Planners of this year's RecycleMania run are using new techniques to encourage on-campus recycling - but they're recycling ideas from last year, too. Although last week marked the beginning of RecycleMania's second run at Penn, the competition won't formally begin until Thursday, when a kickoff event at Houston Hall will feature director of the Mayor's Office of Sustainability Mark Hughes speaking about ways Penn and Philadelphia can work together to improve environmentalist efforts.

Carlos Rivera-Anaya, 2005 alumnus and chairman of the United Minorities Council in 2004, may have graduated, but he still raids the kitchen at the Greenfield Intercultural Center. Over 25 years ago, Penn students called for a place that would serve as a home away from home for students of different cultures - and, at least for Rivera-Anaya, the center serves that purpose well.

After thirteen days off, the Penn women's basketball team is looking to start their season anew. The Quakers (3-10, 0-1 Ivy) will face Seton Hall (13-6) at the Palestra tonight in their final non-conference matchup of the season. But the Quakers aren't underestimating the significance of the game on their way to the start of the Ivy season.

Two Drexel University students died in a car accident yesterday morning at 3:30 a.m. while headed south on Route 15 two miles south of Liberty, Pa., according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. No other cars were involved in the crash. The students, John Williamson Jr.

No one argues that undefeated Trinity isn't the best squash team in the nation. The question is what to take away from a loss on the inevitable long ride home. The No. 7 Quakers became the No. 1 Bantams' 191st consecutive victim Saturday afternoon in a 9-0 loss in Hartford, Conn.

What could 21st-century bibliophiles possibly glean from an obsolete 17th-century practice? Plenty, according to College senior Brooke Palmieri, coordinator of "Rebuilding the Temple: Typesetting George Herbert Several Centuries Out Of Context." The event, which will take place today at 5:30 p.

In a unique collaboration among universities, Penn and Arizona State University have entered into a three-year partnership to assist each other in commercializing the technologies developed by their researchers. According to a news release from ASU, the new relationship will allow the two universities to leverage each other's expertise in certain fields.

For captain Emily Goodwin, Saturday's squash match against No. 3 Trinity was more than just a battle of top-ranked teams - the New York native's best friend from home, Chauncey Kerr, is the captain of the Bantams. Nevertheless, the history of the two captains contributed to a heated match, literally and figuratively, at Ringe Courts.

As Penn students receive bids to join fraternities and sororities this semester, they are joining a long-time staple of the University and one of the oldest Greek societies in the country. The 160-year fixture of student life has not always played as large a role on campus as it does now, with nearly 30 percent of students involved in Greek organizations.

Laura Klick climbed out of Sheerr Pool in ecstasy after breaking the pool record in the 100-yard breaststroke. Then the freshman's bliss turned bittersweet when she realized that Navy's Mallory Dietrich had also beaten the record and taken first place. "Obviously I wanted to get the pool record," Klick said.

Before the winter break layoff, Penn found itself at the lowest point of Glen Miller's tenure. In a December posting on The Buzz, the Daily Pennsylvanian's sports blog, I questioned the Quakers' passion, direction and leadership, fearing that the program might be in serious jeopardy.

By MATTHEW BURNARD Staff Writer burnard@dailypennsylvanian.com For many, the horrors of the Holocaust serve as a permanent example of the need for societies to protect all of their members. With this is mind, the Division of Public Safety's staff has recently been attending training sessions hosted by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.

Students reject winter, and apparently so does University plumbing. A water outage hit Rodin College House Saturday morning, the most recent in a series of water maintenance issues on campus over the last couple weeks.

Alicia Puglionesi is an College senior from Havertown, Pa. Her e-mail address is puglionesi@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Phi Gamma Delta is returning to Penn for the first time this century. The fraternity, also known as Fiji or Phi Gam, had been an establishment at Penn since 1881. Fiji fraternity members surrendered the Penn chapter in 1999 following a fatal accident in which an alumnus fell several stories at the fraternity house after he had been drinking heavily.

Wharton recently filled four senior positions, a move officials say will strengthen various divisions of the school. Jonathan Cutler was named director of MBA admissions and financial aid, Ira Rubien is the new executive director of communications, Leonard Lodish is now the vice dean of the program for social impact and Douglas Collom was named executive director of Wharton West.

From the Pennsylvania primary to the World Series, The Daily Pennsylvanian's 124th Board of Editors and Managers has witnessed an exhilarating year of news. With a heavy heart, it now passes the baton to the organization's next generation of leaders. Tomorrow, the 125th Board of Editors and Managers will be inaugurated at the DP's annual banquet.