The recent shooting of Philadelphia police Sergeant Stephen Liczbinski has spurred city residents and legislators alike to take another look at gun control in Philadelphia and across the state. Last week, Mayor Michael Nutter and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell urged members of Congress to vote for the reenactment of the federal assault-weapons ban that expired in 2004.

If you think reading The Daily Pennsylvanian's April Fools issue is funny, writing it is a riot. The joke issue is a time when DP editors can relax and have fun, and that April night two years ago should have been a break from my daily grind as a sports editor.

A month ago, you'd be hard-pressed to hear me give my experience at Penn a positive review. But like most things in life, you only really appreciate something once it's truly gone. And now, situated at that cusp between "the best four years of your life" and the rest of it, I've started to realize that my own natural tendency to be miserable and deprecating aside, Penn wasn't all bad.

College students have long been known as some of the most sleep-deprived people in the nation, but one recent study found that sleepiness may be the least of our problems. Sleeping too much or too little is associated with higher rates of obesity, smoking and alcohol use, according to a study released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The men's heavyweight and women's crew teams get set to push off this weekend in their respective Sprints races. For the heavies, the race marks the beginning of the final leg of a disappointing seasons. For the 20th-ranked women, though, the Sprints is just another step towards national recognition.

The judge in the case of former Economics professor Rafael Robb agreed earlier this month to review the psychiatric records of his late wife, Ellen, before Rafael Robb's sentencing. On Nov. 26, 2007, Robb pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for killing his wife.

Legally Blonde was set at Harvard University, but its producer Marc Platt is a proud Penn alumnus. Platt, a 1979 College graduate who is known for producing the Grammy-winning musical Wicked and the Legally Blonde movies, has been selected as the alumni graduation speaker for the College of Arts and Sciences.

The Boston University women's lacrosse team is in the midst of its best season in program history. BU has won 18 games - tying a school mark set two years ago - including the last 15, its longest winning streak of all-time. It may be the nation's longest winning streak of 2008, but Penn's current 13-game run is second.

Violent crime in the Penn patrol zone decreased significantly this spring compared to last year, but a large uptick in property crimes contributed to a 14-percent increase in total crime for the semester. Crimes against people, which include violent offenses such as robbery and assault, were down 41 percent from January through April of this year, compared with the same time period last year.

Theft May 12 - Cash was reported missing from a safe at Presbyterian Hospital, located at 51 N. 39th St., at about 2:35 p.m. May 10 - A female student, 21, reported that items were taken from her pocketbook from a building on the 4100 block of Pine Street at about 12:20 a.

TOWSON, Md. - Over the past two years, Northwestern has been the roadblock of the Penn women's lacrosse's team. Coming into tonight's NCAA final, Northwestern had given the Quakers two of their three losses since the start of the 2007 campaign. And tonight, Northwestern remained Penn's fly in the ointment.

On the last day of classes, I ran into my freshman advisor on Locust Walk. She and I had a quick catch-up as we walked together before the mayhem of Hey Day began. The last time we had really talked was my sophomore year, when I had just declared my American History major and thought I wanted to be a political journalist.

Graduate students spent a day celebrating springtime their way during GradFest '08 earlier this month. The second-annual spring carnival for graduate students, organized by the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly in association with the Graduate Student Center, drew a crowd of more than 1,000 graduate students and their families.

As hotels see a deluge of demand for lodging at this time of year, visitors may have a hard time squeezing into a room in on-campus hotels. With commencement ceremonies taking place at roughly the same time of year for high schools and universities alike across the city, last-minute bookings may no longer be a viable option.

Enforcing our rights To the Editor: An editorial by The Daily Pennsylvanian's Opinion Board titled "Stand up to the RIAA" (4/21/08) deserves a response. There's nothing novel or unique about the copyright infringement legal actions (lawsuits or pre-litigation letters) that we bring on behalf of the major record companies.

He's not the type of player that dunks and draws attention to himself; he comes in there and does what's right for the time. He shoots the three like none other." - Deb Belcore, mother of Penn men hoops recruit Rob If they block us and then kick the shit out of us, fine, but don't try to hurt people, go for the knees, throw forearms, and that's what they were doing to some of the kids.

A battle between Philadelphia and it its local Boy Scouts council is likely to end this month, when the scouts' lease on their 80-year home at 22nd and Winter Streets runs out May 31. The building, built and maintained by the scouts over the last 80 years, sits on city property and has previously cost them $1 per year to occupy.