Despite cold weather and dying 127 years ago, Charles Darwin was in a festive mood yesterday at the University Museum. Darwin's appearance was part of an "Evolutionary Teach-in" at the museum Sunday afternoon to celebrate Darwin's 200th birthday and his legacy of scientific thought and inquiry.

A Lambda Law protest of the national "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy last Thursday raised recurring questions of the presence of military recruiters and the Reserve Officer Training Corps on campus. The protest was held to voice dissent against the policy and to show support for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community while the Judge Advocate General Corps' military recruiters conducted interviews on campus.

'Vagina." There, I said it. I'll be honest - deep down, I'm an immature 5-year-old boy who gets more than a little squeamish about certain topics and . words. Which is why it might surprise you that, last week, I got out of my fairly narrow comfort zone and went to see The Vagina Monologues.

When 2-year-old Zion saw Penn students encouraging a little girl to let them check her eyes with a large camera, he removed his thumb from his mouth and cried, "I want a turn." Zion and 20 students from his day care class at the West Philadelphia Community Center, located at 36th Street and Haverford Avenue, participated in vision screenings last Thursday morning as part of Focus First, a Penn community service initiative.

Just the day after one typically filled with surprises - if you can call getting a rose from that boy who has a crush on you a "surprise" - the Penn wrestling team was hoping to add one of its own by upsetting No. 3 Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y. Unfortunately, everything went as expected yesterday in the Quakers' 24-9 loss to the Big Red, just as it had in their 32-6 win over Columbia Saturday.

Jerome Allen's best Big 5 memory goes all the way back to his first game in the unique, historic Philadelphia City Series. In the former Penn basketball guard's first career game against Temple, with the Quakers down by one as the clock wound down at the Palestra, Allen stood wide open in the corner of the court and watched teammate Vince Curran heave a turnaround jumper from 15-feet that rattled in and out.

The Penn Democrats and the Penn College Republicans broke bread and ate traditional Shabbat food together at the Lubavitch House last Friday evening. The gathering was part of the Lubavitch House's fifth-annual Unity Dinner and was co-sponsored by the Penn Democrats, the College Republicans and Penn Israel Coalition.

If you want to be that slick hipster who knows about the latest, the greatest and the coolest, then Thrillist may be for you. The men's lifestyle e-mail newsletter is set to launch its Philadelphia edition this month, aiming to give readers information about the best bars, restaurants, stores, gadgets and more in the area.

This was not how the men's squash team hoped to end the regular season. Last week, the No. 7 Quakers had reason to celebrate after a narrow loss to No. 5 Harvard and a thrilling comeback victory over No. 8 Dartmouth. After a crushing 9-0 loss to No. 6 Rochester yesterday, though, that momentum is gone and Penn must regroup heading into the national team championships this weekend.

Feb. 16, 1:38 p.m. The three students hospitalized last week with meningococcal infection are continuing to show signs of improvement. According to a Student Health Services update this afternoon, all three students are listed as being in fair or good condition.

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 14 - The magic surrounding Penn basketball hasn't been what it once was. But as a youthful team that has dealt with more than its fair share of struggles and setbacks, the Quakers will settle for a slightly humbler existence - one as world-class escape artists.

Heading into the season ranked No. 2, the women's squash team had its eyes on returning to the finals of the Howe Cup with dreams of winning the national championship. Unfortunately for the Quakers, they failed to reach that goal this weekend. Although Penn won 8-1 over Cornell in the first round, its run was stopped by Harvard in the semifinals Saturday in Cambridge, Mass.

There is no conference championship tournament in the Ivy League, but this weekend's ECAC Men's Tennis Championships - in which fourth-seeded Penn will take on fifth-seeded Cornell in the first round - sure seems like one. The 2009 version of the annual tournament, which will take place at Harvard's Murr Center today through Sunday, has an Ivy League flavor, with the entire Ancient Eight among the 10 teams invited.

The Student Activities Council General Body will vote Feb. 18 on whether to fund Penn's Athletes and Allies Tackling Homophobia. The SAC Executive Council voted last week to recommend PATH as a newly recognized syndicate. According to College junior and SAC Chairwoman Natalie Vernon, the General Body agrees with the recommendation "99 percent of the time.

Student Health Services announced today that all three students hospitalized with meningococcal infections are making significant improvements and are recovering. Two more students were hospitalized with flu-like symptoms, though they are not critically ill and have not been confirmed to have a meningococcal infection.

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

Men's basketball blew out the woeful Brown Bears in Providence, R.I., tonight by a score of 73-52. Brown kept it close in the first frame, battling to a 21-21 tie with 7:04 left in the half, but a rare Brennan Votel three-pointer set the Quakers on a 9-0 run that also featured a Cam Lewis slam and lay-up.