Kaitlin Welborn

Since I don't really go on Facebook, I thought that I'd use my very last DP column ever to write my "25 Things (You Probably Didn't Want To Know) About Me and Penn." Except I could only come up with 20. 1. Best place on campus: 6th floor of Van Pelt. Go check it out.

Hey, did you know that Barack Obama and fam have a new super-duper-adorable dog?! He's a cute, fuzzy-wuzzy Portuguese Water Dog given to the First Family by Senator Ted Kennedy. His name is Bo and he is so cute! And did I mention that he's now usurped Suri Cruise for the media's prize of "OMG Cutest Thing Ever!!!!"? Of course you knew that Malia and Sasha finally got the promised pup, the same way you knew that the video of Susan Boyle's performance on Britain's Got Talent has received 17 gazillion hits on YouTube and the same way you knew that Lindsay Lohan and Sam Ronson are dunzo.

With all the insanity going on in the world right now, it's pretty easy to blame the president. Not much has been going right for him since the inauguration. He hasn't yet fulfilled many of his campaign promises (Where's the dog, Mr. President? You promised!), and it appears that the post-coital glow with our commander in chief is wearing off.

Yesterday, 2,700 Africans died of malaria, 144 South African women were raped and 14,500 children under 15 were infected with AIDS. International development efforts need both more time and more money to help eliminate these tragedies. Thus the College Dean's Advisory Board announcement that it will be developing an international-development minor must be met with praise.

Can't think of what to get that special lady-friend of yours this Valentine's Day? Try a Planned Parenthood gift certificate! Last November, Planned Parenthood of Indiana began offering gift certificates in $25 increments to their customers. The certificates can be used for all the services the 35 Planned Parenthood of Indiana clinics provide, including checkups, contraceptives - and abortions.

While most people were paying attention to our new President, last week another tall, reform-minded public servant/basketball player moved from Chicago to Washington. On Jan. 21, Arne Duncan, the CEO of the Chicago Public Schools since 2001, became the Secretary of Education.