The inspiration for the title of yesterday's panel on the media and Islam? A Public Enemy track. "Don't Believe the Hype," hosted by Penn's Muslim Student Association as part of Islam Awareness Week, delved into common misrepresentations of Islam in Western media.

Philadelphia Runner, a local specialized running store located on 16th and Sansom streets, will open a second store next to the Inn at Penn in December. Manager Ross Martinson said the store will carry many of the same products as the Center City store, including running shoes and apparel.

Penn placed 12th among U.S. research institutions in the number of Fulbright Scholarships awarded by the State Department this year, according to a report released on Monday by the Institute of International Education. The report lists Penn as having earned 17 scholarships for study abroad out of a 108-person applicant pool.

Asian Pacific American Heritage Week organizers are implementing a work-hard, play-hard attitude toward this week's array of cultural awareness events. Monday night began with a mixed group of about 250 students at Houston Hall listening to music of hip-hop-based duet Blue Scholars and celebrating the diverse heritage of Asian Pacific Americans as part of Asian Pacific American Heritage Week.

Finance or Fine Arts? Economics or English? Successful alumni say, "Go with what you like. Five years down the road, it's not going to matter anyway." A College Alumni Mentoring Series panel discussed the impact a liberal-arts education has on one's career yesterday.

Just as applicants to Penn come from all over the world, people interested in Penn admissions are everywhere, too. And so, without a real watercolor to gossip over, they turn to an online one. Since his departure from Penn, blogs and Internet forums have been sustaining interest and driving conversation about former Dean of Admissions Lee Stetson.

The second-degree murder charge for Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya should be dropped, the defense argued yesterday, in light of the circumstances surrounding the 2004 bludgeoning of Temple University graduate student Irina Zlotnikov. Defense attorney Eugene Maurer brought a motion asking Judge James Vaughn to forbid the jury from considering the charge because the murder must have been premeditated, which would only leave first-degree murder as an option.

Penn's strategy for raising the remainder of the money for its $3.5 billion capital campaign is fairly standard, experts say. Although finance consultants vary on how much a university should raise during the quiet phase, they generally agree that Penn was ready to take the next step in the campaign.

What would you do with $128,990? Student Activities Council board members could give the money to help improve student groups- - if only they could get their hands back on it. Each year, SAC, a branch of student government, is given $700,000 with which to fund and supervise about 200 students.

Ira Harkavy, the founder and head of the newly renamed Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships, has ten million new reasons to be happy. Earlier this month, CCP received a $10 million donation from its new namesakes, Edward Netter, a 1953 College alumnus, and his wife, Barbara.

Six thousand feet above sea level, on the flanks of the Peruvian Andes, a remote community of organic coffee farmers still follow the ancient Incan philosophy of Ayni. But this week, soft-spoken farmer Beltran Leguiacutea Masias is experiencing Ayni on a far broader scale: meeting the people who buy his coffee from Fair Trade shops across the world, in Philadelphia.

Penn doctors are giving some patients a second chance at life. School of Medicine professor Lance Becker and his team are researching a medical procedure that can reduce the amount of brain damage caused when a patient's heart stops. Even a 10-minute cutoff to oxygen can cause irreversible injury to the brain, said Vinay Nadkarni, who teaches at the Hospital of the University Pennsylvania.

When it comes to capital campaigns, the University has a history of reaching some hefty goals. Since Ben Franklin's first fundraising efforts to establish the University, Penn administrators have embarked on six capital campaigns, including the campaign launched Saturday night.

Communication between Penn, other local universities and community groups on gentrification and affordable housing issues will be a key issue in the coming years, the man who will likely be the next mayor told West Philadelphia residents last night.

Philadelphia has become increasingly well-known for its murals, and for their effects on the community. And with mural culture an established part of Philadelphia, Penn has increasingly seen itself joining in.

What was supposed to be a dialogue among three national experts on terrorism yesterday turned into a fractured, and at times raucous, event. However, it still offered the audience a diverse set of views on issues surrounding terrorism, with Ian Lustick, Stephen Gale and Daniel Pipes speaking about "What Today's College Students Need to Know About Terrorism.