Casey Hughes has spent all of his 21 years in New Haven, Conn., but he has led two different lives. After growing up in Newhallville, a poor area of the city, he was heavily recruited by Yale, and is now a starting swingman for its basketball team. It may seem unremarkable at first glance, but Hughes is the first person in almost 25 years to do this.

Joanne Tong is a Wharton junior from Manila, Philippines. Her e-mail address is tong@dailypennsylvanian.com.

For some, February is reserved for Valentine's Day, the first round of midterms and Black History Month. For seniors, it's for one big party. Today marks the kickoff of FebClub, an annual tradition during which Penn's senior class board plans one event per day for seniors for the entire month of February.

The vets of Penn's New Bolton Center did more than just treat a horse.

A second-year Penn Law student was arrested yesterday after he allegedly fired about 15 shots into the door of his downstairs neighbors' apartment.

As the quest for graduate-student-government reform continues, leaders are turning to their peers for feedback. Four graduate-student government meetings, including one held yesterday afternoon, gave the average grad student a chance to catch up on what's become a heated debate among the graduate community.

Forty percent racial minority, 25 percent Jewish, 17 percent international: Penn loves statistics that boast of its commitment to diversity - a priority the Student Committee on Undergraduate Education explored in a panel discussion last night. In light of the recent debate about adding a United States Cultural Analysis Requirement to the College of Arts and Science's curriculum, the panel of student leaders met to discuss the challenges of diversity in higher education.

A pipe above the Harnwell College House mail room burst at around 8:30 p.m. yesterday, flooding the mail room, the Cafe area and the mezzanine level. First-year MBA student and Harnwell Graduate Associate Matthias Weisheit said Facilities staff responded quickly to the incident.

Mayor John Street is to Philadelphia as Amy Gutmann is to "blank." SAT-style analogies may be a thing of the past, but a new program is bringing Penn students back to the days of flash cards and diagnostic tests. And all with a little West Philadelphia flavor.

Jason Pinsky saw this one coming. After all, his Quakers shut out cross-city rival Saint Joseph's 7-0 last year. And the year before. The men's tennis team broke the ice on its spring season yesterday, shutting out the Hawks inside the Levy Tennis Pavilion and putting an early exclamation point on a campaign to break into the NCAA Tournament.

The mayoral primaries will take place after graduation, making publicity about absentee ballots a must.

The cause of a fire that destroyed a house just off campus Saturday has still not been determined, Philadelphia Fire Department Executive Chief Daniel Williams said yesterday. The fire broke out at about 6:15 a.m. Saturday at 210 S. 41st St. No one was injured, but the flames gutted the building and forced residents to evacuate.

Boosting the highest percentage of international undergraduates in the Ivy League and $7.5 million awarded annually in loans to foreign students, Penn - which also admitted its highest percentage of international students early this cycle - has become one of the most internationally diverse schools in the nation.

PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 31 - Twenty-four hours ago - before their match against Princeton - the Quakers were in both an enviable and precarious position. They were the No. 1 women's squah team in the country with only three matches left. But that meant that if they lost, they'd have only two matches to try to regain the top spot.

Penn Athletics' general-seating policy at last weekend's basketball game against St. Joe's should be a regular promotion.

There are many words you could use to describe Yale's John J. Lee Amphitheater, home of the Elis basketball team. Historic. Cozy. Church-like. If you're a Penn basketball player, you might have some other words to describe it, few of which are suitable to be printed in this newspaper.

It was a different team, with the same result. After being handed a 9-0 decision last weekend against No.1 Trinity, the men's squash team fell in the same manner yesterday evening against No. 3 Princeton. "All the guys are pretty disappointed; they could have come out a little better," head coach Craig Thorpe-Clark said of the match.