Just a few years before his tragic passing, sportswriter Dick Schaap wrote in his autobiography that his favorite sport was "collecting people." In four years of writing for the DP, my favorite Penn sport has been just that. I have enjoyed collecting Penn athletes the most because they are some of the more underappreciated and interesting students at this university.

Penn prides itself on having a diverse campus, representing many ethnicities and nationalities throughout both undergraduate and graduate programs. However, the Council of Graduate Schools may not agree with this assessment. Last month, CGS published a report on diversity in graduate schools at the legislative forum at the Library of Congress.

Nursing senior Megan Ruedebusch has had a "disheartening" job search. Out of the 15 hospitals she applied to, only about half have gotten back to her - all with negative responses. "We were told coming in our freshman year that we would never have trouble getting a job," said Colin Plover, also a Nursing senior.

The Penn men's lightweight rowing team has not been accustomed to a deep roster of rowers --- until this season. In 2008, the team only fielded two Varsity 8 boats and one Freshman boat. After graduating just two seniors from that season, however, the Quakers ballooned to include three Varsity and two Freshman boats.

May 9 - Legendary college, professional and Olympic coach Chuck Daly, who steered Penn to four Ivy League and Big 5 titles in his six seasons at the helm, died Saturday after a bout with pancreatic cancer. He was 78. Though perhaps best known for directing the Detroit Pistons "Bad Boys" teams to back-to-back NBA championships in 1989 and 1990 and earning Olympic gold with the "Dream Team" at the 1992 Barcelona games, Daly will forever be remembered in West Philadelphia for his successes on the Palestra's vaunted hardwood.

The University announced yesterday that Bon Appetit Management Company will be its new food-service provider. "We are confident that Bon Appetit is committing to implementing Penn's vision for dining and is well positioned to do so," Vice President of Penn's Division of Business Services Marie Witt, said.

In a sport where individual accomplishments determine a team's success, the parts don't always add up to the whole. That was the fate of the women's track and field team at last weekend's Heptagonal Championships, the equivalent of Ivy Championships. Despite numerous individuals earning personal bests and ECAC and Regional qualifications, the Quakers finished just seventh as a team with a total of 57 points at Franklin Field.

This just doesn't feel quite right. These senior columns are supposed to fit in with the whole graduation motif - you know, moving onto bigger and better things, reflecting on our time spent in the best damned windowless office on campus. It's our way of saying thanks to the paper, and the paper's way of thanking us.

Who else would it be? Yet again Penn is about to enter a key women's lacrosse game and standing directly in its path is Northwestern. Facing each other for the third-straight year on the final weekend of the postseason, the No. 4 seed Quakers (15-2) will play the No.

Mark Fabish is coming home. After graduating from Penn in 1997, the former receiver served coaching stints at Monmouth and Rhode Island. But now he's returning to 33rd Street, as he was officially named Penn's new tight ends coach Tuesday. "It has been a long-time goal of mine to get back to the University of Pennsylvania," Fabish said in a Penn Athletics press release.

Municipal Judge Thomas Nocella recently ordered defendant Domenique Wilson, the suspect in the home invasion and sexual assault at 44th and Spruce streets last December, to a mental-health evaluation, the Philadelphia Daily News reported. According to the Daily News, Wilson's attorney requested that the judge order his client to undergo the evaluation, and the judge granted the request.

A Series of Memos on the Occasion of our Graduation from Childhood. In lieu of a column this week, I've decided to take a page from 34th Street and pen a few Shoutout-esque letters to express my feelings toward various people and/or inanimate objects (minus Robert Pattinson this time).

Assault May 1 - Irving Jefferson, 46, unaffiliated with the University and of the 800 block of Ardmore Avenue in Ardmore, Pa, was arrested at about 1:45 a.m. for allegedly assaulting a police officer on the 3700 block of Walnut Street. Burglary May 4 - A male student, 29, reported at 5:45 p.

The women's lacrosse team pulled out a 9-8 overtime victory the last time they faced Duke, in last year's NCAA Tournament Final Four. Now, with last season in the back of their minds, the two teams will square off once again, though this time it's one round earlier.

Despite plans to open in the week leading up to graduation, Capogiro Gelato still hasn't opened its doors on the ground floor of the Radian Apartments. The family-owned store was originally slated to open in the early spring, according to owner John Reitano, although it was delayed due to a "challenging economic environment," he wrote in an e-mail for a previous article.

"When the name of your company becomes a verb, you know you've done something special," said Interim Provost Vincent Price during his introduction of the 2009 commencement speaker this morning on Franklin Field. "That's market penetration." In an event marked by pop culture references, laughs from the audience and heartfelt moments, Google CEO Eric Schmidt led the 2009 commencement ceremony with a speech geared toward guiding new graduates in the current difficult economic times.

According to a notice filed with the state of Pennsylvania, Aramark, Penn's dining services provider, will cut 185 jobs at a site on the University's campus effective July 12.