The furor over last week's graduate-student-government proposal has died down slightly, but feedback continues to pour in as organizers decide what to do next. The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly and Graduate Student Association Council made a joint proposal that would dissolve GSAC and create a new organization to oversee all graduate schools.

Keeping student Social Security Numbers on file and using them for recruiting increases the risk of fraud.

As Penn moves east, it cannot forget about the west.

After a week of filling in bubbles of teacher-evaluation forms, some students are finding that rating professors on a scale of one to four just doesn't cut it. The Center for Teaching and Learning - a University-run team of officials that helps professors improve their teaching - is currently working with student-government groups to enhance the feedback that instructors receive at the end of every semester.

The man allegedly responsible for a series of robberies by point of screwdriver around University City over the last month is in custody, Philadelphia and Penn police say. Police have positively identified the suspect in three of the incidents, and are awaiting for victims to verify his identity in five more robberies, police said at an afternoon press conference Friday.

Though the score did not suggest it, its meet against Columbia was by far the men's swimming team's closest of the year. Columbia defeated Penn 177-123 Saturday in New York, in a meet full of close races - most of which did not go the Quakers' way. "It was unbelievable," coach Mike Schnur said.

By David Gurian-Peck Staff Writer dgurianp@sas.upenn.edu Monica Naltner has played in about 40 games at the Palestra, but she still has not played in a true home game. The senior standout will not have to wait much longer. While the Quakers normally do not look beyond the next game on the schedule, Jan.

For a short time this winter, the Philadelphia smoking ban might be stubbed out. Philadelphia City Council recently passed an amendment to the original smoking ban that includes a provision changing the effective date to Jan. 8 And if Mayor John Street signs the bill on or before Dec.

Abdi Farah is a College sophomore from Olney, Md. His e-mail address is farah@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Penn's AlliedBarton security guards should expect better working conditions for next semester - if the Undergraduate Assembly has its way. The UA is currently working with Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli, Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush and Allied Security District Manager Sidney Toombs to discuss the implementation of the assembly's Workers' Rights Proposal, which offers suggestions to improve the treatment of AlliedBarton security guards.

Thanks to a change in LSAT policy, aspiring law students may be able to breathe easier on test day. After a shift in American Bar Association protocol last June, 74 percent of law schools currently or will soon evaluate applicants based on their highest LSAT scores, according to a recently released survey by Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions.

Ben Kowitt is a College senior from Bala Cynwyd, Pa. His e-mail address is kowittb@sas.upenn.edu.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-Penn coach Glen Miller knew two important things before his team played No. 2 North Carolina Wednesday night. First, his team would have to play 40 minutes of good basketball to have a shot; and second, the Quakers would need to play excellent transition defense against the Tar Heels' explosive attack.

Revenge is a dish best served in cold pool water, as the Penn women's swim team found out Friday. The Quakers avenged last year's five-point loss to chief rival Columbia with a 187.5-112.5 victory in their home opener at Sheerr Pool. Last year's meet came down to the final event, the 200-yard freestyle relay, with Columbia winning by three-hundreths of a second.

With a Gospel choir in full force and surrounded by legions of supporters chanting his name, state Rep. Dwight Evans finally declared his mayoral candidacy last night. Evans, who had long been consided a contender in this year's Philadelphia mayoral race, officially announced his intentions to run before the largest crowd of any candidacy announcement thus far.

Most recent failure of SAS Webmail is the last straw - the University must make the switch now.

Because researchers often receive public dollars and results can affect public policy, falsifying data is a very serious crime.