As much as Bob Casey may claim, this election is not about electing Bob Casey to the U.S. Senate. This election is about removing Rick Santorum from it. Santorum, a two-term senator, is passionate and works hard for Pennsylvania. He has delivered, with major funding appropriations - and is in a position to become the No.

PRINCETON, N.J. - Any weaknesses the Penn men's soccer team showed on Saturday were briefly forgotten when Kevin Unger's overtime winner rippled the net. But only a few minutes later, coach Rudy Fuller knew his team needed to improve, even in spite of its dramatic victory.

You wouldn't arrive at class without the bulk pack or pick up a date without a wad of cab cash - so don't make your trip to the polls without preparing first, either. To avoid disenfranchisement, remember the following: In Pennsylvania, the polls open at 7 a.

With college life such a great environment for diseases to spread, the University should be helping students get vaccinated.

Political newcomer Michael Gessner (R) is challenging incumbent Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.) for the House of Representatives seat in Pennsylvania's 2nd District, which includes the University. Fattah, who holds a masters degree from Penn's Fels Institute of Government, is currently serving his 6th term in the House.

It happened just like a dream. Karen Pittelman discovered that she was the recipient of a $3 million trust fund when she became a senior at Brown University. Now, Pittelman is working for an organization called Resource Generation, reaching out to other wealthy young people - including Penn students - to help them figure out exactly what to do with newfound millions.

Lynn Swann, a political newcomer, is the Republican challenger to incumbent Gov. Ed Rendell. Swann is a graduate of the University of Southern California, where he was an All-American wide receiver. He continued playing football in the NFL and had a Hall of Fame career as a receiver with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

A Republican really never had a shot at Pennsylvania's 2nd district. The district, one of two representing Philadelphia in Congress, is heavily Democratic. In 2004, Fattah won re-election with 88 percent of the vote - the second-highest margin in the state and the highest for a Democrat.

The Opinion Board's final vote on this issue was tied, so it decided to leave readers to weigh both sides: Yes: Philadelphia is behind the times. In a city where 45 percent of residents are white, only 14.3 percent of city contracts went to minority-owned businesses last year.

Imagine being able to vote in major American elections without stepping foot outside your front door, without the aid of the Internet or some type of telepathy. Just put on a bathrobe and walk into the voting booth during the commercials of The Jerry Springer Show: That's all it takes.

The Penn basketball season does not officially start until Friday, when the men participate in the BCA Invitational, but for the hundreds of students who lined up in the Palestra this weekend, the season is already under way. "The Line," the annual Red and Blue tradition in which basketball fans claim their season tickets, kicked off the basketball year with a weekend of festivities.

PRINCETON, N.J. - Before sophomore Alex Grendi could get back on his feet, his classmate Kevin Unger had done it again. In a bizarre ending to the Penn men's soccer team's regular season at Princeton on Saturday, Unger netted his second golden goal of the season, propelling the Quakers (9-4-2, 5-1-1 Ivy) to a 1-0 win in overtime.

Neal Goss is a quadriplegic and uses a wheelchair to get around. But the 2006 Wharton graduate says Penn made a conscious effort to accommodate his disability and make him feel the same as every other student. Since the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990, the University and other educational, business and cultural institutions say they have worked to become more accessible to those with disabilities.

The full transcript from the DP's exclusive interview with the student behind the costume.

A group of Penn medical staff traveled halfway around the world last month to teach Taiwanese doctors how to perform an innovative cancer procedure - and ate some chicken heads on the side. The team of six assisted Taiwanese surgeons, who had invited them over a year ago, in giving a light-based treatment to a woman suffering from lung cancer at an advanced stage.

At about 5:30 a.m. on Sept. 5, 1972, Dan Alon awoke to the sound of machine guns and a bullet ripping through the wall of his apartment, just behind his bed. The Israeli fencer - who survived the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre - addressed around 250 people on Friday in the Terrace Room of Logan Hall, giving a personal account of what he called one of the "worst acts of terror in history.

Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) is running for a third term in the U.S. Senate. He previously served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. He is the third-ranking member of the Senate Republican leadership and is chairman of the Senate Republican conference.