It's hard to believe how far we've come since Sept. 6. Back when Penn had only won six of the last nine Ivy League basketball titles, Joe Scott still coached Princeton, and Steve Irwin was still alive. But it was that day that I made 10 predictions for the year in Penn and Ivy League sports, and now it's time to see how I did.

Any opportunity you give him, this prominent former businessman will be quick to note that Philadelphia is like something out of A Tale of Two Cities.

Theft Apr. 5 - A female student, 21, reported that her bike, secured with a wire lock, was stolen from a rear porch on the 3900 block of Pine Street at about 7:00 p.m. Apr. 4 - An unknown suspect was reportedly observed taking items from American Apparel, located at 3651A Walnut St.

David Azzolina, a 1978 College alumnus, remembers being spit at by fraternity brothers who lived at the corner of 36th and Locust streets. The fraternity, Phi Kappa Sigma - more commonly known as "Skulls" - used to humiliate its pledges by making them "ask people to sign a petition for gay rights and dance together on Locust Walk," Azzolina said.

Is this a big enough name for you? Tommy Amaker has been offered the job at Harvard and is expected to take it, according to a report in yesterday's Boston Globe. The Globe had previously reported that Amaker went to Boston to interview for the job on Friday.

"He has the knack . characterized by extreme intuition about all things mechanical and electrical and utter social ineptitude. He'll never lead a normal life - he'll be an engineer." With this Dilbert quote, the second annual Mr. and Ms. SEAS competition, which aims to find the most talented and knowledgeable of all the students in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, began.

2Weeks that shock-jock Don Imus will be suspended from broadcasting due to remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team. Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer

Penn just can't beat Princeton. The Quakers fell for the 18th straight time to their lacrosse rivals from New Jersey last night, 10-5.

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

To solve the city's most serious ills, City Hall needs to do a better job of reaching out more to private entities like Penn.

It started at the Dean Dome and moved its way up to the Palestra. Now, the Adam Franklin show is ready to hit the road again. Destination? Madison Square Garden. No, he's not starring for Ringling Brothers or the WWE, though his new employer is often confused with the two.

Harrison College House experienced the longest elevator shutdown in its history, from 10 p.m. last night until 8 a.m. today. The elevator held a large group that included 1996 alumnus Peter Cooperman - who has pledged $50,000 to investigate repairing the high-rise elevators if 5,000 students join his Facebook.

As the lethal injection coursed through Barbaro's body at Penn's New Bolton Center, just about everyone had given up on the thoroughbred phenomenon. Everyone, that is, except his jockey, Edgar Prado.

Some old-school Philly flavor will be added to the Penn Relays this year. Ex-76er and former NBA star Charles Barkley will compete in a 100-meter dash against 69-year-old Philadelphia native and comedian William H. Cosby, Jr., Ed. D., better known as Bill Cosby.

Former Penn closer Doug Brown may have found the secret to revive his pitching career. And believers in baseball's new mystical pitch may have to look no further than Meiklejohn Stadium. Brown has learned how to throw a "gyroball," a pitch allegedly invented by an Asian physicist and thrown by new Red Sox starter Daisuke Matsuzaka.

Don't sue - this is what happens when a group of editors are cooped up in the same, windowless office every single night.

Jesus Christ, move over - there's a new religion in town. Barbaro, the recently euthanized Kentucky Derby winner that captured the hearts of an entire nation of middle-aged women, is still captivating avid followers from beyond the grave.