A month ago, a bunch of frat boys could have spent the evening at Smokey Joe's drinking beer and smoking Marlboros. Happy hour might have seen a 9-to-5-er puffing cigarettes as he drowned his sorrows.

Wharton alumna Judith Bollinger and her husband, William, have donated $6 million to the Wharton School, University officials announced yesterday. Half of the Bollingers' gift will be used to establish the Judith and William Bollinger Endowed Scholarship. It will be awarded to Wharton undergraduates, with a preference given to international students.

A new Web site is about to give the University bookstore a run for its money - or so it hopes. Betterthanthebookstore.com - created by two Penn undergraduates in the fall - is providing students with a forum where they can buy and sell used textbooks at relatively inexpensive prices.

A roasted pig's head decorated with pineapples and ripe strawberries rested in the center of the room. Girls in grass skirts and bikini tops distributed leis. "We like to get leied," one tropical-looking girl, Wharton freshman Paula Aranda, said as she placed a flower necklace around one guy's neck.

It wasn't your typical Locust Walk flyerer. No, it was a giant Penn Transit Services shuttle, dancing around and handing out T-shirts to passersby yesterday afternoon. Following the human shuttle was a Transit employee carrying a boom-box, which blasted songs by Iggy Pop and Journey. This spectacle signified the unveiling of Penn Transit's new mascot and campaign to raise on-campus awareness about the company's free bus and shuttle services.

Theft Dec. 22 - A projector and electrical equipment, valued at about $800, were removed from an unlocked room at David Rittenhouse Laboratory at about 10 a.m. Dec. 28 - A complainant unaffiliated with the University reported that 150 bricks were removed from outside of a construction site in the 3900 block of Delancey Street.

While most students flock home for the holidays over winter break, 33 Wharton MBA students chose a different locale - India The group of students visited companies across the country as a part of a class trip, stopping at, among others, Cafe Coffee Day, India's ubiquitous coffee chain, and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

Though winter break saw a rash of violent crimes, DPS officials point to an overall drop in crime of three percent from 2005 to 2006 as an indication that campus safety is improving.

For residents living near the South Street Bridge, newer may not always mean better. On Monday night, the Philadelphia Department of Streets sponsored a meeting to discuss the plans and possible ramifications of the remodeling of the South Street Bridge. Construction has been pushed back from its original April 2007 date to this coming October, Schuylkill River Development Corporation CEO Joseph Syrnick said, though he added that it is possible for the construction date to be pushed back even further until spring 2008.

Roch Guerin, an Electrical and Systems Engineering professor, has been named a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, University officials announced Monday. Guerin was honored for his contributions to the resource management of data networks.

Normally, Penn Biology professor Lawrence Rome's academic life consists of teaching classes and researching fish. But when the Navy came calling, he decided to turn his attention to a new pursuit - backpacks. Traditionally an expert on how fish swim, Rome recently finished designing a new "suspended-load ergonomic backpack," which will likely be used by the armed services to lighten the loads carried by soldiers overseas.

Poker fanatics will soon have another outlet for their gambling desires. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board awarded licenses on Dec. 20 for two casinos in Philadelphia to developers of the Foxwoods and SugarHouse casinos. The committee had received five bids.

For the next week, Penn guys will have the chance to stuff their faces with wings, ice cream and barbecued burgers - and maybe join a fraternity as well. Many frats across campus are relying on food to lure in prospective brothers throughout the next two weeks of rush, which began last night.

The man allegedly responsible for a series of robberies at point-of-screwdriver has been charged with a total of eight counts of robbery, according to Penn Division of Public Safety officials. Troy Brown, 34, of West Philadelphia was initially charged on Dec.

For most Penn students, a $30 meal at Brasserie Perrier is a bargain. But the same price for a meal at local eatery Nan? It just doesn't quite have the same appeal. Starting this Thursday, 21 West Philadelphia restaurants are offering multi-course menus for $30 or less during the third-annual University City Dining Days.

PENN In early January 2002, two Penn Engineering student groups merged in order to combine forces to improve technology in West Philadelphia schools. One beneficiary of CommuniTech/Puente's aid was John P. Turner Middle School, located at 59th Street and Baltimore Avenue.

Doctors may need to find another source of funding for their golfing trips. The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations - a Swiss-based organization that represents international pharmaceutical companies - enacted a new code last week that will help officials monitor drug representatives who, for years, have often offered elaborate gifts in an attempt to influence physicians' drug purchases.