Penn has accepted 29 percent of early applicants for the Class of 2011, a group that will make up about 48 percent of the total class. Last year, the University accepted 28 percent of its early applicants, and this year's slight rise in the acceptance rate comes in conjunction with a 2.

Restaurant nights, themed culinary dinners and visits from Philadelphia chefs are all on the menu this month. Despite mixed student opinions about previous marketing initiatives, Penn Dining has revealed a new series of programs designed to generate student interest in meal plans.

As I roll out of bed this morning, it's time to embark upon the most dreaded part of my day, at one of the scariest places on campus. No, I'm not referring to making the long trek to my 9:30 a.m. class or even walking around West Philly with a screwdriver-wielding criminal on the loose.

If you haven't tried the foie gras torchon at the Striped Bass or foie gras and fig empanadas at Alma de Cuba, your window of opportunity has just closed. Stephen Starr, owner of 11 of the city's premiere restaurants, has removed the French delicacy, a fattened duck or goose liver, from his Philadelphia menus due to what he has called "incredible amount of protest.

Steve Donahue is in his seventh year coaching Cornell. In that time, Penn has lost 15 Ivy League games, but none to its former assistant Donahue.

Today, for the last time, The Daily Pennsylvanian was published by its 122nd Board of Editors. Beginning on Monday, the names listed above - along with those on page two - will change, and a new board of editors will take the reins of Penn's newspaper of record.

This weekend could be make or break for the Penn women's basketball season. The Quakers (4-8, 0-1 Ivy) are in the midst of a four-game slide, and already dropped their Ivy League opener. While the conference slate is just beginning, home losses to Cornell (4-9) and Columbia (3-10) would be difficult setbacks to overcome.

ITHACA, N.Y., Jan. 12 - Playing against a zone defense was Penn's Achilles heel last year. In the second half on Friday evening, when Cornell switched from a man defense to zone, the Quakers turned their old weakness into a newfound strength. Brian Grandieri's 18 points, including 10 in the second half paced Penn (8-6, 1-0 Ivy) to a 74-56 thumping of Cornell (7-8, 0-1 Ivy) at Newman Arena in the Ivy League opener for both teams.

The Democrats' proposal to cut interest rates on federal need-based student loans will come to a vote next Wednesday in the House of Representatives.

The track teams, who have not competed in over a month, kick into high gear this weekend. The men's team will head to Annapolis, Md., while the women's team will make the trip to West Point, N.Y.

Opening up club sports to all interested students - regardless of talent or experience - is a win-win situation.

A month ago, a bunch of frat boys could have spent the evening at Smokey Joe's drinking beer and smoking Marlboros. Happy hour might have seen a 9-to-5-er puffing cigarettes as he drowned his sorrows.

College students are notorious for spending hours on their cell phones, stalking their friends on Facebook.com and sending multitudes of e-mails per night. But when it comes to using that technology for research, Educational Testing Services officials say that many students lack the necessary skills to take advantage of all that computers have to offer.

A recent NASA project has changed the way astronomers think about comets. Before an audience of about 60 people, composed mostly of academics, at the David Rittenhouse Laboratory yesterday afternoon, University of Arizona professor Jay Melosh discussed his role in NASA's Deep Impact mission to Comet Tempel 1 and its results.

Four matches. Four victories. The 9-0 outcome of last night's contest against No. 10 Navy (10-3) was no different than the way the No. 4 Penn men's squash team dominated its previous opponents. The Quakers (4-0, 3-0 Ivy) earned their third shutout of the year and fourth top-15 victory.

Joanne Tong is a Wharton junior from Manila, Phillipines. Her e-mail address is tong@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Not safe enough To the Editor: In response to recent articles about Public Safety's efforts to curb crime on campus: I have recently been a victim of a break-in at 40th and Spruce St. I live at 4010 Spruce and over the break someone broke into our house and stole two flat-screen TVs, two guitars, a computer monitor and many other items.