Penn began piloting an electronic-key system in Gregory College House in 2002 - but there are still no plans to expand the program, despite attention on dorm safety following a rash of burglaries in Harnwell College House over Thanksgiving break. In Gregory's Class of 1925 building, residents must swipe their PennCards and punch in their PIN in order to enter individual rooms, not just the main building.

Located at the corner of 12th and Filbert in Center City, Maggiano's Little Italy offers a taste of great Italian cuisine. This restaurant is a great place to dine whether it is to celebrate an anniversary, to unwind with a big group of friends, or to eat dinner with visiting family, including younger siblings.

An amendment to the Higher Education Act, which was recently passed by the House of Representatives, aims to reduce illegal file-sharing on college networks. Universities are now required to make their policies on illegal downloading publicly available, develop a plan for offering alternatives to illegal file-sharing and explore technology that would prevent illegal downloading.

Neither the change of venue nor long lines could deter the approximately 600 spectators who gathered to hear the famed Angela Davis at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at College Hall. The culminating event for the fifth annual Women's Week at Penn, Davis' address, "Social Change in the 21st Century," attracted people from both the Penn community and the greater Philadelphia area.

Last April, college campuses around the country mourned the shootings at Virginia Tech, which claimed 32 lives. Only ten months later, five more students have had their lives cut short at a similar tragedy last week at Northern Illinois University. Our deepest sympathies and prayers go out to the family members of the victims.

I've pretty much made up my mind about this: I would like to have a good job someday. While I haven't conducted any scientific testing yet (and I'm seriously questioning whether that grant will ever get approved), I'm pretty sure that I'm not alone. These are different days from those of our parents.

As the last day to drop classes approaches, students may ditch because they're uninterested or overloaded - or maybe because they don't see an A in the forecast. Over the last few decades, students have developed an increasing focus on grades over educational value, which puts pressure on professors to hand out top marks, educators say.

It has been more than two weeks since the revelation that Wharton MBA admissions officer Judith Hodara also held jobs in the admissions consulting industry, but it remains unclear how her outside positions have impacted the University's conflict-of-interest policy.

While some Quakers were playing basketball on the courts of the Palestra last Friday, another kind of game was going on in the stands. Last Friday night marked the second annual Clash of the Classes, a University-wide event during which the four classes competed for fame and prizes during the Penn vs.

Former Penn Neurosurgery professor Tracy McIntosh plans to appeal his sentence for the sexual assault of his college roommate's niece, a move some legal experts say could have a decent chance of success. McIntosh was sentenced last Wednesday to 3 1/2 to seven years in prison for his September 2002 sexual assault of the then-23-year-old first-year Penn veterinary student.

Sophomore Ekaterina Kosminskaya has been as good as the Quakers could have hoped. She lost just a total of seven singles and doubles matches in the spring of her rookie campaign en route to unanimous Ivy League Rookie and Player of the Year honors. But after missing the Quakers' first two matches of 2008 with the flu, Kosminskaya had to make her season debut against a rare opponent who has had her number.

A sentencing date has been set for former Economics professor Rafael Robb, who pleaded guilty in November to killing his wife. Robb will be sentenced, on June 5 in the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. Robb's wife, Ellen, was found bludgeoned to death inside the couple's Upper Merion home on Dec.

Universities often draw on their famous alumni to bring well-known speakers to campus. But this political season, there have been no guarantees that the presidential candidates will favor their alma maters. At some college campuses, famed alumni have been noticeably absent, drawing criticism from some students.

The Penn men's squash team was hoping for a fourth-place finish this weekend at the Team Championships in Boston, Mass. It'll have to settle for fifth. After a long bus ride up on Friday and little time left for practice, the Quakers took the courts to face off against Yale in their first-round match.

Down one at halftime, Penn coach Glen Miller talked about the need to come out strong in the second half. But three quick Yale layups after the break had Penn reeling, and it looked like the Quakers could fall below .500 in the Ivy League for the first time since the 2003-04 season.

There were no surprises this weekend for the men's tennis team. In a Sunday doubleheader that went pretty much as expected, the Quakers easily knocked off Delaware and Villanova by a combined score of 13-1. According to Penn coach Nik DeVore, the Quakers (7-1) started the day "flat," dropping the first doubles match to Delaware by an 8-6 margin.

This is the column I never wanted to write but sensed I might have to after watching Loyola take a 30-point lead against Penn at that high school gym in Baltimore. After that game, Glen Miller stressed his team's inexperience. That's when I almost wrote off this season as a rebuilding year.