As ready as high-school seniors may feel for college, taking a year off can ease the transition and help narrow interests.

A report from the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service reveals that the Postal Service did not act in compliance with several regulations in selling the Postal Lands to the University, but Penn and Postal Service officials say the report will not affect the deal's closing.

Aretha Franklin is well-known for wanting some respect. And this year, she's going to get it. The University has amassed a diverse group of honorary degrees recipients for May's Commencement, including Franklin. These recipients, who are not necessarily affiliated with Penn, tend to have made long strides in their respective fields.

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

Students at Community College of Philadelphia are expected to return to class today after an agreement was reached Sunday between CCP's staff and faculty and the administration. Classes had been canceled for the past two weeks after the Faculty and Staff Federation of CCP went on strike in response to disagreements over pay.

Last year, the Penn softball team limped through the season with only three pitchers. To say that the tables have turned would be an understatement. Two Columbia starters threw and lost complete games against Penn on Sunday. The exact same happened yesterday, as the Quakers swept a doubleheader 5-4 and 13-5.

If you had asked Penn coach John Cole which pitcher he could most rely on this upcoming season, he would almost certainly have mentioned one Doug Brown. Last year, Brown sported a solid 3.70 ERA; in contrast, the staff as a whole finished at 8.

By Erica Beavers Contributing Writer gamail@dailypennsylvanian.com What do Lindsay Lohan, Michael Moore, Ronald Reagan and the Dalai Lama have in common? They have all been interviewed at least once by journalist Judy Bachrach. Bachrach, currently a contributing editor to Vanity Fair, shared some experiences and insights on the other side of the interview yesterday afternoon at the Kelly Writers House.

A 33-year-old male, unaffiliated with the University, was robbed at gunpoint on the 4000 block of Market Street Friday night, Lt. John Walker of the Philadelphia Police said. The complainant was walking alone when he was approached by three males who allegedly demanded money at about 11:30 p.

For sexually active students, the arrival of spring is the perfect excuse to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases.

Every Friday, as the rest of campus wraps up a week of classes, Muslims across Penn's campus head for the top floor of the ARCH building.

In the University's quest to increase access to a Penn education, middle-income students are the next frontier.

47 goals allowed. The Penn women's lacrosse team will pass the halfway point of the season tomorrow at Johns Hopkins, and through seven games the No. 16 Quakers still give up less than seven goals per game. Penn's offense, meanwhile, has been putting goals on the board at a clip of over 11 per game.

It isn't every day that directly breaking University rules pays off. But that's exactly what happened for Randal Pinkett, the Season Four winner of The Apprentice, when he started a compact-disc business out of his dorm room at Rutgers University. "It violated every single rule Rutgers had," Pinkett said of his CD business, which eventually evolved into BCT Partners, the multi-million dollar management, technology and policy consulting services firm of which he is currently the CEO.

As former Penn Neurosurgery professor Tracy McIntosh waits to see if the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will hear his case appealing a resentencing order from a Superior Court, the case seems to have become a battle of the briefs. In December, a Superior Court ordered McIntosh to be resentenced by a lower court in connection to sexual-assault charges that he pled no contest to in 2004.

The Quakers open the single-elimination tournament sponsored by the Philadelphia Phillies with a home game against Saint Joseph's.

Kal Penn's celebrity status should not be a reason to hire him to teach.