When senior co-captain Kathryn Turner entered Princeton's Dillon Gym for her last career match, she sensed an unfamiliar atmosphere. "It was quieter than that gym has been in my biggest games there, which I was a little bit shocked by," she said. Turner capitalized on the calm, putting together one of her best matches of the season.

Government officials are considering steps to make applying for financial aid a little easier in 2010. Proposals are being drafted to simplify the Federal Application for Federal Student Aid, which students seeking financial aid must fill out. Today, the FAFSA is five pages long with about 100 questions.

The four Class Board presidents came together Tuesday night for the first time this year to discuss their new constitution and collaboration for the upcoming year. The new constitution - which codified several rules about attendance and meetings between the presidents - will be key in ensuring the boards work together closely this year.

The future of U.S. and European Union trade relationships revolves around collaboration and harmonious relationships, according to U.S. Department of State representative Janet Shannon. Shannon, who works in the Office of Bilateral Trade, shared her insight yesterday in a presentation sponsored by the Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies.

The South Street Bridge will close for repairs on Dec. 8, according to Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush. The bridge will remain closed for the next two years while a new bridge is being built. All traffic across the bridge will be diverted to Walnut and Chestnut streets.

Sophomore Kim Adams, who started Friday's opener and was second on the team in scoring in 2007-08, became the fourth player to leave the team since the end of last year. "She approached me on Monday; she has decided to leave the team for personal reasons," Penn coach Pat Knapp said.

Jennifer Lesser is a College junior from Minneapolis, Minn. Her e-mail address is lesser@dailypennsylvanian.com.

The Panhellenic Council and the Interfraternity Council recently elected College junior and Daily Pennsylvanian editor Alissa Eisenberg and Wharton junior Shawn Woodhull as presidents for the upcoming year. Eisenberg, who is in Delta Delta Delta, and Woodhull, who is in Phi Kappa Sigma sat down with the DP last night to discuss their plans for Penn's fraternities and sororities.

Mathematically, at least, three of this weekend's four Ivy matchups have title implications. The one exception is Dartmouth at Princeton - but there's something even larger at stake. The Big Green (0-9, 0-6 Ivy) are on the verge of their first winless campaign since 1883.

On Tuesday, President Amy Gutmann and her husband donated $100,000 to fund undergraduate research. Surely this is more than a gesture in these troubled times, when even Harvard president Drew Faust issues ominous warnings that her school may "absorb unprecedented endowment losses" (30 percent!).

Trinity, Princeton, Yale and Harvard. Since 2005-06, the men's squash team's view has been unchanged: Above the Quakers, that elite quadrumvirate. Below, every other team in the nation. Penn - fifth-place finishers at the past two national championships - is tired of sitting on the outside looking in.

Penn's game against Drexel may have been featured on ESPN this week, but the Ivy League hasn't been turning any heads thus far: Ancient Eight squads have gone just 4-12 to open the men's basketball season. That said, they looked more than respectable against some quality opponents in their season openers.

The University has a bright idea for making off-campus apartments feel safer. The Division of Public Safety is working with the University to implement phase four of the University City Lighting Project, which involves collaborating with the area's landlords to add extra lighting outside apartments and in the areas around off-campus housing.

If midterms and finals are running wild in your mind, Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity wants you to relax and enjoy some comedy, while helping an important cause. The fraternity is bringing comedian Steven Hofstetter to campus this Sunday at 7 p.m. in Houston Hall.

The family that plays together stays together. Senior Joey Raho's loved ones are no different. "[My parents'] first date was a squash match," said Raho, whose older brother Nick also played for Cornell. Penn coach Craig Thorpe-Clark agreed. "Unlike maybe football, where only Dad and the boys could play, you know, squash is a whole family game," he said.

As 2008 slowly winds to a close, few Americans are optimistic about their year-end bonuses. But if you're a teacher in a Washington, D.C. public school, there may be good news. In the policy recently proposed by school district Chancellor Michelle Rhee, teachers could earn raises of up to $40,000 - in exchange for giving up tenure for a year.

According to a recently published book, Philadelphia has a glorious past and an uncertain future. However, there is potential for the city to reclaim its former glory. College and Design School alumnus Nathaniel Popkin examined both historic and present-day Philadelphia during the reading of his new book The Possible City: Exercises in Dreaming Philadelphia at the Penn Bookstore last night.