Penn students may soon find they have a lot more in common with their grandmothers. Starting next semester, students will be able to rent small shopping carts - commonly known as "granny carts" - and canvas bags from Harrison College House as part of the pilot program of a new Undergraduate Assembly initiative headed by the Sustainability, Safety and Facilities Committee.

The Palestra, like many sports arenas, frequently plays the song "Jump Around" to get the home crowd into the game. But in the Penn men's basketball team's 85-73 home loss to Penn State last night, it looked like the visitor, not the host, had taken the s

The Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology is the latest to be affected by the financial crisis. Museum director Richard Hodges announced in a memo last Friday that the museum would discontinue 18 "research specialist" positions that have been part of the curatorial departments and the Museum Applied Science Center for Archaeology, in addition to disbanding the MASCA division as a whole.

UPDATED: Nov. 26, 6:45 p.m. Jack Siedlecki announced his retirement as Yale football coach on Wednesday after 12 years at the helm. He will stay with with the school as an assistant athletic director. "I am extremely proud of what we have accomplished over 12 years," Siedlecki said in a statement.

When you're down by 25 at halftime, what ensues will inevitably be prettier than what you've just seen. Penn's 85-73 loss last night to Penn State was no exception. The Quakers took a 25-point deficit down to a 10-point one, and it could have been seven had Zack Rosen's open three not rimmed out.

"What was the source of the following phrase: 'government of the people, for the people, by the people?'" Your choices are: the "I Have a Dream" speech, the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution or the Gettysburg Address. If you don't know the answer, don't fret - I missed it too (It was the Gettysburg Address).

Most proposals that have come out of Congress over the last several months have been divisive. But there's one most students can agree upon: a requirement, passed as part of the Higher Education Act's reauthorization, that the FAFSA be simplified. It should be.

Janice Dow is a College sophomore from Los Angeles, Calif. Her e-mail address is dow@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Medical Ethics and History and Sociology of Science professor Jonathan Moreno was named to President-elect Barack Obama's transition team. Moreno will serve as a co-leader for the Department of Health and Human Services review team, which will examine the department as a whole in order to provide incoming employees with necessary information.

Center City may be getting brighter - but not everyone is happy about it. Some groups in the city anticipate negative effects of Commercial Entertainment District zoning, which lifts some parking constraints and allows for rooftop, revolving, electronic or flashing signs.

Burglary Nov. 16 - A female student, 18, reported that her unsecured residence in English House was burglarized at 11 p.m.

Wharton sophomore Giresh Mirpuri isn't a serious gambler, but he visits Atlantic City about twice a month to bet $25 to $50 at its casinos. But if a casino is installed in Center City, as might happen next year, he won't have to make that commute anymore.

By ARI SEIFTER Staff Writer aseifter@dailypennsylvanian.com When the women's basketball team faces Saint Joseph's tonight at the Palestra, recent history will not be on Penn's side. Even though the Quakers (0-3) haven't defeated the Hawks since 2004-05 - and are just 1-32 against them all-time - and none of the players on this year's squad has experienced a Big 5 win, Penn coach Pat Knapp hasn't talked to his team about its past struggles.

About five years ago, then-College junior Carlos Rivera-Anaya proposed a program that offered a completely student-led dialogue on Latino issues with scholars, politicians, musicians and professors. The program - at the time called the Latino Dialogue Institute Series - eventually became Penn's only entirely student-run course, the Latino Dialogue Institute, which is offered every spring.

Since its founding in 2003, Penn's Big Brothers Big Sisters program has transformed itself from a fledgling organization to the largest campus-based mentoring program in the nation. Yesterday afternoon at the St. Francis de Sales elementary school in West Philadelphia, Penn President Amy Gutmann, along with BBBS Chief Executive Officer Marlene Olshan and program supporter Greg Bentley, celebrated the 1,000th match made between Penn students and Littles in the program.

Inefficient elevators, clogged toilets and slow responses have been among the many things high rise residents have had to say about their housing experiences this semester. Although steps have been made since the High Rise Renovation Project began in 2004 to modernize the buildings, residents say they are still unhappy with the quality of facilities.

The Penn football team was barely past its mandatory 10-minute cool down when the post-mortems began. Al Bagnoli cast the Quakers' fifth straight title-less season as a case study in resolve - a true statement, but an incomplete one. It was also a disappointment, as any year that doesn't end with a ring should be for Penn.