With the '08 Election fast approaching, presidential hopefuls are busy rolling out their grand plans for our country. John Edwards recently turned his attention to American public schools and the educational disparities that still exist today. "No longer legally separated by race, our children are sorted by economics, often with a racial or ethnic dimension," Edwards said.

The pioneer group of Penn Civic Scholars has arrived on campus. Penn welcomed its first group of Civic Scholars this semester, and its students are set for a college career immersed in community service. The Civic Scholars program, thought up by Civic House faculty director Walter Licht less than two years ago, aims to integrate academic achievement and civic engagement.

By the middle of the Dartmouth football team's 2005 campaign, the most unlikely of quarterbacks emerged. Josh Cohen, a true freshman, completed 25 passes for 290 yards and two touchdowns in his first career start against Holy Cross and earned the starting job for the rest of the season.

In a Senate Finance Committee hearing yesterday, a panel of experts urged Congress to set a minimum spending requirement for university endowments in order to make college more affordable.

The Quakers struggled mightily in the red zone all game, and the failure to convert a crucial fourth down sealed the loss. Penn had 406 yards of total offense, yet it only managed to put 13 points on the board.

When roommates Priscilla Matos and Jessie Daniel head to class in the morning from their 18th-story Harnwell College House dorm room, Matos typically takes the stairs, and Daniel uses the elevator. Usually, they say, Matos reaches the lobby first. For Matos, a Wharton senior, and Daniel, a Nursing senior, that result underscores problems with the high-rise elevators that have recently drawn attention from students and alumni.

Avery Lawrence is a College senior from Charlottesville, Va. His e-mail address is lawrence@dailypennsylvanian.com.

One by one, they keep jumping off the wireless bandwagon. But Philadelphia keeps on plugging along. One of a handful of pioneers to announce plans for a citywide wireless system in 2004, Philadelphia's wireless network is now 70 percent complete and on track to be finished by the end of the year.

This season, the women's soccer team has looked good in nonconference play and is tied with Harvard for the Ivy League's best overall record. Throw all that out the window. Penn will be at 0-0 again when League play starts against Cornell (4-4-0) at 7 p.

Historically, Princeton has had the edge over Penn in volleyball. This year, the Quakers hope to turn that around in their favor. This Saturday, Penn opens its Ivy League season at Princeton, looking to start atop the division with a win. Penn and the Tigers have both been on hot streaks as of late.

You've probably seen the video by now - the one where that University of Florida douche bag gets Tasered at a John Kerry town hall meeting. It occupies a special place in viral-video chronology; right after Britney at the VMAs and just before the Swedish hostess who threw up on live TV.

The prosecution rested its case yesterday, finishing its portrayal of Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya as a jealous woman whose obsession drove her to the murder of her ex-lover's then-girlfriend, Irina Zlotnikov, in 2004. Jurors also saw the defense's side for the first time yesterday afternoon, hearing expert testimony that the forensic evidence should absolve of her of the crime.

The Penn men's tennis team came into the school year as the defending two-time co-Ivy League champions. But the Ancient Eight title isn't the only one they'll try to defend. The Quakers head into the ECAC Championships this weekend in Flushing Meadows, N.

With a slew of solid performances, it's hard to believe that the men's soccer team has only one win to show for them. But a 7 p.m. match at Saint Joseph's tomorrow could be just what coach Rudy Fuller and the rest of the Red and Blue (1-4-2) need. Although St.

"In 1987, three white Jewish boys from New York City were the most fascinating phenomenon in the burgeoning rap music scene. "No, really." So reads the back cover of music journalist Alan Light's 2006 book, The Skills to Pay the Bills: The Story of the Beastie Boys, about which Light spoke last night at the Kelly Writers House.

In its continual effort to keep young talent in Philadelphia, city officials are turning to an unlikely source this weekend - hip-hop star Talib Kweli. This Saturday, Campus Philly is hosting its annual kick-off event at the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, with live performances by Kweli and other artists and free access for college students to 11 museums across the city.

WILMINGTON, Del. - Apartment B4 in the Brandywine Apartments complex bears no trace of the brutally beaten body of Irina Zlotnikov, who was found dead in her then-boyfriend's kitchen there in December 2004. But yesterday, prosecutors in the murder trial of Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya - accused of killing Zlotnikov - brought jurors to the apartment in an attempt to increase juror trust in eyewitness statements.