Zoya Abdikulova

"Who do you want?" "Dhani!" "When do you want him?" "Now!" With this chant, Nursing professor Christopher Coleman riled up a large Fagin Hall crowd yesterday as audience members eagerly awaited the arrival of the Philadelphia Eagles linebacker. Looking classy in his signature bow-tie, Jones spoke passionately about men's health and fitness and how the perception in the U.

Wharton professor Kenneth Shropshire was just a teenaged boy selling hot dogs in a park in California when he first saw Sugar Ray Robinson. Though at the time he wasn't familiar with Robinson's achievements, almost 38 years later, Shropshire has come to believe that Robinson is one of the greatest boxers of all time, and he recently wrote a book describing the life of this extraordinary athlete.

Think about a time and place in which you feel the most comfortable. Now imagine being taken out of this comfort zone for four years. Don't like it? Well, unfortunately, that's how many African American students say they often feel at predominantly white colleges.

Imagine your grandma in military uniform, ready to be sent off to war. Sound strange? That's exactly what the grannies of the Granny Peace Brigade want. Last evening, activist Nina Huizinga spoke to a small - but committed - group of students on behalf of Philadelphia's Granny Peace Brigade organization.

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.

Despite her uncle's advice not to write about other books, Rita Barnard found that the best way to talk about South Africa's period of apartheid was through examining the literature that described the phenomenon. Last evening, the Penn English professor introduced her new book, Apartheid and Beyond: South African Writers and the Politics of Place, to a small - but devoted - crowd at the Penn Bookstore.