As Penn nears the closing stages of negotiating a partnership with a nearby public high school, education experts are debating the merits of such relationships. Penn officials say they hope to gain approval for a partnership with University City High School later this month or in early May, and have the partnership functioning by the start of the 2009-2010 school year.

Jennifer Lesser is a College sophomore from Minneapolis, MN. Her e-mail address is lesser@dailypennsylvanian.com.

A native Philadelphian and father of six, Troy Harris always serves food with a smile. Harris has been working in kosher dining at Penn for eight years. He spent his first three with the University's previous food service provider, Bon Appetit, and the last five at Falk Dining Commons in Hillel.

Freshman Jess Lupardus has an interesting explanation for her success from the pitcher's circle. The Birmingham, Ala. native grew up with her single mother, who played volleyball at the University of Alabama. Her father died from heart failure after a triple bypass surgery when she was only a year old.

A plea deal is likely in the works for former Marketing professor Scott Ward, who is facing child-pornography charges. Ward, 65, is awaiting arraignment on two counts of transporting child pornography and one count of giving a false statement to a governmental agency.

Saxophone musicians today still try to emulate one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time - John Coltrane. Yesterday at Kelly Writers House, jazz critic and Philadelphia native Francis Davis discussed Coltrane's life and music in a review of his upcoming book, Sheets of Sound.

When Graduate School of Education professor John Fantuzzo and his wife moved to their new home six years ago, they had to adjust a bit to their new neighbors: the more than 1,500 students living in the Quadrangle. "At first we felt we were on a different planet," he said.

On Monday, a judge sealed documents that reveal the identity of the person whose lungs Tony Grier received during a transplant at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania two years ago. The lungs were cancerous and eventually killed Grier. His mother, Emma Grier, is now suing HUP.

With only weeks left until the end of the academic year, JPMorgan Chase, the investment firm that acquired Bear Stearns last month, has started rescinding offers made last fall for summer internships and full-time positions. But the investment firm is not leaving students completely empty-handed.

The Princeton Review has decided to void a number of responses from Penn for the company's annual guidebook due to worries about perceived bias. The company made the decision after The Daily Pennsylvanian reported that the Admissions office did not seek a random sample of students to respond to the survey, despite a request to do so from the Princeton Review, said Robert Franek, the author of the Princeton Review's Best 366 Colleges.

The sounds, speed and adrenaline of racing could sum up the atmosphere in Levine Hall on Tuesday when Penn's Formula SAE team unveiled its car for this year's competition. Formula SAE is an annual competition between colleges and universities worldwide. Teams have approximately one year to build a car and then compete with other teams on the race day.

Burglary March 28 - Several computers, valued at $3,600, were reportedly removed from a secured office within Stemmler Hall, located at 3450 Hamilton Walk, at about 8:30 a.m. March 29 - A male unaffiliated with the University of unknown age reported that an unknown suspect removed cash from his secured hotel room while he was away from his room at the University City Sheraton, located at 3549 Chestnut St.

Former Senator and presidential hopeful Mike Gravel wants to empower you. He also wants to get rid of the IRS, institute a "Fair Tax" program and change America's relationship with Iran. And he wants you to buy his book, "Citizen Power: A Mandate for Change," in which he outlines how citizens, once empowered, will take back their rights.

In this year's U.S. News and World Report rankings of graduate programs, Penn's numbers stayed fairly steady. The Graduate School of Education, which experienced the biggest drop last year from seventh to 11th, rose one spot this year to 10th. The Engineering, Medical and Law Schools each fell one spot, to 30th, fourth and seventh, respectively.

Looking for a new place to nap? Or maybe it's a mid-afternoon booty call you want. Either way, Philly BedShare might be your solution. Starting next week, BedShare, owned and operated by Philly CarShare, will begin offering its new service - conveniently located private napping quarters equipped with plush queen-size beds scattered throughout Philadelphia.

This week's personality was supposed to be actor-gone-professor Kalpen Modi, better known as . oh, whatever, let's cut the crap. We didn't get an interview. Again. We'd like to say we're surprised, but honestly we're past that point. So in place of an interview, enjoy this lovely picture - the only one, in fact, we've ever been allowed to shoot.

Coaches to launch new course in Fall '08 If you didn't pre-register for fall classes, don't worry: the newest course wasn't even in the system yet. Several Penn coaches will team up to teach Coachspeak, listed as English 057, in the upcoming fall semester.