The sentencing of former Wharton Marketing professor Scott Ward, which was scheduled for today, has been postponed. Ward pled guilty to five child pornography related charges last November. He could receive a sentence up to life in prison. He is currently serving a 15-year sentence at a low-security Western Pennsylvania correctional facility for other child pornography related convictions, to which he was sentenced in May 2007.

Darryll Oliver's performance at last weekend's NCAA East Regional Championships summed up the event for the men's track and field team: lots of talent but little results. None of the eight members of the Penn team were able to qualify for NCAA Championships next week, which requires finishing in the top five in an event or posting one of the best marks of the nation's remaining athletes.

Economic equality does not always guarantee happiness, according to two Wharton professors. In their paper entitled, "The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness," Business and Public Policy professors Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers compared changes in the levels of women's happiness with those of men in light of changes in economic equality since the 1970s.

Several incidents of crime occurred this past weekend involving a group of 12- to 17-year-old youths congregating around South Street. According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, teenagers hijacked a taxi early Sunday morning at 12th and South streets after getting into a confrontation with the driver and proceeded to drive the vehicle into a tree at 12th and Fitzwater streets, injuring two passengers.

A best friendship might have little to do with common interests, longevity, or even proximity - it might just be the mutuality. This is the conclusion Penn psychologists Peter DeScioli and Robert Kurzban reached in their recent study exploring the cognitive aspects of human friendship.

I am pleased to report we have taken the first step toward reinventing the eastern edge of Penn's campus. Earlier this spring, construction was completed on the Weave Bridge, a beautiful new pedestrian span designed by Penn's own Cecil Balmond, the Paul Philippe Cret Practice Professor of Architecture.

Janice Dow is a rising College junior from Los Angeles. Her e-mail address is dow@dailypennsylvanian.com.

They may be amateurs, but they proved they can play with the pros. The City 6 All-Stars - a compilation of the best college softball players at Philadelphia schools - held their own in an exhibition game against the city's Pro Fastpitch League franchise, the Philadelphia Force.

Nobody wants to get swine flu, and for good reason. With symptoms like fever, coughing, headache and possible death, the disease is the greatest threat to our health since the Great Meningitis Outbreak of 2009. But there is one thing people seem more afraid of than contracting swine flu - calling it that.

We all have our to-do lists, and incoming Provost Vincent Price is no different. As the first interim provost in the University's history chosen to permanently fill the position, Price already made his mark last Thursday when Penn President Amy Gutmann announced his selection - but he's not taking any chances on missing a beat.

Katherine Nathanson, an assistant professor at Penn's School of Medicine, describes testicular cancer as "an interesting cancer" because of its increasing incidence, its heritability and its overwhelming prevalence within a single age and race. Although potential funders have questioned the rationale of studying a relatively rare disease that has a cure, Nathanson has stood by her research.

Anna Aagenes was just a second away from automatically qualifying for next week's NCAA Track and Field Championships. Now, she'll have to wait a whole year before she can redeem herself. The junior competed at the NCAA East Regional Championships in Greensboro, N.

A former Penn professor has made her mark on religious history. Reverend Leslie Callahan was recently chosen as the new pastor for St. Paul's Baptist Church - located at 1000 Wallace Street in Philadelphia - making her the first female pastor in the church's 119 years of history.

Thanks to online social networking, Penn has had its fair share of flash mobs, including dance parties in Fisher Fine Arts Library and pillow fights on Locust Walk. But these seemingly light-hearted organized events took a turn for the dangerous when over one hundred youths swarmed South Philadelphia last Saturday.

The search for Penn's next provost is over: Vincent Price will take the reins as the University's 29th provost beginning July 1, Penn President Amy Gutmann announced this afternoon. Price is currently interim provost of Penn and a professor of communication in the Annenberg School.

While his team was unable to reclaim the Madeira Cup from Cornell this year, Penn men’s heavyweight rowing coach Fred Honebein is hoping that the Quakers can follow the blueprint to success their rivals followed.

Penn alumnus and governor of Utah Jon Huntsman Jr., was nominated by Obama as the United States ambassador to China, and Penn Law professor William Burke-White has been appointed to a policy position in the U.S. Department of State.