WHO SHE IS: Dispatcher, Emergency
Communications Center YEARS AT PENN: 3 1/2 WHAT SHE DOES: Hale monitors campus alarm systems and security
cameras for suspicious activity. She also handles incoming calls
for emergency assistance, feeding them to police officers or emergency
personnel via the center’s computer-aided dispatch system. SECURITY CAMERAS INSTALLED: 250, located throughout campus CONTACT INFO: Nearest yellow emergency call box; phone: 511 or
8-7333 (on campus), 215-573-3333 (off campus)
“Even though they themselves were wealthy and privileged men, they would be appalled by the impact and effect of money, not only on elections but on governance.”
Richard Beeman, the John Welsh Centennial Professor of History Emeritus, on what the founding fathers would think about today’s political atmosphere. (Philadelphia Inquirer, May 8, 2013).