A specialized focus on diversified investments and international markets has helped the University's endowment swell to $6.6 billion, a figure that was announced at last Thursday's Board of Trustees meeting.

Daniel Schwartz is a College sophomore from Decatur, Ga. His e-mail address is schwartz@dailypennsylvanian.com.

West Philadelphia High School's rap sheet last spring included threats to teachers, assaults on at least 18 faculty members and fires set in the hallways. So it may not be a surprise that, once again, West Philadelphia High has landed on the annual list of Pennsylvania's "persistently dangerous" schools, joining 11 other Philadelphia schools and giving pause for concern among Penn officials.

By the end of the night, the Penn quarterback combination of Robert Irvin and Bryan Walker had thrown a total of seven interceptions to hand Villanova a 34-14 win, their seventh in a row in this series.

Columbia University's decision to host Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on its campus today before his visit to the United Nations has provoked heated discussion among students and political pundits alike. One Facebook group called for students to welcome Ahmadinejad to America so as to better understand his views; presidential candidate Sen.

VILLANOVA, Pa. - The Quakers had a chance to become the queens of the city this weekend. It turns out they are squarely in the middle of the pack in Philadelphia's soccer hierarchy. After defeating La Salle at Rhodes Field 3-1 Friday, Penn was blanked on the road by Villanova 4-0 yesterday.

The creativity behind the posters, chalking and flyers of this semester's freshmen student-government campaigns is certainly turning heads across campus.

WILMINGTON, Del. - Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya was outside the apartment where Irina Zlotnikov was bludgeoned to death but did not enter the building, Malinovskaya admitted in a taped police interrogation shown in court Friday. In an interview with Det.

VILLANOVA, Pa. The Penn quarterbacks' effort - a combined 23 for 42, 248 yards, two touchdowns and seven interceptions - is a misleading stat line. They played far worse. Villanova's defense befuddled quarterback Robert Irvin (five interceptions, 27 attempts) and backup Bryan Walker (two picks, 15 attempts) all night, and despite a good overall effort, the Quakers fell hard.

After 10 years of disappointment, the women's volleyball team finally got a victory against longtime rival Temple in the Sheraton-Penn Invitational. "The Temple match was great," coach Kerry Carr said. "We really played on top of our game and beat a strong international team.

Greek leaders at Penn are trying to make sorority life a bit less expensive. This semester, the Panhellenic Council, which oversees all sororities on campus, is offering two $200 scholarships to sorority members who joined a chapter last year. Next semester, anyone who is interested in rushing a sorority will be eligible to apply for the dues scholarship.

As Penn's Alex Fairman jumped for the ball around midfield in the second half, he received a jarring blow to his stomach from a Lehigh player, leaving him lying on the field gasping for breath. It was just that kind of soccer game at Rhodes Field Saturday, where Penn tied Lehigh 1-1.

Penn's best doubles team scores upset The singles bracket of the Cissie Leary Invitational may have been a dud. But as far as Penn was concerned, the doubles competition couldn't have gone any better. Fresh off of taking the William and Mary Invitational, Ekaterina Kosminskaya and Julia Koulbitskaya gave Penn its first ever doubles win at the Leary Invitational.

VILLANOVA, Pa., Sept. 22 - With star running back Joe Sandberg in street clothes on Saturday night, Penn got a little glimpse of what 2007 could have looked like. Sandberg, a fifth-year senior who rushed for roughly 100 yards against Villanova each of the last two years, wasn't a lock to return to the Quakers this year after transferring from Penn to Rutgers and back again three years ago.

Drexel University is set to seriously spruce up its library -and through a Web site, nonetheless. After receiving a grant of over $600,000 this month, Drexel has announced that it will turn the Internet Public Library - currently the largest free online collection and reference service accessible to anyone with the Internet - into an even more comprehensive online learning community.

You don't need to look at the scoreboard to see which team won a volleyball match. All you need to see is the attack percentage. Win that battle and the match is yours. Penn demonstrated that over the weekend, winning the percentage battle and thus taking the match two out of three times.

Golden ornaments and semi-precious stones fill the second-floor Dietrich Gallery at the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, where the "River of Gold: Precolumbian Treasures from Sitio Conte" exhibit is now on display.