The Philadelphia music community has a vital hub just a few blocks from campus, though many Penn students don't know about it. In the past three months, Counting Crows, Ingrid Michaelson, Feist, Rilo Kiley and Iron and Wine have performed or recorded in-studio interviews at WXPN radio, a professionally run, University-owned radio station located at 30th and Walnut streets.

In federal court Friday Engineering junior Ryan Goldstein pleaded guilty to helping a hacker crash the School of Engineering and Applied Science's server in February 2006. Goldstein pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting another person to gain unauthorized access to a protected computer, a federal misdemeanor.

Universities around the country are richer than ever, but the money is not necessarily coming out of alumni's pockets. Contributions to colleges have reached $29.75 billion in 2007 - the highest ever - but the amount of that contribution that comes from alumni has decreased by 1.

The Los Angeles Times may be able to take a tip or two from four Wharton seniors on how to increase its profits. The undergraduate Wharton team placed second at the University of Southern California's annual Marshall International Case Competition, in which participating teams have to solve a real world business problem in 24 hours.

The gloomy days are over for graduate students who are single and ready to mingle. They can find their true love - at speed dating. The Graduate and Professional Student Assembly organized its first speed-dating event on Friday evening at the Graduate Student Center.

Hundreds of seniors gathered at Smokey Joe's Friday night to mark the end of the annual month-long celebration that is Feb Club. A chance for seniors to attend events on campus and throughout Philadelphia together, Feb Club has expanded since it took on its current form in 2004 of having multiple events during the month, Wharton senior and class president Puneet Singh said.

No surprise here - Penn students still love their booze. But despite sometimes costly bar tabs, students remain unfazed and uninhibited. Between financial assistance from parents, rationing of summer job money and school-year employment, students have found ways to keep their finances in check.

For the past week Irvine Auditorium has boasted a number of notable political figures including Karl Rove, Bill Clinton and after last night, Penn alumnus and former Congressman Harold Ford Jr (D-Tenn.). For more than 600 visiting high-school students, Ford's visit marked the beginning of Penn Model Congress - a program that offers them a chance to jumpstart their political futures.

Whether you're looking to "jazz it up" or simply to dispel the winter blues, the Philadelphia Flower Show with this year's "Jazz It Up" New Orleans theme offers classical jazz music, the largest indoor garden exhibit of its kind and a worthy cause. From this Sunday, March 2 to March 9, the Philadelphia Convention Center will host the 179th -annual Philadelphia Flower Show.

Engineering junior Ryan Goldstein admitted in federal court Feb. 29 that he helped hack into a computer network, causing the School of Engineering and Applied Science's server to crash in February 2006. Goldstein pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting another person to gain unauthorized access to a protected computer, a federal misdemeanor.

Dental students had something to smile about last month when Penn's School of Dental Medicine opened its new periodontal clinic. The new clinic for periodontics - the branch of dentistry dealing with gums and the supporting structures for teeth - was long overdue.

Wharton MBA students are getting an early introduction to the competitive world of business with their class registration. When selecting courses, students don't merely rank their preferences - they bid on them. At the start of their first year in the MBA program, students are given 5,000 points, which they use to bid on elective courses through an auction system.

Although Penn Park will not open for two more years, the decision to hire Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, as the designer has set the wheels in motion. Anne Papageorge, vice president for the Division of Facilities and Real Estate Services praised the firm's expertise and vision.

College junior Sarah Kaminetsky resigned from the Undergraduate Assembly Monday night. "Due to other school-related and extracurricular commitments, I don't feel like I can devote 110 percent to the UA, and . there are other people who may be able to devote more time to the UA," said Kaminetsky, who is also a member of the Junior Class Board.

The new substance-free residential program at Fisher Hassenfeld College House has entered its second semester with no reported violations. The program stipulates that residents will not use or be under the influence of drugs or alcohol while in the hall. Although only about half of the residents on floors where the program is in effect signed up for the program, students and supervisors report that the program has created a sense of community and mutual respect in those two halls.

Anti-casino activists are hoping to score a royal flush with their latest campaign launched this week. On Wednesday, Casino-Free Philadelphia kicked off its campaign against construction of casinos in the city - called Operation Hidden Costs - with a visit to the Governor's office at Walnut and Broad streets.

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation recently awarded a $750,000 grant to be given over the next six years to the School of Arts and Science's initiative to encourage Cross-Cultural Contact scholarship, the study of what happens when different cultures collide and coalesce.