At 11:50 yesterday morning, Communication professor Joseph Turow's Mass Media and Society class broke into applause. Such claps - in this case, marking the last Mass Media and Society class of the semester - are often a way for students to show appreciation to their professors.

School of Arts and Sciences Webmail crashed again yesterday at about 6:30 p.m. The server was down for 18 hours on Wednesday and has had several related problems throughout the semester. SAS is currently in the midst of finding a replacement server - either Microsoft or Google - but officials have yet to announce which they will choose.

Week in photos for week of December 4, 2006

Monica Naltner keeps on getting better. For the third time this season, Naltner set a new scoring high. Last night, she scored 37 points - 30 in the second half - to propel the Quakers to a comeback victory over Lafayette, 78-74. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for Penn (3-3), while Lafayette (2-6) lost its fifth in a row.

24Philadelphia police facilities found in states of physical decay by the City Controller's office.Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

As students begin planning for Christmas trees and menorahs, the Penn community praised a different winter holiday celebration yesterday. "Thank you for the future," Rev. Charles Howard, of Penn's Office of the Chaplain, said. "Thank you for Kwanzaa." Makuu, Penn's Black Cultural Center, hosted its 14th annual Kwanzaa ceremony in the Bodek Lounge, attended by more than 75 students, staff and community members.

Yesterday, the DP ran an editorial about Amy Gutmann being named on Harvard's list of potential candidates for its presidency.

When 1996 Penn alumnus Peter Kuperman decided to throw financial support at Penn, he knew exactly how to gauge support for his philanthropic impulse. Facebook.com.

At a construction site, two workers are laying bricks. When asked what they were doing, one man answered, "Laying bricks," while the other optimistically remarked, "Building a cathedral." Richard Carrion used this anecdote to inspire audience members at his lecture last night to work diligently toward their goals and to inspire others with their passion.

No quiero Taco Bell - not with E. coli, at least. All 15 city Taco Bells voluntarily closed Wednesday after an E. coli breakout near Philadelphia. It is unknown when the local eateries will resume business. The closings included the Taco Bell located in Penn's Food Court at 34th and Walnut streets.

Overwhelmed by finals and in the need of some comic relief? If so, tomorrow's stand up comedy show "Spring Bring" - put on by Penn group Simply Chaos - might just be the ticket. The five-year-old student organization will be putting on two shows at 7:30 and 9:30 p.

Elizabeth Song, in her most recent column ("A new threat to women's rights", DP, 11/30/06), misquotes me to support her view that Dr. Eric Keroack is an "anti-contraception nut" unfit to oversee federal "family planning" programs.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - If there was any doubt that Ibrahim Jaaber and Mark Zoller could coexist and maintain their level of play, consider Penn's 79-58 victory over Navy as testament to the contrary.

Penn President Amy Gutmann has named Gregory Rost vice president and chief of staff for her office, officials announced yesterday. Rost, currently the chief of staff at Temple University, will join Penn on Dec. 18. He will replace Joann Mitchell, who will assume the position of Vice President of Institutional Affairs.

Exactly one year ago from Sunday, Penn women's basketball lost much more than a game in a 70-68 overtime heartbreaker at American. Late in the first half, now-senior Lauren Pears landed awkwardly, suffering what would be a season ending anterior cruciate ligament injury.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Penn had not allowed 99 points in almost seven years until Villanova lit up the Quakers last Saturday. Last night against Navy, Penn proved that the Wildcats were the exception. The Quakers held a team that had been averaging 71.2 points per game and had been shooting very well from behind the arc to just 58 points.