MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2015
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U. changes Fling alcohol policies
Eight registered parties will be allowed on Fling weekend ELLIE SCHROEDER & ANNA HESS Staff Reporters
Undercover cops, deported international students and the arrest of fraternity presidents — these were just some of many rumors that
circulated campus during last year’s Spring Fling. The Undergraduate Assembly recently formed a Commission on Alcohol Safety and Communication to increase transparency at this year’s Fling festivities and prevent the types of rumors that abounded last year. But despite clarifying some information about alcohol
policy, concerns remain over this year’s Fling alcohol-related initiatives. One of the main issues was that during Fling last year, fraternities were not adequately informed about whether or not they could register events until the last minute, said the co-chairs of the commission, College sophomore Daniel Kahana and
College junior Andrew Robertson. This year, the policy is much clearer. The University will allow eight registered events with alcohol for the entire weekend of Fling — four Greek and four non-Greek. Some students find the concept of eight registered parties for an SEE FLING PAGE 6
PENN PENN HOLI HOLI
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Young Jains of America held Holi, a full-fledged color and music festival inspired by the Hindu spring festival. Students received colored powder and counted down until 3 pm, when they simultaneously threw their colors into the air and at each other.
SOUL protests police brutality with Klan outfit
Hierarchy brings different experiences for adjunct profs. Graduate students, adjuncts and lecturers see different pay and experiences
The demonstration is part of the org’s “Ferguson Fridays”
ISABEL KIM Staff Reporter
Higher education has seen a recent trend of hiring more adjunct professors, who are not on the tenure track and are paid to teach, not to research. At Penn, however, adjuncts are only a small portion of non-faculty instructors. Penn employs instructors including graduate students, lecturers and adjuncts that are not in the same category as tenure track-professors. Despite the fact that both groups teach classes, their experiences differ in both compensation and role within the University. The Huffington Post reported that adjuncts typically earn between $20,000 and $25,0000 annually, as compared to the $84,303 made on average by full-time instructors and professors. “From a labor standpoint, someone who is a senior lecturer doesn’t have the same pay, same relationship with the faculty. From the student standpoint it may not be so meaningful. They don’t occupy the same space, [but] that doesn’t mean they’re not excellent teachers,” said Bruce Lenthall, executive director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and Advisor on Educational Initiatives to the Vice Provost for Education. But at Penn, different types of instructors are
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A Penn student dressed as a member of the Ku Klux Klan held hands with another student dressed as a police officer in a staged demonstration on Friday.
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A Penn student dressed as a member of the Ku Klux Klan held hands with another student dressed as a police officer in a staged demonstration on Locust Walk Friday afternoon that was organized by the Students Organizing for Unity and Liberation group.
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The demonstration, which took place primarily in front of the LOVE statue, is one of the organization’s weekly “Ferguson Fridays” events that call to attention modern racial issues. The sign accompanying the demonstration stated that “modern American law enforcement originated from Slave Patrols.” The sign also addressed an April 2 incident where two Floridian police officers who were SEE SOUL PAGE 5
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