"They just don't make men like that anymore." So said College senior Claire Stapleton after attending "dapper" author Gay Talese's lecture on his experiences as an Italian American and his writing career. Talese, who was the first Kelly Writers House Fellow in 1999, returned to Penn for a lecture yesterday evening, speaking to a mixed crowd of about 75 students and adults.

8,000Americans celebrating their 60th birthday each day. Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer

It's like the limbo for Ivy League admissions rates - they just keep going lower and lower. Five other Ivy League schools joined Penn in admitting the lowest rates of applicants yet, but experts say Penn has the best chance to keep the momentum going. Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth, Brown and Columbia universities all joined Penn by accepting record-low percentages of applicants.

There has been a different person leading the Penn women's golf team in almost all its tournaments this season. Any explanations? "We don't play the same venue each time," said coach Francis Vaughn. "There are horses for courses and courses for horses." This time, the course was the Raspberry Falls Golf and Hunt Club in Leesburg, Va.

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

A male student reported that he was robbed on the 100 block of S. 39th Street early Saturday morning, Division of Public Safety officials said. The student, 20, was walking while intoxicated from Allegro's Pizza at 40th and Spruce streets to his residence, near the scene of the crime, at about 12:15 a.

Professors who make class attendance part of the overall grade fail to recognize that students learn in a variety of ways.

Flyering is an effective way to get the word out about events and clubs, but on Locust Walk, less is more.

If you weren't "The Luckiest" when it came to getting Ben Folds tickets and are wondering why the venue won't change, SPEC wants to explain. In an effort to address student concerns about the upcoming Spring Fling concert featuring Ben Folds and Third Eye Blind, SPEC Concerts and SPEC Exec have written an open letter to "members of the University Community" explaining why the concert is set up the way it is.

Despite a 9-1 home record and an Ivy Championship, a victory over Towson eluded the Penn gymnastics team in four tries this season. With one last chance to defeat the Tigers at this weekend's ECAC Championships, the Quakers (191.325) placed second only to Towson (193.

Forget Cincinnati. There's a new Big Red Machine in town. Cornell outshot, outsmarted and outplayed the Quakers to a 20-5 scoreline Saturday in Ithaca, N.Y. Penn (4-4, 1-2 Ivy) knew it had an uphill climb against the No. 1-ranked Big Red (7-0, 2-0). "They're going to score seven or eight goals on you no matter what," Quakers coach Brian Voelker said.

College freshman Kevin McMullin started out as just another suburban kid from halfway between Philadelphia and New York, spending his summers under the fireworks at Jersey shore. But after being given a cheap video camera, and a Mac, McMullin found inspiration from his summer experiences for his short film, The Silence Then, which will be screened at the upcoming Philadelphia Film Festival.

Daniel Schwartz is a College freshman from Decatur, Ga. His e-mail address is schwarm@sas.upenn.edu.

If the Penn softball team didn't know what the keys to its success were, it does now. The Quakers rolled into Massachusetts to start off their four-game road trip on Saturday and lost both games to Harvard, 6-3 and 9-6. Yesterday, the Quakers went up to Hanover, N.

Coming off of a stunning win at Johns Hopkins, the Penn women's lacrosse team knew that a trip to Columbia would likely be a walk in the park. Even so, the No. 14 Quakers sprinted from start to finish Saturday, netting nine first-half goals to lift them to an easy 14-6 win over the Lions (3-6, 0-3 Ivy).

Penn women's tennis gave its raucous crowd plenty to cheer about against Princeton on Saturday. The Quakers defeated the Tigers 5-2 in front of an unusually large following at Lott Courts.

If you weren't able to get Ben Folds and Third Eye Blind tickets during the initial sale, the Social Planning and Events Committee is giving you a second chance.