According to a recent Standard and Poor's newsletter, Philadelphia Media Holdings, LLC -- the company that owns The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News and prints The Daily Pennsylvanian - has lately been experiencing financial difficulties.

For the 37 years that he has spent behind the wheel of a taxi, Ken Schwartz, supervisor for Quaker City Cab, Inc., has believed that "a rolling cab is always first out," he said. Even today with gas prices at all-time highs, Schwartz keeps his wheels spinning and air conditioning blowing.

Some Quakers alumni saw their dreams of Olympic glory fall short at last week's U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. Leading the group was 2004 graduate Brian Chaput, an NCAA champion in the javelin throw during his time as a Quaker. At last week's trials, none of the American javelin throwers obtained the Olympic 'A' standard of 268 feet, 4 inches.

On June 26, Philadelphia's citizens finally got what they'd been waiting for: Mayor Michael Nutter endorsed PennPraxis's recommendations for clearing and greening the Delaware waterfront. Community leaders gathered at Independence Seaport Museum to hear the announcement.

The men's and women's golf teams are in for another coaching shake-up this year. Francis Vaughn, the head coach for both the men and women, resigned from his duties last week. Vaughn, with Penn for 12 years, cited the increasing obligations of his business ventures as the primary reason for stepping down.

By instating Score Choice for the SATs, the College Board puts low-income students at a disadvantage and devalues its own tests.

On June 27, outgoing senior Mike Hall received one of 58 NCAA postgraduate scholarships for his academic performance and athletics success. The scholarship - valued at $7,500 - is given by the NCAA to 29 male and 29 female student-athletes participating in spring sports.

The announcement that Logan Hall would be changing its name to Claudia Cohen Hall first appeared in The Daily Pennsylvanian on March 19. Now almost four months later, the signs of the building have been changed to feature the name of the famous entertainment journalist, and they are attracting widespread media attention following a New York Times article on Sunday.

With all the attention that gun control has garnered in recent months, it's no wonder that Philadelphia is renewing its efforts to reform and enforce its gun policies. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey announced the start of a 30-day moratorium on reporting lost or stolen guns yesterday in an effort to begin enforcing one of the gun control measures passed in April.

Penn researchers might be soaring into uncharted territory with new research that brings them a step closer to a vaccine against the avian flu. Sixth-year Pharmacology Ph.D. candidate Dominick Laddy recently won the Maria Hillerman Award for his research of a vaccine that will hopefully prevent multiple strains of the flu, including avian.

Last month, Penn received two three-year contract extensions to continue managing Henry C. Lea and Alexander Wilson schools, despite the Philadelphia School District's decision to seize six schools from outside managers. "The decision was made on a case-by-case basis," Director of Philadelphia Public School's Accountability Office Michael Shlesinger said.

For nearly 20 years, drug companies sold contraceptives to college and low-income health clinics at deeply discounted rates. But a provision of the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act, which took effect in 2006, excluded the centers from low-price eligibility. The law's "sudden and unexpected" impact sent birth control prices soaring nationwide, said Penn's Women's Health Director Deborah Mathis.

Nutter's support of PennPraxis takes into account the whole community's needs

Daniel Schwartz is a rising College junior from Decatur, Ga. His e-mail address is schwartz@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Last year's award may have been somewhat more prestigious, but women's lacrosse head coach was honored yet again by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches' Association. On July 1, Brower was named the IWLCA Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year, honoring her achievements with the Quakers this season.

The men's basketball team continues to get even bigger. No, they didn't sign a seven-footer, the team is just gaining players. Last Monday, men's basketball head coach Glen Miller officially announced the five incoming freshmen who will make up his latest recruiting class.

Ajay Nair, an associate dean from Columbia University, took over on July 1 as the new Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs. He is replacing Therese Conn, who will retire from the University as of Sept. 30. Nair returns to Penn after serving as the Associate Dean of Student Affairs for Columbia College and the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.