The spirit of Juicy Campus, the infamous online gossip site that shut down last Thursday, lives on. In its place comes CollegeACB.com, or the College Anonymous Confession Board, which seeks to give "students the freedom to voice their opinions and ask questions about any facet of college life," according to a press release on the Web site.

Theft Feb. 3 - A female student, 22, reported at about 8 p.m. that an unknown suspect removed the tire from her bicycle, which was secured outside Harnwell College House. Feb. 3 - A male student, 18, reported at about 7:15 p.m. that someone removed his unsecured bicycle from outside Gregory College House, located at 3909 Spruce St.

"If your vagina got dressed, what would it wear?" So asks one performer in Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues - the popular play that is part of a global movement to stop violence against women and girls, now in its tenth year running at Penn. The name of that global movement is "V-Day," where "V" stands for "Victory," "Valentine" and "Vagina.

Despite the Undergraduate Assembly's rejection of preceptorial funding for this year's annual wine-tasting class, the Preceptorials Committee has no sour grapes on its palate. During last year's UA budget meeting, the group opposed the costly wine preceptorial, decreasing funding allocated to the group from $13,000 the previous year to $11,500.

A degree from the University of Pennsylvania may be a meal ticket after all. Last night in the Fisher Fine Arts Library, Joel Berg, author of All You Can Eat, addressed the nature and history of "food insecurity" in America to a large and enthusiastic audience.

When telling the President wasn't enough, the sponsors of a petition on the economy sent a message to the future leaders of the country instead. Yesterday, The Cato Institute, a Washington-based think tank, placed ads in 15 student newspapers across the United States, including The Daily Pennsylvanian.

Educational institutions may not receive as much aid as they originally thought, due to a revised version of the economic-stimulus bill passed by the U.S. Senate yesterday. The Senate's bill allocates $83 billion for public schools and higher education, only about half as much as the original $150 billion approved by the House of Representatives in late January.

President Barack Obama announced last Wednesday that the government will cap annual salaries at $500,000 for top administrators at companies that receive large amounts of federal stimulus money. The new policy, however, will not affect the annual salaries of college presidents - including that of President Amy Gutmann - whose universities are among the possible recipients of federal funds.

Rich Ross, president of Disney Channels worldwide and 1983 Penn alumnus, will visit Huntsman Hall at 4:30 today to guide students to and discuss future prospects in the entertainment industry. Ross has been coming back to Penn for the last 15 years to share his knowledge with students.

Tonight is the first of Mayor Michael Nutter's budget workshops, run in collaboration with Penn Project for Civic Engagement to help get public input on budget decisions. All Philadelphia residents are invited to attend. Nutter announced the Workshops Jan.

College senior Alexander Jacobs has been awarded a 2009 Gates Cambridge Scholarship. The History major from New York City will begin a master's program in history, philosophy and sociology of science, technology and medicine at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom this October.

Despite concerns that the economic downturn would impede the number of free 10-day excursions Taglit-Birthright Israel could offer students this year, program directors say Penn-based trips will continue as usual. For the past decade, groups like Penn Hillel and Jewish Heritage Project have run the trips, which are sponsored by Birthright.

"What is the difference between a rock concert and a poetry reading?" Mark Halliday asked the crowd at his poetry reading last night at Kelly Writers House. "At a rock concert, you beg the performers to do more." Last night, Kelly Writers House hosted a poetry reading by former Penn professor and acclaimed poet Mark Halliday.

Students pursuing dual degrees at Penn typically find it difficult to study abroad for a semester and still graduate within four years. But accomplishing this feat is now more reasonable with the rise in short-term study abroad programs - usually two to eight weeks in length - offered by Penn's four undergraduate schools.

Psych 166 students had a sweet start to the week as they experienced the psychology of savoring firsthand with samples from Naked Chocolate, a dessert cafe that opened at 3421 Walnut St. this fall. "Introduction to Positive Psychology" professor Angela Duckworth provided a brief background on the topic of savoring, pointing out that attentiveness is key.

Joining Juicy Campus as another college-centric site to shut down unexpectedly in the past week, Ruckus, the online music service promoted as a legal alternative to music piracy, has come to an end with no explanation. The closure of the service, which Penn adopted in 2006, comes on the heels of the Recording Industry Association of America's decision last December to stop filing lawsuits against individuals for file-sharing.

Since 1975, the boundaries of the Penn Police Patrol Zone haven't budged: north to south from Market Street to Baltimore Avenue and east to west from 30th to 43rd streets. But rising rent prices close to campus and West Philadelphia's improving image have spurred a swelling Penn community west of the Penn Patrol Zone's 43rd Street boundary.