Tracy McIntosh, the former Penn neurology professor who was resentenced last month for a 2002 sexual assault, is now challenging his new sentence. Joel Trigiani, McIntosh's lawyer, had stated an intent to appeal the new sentence of 3 « to seven years in prison and he followed through with that appeal on March 20.

Despite the hype surrounding this week's announcement of hip-hop fling performers Ludacris and Gym Class Heroes, some Philadelphia community members are still loyal to the classical greats. This weekend marks the middle of Bach Festival Week 2008, which was organized by a University of Pennsylvania alumnus to honor classical composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

Three of Penn's chefs will be moving from the dining halls to the kitchens of Beijing, where they will be cooking for athletes and media at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Next year, along with calculus and psychology, some Yale University students will have the opportunity to learn about globalization from former British prime minister Tony Blair. Blair, appointed to the school's Howland Distinguished Fellowship, will lead a seminar on faith and globalization.

There are no stars on the Penn women's rowing team - and that suits head coach Mike Lane just fine. "The New England Patriots have a 'one-team' motto and so do we," he said. Lane added that this year's team has more depth and more intensity than previous years'.

"Humor," said bell hooks to the crowd of 500 gathered in Houston Hall last night, "is very important when dealing with difference." hooks, a distinguished professor in residence at Berea College and the author of more than 40 books, encouraged students to scrutinize the boundaries of intellect through honest examinations of their own voices.

Avery Lawrence is a College senior from Charlottesville, Va. His e-mail address is lawrence@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Yesterday a judge ordered the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania to provide crucial evidence to lawyers for the estate of Tony Grier, the man who died after receiving a pair of cancerous lungs at HUP two years ago. Pennsylvania Eastern District Court judge Barclay Surrick told HUP's defense attorneys to send the plaintiff films of X-rays.

There are 28 new sheriffs in town. Drexel University has recently begun the process of building a campus police department, which will be similar to Penn Police. This decision comes at a time when the university is growing and the needs of the community are changing, officials said.

Schools across the country might be under fire due to unethical agreements with credit-card companies, but it looks like Penn is in the clear.

The women's golf team is traveling to Williamsburg, Va. this weekend in hopes of better golfing weather, but history shows that a difficult trip could be in the forecast for this young Quakers squad. For the fifth-straight year, the Quakers will compete in the First Market Bank Intercollegiate tournament, hosted by William & Mary.

When Lois Green closes the doors of University Jewelers on March 31, Penn and University City will lose a store that has been a fixture in the area for more than 70 years. Green is retiring after having owned the store, currently sandwiched in a tiny storefront between the GAP and Modern Eye near 34th and Walnut streets, since 1985.

In the 129-year history of Harvard men's lacrosse, the Crimson hold a record of 524-524-11. This Saturday, Penn will try to make the squad from Cambridge an all-time losing program. More recent history is not on the Quakers' side: Harvard has beaten Penn three seasons in a row, including a 7-6 overtime victory last year in Boston.

Inflatable walls and indoor gardens may not be a part of the average student residence, but students in Design professor Bill Braham's design studio for second-year architecture graduate students are testing out their potential. The 11 students in the studio - divided into five teams of two or three - are working to design student housing that produces net-zero carbon emissions using two vacant lots in West Philadelphia as the models.

This year's Philadelphia Flower Show was held at the Convention Center from March 2nd to March 9th. The theme for 2008 was "Jazz It Up". The event was organized by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.

The Kelly Writers House just got a bit brainier. Last night, the Writers House celebrated a piece by Alicia Puglionesi, a The Daily Pennsylvanian opinion artist and this year's recipient of the Eisenberg Literary Journalism Fellowship. Puglionesi wrote a piece of long-form journalism under the direction of Lee Eisenberg, a former editor of Esquire and Time Magazine and a 1968 College graduate and 1970 Annenberg School for Communication graduate.

Outdoor tennis is a whole different animal than its indoor counterpart. As women's tennis head coach Mike Dowd put it, "You have the elements of wind, sun, and the points are longer. It's a little bit more like a chess match outdoors." After a week-long trip in California in which they lost four of five outdoor matches, Dowd's team is going to get another mouthful of the elements against Marshall (12-4) and No.