Alan Isenberg wanted to be a millionaire. After appearing on ABC's "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" Isenberg, an MBA student at Wharton, became $100,000 closer to his goal. "I am pretty humbled by this experience," said Isenberg. "My winnings have paid for a year of business school and a vacation to Mexico for spring break.

As Sgt. Casey Ann Busch pulled into the Penn Police Headquarters at 4040 Chestnut St. at midnight last Friday, ending a 17-hour shift, she reflected that it had been a quiet night. Her work included cruising around the Penn Patrol Zone and responding to security guards' calls that turned out to be friends messing around.

As a student at Wellesley College in the 1950s, Madeleine Albright said she could never have imagined that one day she would be the U.S. secretary of state. But throughout her career, Albright has proven that anything is possible. Saturday night, the Social Planning and Events Connaissance Committee hosted "An Evening with Madeleine K.

Shots were fired early Saturday morning outside Philly Diner, located at 3901 Walnut St. No injuries were reported and Penn Police made three arrests, according to Sgt. Ray Evers of the Philadelphia Police. The Division of Public Safety's PennComm Center received a call at about 4:15 a.

By EMILY FOX Staff Writer fox@dailypennsylvanian.com In the final hours of February, Penn seniors gathered at Smokey Joe's Saturday night to mark the end of Feb Club, as well as of a surge of success for Seniors for the Penn Fund. During the night, the Unite ONine team - the group responsible for recruiting donations to the Penn Fund - made an 11th-hour comeback.

Graduate student Van Evans worked at a nonprofit with "street children" in Latin America for 12 years before he decided to hone his leadership skills and get some insight into the nonprofit sector by enrolling in Penn's master's program in nonprofit and nongovernmental organization leadership.

March 2, 10:54 a.m. With a winter storm warning in effect until 4 p.m. today, classes are still on, but some University events have been canceled. Snow will be heavy at times throughout the day, with a total of about six to 10 inches expected to fall in Philadelphia, according to the National Weather Service.

The University's most-powerful decision-makers gathered at the Inn at Penn last week to discuss new issues affecting the University. The 55-member Board of Trustees, led by chairman James Riepe and responsible for overall oversight of the school, met Thursday and Friday for its winter meeting, one of three annual conferences.

Large riot-like crowds of teenagers disrupted the western end of Penn's campus Saturday night, bringing Penn and Philadelphia Police to 40th Street to gain control of the situation. No injuries were reported, according to Division of Public Safety spokeswoman Stef Cella.

For this year's graduation speaker, the College of Arts and Sciences is bringing anything but "Ordinary People." R&B; musician John Legend, who graduated from Penn in 1999 with a degree in English with an emphasis in African American literature, will return for the 10th anniversary of his own graduation to address the College's Class of 2009.

Last Sunday, Brian Tierney made national headlines when he filed Philadelphia Media Holdings L.L.C. - owner of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Daily News, and Philly.com - for bankruptcy. Just five days later, Tierney - CEO and founder of PMH and 1979 Penn alumnus - visited Leadership Hall for the Fox Leadership Program's "Leadership Lunch" series.

Green is the new blue on Capitol Hill. On Friday afternoon, Vice President Joe Biden, six members of President Barack Obama's cabinet, Pennsylvania Sens. Arlen Specter and Bob Casey, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter were just some of the political figures gathered in Irvine Auditorium for the first meeting of the Middle Class Task Force.

Unlike in the rest of the world, journalism is thriving at Penn. To add to options already available through the English department, the Annenberg School for Communication and various writing hubs on campus, the College Dean's Advisory Board is working to develop and propose a new journalism minor.

The School of Arts and Sciences budget cuts are revising Fox Leadership's summer plans but not deterring students from helping to renew New Orleans. Due to an announced 10-percent cut affecting all SAS programs and departments, the second-annual Fox Leadership in New Orleans summer internship program has been cancelled for 2009.

Mar. 1, 3:45 p.m. The College announced today that R&B; singer and songwriter John Legend will speak at the school's 2009 graduation ceremony. A '99 College alumnus, Legend has won six Grammy awards, including Best New Artist in 2005. During his time at Penn, Legend - known by his given name, John Stephens -ÿwas an English major and sang with jazz and pop a cappella group Counterparts.

This Sunday, the Undergraduate Assembly will vote on budget requests from the six student government branches and organizers of New Student Orientation. On Feb. 15, the UA's Budget Committee released a list of preliminary suggestions. Undergraduate Assembly Treasurer and Wharton Senior Ben Coulter emphasized that the UA has not yet endorsed any of the proposals.

"Eating greasy food without bread is what gives people herpes." "A woman will get a female cold by sitting on anything cold." "Men are so horny they would try to fuck a fly while its buzzing around." These are only a few of the lessons that shaped the way Andrea Dezso, an assistant professor at Parsons the New School for Design, ate certain foods, acted around men and behaved every day of her life in Transylvania, Hungary.