Harvard coach Frank Sullivan couldn't sit down. He dutifully answered the questions at Penn's post-game press conference, but after about five minutes he did what he had been itching to do since it became apparent that the Crimson were going to lose - he left the Palestra.

An elderly woman walked up to a policeman stationed at 46th and Market streets, reached into her purse and pulled out a handgun. Holding the weapon up to the officer, the woman - likely pushing 70 - gingerly dropped it into his hands and walked away with a pair of basketball tickets in her hand.

With students submitting the Common Application for the first time, the University saw the number of total undergraduate applicants once again reach an all-time high this year. The admissions office has received 22,427 applications, a 10-percent increase over last year's total of 20,423, according to Dean of Admissions Lee Stetson.

They may not have a perfect record and they may not be No. 1, but the Penn women have never been more confident. "I feel our chances for a national championship are pretty good," senior and co-captain Paula Pearson said. One week ago, she may have been less optimistic after Princeton ended the Quakers' bid for an undefeated season and seemingly shattered her hopes of a national title.

Playing two singles and two doubles matches in 24 hours is a daunting task, but the women's tennis team just sees it as an opportunity for two wins. The Quakers beat nationally-ranked Marshall 5-2 on Friday afternoon and then woke up early to crush East Tennessee State 6-1 on Saturday.

The Penn wrestling team made the long trip to Ithaca on Friday with an Ivy League title on its mind. But in front of a packed house at Niemand Arena, Cornell - in a quest for its fifth-straight league crown - took the wind out of the Quakers' sails.

College alumnus John Legend won two Grammy awards yesterday, bringing his career total to five. Legend took home the Best Male R&B; Vocal Performance award for the second consecutive year for his song, "Heaven." He also won Best R&B; Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for "Family Affair," a tribute cover to R&B; band Sly & the Family Stone that also featured Joss Stone and Van Hunt.

The scoreboard told the story of a new Saint Joseph's team, and Phil Martelli found an explanation in the simplest of places. His Hawks were out for blood. And not without reason. After suffering a 56-39 embarrassment against archrival Villanova on Tuesday, the Hawks walked into the Palestra Saturday afternoon with a collective chip on their shoulders.

Home cooking has never tasted so sweet for the gymnastics team, which beat Ursinus (186.375), West Chester (175.775), and Wilson (151.075) with 189.425 points on Saturday. The team "showed more effort in fighting for their routines, and they showed a lot pride today," coach John Ceralde said after the meet.

Drew Gilpin Faust is about to break new ground in Harvard University history, but her academic foundation was built deep in the stacks of Van Pelt library.

The man who singlehandedly made the theory of evolution a household name when he published On the Origins of Species had his 198th birthday celebrated yesterday at the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia residents and their families, along with Penn students and faculty, attended the annual Darwin Day, during which a Charles Darwin look-a-like greeted the public, read from his famous book and shared slices of birthday cake with attendees.

Penn may have finished off a weekend sweep with Saturday night's 67-53 victory over visiting Harvard, but it wasn't one-sided. The Crimson walked away with a better three-point showing, shutting down the Penn players who shot from beyond the arc. All but one.

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On-campus recruitment season may be churning out the billionaires of tomorrow, but a sizeable number of seniors are choosing the road less traveled: the Peace Corps. Within the Ivy League, Penn produced the second-highest number of 2006 graduates to enlist in the Peace Corps - Cornell University holds first place - according to a report released by the Peace Corps at the end of last month.

Former Penn professor Drew Gilpin Faust was selected as Harvard University's next president yesterday, making her the first female president in the school's 371-year history. Currently the dean of Harvard's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Faust was a History professor at Penn from 1975 to 2000, specializing in the Civil War.

Leggings aren't just a harmless fashion trend - they're transforming grown women into children.

Consecutive 9-0 losses to the nation's top two teams were major setbacks in the Quakers' quest to be considered among the nation's elite. But now, No. 4 men's squash can say it's in the ballpark. Penn split the weekend's matches at Ringe Courts, losing to No.