0-3. No team ever wants to start off a season with that record next to its name. But that's where the Penn men's soccer team is right now after heading out west and losing 0-1 to No. 7 Cal (2-1-0) on Friday and 0-2 to Stanford (1-1-1) yesterday. While the Quakers are describing the road trip as the dreaded "learning experience," they are not losing sight of the fact that they played closely two very good teams less than a week after being blown out 2-6 at Seton Hall.

Only one bench player, freshman forward Kristin Kaiser, managed to crack the lineup in Friday's 1-0 loss to Michigan State, while the Spartans kept their team fresh with six bench players entering as substitutes. Penn's lack of depth coming off the bench, a problem that came into focus during a rough preseason, became glaring this weekend.

An electrical fire broke out at the corner of 41st and Walnut streets Friday afternoon, the second time in a week that a fire has occurred near that intersection.

The Penn volleyball team is not focused on wins and losses just yet. And it's a good thing, because the Quakers lost all three matches at the Seton Hall tournament this weekend. The Quakers fell to host Seton Hall in four games on Friday. The Pirates (5-3) were in their eighth match of the year, while it was the season opener for the Quakers.

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

250,000Dues-paying members of the National Rifle Association who live in Pennsylvania. Source: The Associated Press

Common Pleas Court Judge Rayford Means excused himself from the resentencing of former Penn professor Tracy McIntosh, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Friday. McIntosh, who pled no contest to charges relating to a 2002 sexual assault, was originally sentenced by Means to only 11 1/2 to 23 months of house arrest, partly due to McIntosh's societal value as a neurobiology researcher.

Every spring, over 200 students get locked up. Voluntarily. As part of an introduction to her Forensic Science course, Nursing professor Kathleen Brown leads her entire class behind prison bars. In small groups, students see the "slamming doors, the numerous keys - what the system is like" and speak with inmates about their experiences on the inside, Brown explained.

For those who have been involved with Penn since the beginning of the ranking system, the University's increase reflects a major transformation within the school - although changes to the ranking criteria have played a role as well.

You saw her on Hollywood Squares, you laughed at her in Sister Act and you cried with her in The Color Purple. And, if you're lucky enough to score a ticket, you may just get to see her at Irvine Auditorium next month. Whoopi Goldberg will be this fall's keynote speaker, according to a press release issued today by the Connaissance committee of the Social Planning and Events Committee.

College sophomore Anne Ryan died early yesterday morning of meningitis after being hospitalized on Saturday afternoon, University officials announced yesterday. It is still unclear how Ryan, 19, contracted meningococcal meningitis, a bacteria infection that affects part of the brain.

The University's review of hiring and admissions practices is nearing completion, though it is unclear what specific changes will result from the recommendations.

Imagine if an internal bleep censor screened out all the inappropriate words you heard everyday. You know, the ones that are shown as *@#&! in Sunday morning comic strips. That's the idea New York City Council members put into play last February when they passed a symbolic ban on the n-word.

It was a weekend of solid performances, but mixed results. The Penn women's soccer team followed a tough 1-0 loss Friday night against Michigan State with an easy 6-0 victory yesterday over Saint Joseph's.

Paul Glover says cities are like armies, and Philadelphia is camped way too far from its sources of supply - the average ingredient in a Philadelphia meal comes from 1,500 miles away.

A research paper by Penn scientists has brought science one step closer to yielding a cure to a devastating disease. In May, an international team of researchers, including five working out of Penn's School of Medicine, released a report that suggests that two forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, are actually two separate disorders that require separate treatment regimens.

As Penn and Brandywine Realty Trust are poised to develop the postal lands east of campus, the face of University City is ripe for transformation. Experts seem sold on the University's vision going forward, hopeful that it will provide a successful model for future development based on the partnership of the nonprofit and private sectors.