and EVP is being formed to bring together and coordinate the activitiesalready underway in many schools and centers. Our website www.upenn.edu/computing/year2000should be consulted frequently for progress across the University and for up-to-date informationfrom external agencies such as NIH concerned about the Year 2000 problem. The site will includenames of individuals in each school and center who are leading their school/center efforts, as wellas information about specific hardware and software releases that are and are not 2000-compliant.

But centralized and coordinated activity cannot do the whole job. Many researchers arebelieved to be at risk for systems built up over time, collecting valuable data, and continuing to playan important part in their work. Every computing system and program must be presumed Year-2000vulnerable until proven otherwise. The key to success in bringing all systems safely into the Year2000 will be communication and information sharing at all levels within the University. A surveyto be conducted shortly by each school and center will assess current progress and the magnitudeof the remaining effort. Please respond fully and quickly when we seek this vital information.

ISC, Penn’s central computing organization, stands ready to work with the IT professionals inschools and administrative centers to advise and consult and make appropriate reference forindividuals and organizations with year 2000 needs that may yet be unaddressed. Please write or calldirectly to me (jod@isc.upenn.edu, 898-1787) or to Robin Beck, associate vice president(beck @isc.upenn.edu, 898-7581).

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Dr. O’Donnell is Professor of Classical Studies in SAS and is the University’sVice Provost for Information Systems and Computing.

A Short StoryThe calendar reckoningthat will give us the Year2000 problem goes backto a monk in the 6thcentury A.D. namedDionysius Exiguus(“Dennis the Short”)who calculated the dateof the birth of Jesus andproposed dating beforeand after that date.Though the system onlybegan to come into com-mon use in the eighthcentury, the very firstperson to use it appearsto have been Dionysius’friend Cassiodorus,another learned monkwriting in the year 562.

Scholars now date thebirth to about 4 B.C.,which means that ifDionysius had got itright, this year wouldbe the year 2000 andwe would have had thatmuch less time to getready. As it is we hopeto have all key systemsat Penn “fixed” andready by December1998.

— J. O’D.

To the University CommunityWe have asked Jim O'Donnell, Vice Provost for Information Systems and

Computing, to write the piece below in order to ensure that full and appropriateattention is given to an issue that could be very costly to neglect. Informationtechnology has become critical to the success of Penn's academic missions andadmin-istrative support. The problem of the year 2000, which is seemly simplebut often complex and difficult, is buried in many of our critical computerprograms. We must be sure that we have taken every reasonable step to solvethat problem. In this notice, Jim outlines the issues and the solutions beingpursued by the ISC organization.

Stanley Chodorow John FryProvost Executive Vice President