When the storm that started Sunday night continued to persist yesterday, not only did it bring more snow but it also brought a sigh of relief to some Penn students hit with heavy workloads this week. "I have a midterm Wednesday so it gave me more time to study," said College junior Alex Lee, whose World at War class was canceled because of the snow.

Students looking to live Greek this year might have to pick a number and wait. With the majority of this year's new pledges looking for space in one of 38 fraternities and sororities, it's often hard to find an open room in popular houses. While the average pledge-class numbers nearly 19, some chapters have welcomed over 40 new members to a house with room for only fifteen or twenty.

Over five hours, $1.78 million and a snowstorm later, campus leaders discussing 2009-2010 student government expenses left Huntsman Hall with a budget unchanged from the one initially proposed. On Sunday night, the six umbrella groups of student government met to discuss the budget for the next academic year, proposed by the Undergraduate Assembly's budget committee.

To recruit more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and ally students to Penn, the LGBT Center and the Office of Undergraduate Admissions have begun reaching out to Gay Straight Alliance groups at local Philadelphia high schools. Bob Schoenberg, director of Penn's LGBT Center, said the center has been working with the Admissions Office for several years to recruit more "LGBT and LGBT-friendly" students.

It's that time of year again. What's the beginning of spring without a column about graduation speakers? With 76 days to go before the Class of 2009 becomes the newest group of Penn alumni, the senior class is forming expectations about this year's Commencement speaker, Eric Schmidt, Google chairman and chief executive officer.

About the only good reason to attend the men's basketball weekend games was to watch its seniors play for the last time. They still have a road trip through New York next weekend, and they'll still play at the Palestra once more against Princeton over spring break.

The U.S. Housing and Urban Development Agency announced last week that as part of President Barack Obama's economic-stimulus package, Philadelphia would receive slightly over $21 million to spend on fighting homelessness. The $21,486,240 that the city will receive to spend within three years is in addition to the $26.

March 2, 10:54 a.m. With a winter storm warning in effect until 4 p.m. today, classes are still on, but some University events have been canceled. Snow will be heavy at times throughout the day, with a total of about six to 10 inches expected to fall in Philadelphia, according to the National Weather Service.

Saturday's game against Villanova is one the men's lacrosse team would rather forget. Penn left Villanova Stadium on the wrong end of a 14-7 thrashing at the hands of the Wildcats. "I can't think of one thing we did well today," coach Brian Voelker said.

Graduate student Van Evans worked at a nonprofit with "street children" in Latin America for 12 years before he decided to hone his leadership skills and get some insight into the nonprofit sector by enrolling in Penn's master's program in nonprofit and nongovernmental organization leadership.

By EMILY FOX Staff Writer fox@dailypennsylvanian.com In the final hours of February, Penn seniors gathered at Smokey Joe's Saturday night to mark the end of Feb Club, as well as of a surge of success for Seniors for the Penn Fund. During the night, the Unite ONine team - the group responsible for recruiting donations to the Penn Fund - made an 11th-hour comeback.

If only one match went differently Saturday for the Penn women's tennis team, the Quakers would have defeated crosstown rival Temple. The ball didn't bounce in the Quakers' favor, though, at the No. 3 spot, as sophomore Alexa Ely dropped the final game, 6-4, to Temple's Lucie Paderoza in a close three-set match.

The No. 6 Penn women's lacrosse team trounced California, 10-2, Friday but may have suffered a long-term casualty in the process. Sophomore attack Bridget Waclawik, who had problems staying healthy last year, had to be helped off the field near the end of the first half with an injury that appeared serious.

I'd heard about them before, sure - even seen a couple on TV courtesy of this year's Detroit Lions and the old New Orleans 'Ain'ts teams of the early '80s. But it wasn't until Saturday night at the Palestra that I encountered one in person: the paper bag head, complete with two holes for the eyes, a frowning face penciled in, and a gangly, anonymous body dangling underneath it all.

It wasn't hard to guess what Yale's approach was going to be when it came to the Palestra Friday. A team with a host of competent big men and without much of a perimeter game, the Bulldogs were going to go inside all night. But few could have predicted just how thoroughly they would batter Penn down low - Yale outrebounded the Quakers by seven, outscored them in the paint by six and sent the Red and Blue home with its fifth consecutive Ivy loss at home, coming out on top, 87-79.

Many have been arguing that "Harvard Narcissists With MBAs Killed Wall Street." In a recent Bloomberg News column, Kevin Hassett, director of economic policy studies at the neoconservative think tank American Enterprise Institute, alleges just that. Hassett argues that over the past 20 years there's been a significant increase in the number of Ivy League graduates pursuing careers in finance - and that this trend is inextricably connected to the current economic crisis.

Shots were fired early Saturday morning outside Philly Diner, located at 3901 Walnut St. No injuries were reported and Penn Police made three arrests, according to Sgt. Ray Evers of the Philadelphia Police. The Division of Public Safety's PennComm Center received a call at about 4:15 a.