ADVISORY/Drexel University to Launch Kal & Lucille Rudman Institute for Entertainment Industry Studies.

News Editors/Assignment Desks

ADVISORY...for Monday (April 19)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Drexel University 

What:     Music legend Kal Rudman and his wife, Lucille, will visit
          Drexel University for the launch of the Kal & Lucille Rudman
          Institute for Entertainment Industry Studies, the first of
          its kind on the East Coast. The Institute will focus on
          keeping local talent in the City and promoting Philadelphia
          as an entertainment center.

          The Rudmans will leave their handprints in a 3ft. by 2 ft.
          block of plaster with a plaque noting their accomplishments
          in the entertainment business.

          Students from various entertainment majors at Drexel's
          College of Media Arts & Design (CoMAD) will celebrate the
          launch of the Institute, including student band Alphabet
          Army that performs with puppets, and dancers from the Fine
          and Performing Arts program. Drexel President Constantine
          Papadakis and CoMAD dean Jonathan Estrin will welcome the
          Rudmans.

Visuals:

          --  Kal and Lucille Rudman placing their hands in the wet
              plaster.

          --  The Rudmans holding their wet hands up to the crowd of
              performers and Drexel President Papadakis.

          --  Alphabet Army performing on stage with puppets.

          --  Drexel student dancers performing.

When:     Monday, April 19, 2004 from 10:45 a.m.-noon.

Where:    Mandell Theater, Creese Student Union Complex
          (33rd and Chestnut Streets)