11/25/03, For Comment: PennCard Policy - Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 14

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PennCard Policy

Please be advised that in response to national and local security concerns, the Division of Public Safety would like to update the University's Security Policy regarding the use of buildings after-hours and the displaying of PennCards.

The new policy would require all persons (students, staff, and faculty) to prominently display their PennCard identification.

between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Monday through Friday and
from 10 p.m. on Friday night through 7 a.m. on Monday morning.

Previously the display of PennCard identification was only mandated between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. on weekends as well as weekdays. Persons observed by security/police in a campus building that is not open for scheduled public activity between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Monday through Friday and from 10 p.m. on Friday night through 7 a.m. on Monday morning without a PennCard will be asked to leave the building, and will not be able to re-enter until they can produce valid PennCard identification.

The full text of this proposed policy is available online at www.publicsafety.upenn.edu/policies/POLICY_7_AFTER_HOURS_USE_OF_
BUILDINGS-DISPLAYING_ID_CARDS.htm from the Division of Public Safety website. More information on the evolution of this security policy is also available at www.upenn.edu/almanac/v48/n33/OR-PennCard.html from the Almanac archives online.

The Division of Public Safety seeks the input of all segments of the Penn community. Please direct your comments to: Maureen Rush via lklerr@publicsafety.upenn.edu.

--Division of Public Safety

Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 14, November 25, 2003

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:

Tuesday,
November 25, 2003
Volume 50 Number 14
www.upenn.edu/almanac

Dedicating the Rodebaugh Diabetes Center and the Clayton Kyle Conference Room.

Ivy League Champions setting records: Football and Volleyball teams victorious.

Professor of business and public policy named to the Ehrenkranz Chair.

Rules Governing Final Exams prohibit use of social security number and ID number.

University Council to hold Open Forum on December 3; topics due today.

Changes in Faculty Income Allowance Program take effect on January 1.

The Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Classified Research and a Reply to it.

Transforming Penn--from one end to another, with buildings and a new gateway for the campus.

Research Roundup: Hemoglobin, Breast Cancer, Metabolism, Aging, Protecting Newborns

Proposed changes to PennCard Policy to mandate displaying card all weekend.

Special discount at the UPM Shops starts December 5 with Penn, HUP and CHOP ID.

Penn's Way: deadline for last raffle is Wednesday; Dare to Care before Thanksgiving.

Almanac's annual array of Gifts of Involvement with a Penn flair.

December AT PENN, complete with holiday happenings and ways to help others.