Most professors probably wouldn't question the worth of a disabled baby's life. Peter Singer, however, is not your average professor. In his book Practical Ethics, Singer wrote that "killing a disabled infant is not morally equivalent to killing a person.

Arthur Gardner Smith had some stiff competition running for freshman class president. But he still managed to get 40 percent more votes than his closest competitor, and the new leader of the Class of 2010 is eager to get started. Freshman class representatives were finally announced last night after a race that featured a historic number of candidates, high voter turnout and allegations of tampering with election materials.

When asked about how he viewed Penn's football program this year, Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens replied, "They're as good as any team I've seen on tape" - high praise, considering Teevens' squad played host to No. 1 New Hampshire last week and ended up on the wrong end of a 56-14 beatdown.

Blink, and you might miss Molly Weir. But if you take a closer look at the women's soccer team's speedy sophomore and Penn's recent performance, you might notice something. "She needs to learn some composure in and around the box," coach Darren Ambrose said.

There are classic rude awakenings. Maybe your little brother dumps a glass of water on you.

Tomorrow, Penn students will have an opportunity to listen to live music, visit museums and see motorcycle racers launch tricks - all at the perfect price for any college student. In other words - free. From 2 to 7 p.m., the Ben Franklin Parkway will be closed to traffic for the Campus Philly Kick-Off concert and festival.

In a game that saw three goals in the final 10 minutes, the men's soccer team started off its Ivy League season with a bang. Now, the Quakers (5-2, 1-0 Ivy) will attempt to ride the momentum of that 3-1 win over Harvard when they face Cornell (1-3-3, 0-0-1) tomorrow in Ithaca.

After almost six months of searching, Penn has chosen the person who will lead the greatest campus expansion project of the last century. Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli announced landscape architect Anne Papageorge as the next vice president for Facilities and Real Estate.

Sibling rivalry takes center stage this week. We know, it's a weird analogy. After all, Dartmouth is more like the creepy bastard child of the Ivy League than an actual sibling. But we recently came across a Penn student with a disturbing secret - she has an actual, biological brother who attends Dartmouth.

Before his arrest on child-pornography charges, ex-Wharton professor Scott Ward had extensively researched children as a consumer group. According to his resume, Ward's research interests include the effects of television advertising on children and family patterns of consumer behavior.

Start small To the Editor: In your recent editorial ("Don't follow Harvard, yet," DP, 9/13/06), you glibly state that it is "simply not feasible" for Penn to dispense with its early-decision policy altogether. Yes, Penn does not have the financial and administrative resources necessary to make such a move overnight, but perhaps we all need to think a little more creatively.

Laura Rugarber is a student in the College of General Studies. Her e-mail address is rugarber@dailypennsylvanian.com.

April Jones is not in a good mood. She has come in to see her doctor for a routine visit, but her work as an auditor for the Internal Revenue Service has been causing her a lot of stress, which would explain her annoyed, angry demeanor. But April Jones is not a real person - she's a character being portrayed by a local actress.

Two weeks in, the Columbia bakery has run out of cream puffs. For the second straight year, the Lions are 2-0. For the second straight year, they got the two W's against a pair of I-AA weaklings. And for the second straight year, the road gets much tougher in Week 3.

Last week, administrators in the University Registrar's Office were sent scrambling by a novel innovation: Class Buster.

WILMINGTON, Del. - Lawyers for Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya, accused of murder, worked to demonstrate yesterday that no physical evidence puts their client at the crime scene.

When Columbia hired Norries Wilson to be its head football coach, the university joined a very elite club. Columbia became the 10th school out of over 200 I-A and I-AA programs to currently have a minority head football coach. They are also only one of three schools to have a minority head football and head basketball coach, joining Valparaiso and Washington.