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.

By MATTHEW BURNARD Staff Writer burnard@dailypennsylvanian.com For many, the horrors of the Holocaust serve as a permanent example of the need for societies to protect all of their members. With this is mind, the Division of Public Safety's staff has recently been attending training sessions hosted by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.

Students reject winter, and apparently so does University plumbing. A water outage hit Rodin College House Saturday morning, the most recent in a series of water maintenance issues on campus over the last couple weeks.

Phi Gamma Delta is returning to Penn for the first time this century. The fraternity, also known as Fiji or Phi Gam, had been an establishment at Penn since 1881. Fiji fraternity members surrendered the Penn chapter in 1999 following a fatal accident in which an alumnus fell several stories at the fraternity house after he had been drinking heavily.

Wharton sophomore Steve Cymerman has more than just an academic incentive to earn good grades - he's getting paid for his A's, too. Cymerman is one of about 13,000 users of GradeFund, a Web site launched two months ago through which students can ask family, friends, corporations and even strangers to "sponsor" their grades at school.

Hey, Beige Block - which sorority will have the hottest pledge class this year? Which frats should you avoid at all costs? No, it's not Gossip Girl, but gossip Web sites can offer freshmen going through the rush process a wealth of information. Although Greek leaders say students should make their own decisions about the organizations, sites like JuicyCampus and threads on College Confidential offer takes on everything from what to wear to what type of people fill each house.

"Though each of us has our own unique perspective on the issue as it unfolds.there is a time to pay homage," said College sophomore Roxana Moussavian, an organizer of a vigil for victims of the violence in the Middle East. Sponsors included the MSA, PRISM, Hillel, Penn for Palestine and the Penn Israel Coalition.

Aspiring actors on campus will have a chance to show off their Hollywood skills this weekend. Tomorrow there will be a general open casting call for extras in the latest M. Night Shyamalan movie, The Last Airbender. Shyamalan, a Philadelphia native, has directed a number of box-office hits, including The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and The Happening.

From the Pennsylvania primary to the World Series, The Daily Pennsylvanian's 124th Board of Editors and Managers has witnessed an exhilarating year of news. With a heavy heart, it now passes the baton to the organization's next generation of leaders. Tomorrow, the 125th Board of Editors and Managers will be inaugurated at the DP's annual banquet.

Every month, David Salas-De La Cruz spends $900 to leave his nine-month-old son in a day care three days a week. For families with two working parents, the cost of day care is usually manageable. But for graduate students like Salas-De La Cruz, a Ph.D. student in the Engineering school, affordable childcare can be much more difficult to come by.

Wharton recently filled four senior positions, a move officials say will strengthen various divisions of the school. Jonathan Cutler was named director of MBA admissions and financial aid, Ira Rubien is the new executive director of communications, Leonard Lodish is now the vice dean of the program for social impact and Douglas Collom was named executive director of Wharton West.

Ira Glass has been labeled by Time Magazine as the "best radio host in America." And tomorrow night he will be making his Philadelphia debut at the Kimmel Center in Center City. Holding this event at the Kimmel Center will be a huge factor in accomplishing one of the Kimmel Center's missions: bringing renowned artists to perform in Philadelphia.

The first words that often come to mind upon hearing "West Philadelphia" are "underprivileged" and "dangerous." One professor is working to change those words to "rich in history." That was the goal when History professor Walter Licht started the West Philadelphia Community History Center virtual museum, a site that will hopefully gather the area's history in one central location.