Having grown up side-by-side with Harry, Ron, Hermione and the world of Hogwarts, saying goodbye won't be easy for many students.

Crime in the Penn Patrol zone decreased 6 percent in March compared to March last year, but the year-to-date crime total rose 1 percent from 2006 to 2007, Division of Public Safety officials said. Despite the slight overall increase in crime in 2007, Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said she was pleased with decreases in robberies, burglaries and aggravated assaults - crimes that she said are of particular concern to DPS because they directly endanger victims.

In most cases, "school" tends not to rank among students' most popular spring break destinations. But for a group of 30 Philadelphia high schoolers, visiting a Penn Anatomy Lab, performing neurological exams and listening to Psychiatry professor Benoit Dube show a Justin Timberlake video-spoof about "Bringing Paxil Back" is a long way from "school.

Emily Denstedt will take the ball for the Quakers on Saturday against Yale as she seeks her team-leading seventh victory. After manhandling the Elis last year, she is in position for a repeat performance.

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

During his high school career, Penn midfielder David Cornbrooks had one chance to compete against his younger brother in lacrosse. But the brothers were vying over more than just the Cornbrooks family name. David went to St. Paul's, and his brother to the Gilman School, two archrivals in Baltimore.

From match-making to mapping, there are hundreds of hidden features to feed that Facebook craving.

Ever taken a three-year test? Most likely not, but Ivy League fencers are currently in year two of their three-year-long evaluation. Two years ago, the Ivies agreed to implement a new schedule format on a "trial basis," as Associate Director of the Ivy League Chuck Yrigoyen described it.

In the latest rankings, Penn has finally broken through the traditional Yale-Harvard-Princeton triumvirate. In illegally downloaded movies, that is.

If Ibrahim Jaaber wants to play with the big boys, now's the time to start impressing scouts. In the opening game of the Portsmouth Invitational last night, Jaaber logged 18 minutes and five points for the Tidewater Sealants, who lost to the Holiday Inn-Portsmouth contingent, 110-71.

Penn cannot continue to alter security policies only after an incident has occurred.

25Millions of estimated American children 17 and under who are obese or overweight. Source: Here

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend elaborates an almost foreign political view: that of the religious left. The Former Lt. Governor of Maryland and Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States came to speak last night at Logan Hall about her recent book, Failing America's Faithful: How Today's Churches Are Mixing God with Politics and Losing Their Way.

The Penn Dems are doing all they can to get the word out about absentee ballots - it's time for students to step up.

Baseball, Softball both pushed back after rain Due to inclement weather, the Penn softball and baseball teams' games were all postponed yesterday. No makeup dates have been announced as of last night. The baseball team had been scheduled to play at Lehigh at 6 p.

Last week, U.S. News & World Report ranked the Penn School of Nursing's masters program third best in the nation, after the University of Washington and the University of California, San Francisco. The program was also third last year. The Veterinary School ranked fourth, down from third.

Spring Fling directors announced yesterday that just over 500 of the 2,000 available guest passes have been sold, about the same number that had been sold at this time last year. Engineering junior and Spring Fling co-director Lindsay Motlin said she does not expect a spike in guest pass sales due to the April 13 Ben Folds/Third Eye Blind concert.