Last year, the Radian rose from the 40th block of Walnut like some great postmodern giant. From my Rodin window, I watched the structure slowly eclipse the sun. With its metallic prefab rain screens and infatuation with industrial concrete, the building was rife with modernity and promised a new age of student living.

One of the major complaints about the required freshman meal plan is that there is nothing to do with the inevitable unused meals at the end of the semester. Over the past few years, a handful of students have tried to get those leftovers to people who need them, like Philadelphia's homeless population.

The sign was kind of clever, you had to admit. "Penningitis," it read, courtesy of the Princeton band. "Terminally Infectious Since 1740." But the Tigers' trumpet-wielders had it all wrong. There was no disease in the air at Jadwin Gym on this night - just some serious allergies to the bottom of the net.

Last week members of Lambda Law organized a protest voicing dissent about the continued presence of the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps and military recruiters on Penn's campus, despite the fact that the military's dated "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy is clearly not in agreement with the University's own nondiscrimination policy.

Robbery Feb. 5 - Norwood Chaney, 19, of the 3900 block of Ludlow Street, and Lenny Walker, 19, of the 5500 block of Pine Street, were arrested at about 5 p.m. for allegedly striking a man in the face after an argument and fleeing with his jacket. All individuals involved are unaffiliated with the University.

Yesterday, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) discussed solutions to the grim employment prospects facing soon-to-be Penn graduates in an address to nearly 100 students and faculty members. Specter is one of only three moderate Republicans who voted in favor of the final economic stimulus package, which passed last week with a vote of 60 to 38.

Provost Ron Daniels will become president of Johns Hopkins University next month. The Daily Pennsylvanian sat down with him to reflect on his tenure at Penn and his plans for Hopkins. Below are excerpts from the interview. The Daily Pennsylvanian: What would you consider your most significant contributions to Penn? Ron Daniels: The international agenda was something [Penn] President [Amy] Gutmann was quite anxious to have me focus upon when I came to Penn and something I felt quite passionate about.

Though no new cases of meningococcal infection have been reported at Penn, the scare has continued to ripple through both the city and other schools in the northeast. On Monday, Barnard College and Brown and Colombia Universities all sent e-mails to their student bodies informing them of the situation at Penn.

In one of the best Penn-Princeton games in years, the Quakers held on to beat their arch rivals, 62-55, in overtime. Penn jumped out to a 9-2 lead to start the game behind a hard-nosed layup by Harrison Gaines and five quick points on jumpers by Tyler Bernardini.

Barnard College Dear Members of the Barnard Community: Barnard College's Health Services wanted to make you aware of the recent announcement regarding meningococcal meningitis infection at the University of Pennsylvania. We first wish to stress that the risk to Barnard students is minimal and limited to a small number of individuals who had direct contact with University of Pennsylvania students between 2/2 and 2/13/2009.

PRINCETON, N.J. - So how exactly did the Quakers hit just a third of their shots and just over a quarter of their three-pointers last night and still walk out of Jadwin Gym with a win? The answer begins and ends with how many more possessions they had than their opponents.

The love child of Blackboard and Facebook has a name - the Open Learning Commons. The new platform prototype, launched by the College of Liberal and Professional Studies, allows interested people within and outside the Penn community to participate in classroom activities from the Web.

Maya Angelou, prominent author, poet and activist, said she doesn't "trust people who do not laugh." To Angelou's expressed satisfaction, Irvine Auditorium was filled with laughter last night when she delivered the Woman's Week keynote address to a sold-out crowd.

Last night, the Penn Democrats endorsed Seth Williams for the Democratic nomination in the upcoming Philadelphia District Attorney election. The endorsement followed speeches by representatives of four of the five candidates and a short discussion among Penn Dems members.

Feb. 18, 4:35 p.m. A Wharton graduate student has been diagnosed with measles, according to a University-wide e-mail sent Wednesday afternoon. The student is resting at home under the care of physicians. The University is in the process of contacting those who may have had close contact with the infected student and may need preventative medication.

Forty years ago next week, a determined group of students filed into College Hall with sleeping bags under their arms and no intention of leaving. These students' actions sparked a six-day demonstration that would grow to involve nearly 1,000 people, encapsulating the counterculture movement of the late 1960s and marking arguably the most successful student protest in our University's history.

Feb. 18, 1:56 p.m. Preventative antibiotics for meningococcal infection are no longer necessary, the University said in a statement released this afternoon. Three Penn students were hospitalized last week with meningococcal infections, and two others were hospitalized for flu-like symptoms.