Penn's Big 5 rival Villanova advanced to the final four tonight by outlasting No. 1 seeded Pittsburgh, 78-76, in Boston tonight. After Pitt G Levance Fields nailed two clutch free throws to tie the game by with 5.5 seconds remainining, Villanova G Scottie Reynolds took the inbounds and drove the length of the court for a game-winning layup as time expired.

If history is bound to repeat itself, the Princeton women's tennis team better not underestimate the Quakers. Last year, then-No. 72 Penn defeated then-No. 64 Princeton, 5-2, on the Tigers' home court. This year, the Red and Blue will have home-court advantage when they take on the Tigers in their first Ivy League match of the season.

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Princeton's women's tennis team defeated Penn, 7-0, at Levy Tennis Pavilion Saturday. The 48th-ranked Tigers played very well top to bottom. However, the scoreline did not tell the whole story of the match. Juniors Maria Anisimova and Ekaterina Kosminskaya had a chance to secure the doubles point for Penn in their number one doubles match.

"I've killed two people, I have a great personality and I've been skydiving," Gee said as he introduced himself to his fellow Political Science 435 students in an icebreaker exercise. Not your typical introduction, but then again, nor is this your typical Penn class.

Penn baseball's early-season play has been one of mixed success. The young guys have played beyond their years, but the lack of veterans has sometimes been apparent. The starting pitching has been rock-solid, but the bullpen has been erratic. The defense was shaky early on, but it has started to come around.

In the near future, surgeons might be able to repair injured human nerves. Penn researchers have found a way to grow transplantable nerve tissues which fix damaged nerves and help regeneration in animals. Led by Neurosurgery professor and director of the Penn's Center for Brain Injury and Repair Douglas Smith, the study and the results were published in the journal Tissue Engineering earlier this month.

Philly Diner is a safety issue To the Editor: In response to Monday's "Winnowing Options" editorial, I would contend that shutting down Philly Diner's late-night hours is the right choice. As a bartender at Cav's across the street, I'm often outside the Diner in the early morning hours, and while the atmosphere is festive, the late-night hours created a serious accident waiting to happen.

If all goes as planned, tokens and dollar bills will no longer weigh down SEPTA transit. A proposed 'smart card' system will employ card sensor readers that will work on SEPTA buses, subways and trains, SEPTA representative Gary Fairfax said. It would take about three years to develop the system.

The Penn softball team cannot seem to catch a break. Coming off of four straight losses to Saint Joseph's and Monmouth and a 10-7 loss to Lehigh earlier in the day, the Quakers seemed poised to finally snap their skid in the second game of a doubleheader. However, a questionable call by the umpiring crew forced the squad to settle for a tie in its final tune-up before plunging into the Ivy league portion of its schedule.

I didn't shed any tears when they shut down Koko Bongo. And when Wizzards closed, Atlantis moved in, lunch buffet and all. But forcing Philly Diner to close at 2 a.m. on weekends and 1 a.m. on weeknights? That's more than I can take. It isn't even because I'll no longer have a place to go at four in the morning for a milk shake and a sampler platter - the fact that Philly Diner is closing early in response to a February shooting as part of an effort to reduce crime is what really bothers me.

Wharton-style dodgeball is back - but this time it's called Hostile Takeover. Hosted by the Wharton Council for the sixth year, the event is a version of the game Assassins. Registration ended Tuesday, and the game began yesterday. Those who signed up received a small green ball and the name of a target.

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Yesterday, students learned about a beverage that is perhaps not as common on college campuses as Natty Light. The Philomathean Society kicked off its ninth annual wine class last night. An instructor from the Wine School of Philadelphia spoke about North American wines as part of this year's "Wines Around the World" course, which features six weekly two-hour classes highlighting wines from each continent.

So you had Wake Forest upsetting Louisville. Maybe you thought Temple could make a run. Well, you can redeem your busted bracket by entering the DPOSTM/SMOKE'S SWEET SIXTEEN CONTEST. Fill out the bracket below and return it to Sports Editor Zach Klitzman's mail box at The Daily Pennsylvanian office at 4015 Walnut St, or fax it to 215-898-2050 (attention Zach Klitzman) by 6 p.

Last week, a group of 14 students traveled halfway across the world to address global water issues at the the fifth World Water Forum. Attendance at the event - which took place in Istanbul, Turkey - was required for the students, all taking Earth and Environmental Science professor Stanley Laskowski's course, "Global Water Issues," which specifically centers around the Forum for the semester.