As Penn prepares to deal with Monday's student loan settlement, questions continue to emerge about how the University's relationship with Citibank developed. Within the next few weeks, Penn will redistribute $1.6 million to students who have taken out Citibank loans through the CitiAssist program over the past two years.

Graffiti is ugly. And Hugo Martinez, a leading authority and gallerist of graffiti, thinks that's exactly how it should be. "It's art, whether you like it or not, whether it's pretty or not, whether it's legal or not," Martinez said. And the ugliness of graffiti makes it all the more powerful.

The lawyer of accused murderer and Penn Economics professor Rafael Robb is hoping to keep the three-month-old case out of court. Earlier this week, Robb's defense lawyer Frank DeSimone filed two motions in the Montgomery County Court challenging the ruling that the case had sufficient evidence to go to trial.

Last week, U.S. News & World Report ranked the Penn School of Nursing's masters program third best in the nation, after the University of Washington and the University of California, San Francisco. The program was also third last year. The Veterinary School ranked fourth, down from third.

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend elaborates an almost foreign political view: that of the religious left. The Former Lt. Governor of Maryland and Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the United States came to speak last night at Logan Hall about her recent book, Failing America's Faithful: How Today's Churches Are Mixing God with Politics and Losing Their Way.

In the latest rankings, Penn has finally broken through the traditional Yale-Harvard-Princeton triumvirate. In illegally downloaded movies, that is.

From match-making to mapping, there are hundreds of hidden features to feed that Facebook craving.

Spring Fling directors announced yesterday that just over 500 of the 2,000 available guest passes have been sold, about the same number that had been sold at this time last year. Engineering junior and Spring Fling co-director Lindsay Motlin said she does not expect a spike in guest pass sales due to the April 13 Ben Folds/Third Eye Blind concert.

Tyler Morris shrugs his shoulders at Philadelphia's degree of bike-friendliness. "It's average," said Morris, a College junior and a daily bike rider. "They make an effort to accomodate bikers." But if Alex Doty, executive director of the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia, has his way, bicycling in Philadelphia will never again be just an "average" experience.

Last Friday evening at Jack's Firehouse, Andy Toy stood on the second floor of the fashionable Fairmount restaurant, planting the seeds for a successful run for City Council.

Robert Baldi lived in Hill College House for only the first few days of his freshman year before moving out. Now a College senior, Baldi has lived in an apartment in Rittenhouse Square for the last four years, giving him "a much different Penn experience than most people.

First-year MBA candidate Tamara Rajah is out to solve the problem of finding good-quality women's business apparel that doesn't break the bank. "There's a lot of men's businesswear available, but not women's. And even if it is available, it's not very affordable," she said.

An arrest warrant has been issued for an employee of Au Bon Pain in Huntsman Hall in connection with a Southwest Philadelphia homicide, Det. John Ramsey of the Philadelphia Police Homicide Unit said yesterday.

When one Penn freshman had her coat stolen at a bar last month, she was understandably upset. Only 19, the student faced a choice: Either bite the bullet and report the crime - and face the consequences for underage drinking - or kiss her $150 jacket goodbye.

L'Oreal thinks Wharton is worth it. A team of students from Wharton West, the business school's San Francisco branch, has advanced to the final round of L'Oreal's e-Strat competition, which asks participants to play the role of a simulated cosmetics company's general manager.

Theft Mar. 29 - A male student, 22, reported that his bicycle, valued at about $150, was removed from a bike rack outside the McNeil Building, located at 3718 Locust Walk, at about 6:10 p.m. Mar. 29 - A female student, 23, reported that her bicycle was stolen from a bike rack outside of Williams Hall, located at 255 S.

Penn has settled for its suspect loan policies, but problems are on a nationwide scale