Beginning next fall, the School of Engineering and Applied Science will offer a master's degree in embedded systems. In the current academic year, the school also created a master's in integrated product design. The IPD program also includes classes taught in Wharton and the School of Design, since engineering, business and aesthetics are the three aspects of product design, according to IPD director and Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics professor Mark Yim.

"Full equality for gay Americans will be achieved, 100-percent guaranteed ... It's not a question of if, it's only a question of when." These were the words of Cheryl Jacques at a lecture she gave on the gay rights movement last night at the Law School.

Amira Fawcett is an Engineering senior from Houston. Her e-mail address is fawcett@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Originally scheduled to open in early April, Capogiro Gelato is now slated for opening in the latter part of the month, according to owner John Reitano. The reason, he wrote in an e-mail, is that it is tough for a "family-owned small business . to grow in a challenging economic environment.

The Penn women's golf team thought they had finally edged past one of their top Ivy rivals, Columbia, at the annual Hoya Invitational yesterday at The Members Club at Four Streams course in Beallsville, Md. But by some stroke of fate - and some good strokes from the Lions - the Quakers were leapfrogged on the leaderboard.

So, you're a Penn sports fan. Tough sledding, eh? No football titles since 2003, the worst basketball season in nearly two decades, and if Glen Miller has to wish one more departing hoopster "well on his future endeavors," you might just burst out of your Red and Blue Crew T-shirt like some sort of Incredible Ivy League Hulk.

Last year, on the plot of land on the 3900 block of Walnut Street stood an odd-looking complex. Asymmetric gaping holes spotted the metallic exterior. When students came back to campus last August, they found that the skeletal structure had materialized into the Radian.

E-mail inboxes, listservs and Facebook walls filled to the brim as this year's student government elections opened early Monday morning at 12:01 a.m. As of Tuesday afternoon, two days into the week-long election window, voter turnout stood at 34.16 percent - just 10 percent shy of the total number of students who voted last year.

Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Sergio Rossi, Alexander McQueen, Bottega Veneta, Stella McCartney and Balenciaga. While these names may inspire desire in the hearts of fashionistas all over the world, for Domenico De Sole, these are simply bullet points on his resume.

Sitting in synagogue services, mingling with musicians and reviewing restaurants are all in a day's work for some undergraduate researchers at Penn. Far from the traditional laboratory work that research is widely considered to be, a day of research at Penn is shaped by student interests and passions.

Domenique Wilson, the suspect in the home invasion and sexual assault at 44th and Spruce streets last December, waived his right to a preliminary hearing on a number of criminal counts that include an attack on three students at Lock Haven University. Wilson is scheduled for arraignment on April 27, according to the Clinton County District Attorney's Office, and will enter a plea at that time.

Janice Dow is a College sophomore from Los Angeles. Her e-mail address is dow@dailypennsylvanian.com.

The Blue Jays know how to put up a fight. So as the No. 2 Penn women's lacrosse team enters its ninth game of the season against unranked Johns Hopkins, they expect to hear the foul whistle a lot. "They're very physical so we're going to have to be able to handle that," coach Karin Brower said.

"Our customers used to want a big shopping bag with our label on it to carry around after their purchase. But now, they just want a simple brown bag," pronounced Roxanne Paschall, Senior Director of Merchandising of Bottega Veneta. "It's like they don't want to flaunt their wealth anymore," she said.

Last Thursday, President Obama hosted a small town hall in which he fielded a variety of questions submitted and voted on by an online audience. One of the most popular questions posed was whether decriminalizing marijuana might help the economy by creating a new source of tax revenue.