One-third of U.S. university nursing programs did not integrate international health into their curricula as recently as 2007, according to Wipada Kunaviktikul, but the School of Nursing is not one of them. The Nursing School kicked off its third-annual Global Health Reflections Week yesterday with a presentation by Kunaviktikul, a research fellow at Harvard University and a professor at Chiang Mai University in Thailand.

Ilana Millner is an College junior from Washington Crossing, Pa. Her e-mail address is millner@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Though the state of the economy will likely increase requests for financial aid, most private colleges and universities, including Penn, are committed to maintaining their financial-aid policies and initiatives. The schools that have pledged to maintain financial-aid initiatives have been counteracting reduced budgets by pulling funds from other areas, which has resulted in firing administration and faculty members, cutting programs and freezing faculty

"For most, leadership is an acquired skill," said Michael Useem, director of the Wharton Leadership Center, during the preceptorial he hosted with University President Amy Gutmann yesterday. The preceptorial, entitled "Essence of Leadership," took place at 4:30 p.

While Penn students are expected to be proficient in English, no such requirement is made for their parents. To help with this dilemma, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions has been attempting to make the entire admissions process easier for prospective students' parents who are not fluent in English by providing admissions and financial-aid information in Spanish, one of the most common native languages for international students.

Two days ago, Philadelphia Newspapers LLC - publisher of Philadelphia's two dailies, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Philadelphia Daily News, as well as the printer of The Daily Pennsylvanian - filed for bankruptcy protection preventatively. The announcement, unfortunately, was not unexpected.

Penn junior 125-pound wrestler Rollie Peterkin likes trying new positions. Indeed, it was the reigning EIWA wrestler of the week's versatility on the mat that coach Rob Eiter credits in No. 11 Peterkin's 12-4 thrashing of Penn State's No. 13 Brad Pataky Friday.

The Penn basketball team sure kept the statisticians busy this weekend. After confirming that Dartmouth swept Penn for the first time since 1959 Friday, they revealed that Harvard's 66-60 win over the Quakers Saturday was its first at the Palestra since 1991.

Another weekend sweep at the Palestra is likely to leave Penn fans in consternation about the state of the program. Such has been the case after every bad outing at home, regardless of the context. But if anything, the way in which the Quakers lost demonstrated exactly what is wrong with the program right now.

A growing number of students are turning to social entrepreneurship, and groups are looking to fill that demand. The Wharton Dean's Undergraduate Advisory Board has made significant progress toward a secondary concentration in social entrepreneurship, but the Undergraduate Assembly and Student Committee on Undergraduate Education are looking to expand developments to the College curriculum.

Junior Ali DeLuca knows that scoring early can give her team the confidence to overcome any first-game jitters. Thirty six seconds after the Penn women's lacrosse team started its 2009 season, DeLuca received a pass at the top of the crease from Courtney Lubbe to score the game's - and the season's - first goal.

In the first Ivy Round Robin two weeks ago, freshman foil Zane Grodman defeated Columbia's Kurt Getz by a score of 3-0 in 30 seconds. In yesterday's second round robin, hosted by Brown, Grodman recorded yet another 3-0 victory against another previous All-Ivy first teamer.

I love Pink Floyd. I'll shamelessly spend hours in my car on summer days listening to the British rock band. Give me a surround-sound system and the album Dark Side of the Moon, and I'll never complain about anything ever again. It's very easy for me to make connections between their lyrics and a number of situations, including the one between the district attorney's race in Philadelphia and the song Welcome to the Machine.

By JOE SANFILIPPO Staff Writer sanfilippo@dailypennsylvanian.com Although the drive back from Princeton, N.J., only took 40 minutes, the men's squash team's performance at the Collegiate Squash Association Team Championships this weekend undoubtedly made for a long ride home.

The December home invasion and sexual assault at 44th and Spruce streets sparked debate about security west of Penn's campus. But as Penn expands east toward Center City, the Division of Public Safety is planning for the new security challenges it will face on the other side of campus.

Philadelphia Newspapers Incorporated, which owns The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Philadelphia Daily News, Philly.com and Philadelphia Media Holdings - which prints The Daily Pennsylvanian - filed for bankruptcy yesterday. The move is an attempt to restructure the company's $390 million in debt load.

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