A new concert at the end of the month will bring to campus keyboards, pianos and all that jazz, courtesy of musician Robert Walter. The Social Planning and Events Committee's Jazz division is bringing Walter and dummer Eric Kalb to headline the committee's first-annual jazz show on Oct.

Hundreds of students went hungry for a day to experience a popular Muslim ritual and raise money for charity. Over 400 participants fasted from sunrise to sundown on Saturday at the annual Muslim Student Association Fast-a-Thon to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina, concluding with an end-of-fast banquet held in Houston Hall.

If you are looking for an example of what a "full" life looks like, you'll find it with Martin Meyerson. Meyerson, Penn President from 1970 to 1981, succumbed to prostate cancer this past June at the age of 84. A memorial service was held in his honor last Friday inside the Harrison Auditorium of the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Very soon, the College of General Studies as Penn knows it will no longer exist. CGS is redefining its mission and vision - and, within the next few months, its name - in response to changing global and national trends in higher education as well as shifts in Penn's administration over the last few years.

Division of Public Safety officials have now confirmed that one Penn student was a victim in the recent string of taxi cab robberies, and police officials continue to search for two men alleged to have robbed four individuals at gunpoint since Sept. 2.

When it comes to happiness, women seem to be losing the battle of the sexes. A Wharton study released last month shows that women have become less happy relative to men, a turnaround from thirty years ago when women were the more satisfied sex. Business and Public Policy professor Betsey Stevenson, who, along with professor Justin Wolfers, authored the study, said the results "raise provocative questions about whether women have been made worse off by societal changes.

Penn students did not generally express enthusiasm for the Social Planning and Events Committee's choice to have Ben Kweller as the headlining fall performer, but those who attended the concert would beg to differ.

Days after thousands of monks marched on city streets thousands of miles away, a group of students organized their own solidarity protests on campus. The vigil, which took place on College Green Friday, was held in reaction to the current events in Burma, which has seen a series of monk-led anti-government protests.

Haverford College inducted a former Penn professor as its 13th president Saturday. Stephen Emerson, a stem-cell biologist, comes to Haverford from the Penn Medical School, where he was a professor in Pediatrics and Pathology. He was also chief of oncology and hematology for the University's Abramson Cancer Center.

Like anyone who has lived in the high rises, Soleil Roberts has had her fair share of encounters with the notorious section of Locust Walk known as the wind tunnel. One day last year, the now-College senior half-jokingly tossed an idea around with her Environmental Science professor, saying, "You should put up a windmill here - you could power the whole school.

Veteran journalist and ABC World News Tonight anchor Charles Gibson sat down with aspiring journalists yesterday to offer his two cents on media. About 20 people congregated at Kelly Writer's House for a lunchtime question-and-answer session with the seasoned reporter - and no question was out of bounds.

A fire started on the roof of the West Tower of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia yesterday, but it was quickly extinguished and no injuries or damages were reported.

Former Dean of Admissions Lee Stetson canceled his scheduled speaking engagement at a national admissions conference last weekend, but the event still marked a public appearance from a figure who has otherwise maintained a low profile since his sudden resignation in August.

The School of Engineering and Applied Science is bending over backwards to recruit female professors, and thanks to several University hiring policies, it is having unprecedented success.

Music historian Irwin Chusid is an avid fan of The Shaggs, Judson Fountain and William "Shooby" Taylor. And you thought Ben Kweller was obscure. Chusid was on campus yesterday night to speak at the Kelly Writers House, an event co-sponsored by the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing.

Last night, racy jokes and lewd skits weren't just about making people laugh. Four of Penn's comedy groups - Bloomers, Simply Chaos, Without a Net and Mask & Wig - participated in the eighth annual Charitable Laughter show at the Irongate Theatre. The proceeds of this year's event will go to the Village of Arts and Humanities.

Baseball players aren't the only ones inducted into the hall of fame: Engineers are too. James West, the inventor of the electret microphone used in 90 percent of communication devices today, was the inaugural speaker for the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Rachleff lecture series yesterday afternoon.