The total number of crimes in the Penn Patrol Zone in January 2009 is the same as this month in 2008. Although the total number stayed fixed at 60, crimes against people increased from five to eight and crimes against property decreased from 55 to 52, according to the Division of Public Safety.

Although most students will recognize her as the first female U.S. Secretary of State or the highest ranking woman in U.S. government at the time, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has not let her past position define her. Given her long history of dedication to international affairs, the Social Planning and Events Committee Connaissance subcommittee chose Albright as this spring's keynote speaker.

It was just another day in outfielder Gary Johnson's rollercoaster journey to Major League Baseball. Now an MBA candidate at Wharton, Johnson had nothing to hide when a man came to his AAA Salt Lake City clubhouse for random drug testing. He knew something was up, though, after he saw one of his teammates use the dugout bathroom instead of showing up for the test.

The Mexican cuisine at Penn has no borders. The opening of Chipotle last month added to the variety of Mexican restaurants scattered around campus to satiate a spicy palate. But despite this new competition, officials say business at other Mexican establishments in the area has not been negatively affected.

Beginning this fall, the School of Nursing will incorporate an electronic medical record (EMR) system in the classroom. Developed by Eclipsys and already used at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, the system encompasses all the elements of a paper medical chart, according to Nursing professor Kathryn Bowles.

As college-tuition fees increase, students are paying a bigger share of their own bill, according to a study of higher-education spending trends. The study, called the Delta Project on Postsecondary Education Costs, Productivity and Accountability, was released last month and based its research on data colleges reported to the federal government.

Hunting for a job in NYC? Scouting campus for the perfect chapter? Need to reconnect with your long-lost pledge class? Andrew Dudum has your answers, and more. Dudum, a Wharton sophomore and Beta Theta Pi social chairman, created myGreek.org - which went live three weeks ago - as a Facebook-style Web site for Greeks.

If you're a junior or senior currently scrambling for a job, you might as well pack up your bags right now and see what the economy looks like on Mars. But if you're an inmate in the Philadelphia Prison System scheduled for release in the next few months, you may actually be in luck.

I'll get it out there: I'm a hypocrite. I'm against income taxes but pay them. I'm in favor of the death penalty but wouldn't want to get it myself. I'm a proponent of freedom of speech but occasionally censor my Facebook wall. And I'm pro-guns despite never firing or even holding one.

Tonight is the first of Mayor Michael Nutter's budget workshops, run in collaboration with Penn Project for Civic Engagement to help get public input on budget decisions. All Philadelphia residents are invited to attend. Nutter announced the Workshops Jan.

In an address to students yesterday, Chunmiao Zheng posed China's milion-dollar question - how do you supply 20 percent of the world's population with only 7 percent of the Earth's water resources? Yesterday afternoon at the Carolyn Hoff Lynch Auditorium, Zheng, professor of hydrogeology at the University of Alabama, explored the issue of China's mounting water scarcity in a talk entitled, "Will China Run Out of Water?" His final answer: Not likely for the country as a whole, he said, although he added that certain regions were more vulnerable to distress than others.

Educational institutions may not receive as much aid as they originally thought, due to a revised version of the economic-stimulus bill passed by the U.S. Senate yesterday. The Senate's bill allocates $83 billion for public schools and higher education, only about half as much as the original $150 billion approved by the House of Representatives in late January.

It's the time of year when Penn students, decked out in their best professional wear, race across campus to catch OCR presentations. But this year is a little different because many of the fixtures of recruiting have scaled back their hiring or disappeared altogether.

Anyone with a Brown graduation ring is a step behind Adrian Williams. The sophomore guard on the men's basketball team already has a championship ring from Super Bowl XXII - actually, his dad does. "He kind of keeps it stashed away," Williams said. "I think he brings it out for special occasions.

President Barack Obama announced last Wednesday that the government will cap annual salaries at $500,000 for top administrators at companies that receive large amounts of federal stimulus money. The new policy, however, will not affect the annual salaries of college presidents - including that of President Amy Gutmann - whose universities are among the possible recipients of federal funds.

Rich Ross, president of Disney Channels worldwide and 1983 Penn alumnus, will visit Huntsman Hall at 4:30 today to guide students to and discuss future prospects in the entertainment industry. Ross has been coming back to Penn for the last 15 years to share his knowledge with students.

Tonight is the first of Mayor Michael Nutter's budget workshops, run in collaboration with Penn Project for Civic Engagement to help get public input on budget decisions. All Philadelphia residents are invited to attend. Nutter announced the Workshops Jan.