It's official. The first 'W' is finally in the books for the Quakers. Penn's offense finally came together against Georgetown, converting on red-zone opportunities and snatching points turned down in games one through three. "It's something we needed to experience again," senior quarterback Bryan Walker said of the win.

After leading the Quakers in scoring in each of the last two seasons, junior forward Mike Klein came into Saturday night's matchup against Columbia with no goals and only one assist through eight games. All of that changed in a hurry in the second half against the Lions.

When it comes to happiness, women seem to be losing the battle of the sexes. A Wharton study released last month shows that women have become less happy relative to men, a turnaround from thirty years ago when women were the more satisfied sex. Business and Public Policy professor Betsey Stevenson, who, along with professor Justin Wolfers, authored the study, said the results "raise provocative questions about whether women have been made worse off by societal changes.

The field hockey team has hit .500. After a successful weekend, which saw wins over Lock Haven (3-2) and Bucknell (2-0), Penn may have turned a corner. "We came up to do what we said we wanted to do and we did it," head coach Val Cloud said. "Could we have played better? Of course, but we played well enough to win.

Division of Public Safety officials have now confirmed that one Penn student was a victim in the recent string of taxi cab robberies, and police officials continue to search for two men alleged to have robbed four individuals at gunpoint since Sept. 2.

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

Very soon, the College of General Studies as Penn knows it will no longer exist. CGS is redefining its mission and vision - and, within the next few months, its name - in response to changing global and national trends in higher education as well as shifts in Penn's administration over the last few years.

With the 1977 and 2002 Penn championship teams in town to be honored for their past achievements, the current Penn volleyball team gave the alumnae plenty to smile about. Friday, the Quakers swept Cornell, the defending champions, (30-28, 30-24, 30-26) and Columbia (30-9, 30-21, 30-21).

Hundreds of students went hungry for a day to experience a popular Muslim ritual and raise money for charity. Over 400 participants fasted from sunrise to sundown on Saturday at the annual Muslim Student Association Fast-a-Thon to benefit victims of Hurricane Katrina, concluding with an end-of-fast banquet held in Houston Hall.

A new concert at the end of the month will bring to campus keyboards, pianos and all that jazz, courtesy of musician Robert Walter. The Social Planning and Events Committee's Jazz division is bringing Walter and dummer Eric Kalb to headline the committee's first-annual jazz show on Oct.

A fire started on the roof of the West Tower of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia yesterday, but it was quickly extinguished and no injuries or damages were reported.

Veteran journalist and ABC World News Tonight anchor Charles Gibson sat down with aspiring journalists yesterday to offer his two cents on media. About 20 people congregated at Kelly Writer's House for a lunchtime question-and-answer session with the seasoned reporter - and no question was out of bounds.

Former Dean of Admissions Lee Stetson canceled his scheduled speaking engagement at a national admissions conference last weekend, but the event still marked a public appearance from a figure who has otherwise maintained a low profile since his sudden resignation in August.

When Penn and Columbia meet on the pitch tomorrow night in New York, it'll be the story of two teams looking for a new beginning. The match is the first on each of their Ivy slates, and they hope to wipe clean the losses they've piled up in their tough non-conference schedules.

UA: Current election system works fine The opinion piece, "Sensible Politics," (9/27/2007) on The Daily Pennsylvanian's Opinion Page, was not only naively construed, but also greatly discounted the capabilities of the freshman candidates. We would first like to point out that the following day the DP ran an article conveying an interview with Class Board presidential candidates that explicitly asked frivolous questions to elicit frivolous responses ("For Class Board hopefuls, toilet covers, jousting" 9/28/2007).

If it has done anything this season, the Columbia women's team has proven that soccer statistics are overrated. Despite launching 30 fewer shots than their opponents on the year, the Lions (6-2-2, 1-0 Ivy) come into their home match with Penn (7-2-1, 1-0) tomorrow riding an eight-game unbeaten streak.

Penn volleyball captain Anna Shlimak leaves little to the imagination: "If we play our game well, then the other team I don't think has a chance against us," she said. Cornell (4-6, 1-0 Ivy) visits the Palestra at 7 p.