For aspiring entrepreneurs, the tips that Andrew McKelvey, ex-CEO of Monster.com, offered last evening covered everything from the sacrifices an innovator must make to succeed to how to make success a reality. About 80 students attend McKelvey's lecture yesterday evening in Houston Hall.

Students will soon get to put their names on a new slew of listservs - and maybe get more involved on campus, too. Next semester, the Student Activities Council will put on the first-ever Spring Activities Fair, where representatives from at least 180 groups will recruit members and advertise upcoming events.

Is hip hop dead? If so, The Roots sure made it seem otherwise. With a set list ranging from new songs to covers, the Grammy Award-nominated, Philadelphia-based hip-hop band played to a sold-out crowd of students and area residents last night at the fall SPEC-TRUM concert in Irvine Auditorium.

As the postal-lands purchase neared closing and University officials began to construct their plans for the PennConnects eastward expansion projects, student and faculty groups were eager to have their say in the future of the campus.

The first time I walked into the West African grocery store on Baltimore Avenue, the employees went silent and eyed me suspiciously. Though we ended up joking around about the tomato selection, I'm still not quite sure how to act in those situations - the kind of situations that my black friends find themselves in every day.

Aspiring business professionals packed into the University City Sheraton yesterday evening for Wharton Women's Annual Dinner, which featured Macy's, Inc. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Karen Hoguet as the keynote speaker. Participants had an opportunity to network with representatives from over 25 financial-services, consulting and marketing companies, which distributed business cards and accepted resumes.

Total crime for October climbed slightly compared to the same month last year, though rates for violent crime decreased. Crime for the entire year is also up, with an increase of 4.5 percent, from 660 last year to 690 in 2007. After a slight dip in September, total crime for October increased by 9.

Though officials are advertising far and wide for a new dean of admissions, Penn probably knows exactly the type of person it's looking for. After former Dean of Admissions Lee Stetson's controversial resignation in August, the University now has to fill the shoes of one of the most respected figures in the admissions world.

The accused murderer of Philadelphia Police Officer Chuck Cassidy was tracked down and arrested in Miami yesterday, ending a weeklong manhunt that involved hundreds of local and federal law enforcement officials. John Lewis, a 21-year-old with a record of drug offenses, was caught after a staff member at a Miami homeless shelter recognized him from his wanted picture.

On the surface, it seems like the Penn women's basketball team may be in for a rough season. The Quakers finished in fourth place in the Ivy League with a 12-15 overall record last year, but the team graduated four seniors - who combined for 70 percent of the team's scoring.

As the University moves forward with eastward expansion, officials need to realize that the best plans for urban housing aren't always the best policies for the University. Leasing land to outside developers to build off-campus housing complexes - like Radian - increases the tremendous diversity of housing options that Penn students enjoy.

On the surface, it seems like the Penn women's basketball team may be in for a rough season. The Quakers finished in fourth place in the Ivy League with a 12-15 overall record last year, but the team graduated four seniors - who combined for 70 percent of the team's scoring.

Summary of crime in the Penn patrol area.

WILMINGTON, Del. - The jury in the murder trial of Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya has still not reached a verdict, and attorneys familiar with the trial say the length of deliberations is unprecedented in Delaware murder cases. Today, the jury enters its tenth day of trying to determine the guilt or innocence of Malinovskaya, who is accused of bludgeoning Temple University graduate student Irina Zlotnikov to death in Dec.

With responsibility for raising $310 million of the University's $3.5 billion capital campaign, Penn's six resource centers are charged with making a significant contribution. But undergraduate and graduate schools, for example, have loyal alumni with incentives to give - how do you fundraise when you don't have an obvious constituency? At the six centers - the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Penn Athletics, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Penn Libraries, the Morris Arboretum and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology - development directors are faced with this challenge as they try to mobilize their constituents to reach campaign goals.

WILMINGTON, Del. - After eight days of deliberations, the jury still has yet to render a verdict on the first-degree murder charges against Irina Malinovskaya. Malinovskaya, a Wharton student, allegedly bludgeoned to death her ex-boyfriend Robert Bondar's girlfriend, Temple University student Irina Zlotnikov, at Bondar's New Castle, Del.

When Cornell junior quarterback Nathan Ford went down with an injury in the first half at Dartmouth, the Big Red found their answer in the wide receiver corps. Playing three quarters under center in relief, sophomore wideout Stephen Liuzza managed to pile up the third-highest passing yardage total in program history, with 423.