Forty years ago next week, a determined group of students filed into College Hall with sleeping bags under their arms and no intention of leaving. These students' actions sparked a six-day demonstration that would grow to involve nearly 1,000 people, encapsulating the counterculture movement of the late 1960s and marking arguably the most successful student protest in our University's history.

Feb. 18, 1:56 p.m. Preventative antibiotics for meningococcal infection are no longer necessary, the University said in a statement released this afternoon. Three Penn students were hospitalized last week with meningococcal infections, and two others were hospitalized for flu-like symptoms.

For most MBA aspirants, getting the perfect GMAT score is a major part of securing a seat in a good business school. However, the Education Testing Service has developed a GRE-GMAT comparison tool that allows a student to apply to business school with a GRE score.

Seated in leather chairs on top of a rich, Persian rug, Penn's greatest economic and political minds casually discussed some not-so-casual issues last night in the Zellerbach Theatre. As part of the Inaugural David and Lyn Silfen University Forum, last night's event - "After the Fall: A World Transformed?" - focused on the financial crisis.

Casino-Free Philadelphia is showing city residents it holds one more truth to be self-evident - casinos do not belong in Philadelphia. The organization will hold a town hall meeting in Center City tonight as part of its new campaign, entitled "Declaration of Independence from Casinos.

Johnathan Perry, '03 Wharton alumnus, died last Thursday in the Continental Flight 3407 crash near Buffalo, N.Y. Perry, 27, died with his girlfriend, Nicole Korczykowski, '01 College and Wharton alumna, while en route to visit her family in Buffalo, according to the Associated Press.

In the 36-year history of the Penn women's basketball team, 17 Quakers have eclipsed 1,000 career points, most recently guard Joey Rhoads in 2007. After senior captain Carrie Biemer's 45-point output this weekend against Brown and Yale - which earned her Big 5 Player of the Week honors - she finds herself only five points shy of the career milestone.

Forgive Princeton's Dan Mavraides if he exaggerates just a little bit when taking a charge in tonight's game. The sophomore guard may have picked up a few tips from his mother, actress Dorothy Gallagher. A classically trained actress from Boston, Gallagher has appeared in Shakespeare plays, does voice-over work for commercials and video games and teaches voice-over clinics as well.

If there's one thing that Ivy League schools pride themselves on, it's tradition. Considering seven of the eight schools are some of the oldest in America (sorry Cornell, but you guys just don't count), these ivory towers are steeped in ritual. Whether it's Dartmouth's stupid form of beer pong, Harvard's Primal Scream or Cornell's low academic standards, if there's one thing the future I-Bankers and politicians of America take pride in, it's pointless, vestigial customs.

Vibrators, lube and G-spots. Although not typical lunchtime conversation topics for most students, these subjects were on the agenda yesterday afternoon for the women who attended the free, women-only Sex Toy Social at the Penn Women's Center. The Sex Toy Social was part of a series of events to celebrate Women's Week, which started on Monday, Feb.

Remember that tried-and-true line from admissions officers, "If you have two people and a common interest, then you can start a group at Penn"? Well, that's literally how it is for Six Directions, Penn's sole group for students of Native American descent.

When College freshman Marissa Finn was deciding where she wanted to live next year, she said price was a huge factor in her decision. "Because of the state of the economy, I had to consider whether or not the Radian was affordable," she said. Finn is not alone - for many, the economic crisis has complicated decisions about where to live, forcing students to choose their future housing based on price tag rather than personal preference.

Poet, author, civil rights activist and "Phenomenal Woman" Maya Angelou will speak this evening at 6:30 in Irvine Auditorium. Angelou will deliver the keynote address for Women's Week, a series of events honoring women organized by the Penn Consortium of Undergraduate Women.

Do women and computers mix? Why are geeks usually seen as male? Last night, History and Sociology of Science professor Nathan Ensmenger posed these questions in a talk about women and computers at the Wu and Chen Auditorium in Levine Hall. The problem: a lack of women pursuing computer science degrees at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

On the surface, the ECAC championships - intended to be the final tune-up before the outdoor season - may not immediately reveal much about the future for the men's tennis team. The squad entered the tournament as the fourth seed and left the tournament as the fourth seed.

The first student diagnosed with meningococcal infection last Thursday was discharged from the hospital today, and the other two students are both doing well, according to Student Health Services officials. The second student has been moved from the Intensive Care Unit to another room in the hospital, and the third is expected to leave the ICU as soon as a bed in another ward becomes available, SHS director Evelyn Wiener said.

The Dean's Advisory Board believes Penn students can change the world, and is creating a new International Development minor to help. Last spring, the DAB conducted a survey on Locust Walk asking students about their academic experiences. Feedback showed significant interest in international development.