If Penn softball has one thing going for it this year, it's a deep pitching staff with some proven studs. Those aces will get their toughest test yet against the two top offensive teams in the Ivy League, Brown and Yale, when the Quakers (6-17-1, 1-3 Ivy) make a road trip this weekend.

Daniel Schwartz is a College junior from Decatur, Ga. His e-mail address is schwartz@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Robbery March 25 - A woman unaffiliated with the University, 28, reported at about 1:30 a.m. that an unknown suspect took her money at gunpoint on the 4000 block of Spruce Street, before fleeing in an unknown direction. March 26 - A man unaffiliated with the University, 19, reported that a group of unknown males displayed a handgun and a knife, robbed him of cash and personal property, then fled north on 41st Street.

Penn researchers received $1.7 million from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to organize and share the database resources on parasite genomes. David Roos, the E. Otis Kendall Biology professor, will lead this project. According to Roos, scientists have accumulated a large amount of genomic data.

Today's men's lacrosse match may not determine the Ivy League champion, but at the moment it looms pretty large for the Quakers. The team will attempt to halt its six-game losing streak against Dartmouth at 4 p.m. this afternoon at Franklin Field. Both teams have been disappointing thus far this season - the Red and Blue (1-6, 0-3 Ivy) and Big Green (2-6, 0-1) are the only two Ivy squads without a conference win.

When shown a photograph of a condom and a gun and the statement "Which would keep [a rapist] from coming back for more?" would you do a double-take? I did when I first visited ConcealedCampus.org, the Web site for Students for Concealed Carry on Campus. That photo is one of the first images shown on the site.

Penn Law professor Wendell Pritchett was named chancellor of Rutgers University-Camden Campus and will assume his post on June 30, Rutgers announced yesterday. Pritchett has taught at Penn Law since 2001. After serving as associate dean at Penn Law from 2006 to 2008, he will begin similar administrative and developmental responsibilities at Rutgers.

The clock on court two of Levy Tennis Pavilion read 6:30. Officially, practice begins at four o'clock and ends at six o'clock, but sophomore Alexa Ely and freshman Emily Wolf had just finished hitting. Ely's day of class and tennis began with an early-morning individual session with interim coach Sara Schiffman while most Penn students were still sleeping.

Marjane Satrapi, critically acclaimed graphic novelist, introduced herself last night as someone who "writes with pictures." The room in College Hall where she spoke was overflowing with students eager to listen to the creator of Persepolis, the graphic novel about a girl growing up during the Iranian Revolution.

According to Rose Ciotta, author of Cruel Games: A Brilliant Professor, A Loving Mother, A Brutal Murder, the Rafael Robb case intrigued her because "it wasn't one of those neat, clean CSI cases." Ciotta, The Philadelphia Inquirer deputy city editor and investigative reporter, held a book signing of Cruel Games last night at the Penn Bookstore.

On Nov. 4, 2008, 96.4 percent of Penn students made it to the polls in what is now remembered as a truly historic election. That night, students flocked the campus en masse in celebration of President Barack Obama's victory. In those months leading up to Election Day 2008, I recall walking down Locust Walk and seeing the vibrant and energized student body here at Penn.

Yesterday evening, Penn students took back the night. Take Back the Night, an initiative addressing sexual violence and abuse, brought students together for a rally on College Green and to hear a survivor speak out on Wynn Commons. The event also included several speakers and slam poets from Excelano, Penn's spoken word project, and a march around campus.

By DARINA SHTRAKHMAN Staff Writer shtrakhman@dailypennsylvanian.com High-school seniors are used to checking their mailboxes for college admissions decisions, but this year, a letter from Penn may not have arrived. For the first time, the admissions office chose not to send rejection letters, Dean of Admissions Eric Furda said.

Tweet! - your U.S. Senator has a message. Students are following their favorite politicians' real-time thoughts on the social-networking site Twitter. Arizona Sen. John McCain, who admitted last year during the campaign to having never sent or received an e-mail, is now tweeting many times a day to his 341,720 followers.

Lately, President Obama has been all over talk shows, Sunday morning news programs and the Internet trying to sell his bloated budget. But he hasn't sold me. Among his numerous planned tax increases on the upper income brackets is a proposal to cut tax breaks on charitable donations from 35 percent to 28 percent, effectively increasing the cost of giving.

BALTIMORE - Her teammates praise her offensive repertoire. But for whatever reason, women's lacrosse midfield Samantha Bird never developed much of a scoring touch. In 27 games over her first three seasons, she managed just six points. Her numbers were slightly better to start this year, with seven points in the team's first eight contests, but coach Karin Brower said the senior is still more of a role player.

For the most of the class of 2013, gaining the coveted Ivy League acceptance was tougher than ever. But for two Ivy League schools, Penn included, the acceptance rate increased -- Penn's rate went from 16.4 percent last April to 17.1 percent this year. Princeton's rate also rose slightly, from 9.