The Undergraduate Assembly released its Mid-Year Report, detailing major accomplishments from last semester and outlining projects currently in the works, in a school-wide e-mail sent Monday night. Highlighted UA activity featured in the report ranged from introducing the student body to Ruckus - the free online music downloading service that is reportedly used by 6,000 students - and increasing the number of shuttles to the airport during vacation seasons to promoting advocacy for the rights of AlliedBaron security guards.

Alicia Puglionesi is an College junior from Haverton, Pa. Her e-mail address is puglionesi@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Atlantic City will set a bad example by allowing some smoking in its casinos.

Adopting a pass/fail policy that allows students to opt for a full grade later provides greater incentive to do well in harder classes.

Jacob Bevilacqua is looking forward to Spring Fling because he expects to "get a lot of action." But for this Nursing sophomore, that action has nothing to do with his social life. Bevilacqua is a lieutenant in the Medical Emergency Response Team - a group of student-volunteer emergency medical technicians, started last year - and Fling, Bevilacqua said, is the organization's busiest time of year.

Looking back through The Daily Pennsylvanian's archives, it's pretty easy to spot a pattern in the paper's sports columns: Every few months, some writer pens a lengthy piece begging the student body to support Penn's teams beyond basketball and football. Let's be honest - nobody really listens.

In his last match, Jason Pinsky's bid to win the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northeast Men's Regional on his home courts was denied by the eventual champion, Virginia Tech's Arvid Puranean. As the snow thaws outside the Levy Tennis Pavilion three months later, Pinsky readies himself for an even grander challenge - leading No.

1,200McDonald's restaurants in the United States using trans-fat free oils in their cooking. Source: The Associated Press

Amira Fawcett is an Engineering sophomore from Houston, Texas. Her e-mail address is fawcett@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Competitive eating is not for those with light appetites. But the appetites were not light last night for the four students, who decided to challenge their stomachs - and each other - in the First Annual "Penn Wing Off" held at Hill College House. The contest, which began at 9 p.

When a business book published by Wharton hits the shelves next year, one of the authors may be Donald Trump. And another author may be your little brother. Partly devised by two Wharton staff members, the book is titled We Are Smarter Than Me and will be a collaborative effort written using a wiki style - meaning anyone can edit or contribute to it.

As Fortune 500 companies continue to diversify their offices with different types of top-tier students, candidates with disabilities may prove to be the next target audience. Last week, PepsiCo - the parent company of Pepsi, Frito-Lay and Tropicana - visited the University specifically to recruit students with disabilities, both physical and mental, for employment positions.

After an eight-month fight for his life, Barbaro's race is over. The Kentucky Derby-winning thoroughbred was euthanized yesterday morning after the onset of complications relating to his most recent procedure. Over the weekend, Barbaro's right hind foot was placed in an "external skeletal fixation device in order to provide the foot a chance to heal," Dean Richardson, Chief of Surgery at the Penn School of Veterinary Medicine's New Bolton Center, said in a press release.

At Penn, the disciplinary process isn't always straightforward with multiple steps, varying degrees of sanctions and numerous opportunities for appeals.

With Penn students in the thick of job hunting, many wonder how to explain one bad semester's GPA or incriminating Facebook.com photos. Career Services counselor Peggy Curchack held an informational workshop - with the fitting title, "When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade" - yesterday to discuss issues students wish they could avoid during job interviews.

Although it took nearly 20 minutes of basketball for Saint Joseph's to suck the drama out of its 84-74 win over Penn on Saturday, three momentum-changing plays can really tell the whole story. The Quakers had closed to within five at 54-49 around the midway point of the half, and Ahmad Nivins threw up one of just three misses of the day.

It's a Thursday night, and Engineering sophomore Peter Na is planning to hang out with his friends. But Na isn't putting on a Lacoste shirt and heading to MarBar or Smoke's - he's starting up a voice-chat program and entering the world of Azeroth. This scenario was plausible until last August, when Na would log over 40 hours a week playing World of Warcraft, a massively multi-player online role-playing game (MMORPG), created by Blizzard Entertainment and set in a fantasy world.