Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader will speak at Penn later this month. Nader will deliver the keynote address, titled "Social Justice in the Post-Bush Era," at the School of Social Policy and Practice's centennial celebration, according to a University press release.

Rep. Bob Brady is starting things off here in northeastern Philly at the Ironworkers Union. Lots of union members in the audience, and the kind of working class voters Biden needs to appeal to on behalf of Obama.

Two former employees of the University filed discrimination lawsuits against Penn over the summer. In one case, Lucretia Nelson, a former employee at the University's Medical Center, is charging the Medical Center with harassment based on national origin and retaliation.

When the Penn field hockey team last faced Rutgers, Meghan Rose took matters into her own hands. On a breakaway 20 seconds into overtime, her roller found the back of the net to give the Quakers their third-straight win over the Scarlet Knights. But that was two years ago, and in May, Rose - and most of the Quakers' firepower - graduated.

Athletic Department officials are overhauling the season-ticket policy for the men's basketball program in an effort to transform the student section into a more formidable sixth man. Starting this year, participants in the annual tradition of The Line - the surprise nighttime announcement and overnight Palestra bash where students trade sleep for tickets - will now get a general-admissions pass to the stud ent section of the Palestra, rather than a reserved seat for every game.

Tri-captain Eileen Larkin said that this season, the women's soccer team is focused on improvement. She and her teammates seem to have forgotten that they're the Ivy League champs. It also must have slipped the Quakers' minds that they did not lose a single player from last year's squad, whose 13 wins were the second most in in program history.

As the textbook industry adapts to the digital age, it is harnessing technology in a search for solutions to perennial frustrations over high costs. Most stakeholders agree that the future of textbooks is electronic, but their motives and methods are different.

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

Philadelphia could see heavy rains and strong winds this weekend as a result of Tropical Storm Hanna.

Even with the rising costs of flights and related fees this summer, students traveling great distances to Penn found themselves mostly unaffected. According to industry experts, a troubled economy and high oil prices have helped drive ticket and fee prices up.

Procrastinators rejoice - printing in your College House computer lab at 3 a.m. might now be possible. More of the College House computer labs are switching to having 24/7 access. However, some may be scaling back how many hours Information Technology Advisors work at help desks.

Decision time. You need to set your fantasy football roster today. Do you go with Tim Tebow or Robert Irvin? For the time being, the Heisman trophy winner from Florida is the only option. The newly established College Fantasy Football game from CBSSports.

The Obama campaign wants easy voter registration to be just a click away. With this goal in mind, the campaign has launched a voter-registration Web site in an effort to make registration straightforward, actor Kal Penn and Facebook co-creator Chris Hughes said in a conference call organized by the Obama campaign last night.

Some rooms in Rodin College House are missing smoke detectors. Several students have reported that where the smoke detectors in their rooms should be, there are only exposed cords dangling from the ceiling. Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said the smoke detectors are only one component of three layers of fire protection, including a sprinkler system and a fully addressable fire alarm system.

Locals call the traffic triangles along Baltimore Avenue "barren" and "boring." But two 13-foot-tall ironwork planters spilling over with wisteria blossoms may grace those triangles in a few years, if University City residents soon voice strong support for their installation.

Yesterday, Student Health Services performed 100 more exams than they do on a typical day as Penn athletes flooded in to get their physicals. And, thanks to its new building, they could handle the influx.

Like any NFL coach worth his weight in clipboards, James Urban knew his stuff. The playbook was scripture, the game tape exquisite cinema and a quarterback's audible part of the poetic second language he'd picked up over the years. A true pupil of the pigskin, Urban had done all he could to prepare for this moment.