The men's basketball team continues to get even bigger. No, they didn't sign a seven-footer, the team is just gaining players. Last Monday, men's basketball head coach Glen Miller officially announced the five incoming freshmen who will make up his latest recruiting class.

Ajay Nair, an associate dean from Columbia University, took over on July 1 as the new Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs. He is replacing Therese Conn, who will retire from the University as of Sept. 30. Nair returns to Penn after serving as the Associate Dean of Student Affairs for Columbia College and the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Wharton Computing performed a major upgrade to the school's e-mail server last month by switching to Microsoft Exchange 2007, which offers more space, advanced security and other new features to Wharton students. The upgrade is a response to "student requests for more e-mail storage space," according to the Wharton Computing Web site.

Elite universities don't cut off students from the rest of society - Ivy-goers must do that themselves.

While to the average college student taking the SATs may just be a painful memory, for current high school juniors the experience may become considerably less stressful. Beginning in March 2009, students will be allowed to choose which of their SAT scores colleges see, the College Board announced last week.

A shot was fired in the McDonald's on 40th and Walnut streets the evening of June 28. Though no one was injured, two men were arrested and charged in connection with the incident. At about 5:30 p.m., police say that a male customer got into an argument with a McDonald's employee.

When students from last semester's Graphic Design Practicum course visit the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in the future, it may look pretty familiar. The 12 graphic design and architecture undergraduates spent the spring conceptualizing ways to make the Kimmel Center a more inviting and invigorating public space, and some of their designs are becoming reality.

Theft June 19 - A male unaffiliated with the University, 48, reported that an unknown suspect broke a window of his vehicle in a parking garage located at South Street and Convention Avenue and removed a GPS device at about 1:30 p.m. June 19 - A male unaffiliated with the University, 36, reported that an unknown suspect broke a window of his vehicle in a parking garage located at South Street and Convention Avenue and removed a laptop and personal property at about 2:30 p.

Penn students looking for something fun to do this weekend should look no further than Festival Pier where one of their own, College junior Stevie Roberts, will be playing alongside the Dropkick Murphys, Less than Jake, Goldfinger, Westbound Train, Suburban Legends and other School of Rock All-stars.

Jesse Carlin's career as a Penn athlete may be over, but the awards keep piling on. Yesterday, the outgoing senior was named to the ESPN the Magazine track and field Academic All-America team. She earned Indoor All-America honors twice in March, butfell just short of achieving that status in the Outdoor Championships two weeks ago.

Gas prices and urban health To the Editor: Lara Seligman's article, "With rising gas prices, SEPTA ridership up," highlights how high gas prices have created a strong economic incentive that has compelled many to choose SEPTA over driving for their daily commute to work.

Anne Phillips, the 2007 Division III Coach of the Year, will take charge of the women's lacrosse program at Yale, the school announced Monday. Phillips led Franklin & Marshall to an undefeated season and a Division III national championship last year. Yale finished the season ranked No.

For most of the competitors at the U.S. Gymnastics Olympic Trials, last weekend's events at the Wachovia Center were the culmination of years of preparation and hard work. For the biggest participant there, though, the Trials were just a baby step toward a goal much more global and grandiose.

Bucking the American trend set by the Bush administration, Penn leads the investment march toward a cleaner future.

Alternatives to spending a million dollars to keep our president from defecting to semi-rural Massachusetts.

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

The Lubavitch House has been a center for Jewish life at the University since 1980. However, recent picketing efforts by Philadelphia union workers have disrupted the House's $2.8 million expansion project. For the past two weeks, picketers from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union 98, have protested the use of non-union workers on the project, disrupting house activities, as well as residential life.