There were no surprises this weekend for the men's tennis team. In a Sunday doubleheader that went pretty much as expected, the Quakers easily knocked off Delaware and Villanova by a combined score of 13-1. According to Penn coach Nik DeVore, the Quakers (7-1) started the day "flat," dropping the first doubles match to Delaware by an 8-6 margin.

This is the column I never wanted to write but sensed I might have to after watching Loyola take a 30-point lead against Penn at that high school gym in Baltimore. After that game, Glen Miller stressed his team's inexperience. That's when I almost wrote off this season as a rebuilding year.

When Brown came into the Palestra on Friday, 3,642 people witnessed something they hadn't seen in a long time: an Ivy loss for the Quakers in their home gym. The Bears escaped with a 66-61 win, withstanding a furious Penn comeback despite not scoring a field goal in the game's final eight minutes.

New York Mayor and Bloomberg LP founder Michael Bloomberg will speak at this year's Commencement ceremony, according to a University press release. Penn's 252nd Commencement will be held on May 19 at Franklin Field. Bloomberg is now serving his second term as mayor and is credited with reducing crime and creating jobs in New York.

Penn prides itself on hosting the "largest community of color in the Ivy League," according to interim Admissions Dean Eric Kaplan. But that figure can be deceiving as Penn simultaneously ranks low when it comes to Latino students. College junior Angel Jacome, chairman of admissions and recruitment for the Latino Coalition - the umbrella organization for Latino student groups - hopes to reconcile Penn's small Latino population with its reputation for diversity with a series of recruitment initiatives targeted at Latino students.

The streak is finally over. After a disheartening loss at Brown on Friday, 72-59, the women's basketball team stormed back for a surprise 75-67 victory over Yale Saturday in New Haven, Conn. It was the Quakers first victory since Nov. 28, a 15-game stretch.

Fresh off Friday's 31-10 victory over Columbia, the No. 25 Penn wrestling team faced No. 15 Cornell at the Palestra Saturday in a match that left coaches on both teams scratching their heads. Four of the 10 bouts resulted in upsets, but the Quakers couldn't pull off the overall upset and ultimately lost, 19-15.

In New York City, a group of sophomores got a glimpse of life after Wharton. As a part of the Sophomore Cohort Career Exploration Series, around 30 sophomores headed to the city for an optional trip to expose themselves to various possibilities for their futures.

After almost 20 debates each for the Democrats and Republicans this election season, one would think that both candidates and voters would grow weary of the discussion. But according to analysts and Penn students, these debates have played - and will likely continue to play - an important role in shaping this year's primaries.

With an ocean, a twenty-four-hour plane ride and a closet door separating him from his family and friends in Australia, College freshman Alec Webley was facing the frightening prospect of coming out without a clear support system. Unsure of how to approach his friends and family "who had only known me as straight," Webley sought the help of the Queer Student Alliance's program for questioning and closeted students.

When my buddy Eric and I were driving cross country, we stayed a few days with his uncle in Erie, Pa. He was a great host, buying us dinner and taking us to the shooting range where we fired many weapons that I had previously thought illegal in America. In exchange, he asked us one favor: buy fireworks for him.

Nothing starts my morning off quite like a parade of e-mails from Career Services. I typically browse through the various opportunities daily before I hit the delete key. On occasion, something interesting may catch my eye, so I save the e-mail from a quick and easy death.

A few days ago, I received a job offer. Fueled by the prospect of finally having some cash to burn, I ecstatically embarked on a shopping spree downtown. But somewhere between Sephora and Victoria's Secret, I found myself beset by hapless males doing their Valentine's Day shopping.

The Quakers seek revenge today and pray for an upset tomorrow. This afternoon, the No. 28 Quakers (11-4) will take the mat against aspiring rival Columbia. Last year the Lions upset the then-No. 16 ranked Quakers by a score of 22-12. But this time, the Lions won't have home-mat advantage, a factor that some Quakers believe played a role in last season's loss.

It's time to throw on those party shoes, tune up the vocal chords and belt out some tunes. What song? Marilyn Monroe's "Happy birthday Mr. President," of course. Luckily, for those who can't carry a tune in a bucket, there's another way to celebrate this President's Day weekend.

It may be the weekend, but the Penn women's tennis team has an exam on Saturday. The subject: Virginia Commonwealth, in Richmond, Va. "I think this weekend we're going to find out how we're playing," coach Mike Dowd said. "When we're playing a team of this level we're going to find out where we are as a team and what we're going to need to work on afterwards.