BLACKSBURG, Va. - The day after the most brutal attack ever to take place on an American college campus, Virginia Polytechnic Institute students struggled to come to grips with their new reality.

Philadelphia Police have begun an investigation into the fatal shooting of an alleged carjacker who was killed Monday during a struggle with Penn Police near 40th and Spruce streets. The man was shot twice when a Penn Police officer's gun discharged as the officer and the man fought over the officer's weapon on the 200 block of Preston Street.

A small, dimly-lit room in the corner of Rodin College House offered a haven last night for students trying to cope with Monday's tragic shootings at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Second-year MBA student Daniel Grabell is prepared to test the waters of the newly structured Graduate and Professional Student Assembly. In an election Monday night, Grabell beat out two other contestants, Jamie Ford and Soren Harward, securing the position of GAPSA chairman for the 2007-2008 academic year.

After a year of scavenger hunts and pie-eating contests, the Yen cohort has come out on top. The group claimed the freshmen Cohort Cup yesterday at an end-of-the-year freshmen celebration in Huntsman Hall. This celebration marked the end of the first year of the Undergraduate Cohort program, introduced last fall for the Wharton Business School's Class of 2010 to provide students with better social networks.

When Philadelphians come out to essentially choose their next mayor in May, many Penn students won't be joining them. At least, that's the indication from the Penn Democrats' voter-registration drive. Penn Dems President and Wharton sophomore Clayton Robinson said the organization registered about 300 students this semester, a steep drop-off from the several thousand it registered before the fall midterm elections.

Parents, students, officials and experts all agree that Penn's academic reputation trumps concerns about the dangers of Penn's surrounding neighborhood for prospective students.

If the University administration has its way, the Student Health Services offices will be moving to a new home on 3535 Market St. Over Commencement weekend, the Board of Trustees will conduct a final vote on whether the facility should move for the 2008-2009 academic year.

BLACKSBURG, Va. - "Let's go Hokies!" they yelled. What started as a somber gathering after a tragic massacre ended with students erupting into cheer, a much-needed dose of hope and pride for a beleaguered university. Virginia Polytechnic Institute held a memorial convocation service yesterday afternoon at the university's basketball arena, one day after the deadliest shooting in U.

BLACKSBURG, Va. - Throughout silence and cheers, thousands of candles lit the night sky at Virginia Polytechnic Institute Drill Field.

Theft Apr. 12 - A female student, 28, reported that her chained bicycle was removed from Vance Hall, located at 3733 Spruce St. Apr. 11 - A female student, 20, reported that while in a dark-room in Addams Hall, located at 200 S. 36th St., her wallet was removed from her unsecured backpack at about 8:40 p.

Former assistant district attorney Susan Herron will become the next director of Penn's Office of Student Conduct, Provost Ronald Daniels announced last week. She will assume the post on July 1. The OSC is in charge of confidentially investigating and resolving student violations of Penn's conduct code, including issues of academic integrity and substance abuse.

In an effort to learn more about human sacrificies in ancient Mesopotamia, Anthropology graduate student Aubrey Baadsgaard and other Penn scholars drove female human remains from the Penn Museum of Archaelogy and Anthopology to HUP yesterday to perform CAT scans, according to an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer.

The Wharton School of Business will now offer a doctoral fellowship in business ethics, Wharton officials announced Friday. The fellowship, officially titled the Lewis Platt Doctoral Fellowship in Business Ethics, is intended to fund students in Wharton's Ph.

Researchers at the School of Medicine have found that a drug used to treat multiple sclerosis patients may also help vision loss in those with the relapsing form of the disease, according to a press release. Natalizumab is a drug that slows the disability and reduces relapse rates of multiple sclerosis patients.

The College of Arts and Sciences is about to get a bit trendier. At least, its Web site is. A redesigned College Web site will launch in early July, right in time for incoming College freshman to begin exploring their options at Penn. New changes include quick links and information presented in formats that are more easily digestible than long bodies of text.

The Division of Public Safety released yesterday the final report of its investigation of last month's alleged racial profiling incident, concluding that the officers involved acted properly and according to procedure and that no racial profiling occurred.