College junior Alexandra Berger has a vision. Elected chairwoman of the Student Committee on Undergraduate Education on Sunday night, Berger's goals for the year include developing the group's relationship with the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships and continuing SCUE's efforts to promote non-traditional learning and improve online tools like the Penn Course Review and Penn InTouch.

Despite the economic downturn, some people still see hope. Marc Lasry, the Chairman, CEO and a founding partner of Avenue Capital Group, spoke at Claudia Cohen Hall last night about surviving in today's volatile financial market. According to Forbes, Lasry is one of the 400 richest Americans and a pioneer in the field of distressed investing - buying securities of firms near bankruptcy, reorganizing the firms and reselling them for higher prices.

After gaining the approval of both the Philadelphia Historical Commission and the City Planning Department to build a hotel at the corner of 40th and Pine streets, Campus Apartments still finds itself challenged by the surrounding neighborhood. The first hearing in front of the Zoning Board of Adjustment took place on Jan.

In case you didn't get the memo, the economy's not doing too hot right now. This week's corporate report cards won't likely brighten the situation, so brace yourself for a financial Hurricane Katrina. On the home front, the job-seeking senior class grimaces over the uncertainty of their post-Penn lives, but the anxiety over securing a coveted junior-year internship amid a deepening recession is the big story among the Class of 2010 right now.

Yale didn't exactly have a stellar non-conference season at 5-9. But after two contests with Brown, the Bulldogs boast a five-game win streak and their first 2-0 Ivy start since 2001-2002. Two tight wins over last year's Ancient Eight runner-up are impressive.

Ilana Millner is an College junior from Washington's Crossing, Pa. Her e-mail address is millner@dailypennsylvanian.com.

It wasn't very long ago that the Ivy League men's basketball season consisted of a two-horse race, with each contender starting with the letter 'P.' Since the start of the 1958-59 season, the Ancient Eight has crowned 54 champions and co-champions. Princeton and Penn have earned a combined 50 of them.

Charles Schulz's Peanuts character Lucy sold advice for a nickel. But users of a new Web site can make a good deal more for their own wisdom. GottaMentor.com, designed to foster mentorships between students and professionals and provide career advice, is launching a biweekly advice contest today.

At least seven shots were fired into a residence on the 3900 block of Ludlow Street Monday night, according to the Philadelphia Police. Police say no one was injured and that the investigation is ongoing. At 7:36 p.m., police received reports of gunshots at 3913 Ludlow St.

About 40,000 people are released from prison into the Philadelphia region each year. Many of these ex-offenders find it difficult to reenter society. To address the issue of rehabilitation for ex-prisoners, the Division of Public Safety hosted a panel discussion yesterday titled "Life After Prison.

The chips, it seemed, had fallen just right for Columbia last season. The Lions, who hadn't broken .500 in the Ivy League season since 1993, had a team loaded with experience and a pair of formidable big men - a rarity in the Ancient Eight. But 2008 saw the streak continue.

Starting in March, taking the SAT will get a little less stressful for many high-school juniors - but not necessarily for those applying to Penn. However, both admissions officials and college consultants say that Penn's decision not to accept the College Board's Score Choice program will not affect the University's applicant pool.

Seven years ago, the Penn International Business Volunteers organized three summer consulting trips to work with Non-Governmental Organizations in developing countries. Last year, the organization turned away many of the applicants for its ten consulting trips, marking an impressive growth in interest.

The Brown men's basketball team currently has four players near the top of the Ivy League in minutes played. With this weekend's back-to-back games against defending Ivy League Champion Cornell and Columbia, those high totals could equate to sheer exhaustion for the Bears' starters as their Ivy League season gets underway.

Last semester, Philadelphia city officials set off debate when they proposed moving an already-contentious casino plan from the Waterfront area to downtown Chinatown. This news even made it across the Schuykill to Penn, where student groups decided to raise the issue.

Sharing a cultural heritage doesn't mean students hail from the same country. Unfortunately, many Latino students historically have felt tension between American- and foreign-born members of Penn Latino community, said Latino Coalition President and College sophomore Cristian Barrios.

The last time Carrie Biemer scored fewer than 10 points in a game was last Jan. 15, in a 67-50 loss at Seton Hall. As fate would have it, Biemer's 27-game double-digit scoring streak was snapped on Monday by that same Seton Hall team, as the senior captain was held to nine points and zero rebounds.