It's been a while -- three weeks and seven games, to be precise - since the Penn field hockey team last picked up a win. But after the Quakers' strong start in Wednesday's 2-1 loss to Villanova, they feel another victory could finally be heading their way as they host Harvard (2-4, 1-0 Ivy League) at Franklin Field tomorrow.

Campaign volunteers are usually limited to stuffing envelopes and making phone calls, but the McCain-Palin campaign is giving volunteers a chance to get behind the wheel. The College Republicans sent an e-mail to its members on Wednesday asking for volunteers to drive in Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's motorcade this weekend - "if you are 21 years old or over, you can drive beside the next VP of the United Sates," the e-mail said.

Penn starting defensive tackle Drew Goldsmith knows a thing or two about going up against his brother, Neil. They were playing the computer game Diablo when, at the ripe age of seven, Drew revealed his inner Diablo. He flung his younger sibling into a wall, knocking Neil out cold for several minutes.

"The major candidates are not worth supporting," said Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader yesterday as part of a keynote speech, "Social Justice in the Post-Bush Era," for the Centennial Convocation of the Penn School of Social Policy and Practice.

The men's soccer team may be undefeated and riding a seven-game shutout streak, but they're looking for more: local bragging rights. The Quakers take on their first Philadelphia Soccer Seven opponent this Sunday when they travel to Ambler, Pa., to play Temple.

Penn hopefuls in high school have yet another college guide at their fingertips - literally. A new college-reviewing Web site called Unigo launched last Wednesday with more than 30,000 reviews of 250 colleges and universities across the country. The site, which is free and completely student-written, garnered 150,000 registered viewers and 1.

Sophomore setter Megan Tryon beamed with excitement in anticipation of the volleyball team's road trip this weekend. She is finally going home. The trip will be extra special for Tryon and eight of her teammates because they all hail from California. This weekend they will have the rare chance to play in front of their parents, giving them more fans than they usually have at the Palestra.

Hypothetical scenario: Your five-year-old begins to misbehave, biting your houseguests and mimicking all sorts of uncouth swearwords. After a few warnings, you decide that your son no longer merits your supervision, and you banish him to the streets. Once out of your custody, you hear he's joined a gang and engages in a variety of criminal activities.

These Quakers certainly like their drama. Despite trailing, 24-0, at the half after a woeful opening two quarters, Penn fought back with a furious second-half rally, ultimately falling to Lafayette, 24-17. Quarterback Rob Curley led the Leopards, completing 12 of 22 passes for 163 yards and three first-half touchdowns.

When student cultural groups want to practice for performances, they face a shortage of space in high demand and often resort to cramped classrooms and high-rise lounges at odd hours. But thanks to summer updates to the ARCH building - the home base for many campus cultural organizations and minority coalitions - students will soon have a basement equipped with floor-to-ceiling mirrors and a springy dance floor.

To explain why one person supports tougher immigration polices and another staunchly opposes the Iraq War, blame biology. University of Nebraska at Lincoln researchers recently compared physiological responses with participants' political views, representing one of the most recent ways scholars are relating biology and politics.

Goalkeeper Drew Healy has a simple formula that has propelled the Quakers - the only Division I team that hasn't been scored upon - to early-season heights. "If you don't give up goals, you don't lose," said Healy, the reigning Ivy League Player of the Week.

It's finally here: The Athletic Department has released the Penn men's basketball schedule for the 2008-09 season. Most matchups come as no surprise. The Daily Pennsylvanian has been reporting details of the schedule since mid-July as other teams released their slates.

Along with new classes and a greater workload, many students came back to school facing something else unwanted - a new layout for their Facebook accounts. The popular social-networking site gave users the choice to switch to the "New Facebook" over the summer, before permanently replacing the layout earlier this month.

Penn and the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia co-sponsored the program "Anti-Semitism in the Freud Case Histories" last night at Steinhardt Hall. The program, part of the Freud, Franklin and Beyond series of lectures on psychology, culture and society, was co-sponsored in conjunction with Hillel and the Jewish Studies Program.

Penn's ban on NSO fraternity parties makes about as much sense as Prohibition. Since 1996, the University has forbidden InterFraternity Council member organizations from holding events during New Student Orientation. Administrators instituted the policy because the parties often conflicted with the NSO schedule, causing freshmen to skip important class events.

Though the economy has recently forced many students to tighten their belts, Penn is still encouraging seniors to give some of their extra cash back to the University. Yesterday marked the launch of the 2009 Senior Class Gift Drive, "Unite ONine" in which proceeds go towards the Penn Fund, an endowment for undergraduate education.