Defense lawyers and prosecutors agree that 2005 alumnus Edward Anderton is fully culpable for helping organize an identity-theft scam in which he and his ex-girlfriend stole about $119,000. But at a hearing Friday, the two sides were at odds about whether Anderton's remorse or the severity of his crimes should be the main factor in his sentencing.

The state of Pennsylvania recently approved a $2 million loan to the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation for the construction of a proposed hotel complex on 40th and Pine streets. Both the hotel developers, as well as state and local officials, hope the hotel - slated to be an extended-stay facility for families of patients in area hospitals - will serve as an economic catalyst in West Philadelphia.

Despite rumors that Alpha Chi Omega's annual Big Man on Campus philanthropy event was going to be cancelled this year, the event is expected to occur as planned this Thursday evening The participating students have signed a pledge not consume alcohol during the pageant and several members of Alpha Chi Omega national headquarters will be present to supervise the event, said Wharton senior and Interfraternity Council President David Ashkenazi.

This was not what Pat Knapp envisioned. Fresh off a disappointing season and the departure of three forwards, the women's basketball coach opted for a four-guard starting lineup. But in Friday's season opener against Lehigh, two of those four combined for zero points.

Since Ivy League student-athletes are not given scholarships, the women's rowing team's edging out of Duke, Iowa and Miami at the Rivanna Romp in Charlottesville, Va., was that much sweeter for coach Michael Lane. Penn was the only non-scholarship school in the race.

Penn coach Al Bagnoli said that sophomore quarterback Keiffer Garton ran the two-minute drill perfectly. There was only one blemish - - and it couldn't have been more costly. After leading the Quakers 63 yards to the Harvard 12, Garton found himself trailing by three and well within field-goal range.

Alicia Puglionesi is a College senior from Havertown, Pa. Her e-mail address is puglionesi@dailypennsylvanian.com.

This Wednesday, members of Penn's Panhellenic and MultiCultural Greek sororities will travel to Alexander Wilson Elementary School to make each student's winter a littler bit cozier. This project is run by Operation Warm, an organization that works to provide brand-new winter coats to school children all over the country.

So this is how it ends for the Red and Blue, no strangers to heartbreak by any stretch, but filled with a season-long optimism that makes Saturday's loss - and ostensible elimination from title contention - that much harder to swallow. Kicking blunders, gut-wrenching turnovers, potentially blown calls - the Quakers have been there before in recent years, sure.

Biochemistry and Economics majors don't usually have the opportunity to put their creativity to work. But on Saturday, the Penn Art Club provided these students and many more with all of the supplies needed to transform Harrison College House into an exhibit of Rembrandts and Renuars.

Hackneyed as it may sound, with great power comes great responsibility. And teachers have great power. There's a video circulating the web, which shows an elementary-school teacher exerting blatant pressure on her students to support Barack Obama. Teacher Diatha Harris insinuated to the daughter of an American solider that the child's advocacy of McCain would extend her own father's time in Iraq.

The name Harry Potter often sparks nostalgia among students. Many recall waiting by the mailboxes on their 11th birthday anxiously awaiting an acceptance to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, but on Sunday the disappointed masses have an opportunity to live out their childhood fantasies.

For freshman point guard Zack Rosen, sometimes it pays to look old beyond his years. And it has nothing to do with getting into Smokes'. "He's well ahead of his age and his class, as far as his execution on the floor," Penn coach Glen Miller said. In truth, leadership - not a good jumpshot or a soft touch at the foul line - may be Rosen's quickest way to extended playing time.

The Palestra - the hallowed "Cathedral of College Basketball" - has played host to more NCAA tournament games than any other arena. Yet no Ivy League school has haunted Division I basketball's own holy ground, the NCAA Final Four, since the Quakers' Dream Team of 1979, the second-round David to North Carolina's No.

While the current economic crisis has left many people scrambling, one group of Penn students is finding a way to reap the benefits. The first Penn team to compete in the College Fed Challenge made it to the semifinals last weekend. If they advance, they will have the opportunity to win up to $15,000 in prize money for themselves and the Economics department.

After a disappointing home loss to Princeton to open their final Ivy League season, volleyball senior co-captains Kathryn Turner and Steph Gwin decided to take a more active leadership approach. Becoming more vocal and demanding in practice didn't produce immediate results, as the team went on to drop two of its next three matches.

As advanced registration comes to an end this weekend, students are busy skimming the course booklet for classes that satisfy both their requirements and their curiosity. For students in Penn's more pre-professional schools - Nursing, Engineering and Wharton - getting a liberal-arts education while following a more structured curriculum can present a challenge.