Fourteen Uni seniors have been named National Merit Finalists, according to college counselor Lisa Micele. Only 15,000 seniors nationwide earned the distinction out of some 1.4 million students who took the PSAT in the fall of 2006. As finalists, the students are eligible for some 8,200 Merit Scholarship awards, worth about $36 million.

[AUDIO included] Agora Days was in full swing by midweek, and Gargoyle photographers were out and about trying to capture some of the flavor of this year's classes. And by "flavor," we mean frosty cake icing and authentic Italian pasta, among other things.