When times are hard and the fear of unemployment looms above, what do people do? Go back to school and get an MBA. According to an article in the Financial Times, deans and admissions officials at business schools say that MBA applications increase during or just before an economic downturn, such as the one facing the U.

Robbery Feb. 7 - Kumasi MkWelli, 60, of the 7800 block of Mercury Ave., was arrested by Penn Police for allegedly attempting to leave CVS, located at 3409 Walnut St., without rendering payment for items at about 7:15 p.m. Assault Feb. 6 - Michael Joyner, 31, of the 200 block of N.

When College alum Philip Rosen graduated last year, he started working in July but found that his job would not provide him with health insurance until October. That left him in a predicament few students anticipate: how to obtain decent health insurance promptly after graduation.

With ever-increasing distances and only ten minutes between classes, some students simply can't get across campus fast enough on foot. As the University works to develop the Postal Lands, Penn students need new ways to get around campus and Philadelphia. PennBikeShare could be the answer.

Former Neurosurgery professor Tracy McIntosh was sentenced to three-and-a-half to seven years in prison today for the 2002 sexual assault of his college roommate's niece.

Paper file folders are on the way to being a thing of the past in Penn's undergraduate admissions office. Starting with the 2008-2009 admissions cycle, the office's internal workings will be almost entirely digital. Currently, the entire application - including essays, transcripts and letters of recommendation - can be submitted online or electronically.

Alicia Puglionesi is a College junior from Havertown, Pa. Her e-mail address is puglionesi@dailypennsylvanian.com.

When actor Kalpen Modi - more commonly known as Kal Penn - started teaching at Penn, students were bound to take notice. Now, his class has attracted interest in a smaller University department: Asian American Studies. Enrollment in ASAM classes has increased in number as a result of Modi's appointment to the department faculty, program administrator Fariha Khan said.

I'm going to admit it: Princeton was almost my first choice when I applied to college. And for my first few months at Penn - when things sometimes got a little overwhelming - I wondered what it would be like had I made my home-away-from-home patrician New Jersey.

By trying to hurriedly push through casino development, some state and local officials have been playing dice with Philadelphia's future. Thankfully, Mayor Nutter recently repealed the building license awarded to SugarHouse Casino, ensuring the city won't make a hasty decision when it comes to the location of its first two casinos.

'Inveniemus viam aut faciemus." For those of us who don't speak Latin, this phrase means "We'll find a way - or we'll make one," and it's a favorite of Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Dennis DeTurck. He believes it's an excellent motto for College graduates in finding a career.

While preliminary plans for a Philadelphia bicycle-sharing program are in the works, a more local plan is developing in Penn's own backyard. Engineering seniors David Gorski, Baris Seven and Gabriel Kaplan have put together a proposal for a program called PennBikeShare for their senior design project.

The Princeton Review's Best 366 Colleges: 2008 Edition aims to dish out the real deal with information from actual students - but schools have some say over which students fill out the surveys used to compile the book. This year, the Admissions Office asked members of the Kite and Key Society, a volunteer group of undergraduates who serve as ambassadors to the Penn community through tour guiding, overnight hosting and other outreach programs, to fill out the questionnaire.

In the wake of Super Tuesday, Senator John McCain surfaced from the quagmire that was the Republican field to seize the mantle of presumptive nominee. As for the Democrats, instead of easing anxiety and providing some hints about who might be the candidate with the edge, Feb.

With the presidential election fast approaching, College freshman Atlee Melillo thought it would be the perfect occasion for some wedding cake. Adorned with two grooms on one side and two brides on the other, Melillo said she hopes the white cake she passed out yesterday in Houston Hall will serve as an educational - and delicious - reminder that gay marriage is still very much an election issue, she said.

With the arrival of Philadelphia Runner, fans of locally owned businesses have a new place to turn to for their running needs. The store, located on Walnut Street between 36th and 37th streets, celebrated its grand opening last week. Philadelphia Runner's opening was the latest in a series of local businesses that have come to University City in the last several years, following student staples like The Last Word Bookshop, Pizza Rustica and Metropolitan Bakery.

A Delaware Superior Court judge has granted a change-of-venue request from lawyers for Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya should she be tried a fourth time. Malinovskaya, accused of killing her ex-boyfriend's then-girlfriend in December 2004, has been tried three times for murder, each time resulting in a hung jury.