Despite calls for change, Penn isn't alone in its favor of early admissions. Amid continued debate among colleges and universities over the program's merits, Yale University announced last week that it will not be ending its early-action program. In an interview with Yale Alumni Magazine, President Richard Levin said the school will be keeping its early-action program because it believes that the best way to make schools more accessible is to improve financial-aid packages.

Law students across the country are turning heads for an allegedly widespread dependency on alcohol and drugs. According to the Association of American Law Schools, high-stress, cutthroat competition and heavy workloads are leading law students to engage in heavy alcohol and drug use, participate in Internet gambling and suffer from clinical depression.

Penn Economics professor Rafael Robb has been named the prime suspect in the murder of his wife, Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce Castor announced last week at a press conference.

Former Penn professor Tracy McIntosh has filed a petition to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to appeal a Superior Court decision that he be resentenced for his sexual-assualt conviction. McIntosh's lawyer, Thomas Bergstrom, said McIntosh filed the appeal on Dec.

Authorities issued a warrant this afternoon for the arrest of Penn Economics professor Rafael Robb, and the Associated Press reports that he is currently being held in jail without bail. Robb, 56, has been charged with the first- and third-degree murder of his wife, Ellen Robb, and with possessing instruments of crime, according to a press release from the office of Montgomery County district attorney Bruce Castor.

When a family member suffers from dementia, it's often better to hold onto the past.

Students should know what's happening next on the 3900 block.

Across from the Button sculpture on College Green, a simple white placard bears a somber message: "In Loving Memory of Lena Ali Hera. She died in Al Rashiddia on 7 Apr. 2003, age 5. Tank Attack." The signpost is one of some 500 that will dot the Green for the next week as part of a symbolic graveyard that Penn anti-war groups have installed to draw attention to the large number of Iraq War civilian deaths.

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia was named the nation's best pediatric hospital by Child magazine, CHOP officials announced last week. This is CHOP's fourth consecutive ranking as number one by Child magazine. "Children's Hospital employees work tirelessly everyday to ensure every family has the ideal patient experience and we are truly grateful to our dedicated and talented staff," said Steven M.

To the tech-savvy tourist planning on taking a trip to the States, Philadelphia has only one thing to say: uwishunu. That's the name of a new Web log unveiled Friday by Mayor John Street. Its mission is to make the City of Brotherly Love more marketable to potential tourists, who often rely on technology to find destination spots.

By Josh Wheeling Sports Editor jw4@sas.upenn.edu CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Jan 3 - Five minutes into the game, Penn was making No. 2 North Carolina's defense look like Swiss cheese. The Quakers' perimeter offense, typically with four players outside the three-point arc and one at the high post, used motion and sharp cuts to the basket to open up a 15-8 lead over the Tar Heels at the Smith Center.

Whitney Downs did what she had been doing all along. The Princeton sophomore forward stepped out and nailed a three-pointer, her 5-foot-11 frame letting her get it off cleanly in the face of a shorter defender. It didn't matter that Joey Rhoads drained one of her own on the next possession for three of her game-high 24 points.

Dispelling the appearance of exclusivity among South Asian students is no easy task.

By Eric Karlan Staff Writer karlan@sas.upenn.edu It wasn't the most humiliating defeat. It wasn't even their poorest performance. But after the Quakers lost their fourth straight game on Saturday night - 78-72 to Princeton - women's basketball coach Pat Knapp sat in the press room looking utterly dejected.

College freshman Jessica Wolfe boarded a flight home to Denver, Co., at 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 20. But, as the plane approached Denver International Airport, it was unexpectedly diverted to Nebraska because of weather conditions. Wolfe had five minutes to decide whether to stay in Nebraska - an eight-hour drive from her home - or to fly back to Philadelphia.

Four wins over break would have been too much to ask for the men's basketball team - the last time Penn went undefeated over winter vacation was 1979, when the Quakers ended up in the Final Four.

While most students were sleeping and catching up on Grey's Anatomy, the Penn men's basketball team was going through some final tune-ups before the start of the Ivy League season. Listed are five things the Quakers learned about themselves that will tell in upcoming games a lot about their chances of repeating as league champions and returning to the NCAA Tournament: 1.