Proud of our women professors To the editor: As Electrical and Systems Engineering Department chairman, I write to allay your worries about diversity in faculty hiring ("Defenseless Diversity" 11/19/2007). We only hire faculty who have achieved preeminence in high impact areas of technology and engineering science and whose compelling intellectual vision sets the standard for research and teaching in their fields.

There are certain things you will never read if you are a student here. These include: "Penn professor acquitted in murder trial," "Unidentified woman ambushed with flowers outside Wizzards," and "Security guard exposes his amazing personality." Trust me, you just won't. (1 )

Here in Philly, VIP treatment isn't just limited to the hottest nightclubs in town. At the highly anticipated Republican Senator John McCain /Utah Governor Jon Huntsman event last Monday, while hundreds of students patiently waited outside Zellerbach Theater, my Huntsman colleagues and I effortlessly skipped the queues despite our late arrival. (24 )