Word: pennsylvania
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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THERE WAS NO ONE around the campus of the University of Pennsylvania who reacted very favorably to a flattering article that appeared in the March 3 issue of The Hockey News. The story, whose headline read: "Maturing Quakers Delighting Finke; Penn Building for Future," amplified an already frustrating situation...
...bitter irony of an article about the hockey team's prospects, written just before the Pennsylvania administration announced the termination of the varsity program at the university, compounded the bitterness and disappointment of team members and supporters. The elimination of hockey, along with the announced cancellation of professional theater at the Annenberg Center, formed the emotional basis for what developed into a monumental four-day sit-in at the Philadelphia campus...
Cuts were unavoidable; Pennsylvania was facing severe financial difficulties. The administration trimmed $880,000 off its 1978-79 budget in the round of cuts that were announced February 24, According to Jon C. Strauss, budget director at Pennsylvania, the university was facing a deficit of nearly $6 million for fiscal year...
Inflation and the refusal of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to increase its financial support of the school by the necessary amount caused most of the deficit. After numerous budget-trimming measures, proposed tuition increases and the previous cutbacks, Pennsylvania still faced a potentially crippling deficit for the upcoming fiscal year...
With student government leaders, leaders of minority groups, and athletes combining to produce a negotiating body that was supposed to represent a diverse student body, an organized student voice made its return to the Pennsylvania campus...