“It would be a mistake to try to make pets of wild rats.”
Karen Rosenthal, director of special species at Penns School
of Veterinary Medicine, on the dangers of welcoming these disease-carrying
rodents into the home (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 26)
“I really do see the wait list as the final touches to a class.”
Eric J. Furda, dean of admissions at Penn, on students who are neither accepted nor rejected from a school. Last year, Penn offered 87 students admission off its active wait list of 1,200. (Philadelphia Inquirer, April 23, 2013)