At Sigma Alpha Mu yesterday, World War II was revisited - over Coke and Thai takeout. SAM brothers crowded their chapter house to hear History professor Tom Childers discuss the war, addressing topics from veterans' mental disorders to the political consequences of Hitler's table talks.

This week, the Penn Women's Center is celebrating its 35th anniversary with several service projects to benefit the Women Against Abuse shelter, Philadelphia's sole domestic-violence center. However, 35 years ago, PWC had to fight to establish itself as a home for women on campus before it could tackle domestic violence elsewhere.

The day I received my acceptance letter to Penn, my dad shook my hand, clapped me on the back and offered me $80,000 to turn it down. He reminded me that I already had a free ride waiting at the University of Georgia, and that, even with ample financial aid, four years at Penn would still cost the better part of 100 grand.

The wrestling season may almost be over, but Penn's ninth-ranked 125-pounder Rollie Peterkin still feels he has plenty of room to improve. And he plans to start by examining his most recent failure, a 5-2 loss to Cornell's Troy Nickerson, who is ranked second in the country, in the finals of the March 7-8 Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association tournament.

Leonore Annenberg, emeritus trustee and founding member of the Annenberg School for Communication, died last Thursday morning at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., at the age of 91. Annenberg was elected to the University's Board of Trustees in 1982, and was elected a life trustee in 1987.

Counseling and Psychological Services named Bill Alexander as its new director last week. He assumes his position this month after ten years as deputy director of CAPS, according to a press release issued by the Vice Provost for University Life. Although he has worked there a long time, Alexander explained that this is a major change in his role and duties.

NEW YORK, Saturday, March 7- The Quakers had never even seen this play before, let alone practiced it. But trailing by two with 1.9 seconds remaining, Glen Miller and his coaching staff whipped out a dry-erase clipboard and crafted a setup to down Columbia.

Sometimes, all you need is a dazzling finale to forget the rest of the show. Despite returning with a surprising 3-7 record, the Penn softball team left the Rebel Spring Games in Kissimmee, Fla., with a bang, turning the final game against Florida A&M; over to the young players for the win, 3-2.

ATLANTIC CITY, Sat., Mar. 14 - It wasn't until the game clock signalled one minute to go Saturday night that Temple's arduous road to the postseason finally got easy. The Owls swept three games in three days last week to win a second straight Atlantic-10 tournament and the accompanying ticket to the Big Dance.

For the men's lacrosse team, spring break started out bad and ended up worse. After being pummelled by No. 18 Denver, 12-6, on March 6, the Quakers fell in their first Ivy contest Saturday, dropping an overtime game to Yale, 14-13. The loss to the Bulldogs (3-2, 1-0 Ivy) is the more demoralizing, as they did not win a game in the Ivy League last year.

I admit it: The predominant reason I stayed on campus this spring break was that I'm cheap. I couldn't deal with the $300 plane fares and couldn't handle wasting two days dealing with the delays that characterize our airport system. It's a personal preference.

Over spring break, the University lost one of its closest friends when philanthropist Leonore "Lee" Annenberg died at her California home at the age of 91. Annenberg, as many now know, had a long and storied connection to Penn and Philadelphia. Annenberg was noted for her interested in arts, culture and education, and she served on the boards of many like-minded Philadelphia area institutions, including Penn, where she was an emeritus trustee and held an honorary degree.

After winning the Ivy League and IFA championships in dominating fashion, the Penn fencing team entered the NCAA Regionals in an already enviable position. And after maintaining its success at the Mid-Atlantic Regionals at Drew University on March 7, the squad's outlook was even better.

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Former Wharton finance professor Anthony Santomero was just announced as one of four nominees to serve as directors of CitiGroup. The bank, once the largest in the world, is struggling to fix itself after posting a $37.5 billion net loss in the last five quarters.

After five seasons at the helm, women's basketball coach Pat Knapp will not return in 2010. His contract expired and will not be renewed, Penn Athletics announced last Thursday. "We are disappointed that we did not attain the levels of success we anticipated," Athletics director Steve Bilsky said in a press release.

Despite shifts in the economy, Penn continues to push ahead with its capital campaign, to date raising $2.3 billion - or 66 percent - of its $3.5 billion, seven-year Making History campaign goal. However, the school is seeing increased slowdowns in giving and expects that trend to persist until the economy picks itself up again.