Charles Schulz's Peanuts character Lucy sold advice for a nickel. But users of a new Web site can make a good deal more for their own wisdom. GottaMentor.com, designed to foster mentorships between students and professionals and provide career advice, is launching a biweekly advice contest today.

At least seven shots were fired into a residence on the 3900 block of Ludlow Street Monday night, according to the Philadelphia Police. Police say no one was injured and that the investigation is ongoing. At 7:36 p.m., police received reports of gunshots at 3913 Ludlow St.

About 40,000 people are released from prison into the Philadelphia region each year. Many of these ex-offenders find it difficult to reenter society. To address the issue of rehabilitation for ex-prisoners, the Division of Public Safety hosted a panel discussion yesterday titled "Life After Prison.

Starting in March, taking the SAT will get a little less stressful for many high-school juniors - but not necessarily for those applying to Penn. However, both admissions officials and college consultants say that Penn's decision not to accept the College Board's Score Choice program will not affect the University's applicant pool.

Seven years ago, the Penn International Business Volunteers organized three summer consulting trips to work with Non-Governmental Organizations in developing countries. Last year, the organization turned away many of the applicants for its ten consulting trips, marking an impressive growth in interest.

After gaining the approval of both the Philadelphia Historical Commission and the City Planning Department to build a hotel at the corner of 40th and Pine streets, Campus Apartments still finds itself challenged by the surrounding neighborhood. The first hearing in front of the Zoning Board of Adjustment took place on Jan.

Despite the economic downturn, some people still see hope. Marc Lasry, the Chairman, CEO and a founding partner of Avenue Capital Group, spoke at Claudia Cohen Hall last night about surviving in today's volatile financial market. According to Forbes, Lasry is one of the 400 richest Americans and a pioneer in the field of distressed investing - buying securities of firms near bankruptcy, reorganizing the firms and reselling them for higher prices.

College junior Alexandra Berger has a vision. Elected chairwoman of the Student Committee on Undergraduate Education on Sunday night, Berger's goals for the year include developing the group's relationship with the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships and continuing SCUE's efforts to promote non-traditional learning and improve online tools like the Penn Course Review and Penn InTouch.

Two Drexel University students died in a car accident yesterday morning at 3:30 a.m. while headed south on Route 15 two miles south of Liberty, Pa., according to The Philadelphia Inquirer. No other cars were involved in the crash. The students, John Williamson Jr.

Carlos Rivera-Anaya, 2005 alumnus and chairman of the United Minorities Council in 2004, may have graduated, but he still raids the kitchen at the Greenfield Intercultural Center. Over 25 years ago, Penn students called for a place that would serve as a home away from home for students of different cultures - and, at least for Rivera-Anaya, the center serves that purpose well.

Planners of this year's RecycleMania run are using new techniques to encourage on-campus recycling - but they're recycling ideas from last year, too. Although last week marked the beginning of RecycleMania's second run at Penn, the competition won't formally begin until Thursday, when a kickoff event at Houston Hall will feature director of the Mayor's Office of Sustainability Mark Hughes speaking about ways Penn and Philadelphia can work together to improve environmentalist efforts.

Super Bowl XLIII may not be the only thing Penn students are wagering big bets on this week. A new Web site, Ultrinsic.com, allows students to enter a contest where earning an A in a course wins them money. The deadline for entrance is Wednesday. A $20-per-class bet plus a $2 entrance fee allows students to enter a pool which they can win outright or split with others if they earn an A or A+ in a class.

The City of Philadelphia's 2010 budget is being planned and the Mayor wants to know what you think. The Penn Project for Civic Engagement will run four workshops in February on behalf of the City to allow Philadelphia citizens' input into the early stages of composing the budget.

Sharing a cultural heritage doesn't mean students hail from the same country. Unfortunately, many Latino students historically have felt tension between American- and foreign-born members of Penn Latino community, said Latino Coalition President and College sophomore Cristian Barrios.

What could 21st-century bibliophiles possibly glean from an obsolete 17th-century practice? Plenty, according to College senior Brooke Palmieri, coordinator of "Rebuilding the Temple: Typesetting George Herbert Several Centuries Out Of Context." The event, which will take place today at 5:30 p.

In a unique collaboration among universities, Penn and Arizona State University have entered into a three-year partnership to assist each other in commercializing the technologies developed by their researchers. According to a news release from ASU, the new relationship will allow the two universities to leverage each other's expertise in certain fields.

As Penn students receive bids to join fraternities and sororities this semester, they are joining a long-time staple of the University and one of the oldest Greek societies in the country. The 160-year fixture of student life has not always played as large a role on campus as it does now, with nearly 30 percent of students involved in Greek organizations.