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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

As a leader of one of the world's most influential financial institutions, Rodrigo de Rato's advice has far-reaching consequences. The managing director and chairman of the International Monetary Fund spoke at Huntsman Hall Friday, emphasizing the need for leadership to adapt to the new nature of risks in the world economy.

Penn Police officials want to interact with more West Philadelphia youth - before they commit crimes. Despite juvenile arrests in connection with two of the four robberies that occurred in the Penn Police patrol area in February and high juvenile-crime rates citywide, Division of Public Safety officials say their proactive approach to the issue is working to curb juvenile crime on and near campus.

Tuition may have gone up, but Penn officials are doing their best to make the University more affordable.

Penn has given the old Hillel building a two-month reprieve. Facilities officials have pushed back the demolition of the building and construction of the new facility for the Annenberg Public Policy Center to mid-May in order to minimize the impact on students during the school year.

A resident of Southwest Philadelphia, Cheryl Thomas has been working at the Starbucks Coffee in 1920 Commons for two years. Ethel Gurley is a janitor with Penn Facilities and has been working at Penn for over five years. She says she "loves it." In all probability, neither would have been on campus 10 years ago, had the University and the Health System not made a concerted effort to hire more minorities and women from the surrounding community.

Attention, class: Introducing . Professor Kumar? Kal Penn, famous for playing the fast-food-chasing, pot-smoking slacker Kumar in the 2004 film Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, is slated to teach two undergraduate courses in the University's Asian American Studies Program during the spring 2008 semester.

Three years after Stephen Colbert came to campus, the man who replaced him on The Daily Show is following suit. Daily Show correspondent Dan Bakkedahl will host the Ninth Annual Mask and Wig Intercollegiate Comedy Festival on April 9 and 10, officials from The Mask & Wig Club and the Social Planning and Events Committee said.

Students hoping to study law now have a few more rules to memorize. The Law School Admission Council recently announced changes to the LSAT, including restrictions on items students can bring to the tests. These changes will take effect starting in June, the next time the test will be given.

Geoffrey See's creation of the EduHealth program opened two doors. One was for himself, and the other is for hundreds of West Philadelphia students both now and in the future. After arriving on campus this fall, the Wharton and College freshman has engaged in research relating to urban health education, ultimately developing a project known as EduHealth.

Steve Capus, president of NBC News, has come a long way from his days as a Temple University undergraduate working at local television station WCAU. As Gail Shister said to her television criticism class in her introduction of Capus, "19 years later . the [Temple] owl is running the peacock.

Voting seems a lot less tedious when it comes with cotton candy. This afternoon, the Nominations and Elections Committee held its annual "Get Out the Vote" event, an afternoon of free food and music to remind students to vote for the 66 candidates running for spots in the Undergraduate Assembly and all four class boards.