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Janice Dow is an College sophomore from Los Angeles. Her e-mail address is dow@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Fraternities and sororities pride themselves on being strong national organizations with traditions shared among every chapter on every campus. But Greek life at other colleges and universities can differ drastically from the atmosphere at Penn. Some Ivy League schools defer recruitment until sophomore year, some have many more students involved in Greek life - and some don't recognize it at all.

An "energetic, dogged newsman" will speak at the Kelly Writers House today, according to Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and Penn artist-in-residence Dick Polman. These words describe Polman's longtime colleague and current Deputy Managing Editor for News and Multimedia at The Philadelphia Inquirer Vernon Loeb.

Next time students stroll down Hamilton Walk, they will pass a piece of architectural history. The Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Laboratory and the adjacent David Goddard Laboratories were designated a National Historic Landmark two weeks ago by U.

Claiborne Pell, the quirky former Rhode Island senator, died January 1st after a long battle with Parkinson's. While Penn students were not alive during most of his 36 years in office, many should recognize Pell's name from their financial-aid statement. And for good reason - he helped to pass legislation creating the Basic Educational Opportunity Grants, commonly referred to as Pell Grants, which provide direct aid to college students.

Robert Carpick is used to doing experiments in his lab, but he's about to become the guinea pig for a new program. The Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics professor is among an inaugural group of eight faculty recently selected for the Penn Fellows program.

While most people were paying attention to our new President, last week another tall, reform-minded public servant/basketball player moved from Chicago to Washington. On Jan. 21, Arne Duncan, the CEO of the Chicago Public Schools since 2001, became the Secretary of Education.

Life's not getting a whole lot easier for the men's squash team. Just four days after falling to the dynastic No. 1 Trinity squad, 9-0, the seventh-ranked Quakers travel to Princeton, N.J., tonight to face the Tigers. And though Penn (6-3, 1-2 Ivy) may not stand much of a chance of upsetting No.

Fractured tibia or not, senior co-captain Alisha Turner would not miss playing Princeton. Last year Turner battled through her match in the national championship against the Tigers while nursing that injury which she had sustained a few days before. "I guess I have a high pain threshold," Turner said.

Next time students stroll down Hamilton Walk, they will pass a piece of architectural history. The Alfred Newton Richards Medical Research Laboratory and the adjacent David Goddard Laboratories were designated a National Historic Landmark two weeks ago by U.

Why are white people obsessed with girls with bangs? What's the deal with ugly sweater parties? Christian Lander has the answers. Lander, the best-selling author of the book Stuff White People Like: The Definitive Guide to the Taste of Millions and creator ofProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 he famous blog by the same name, is scheduled to discuss his book at a signing at the Penn Boo

Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence yesterday - except this time, it wasn't addressed to England. A protestor dressed in colonial garb read aloud from "The Declaration of these Citizens of Philadelphia of our Independence from Casinos" as part of Casino-Free Philadelphia's kickoff event.

I've been to enough Penn sporting events, you see, to develop a little theory about the attendance figures provided in the average box score. They're bogus, baseless, pulled from thin air. What seems to me a quarter-full turnout at the 8,700-seat Palestra looks more like 5,000 to them.

God is in the trenches, or at least that's where Dr. David Gilman Romano is looking. Romano, senior research scientist at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, delivered an hour-long lecture last night describing the progress of his ongoing excavation of Mt.

Saint Joseph's coach Phil Martelli had a lot to say after the Hawks' victory over Penn last Saturday. What was the first thing on his mind? "First, I want to acknowledge the crowd on both sides," he said. "It gives you chills, Saturday night at the Palestra.