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.

University President Amy Gutmann echoed her commitment to remain Penn's president at yesterday's Board of Trustees meeting. "I will say it, and I will say it for the last time: I am absolutely committed to being Penn's president, and I am not interested in any other presidency," Gutmann said.

By Zachary Levine Senior Staff Writer zlevine@sas.upenn.edu Think of it as a warm-up for the Ivy League season. After blowing out Navy 79-58 in Annapolis last night, the Quakers will have less than 48 hours to prepare for a team that presents vastly different looks and challenges from the ones they faced against the Midshipmen.

Fordham's offense was in a rut coming into last night's game. The Rams were shooting only 39 percent from the field and 31 percent from three-point range, but all they needed was a visit to the Palestra.

Next year, frats won't just be counting the number of beers to buy for their next party. Under the newly approved InterFraternity Council "Pillars of Excellence," fraternities can earn points based on their fulfillment of specific goals laid out by the IFC.

A Penn student will face reduced charges of simple assault after allegedly severing part of another student's ear with a beer bottle two months ago.

Avery Lawrence is a College junior from Charlottesville, Va. His e-mail address is lawrence@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Expect a more sober Quadrangle next year. Fisher Hassenfeld College House will institute a Substance Free housing program that will go into effect next year, the Undergraduate Assembly announced earlier this week. It will be part of the existing Healthy Living program, which focuses on helping students maintain and improve their well-being.

School of Arts and Sciences Webmail crashed for the entire work day yesterday, hindering students and faculty during the last week of classes.

99People infected with E. coli from eating contaminated green onions at Taco Bell.Source: The New York Times

Before construction begins for Penn's 30-year expansion plan, officials should revisit blueprint with fresh eyes.

All fifteen Taco Bell restaurants in Philadelphia - including the Penn Food Court location - shut down yesterday afternoon, according to The Associated Press. The eateries closed after E. coli was believed to have been found in New Jersey, New York and Montgomery County Taco Bell locations.

Glen Miller has not been in touch with former Brown guard Keenan Jeppesen since Jeppesen left Brown earlier this week, the coach said yesterday. Miller coached Jeppesen for two years at Brown before coming to Penn. Jeppesen nearly followed his coach, but his application for transfer was not considered this summer.

The last time an Ivy League basketball team earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament was in 1968, when three -time All-American Jim McMillian was a star for Columbia. Anyone who thinks an Ivy postseason tournament will end this drought is optimistic, but wrong.

Just three-hundreths of a second. That was the difference at last year's meet between the Penn and Columbia women's swim teams in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Columbia's narrow victory, the final one of that meet, gave the Lions just enough points to beat the Quakers in a 153-147 decision.