Ribbons honor Zantops

Purple ribbons adorning the black robes of today's graduates are not there for decoration -- they are being worn in remembrance of Professors Half and Susanne Zantop. The ribbon distribution was planned by two earth science department graduate students, Todd Myse and Margaret Quinn, both of whom knew Half Zantop personally. Half Zantop was a professor in the earth sciences department and Susanne Zantop was chair of the German studies department.