A resident of Southwest Philadelphia, Cheryl Thomas has been working at the Starbucks Coffee in 1920 Commons for two years. Ethel Gurley is a janitor with Penn Facilities and has been working at Penn for over five years. She says she "loves it." In all probability, neither would have been on campus 10 years ago, had the University and the Health System not made a concerted effort to hire more minorities and women from the surrounding community.

Defense may win championships, but offense can win games. The Penn women's lacrosse team proved that on Saturday, defeating Cornell 14-9 in a high-scoring affair on Franklin Field. Unlike their previous two wins when they gave up a combined nine goals, the No.

Penn has given the old Hillel building a two-month reprieve. Facilities officials have pushed back the demolition of the building and construction of the new facility for the Annenberg Public Policy Center to mid-May in order to minimize the impact on students during the school year.

Tuition may have gone up, but Penn officials are doing their best to make the University more affordable.

MADISON, N.J., March 25 - Competing shorthanded against anyone is difficult, but with the way the NCAA Fencing Championships are set up, it can spell disaster for a team's chance at a title. The Quakers faced just this predicament during the past four days in Madison, N.

Penn Police officials want to interact with more West Philadelphia youth - before they commit crimes. Despite juvenile arrests in connection with two of the four robberies that occurred in the Penn Police patrol area in February and high juvenile-crime rates citywide, Division of Public Safety officials say their proactive approach to the issue is working to curb juvenile crime on and near campus.

First-year women's rowing coach Mike Lane was looking to rock the proverbial boat in his team's opening race of the spring. The bigger surprise was that the Schuylkill River did more of the rocking than was planned. At Saturday's Connell Cup, an event that hosted Yale and Columbia, the current, which registered at 15,000 cubic feet per second, swept tree limbs, plants, mud and other types of debris into the water.

As a leader of one of the world's most influential financial institutions, Rodrigo de Rato's advice has far-reaching consequences. The managing director and chairman of the International Monetary Fund spoke at Huntsman Hall Friday, emphasizing the need for leadership to adapt to the new nature of risks in the world economy.

A full investigation is needed before the University is accused of discrimination.

Daniel Schwartz is a College freshman from Decatur, Ga. His e-mail address is schwarm@sas.upenn.edu.

The Quakers kneeled on the top step of the third-base dugout. Freshman righthander Todd Roth was on the mound, and the scoreboard behind him revealed the list of zeros for Columbia: no runs, and more importantly, no hits. Roth pushed the count full with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, and he was one strike away from a no-hitter.

Three top-10 finishes highlight tourney win Both Penn golf teams were in action this past weekend. The men's squad competed in the George Washington Invitational and the women competed at the William and Mary Invitational in Williamsburg. The men's team won its tournament, beating out 24 teams.

Although 18 and 21 bring a host of new experiences, turning 20 is the true, traumatic entry point into adulthood for many students.

Students hoping to study law now have a few more rules to memorize. The Law School Admission Council recently announced changes to the LSAT, including restrictions on items students can bring to the tests. These changes will take effect starting in June, the next time the test will be given.

Geoffrey See's creation of the EduHealth program opened two doors. One was for himself, and the other is for hundreds of West Philadelphia students both now and in the future. After arriving on campus this fall, the Wharton and College freshman has engaged in research relating to urban health education, ultimately developing a project known as EduHealth.

$372,000Price paid for the skull of a large, carnivorous dinosaur and the tusk of a mammoth from the Ice Age. Source: The New York Times

Disney's introduction of an African American princess can only go so far in educating children about race.