Penn students looking for something fun to do this weekend should look no further than Festival Pier where one of their own, College junior Stevie Roberts, will be playing alongside the Dropkick Murphys, Less than Jake, Goldfinger, Westbound Train, Suburban Legends and other School of Rock All-stars.

Jesse Carlin's career as a Penn athlete may be over, but the awards keep piling on. Yesterday, the outgoing senior was named to the ESPN the Magazine track and field Academic All-America team. She earned Indoor All-America honors twice in March, butfell just short of achieving that status in the Outdoor Championships two weeks ago.

Gas prices and urban health To the Editor: Lara Seligman's article, "With rising gas prices, SEPTA ridership up," highlights how high gas prices have created a strong economic incentive that has compelled many to choose SEPTA over driving for their daily commute to work.

Anne Phillips, the 2007 Division III Coach of the Year, will take charge of the women's lacrosse program at Yale, the school announced Monday. Phillips led Franklin & Marshall to an undefeated season and a Division III national championship last year. Yale finished the season ranked No.

For most of the competitors at the U.S. Gymnastics Olympic Trials, last weekend's events at the Wachovia Center were the culmination of years of preparation and hard work. For the biggest participant there, though, the Trials were just a baby step toward a goal much more global and grandiose.

Bucking the American trend set by the Bush administration, Penn leads the investment march toward a cleaner future.

Alternatives to spending a million dollars to keep our president from defecting to semi-rural Massachusetts.

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

The Lubavitch House has been a center for Jewish life at the University since 1980. However, recent picketing efforts by Philadelphia union workers have disrupted the House's $2.8 million expansion project. For the past two weeks, picketers from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union 98, have protested the use of non-union workers on the project, disrupting house activities, as well as residential life.

Last Saturday, Penn mourned the death of Bruce Montgomery, 44-year Penn Glee Club director and long-time member of the Penn community. Montgomery - or "Monty", as many called him - retired in 2000 after 50 years of service to the University. He was an active participant in the Glee Club, Penn Singers, Mask and Wig, Penn Band and other Penn performing arts groups, even after his retirement, right up until his death at the age of 81.

There may be no such thing as a free lunch, but there is such a thing as free admission. At least at Penn's Institute of Contemporary Art, that is, where a donation from '88 Wharton alumnus Glenn Fuhrman will eliminate admission costs for the next five years, beginning July 1.

A casual passerby may have been confused if he witnessed the baseball game at Meiklejohn Stadium on Friday. Both teams wore jerseys identifying themselves as Penn and none of the athletes looked quite old enough to go to the school. And that's beside the fact that the only colleges still playing NCAA baseball at the time were the national tournament semifinalists.

The Kelly Writers House announced the 2008-2009 House Fellows last week. Robert Coover, Joan Didion and Mary Gordon will visit the Writers House in spring 2009 to speak to Writing House Fellows seminar students - who prepare for fellows' arrival by reading their works over a month before they arrive - and deliver readings to students.

After spending all day last Thursday in committee meetings that covered everything from budget and finance to student life, the University Board of Trustees spent their evening relaxing at a cocktail reception and dinner with Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter in Irvine Auditorium.

If robots really are the way of the future, then Penn is lucky to have Professor Robert Ghrist on board for next semester. Ghrist, an applied mathematician who specializes in topology - the study of abstract spaces and shapes - was recently appointed as the Andrea Mitchell University Professor and the seventh Penn Integrates Knowledge faculty member.

Philadelphia Police have arrested two suspects in relation to a fatal shooting that took place early Sunday morning on the 3900 block of Market St. Tyree Musier and Jonte Slater, both 22, were arrested Sunday afternoon and charged with murder and related charges, Philadelphia Police Sgt.

It may not be the national championship she coveted, but women's lacrosse goalie Sarah Waxman will take this award just the same. For the second consecutive season, Waxman was named the C. Markland Kelly Goalie of the Year by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association.