Six years ago, Harvey Friedman received a call that would alter his entire medical career. The Merck and Gates foundations had partnered with the government of Botswana to make HIV medications available, and they needed his help to distribute and train people to administer anti-retroviral drugs.

Over the next few months, students will be able to thank the Undergraduate Assembly for replenishing dining supplies on campus and providing them with free copies of The New York Times. Major topics from Sunday night's meeting include: n College Republicans Chairman and Wharton senior Michael Shiely spoke about the lack of political awareness on campus during Open Forum.

The Supreme Court has the constitutional right to declare the "supreme law of the land," so the appointment of justices is a crucial aspect of the American judicial system. However, according to Princeton provost Christopher Eisgruber, the current system is subpar and in dire need of reform.

At Parkway Center City High School in Philadelphia last year, two shy students reluctantly enrolled in a pilot after-school debate program. After disappointing performances at a spring tournament at Drexel University, the two students went to the Philadelphia Debate Institute's week-long summer program.

It's not every day that an Ivy League president operates a trackhoe. But Penn President Amy Gutmann used one yesterday before an audience of local business and political leaders, including Mayor-elect Michael Nutter and city Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, to officially began construction on the recently acquired postal lands.

Family, food, Black Friday and traffic jams are just some of the things commonly affiliated with Thanksgiving. Beyond that, though, the upcoming holiday has a long history dating back to the first American settlers. Attendees of "Thanksgiving 101," a lecture held at the Graduate Student Center yesterday, learned about the historical origins of Thanksgiving and the facts and fictions behind the holiday.

Despite some political pundits dismissing Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) presidential campaign as "dead," he came out swinging last night before a packed audience of Penn students. McCain's "Straight Talk Express" pulled into Annenberg's Zellerbach Theater for a town-hall forum with a crowd of nearly 1,000.

Webmail's gone. There are no more server crashes. And another company is handling e-mail at no charge. It's the saga of Penn e-mail, but it's now the story of hundreds of other schools across the country. Penn made the decision to outsource its e-mail to Microsoft last year.

A second teenager from a group thought to be responsible for at least six robberies of Drexel students was arrested this past weekend, police officals said. The 16-year-old male was arrested at his home Friday night after victims positively identified him, Philadelphia Police Lt.

The shuttle to Center City is back, but only for night owls. Recent safety concerns have prompted the University to create a new trial shuttle service that will provide door-service transportation as east as Broad Street. Despite the University's decision to shelve the Octobus shuttle service last week, officials believe that a late-night shuttle service to Center City is an important component of a comprehensive safety plan.

What's on mega-entrepreneur Ted Leonsis' holiday wish list? It could be a company he has had his eye on, a fourth sports team, second stadium or a third motion picture. In his keynote address at the 11th annual Wharton Entrepreneurship Conference, themed "Confessions of an Entrepreneurial mind," Leonsis told his story to over 500 Wharton MBA students, undergraduates, venture capitalists and aspiring entrepreneurs.

There's a new sheriff in town. Mayor-elect Michael Nutter announced Thursday that former Washington D.C. Police Chief Charles Ramsey will be Philadelphia's next police commissioner. Ramsey, a sometimes controversial media-savvy police chief, managed Washington, D.

The University will implement a series of initiatives to supplement security on and around campus, officials announced in an e-mail to the University community late Thursday night.

Too lazy to make the trek to the library? There may be a solution on the horizon. Earlier this November, Yale University signed a contract with Microsoft to upload their entire library collection onto a search engine, which will allow students to access Yale's media and book collection- anywhere, anytime.

John McCain's "Straight Talk Express" is making a pit stop at Penn. The Republican presidential candidate and Arizona senator will address students in Zellerbach Theatre tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. in a town hall-style meeting. The event, sponsored by the Penn College Republicans, will also feature remarks by Utah governor Jon Huntsman and former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge.

College and Wharton senior Joyce Meng was among 32 American students to receive the Rhodes Scholarship last Saturday. Meng, a Joseph Wharton Benjamin Franklin scholar as well as a Wharton Research Scholar, said she is excited to study at Oxford University, where she plans to obtain two Master's degrees in economics for development and financial economics.

While other students were easing into the college experience, Wharton freshman Andrew Dudum was adding two new singles to iTunes. And fellow students were listening. Dudum beat out two other professional choices to headline last Friday's Rock the Mic for Darfur concert, which aimed to raise money for the Darfur Alert Coalition.