Kathy Change: Her legacy burns on - The Daily Pennsylvanian
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"I’ve tried to do this several times before,And failed.If this is the right thing to do,Heaven help
“I’ve tried to do this several times before, And failed. If this is the right thing to do, Heaven help me. If not, Well, Never mind. I’ll be seeing you around.” -Kathy Change, “A Note to Sympathetic Penn Students,” October 1996. Kathy Change tried. She tried loudly and visibly enough that almost everyone at Penn knew who she was. Day after day for a decade and a half, she made a scene on College Green. She danced nonstop for hours on end. She waved enormous homemade flags featuring political messages that warned of imminent economic collapse and nuclear holocaust. She screamed…
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