February 26, 2004
- Mr.
Deep Pockets
Penn's director of financial aid, William Schilling, explains what it takes to make the university affordable for all.
- Kumanyika in middle of global food fight
- Scheppele: Serious flaws in Afghan constitution
- UPHS applies Delta force to patient safety
- 50 years after Brown, a time for conversation
- Healthy smiles all around
- Gourevitch recounts Rwandan horror
- Out and About: Portraits of new African-Americans
ASK BENNY
It’s
a grand old flag, and it’s not for sale
Illustration
by Bo Brown
Dear Benny,
Who makes the University flag? Are they available for purchase?
— Wants
to Wave the Red and Blue
Dear Penn Patriot,
Janice Marini, special events director
in the President’s Office,
told me, “The flags are made by a local flag company. We use two
different companies, depending on their ability to turn around a job
quickly. University flags are not available for purchase. They are used
only for official functions, ceremonies and events. You can get Penn
banners and pennants from the Penn Bookstore.”
Dear Benny,
Whatever happened to the iron gates that once existed at the west end
of Hamilton Walk, at the intersection of 38th Street and University Avenue?
The reinstallation of the gates would certainly add to the appearance
of the Leidy Labs/Quad area.
— South Campus Denizen
Dear Biologist,
“What gates?” was University Landscape Architect Bob Lundgren’s
first response when I asked him this question. “There are no gates.
They were stolen many years ago. I’ve been here 22 years, and I’ve
never seen them. What I was told when I got here was that they were stolen
probably several years before that, when Penn was thinking about renovating
Hamilton Walk.”
Lundgren said that there are no current plans to replace the gates, even though the pillars that supported them still stand and drawings and photographs of them exist in the Facilities Services Division’s files. “If someone is willing to give us the $300,000 it would cost to restore the columns and rebuild the gates, we would do it,” he added.
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