Some federal officials want the power to monitor Internet activity on college campuses. But although Penn - and most American universities - apparently won't have to go along, they are not entirely out of the line of fire. Last year, the federal agency that regulates communication extended a law so that it could keep tabs on Internet activity, including that on college campuses.

Penn faculty revived a protest technique time-honored on college campuses last night: They staged a teach-in. For the second of three evenings, Penn Faculty & Staff Against the War on Iraq sought to make their case about the current conflict by turning the Huntsman Hall basement into an antiwar event after normal business hours ended.

The Upper Quadrangle was evacuated Thursday night because of a bomb scare, though there turned out to be no threat. At about 7 p.m., SEPTA police investigated a suspicious package on Woodland Walk outside of the 37th Street trolley station.

Nonwhite students may still be in the minority at American colleges, but the rate at which they're enrolling far surpasses their white counterparts. Statisticians at the U.S. Department of Education predict that while nationwide college enrollment will continue to grow, among minorities, there's going to be a boom.

AMBLER, Pa. - There were plenty of perplexing things about the women's soccer game at Temple yesterday. How did Penn manage to get off 21 shots? How could Temple muster only three? But most bewildering of all - how did the Owls walk away with the win? Temple managed to take down a clearly superior Penn squad 2-0 at Ambler Field in a game that the Quakers (4-1-1) would like to forget.

Florence Cohen will not be taking her late husband's spot in city government. Cohen, 88, said that she will not run as an independent for City Council, after ward leaders did not select her as the official Democratic at-large candidate for the Nov. 7 special election.

Election officials will record more than just your vote this week. Votes in the upcoming student government elections will be tallied by race and gender, among other criteria. This is part of a program thought up by the Nominations and Elections Committee - which runs student elections - and the Undergraduate Assembly designed to give minority groups more representation in student government.

When I read and think about some of the primary elections that have come and gone this year, I am immediately reminded of everything that's right and everything that's wrong with American politics today.

A chain-link fence surrounds Cedar Park at 50th Street and Baltimore Avenue, enclosing landscaping machinery and old playground equipment. For the time being, it is abandoned, and does not appear impressive. But by Thanksgiving, the fences will be down and the machinery will be replaced with new landscaping, benches and improved lighting - worth a combined $200,000.

Not a setback, coach Rudy Fuller said. Just a wake-up call. Terminology aside, the men's soccer team pulled defeat from the clutches of victory last night. After going ahead 2-0 in the opening 25 minutes, Penn conceded three straight goals to La Salle and lost at McCarthy Stadium, 3-2.

At first glance, nothing about Wharton MBA student Neal Mueller seems out of the ordinary.

New Orleans seems like three different cities. First, there is the eerily empty Ninth Ward. Across the canal, the French Quarter is astir with nightlife and recovering businesses.

Avery Lawrence is a College junior from Charlottesville, Va.

WILMINGTON, Del. - State prosecutors presented the available forensic and DNA evidence in the trial of Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya yesterday -- but there was not much to show. Yet prosecutors say there has been more emphasis on verbal testimony than on DNA because Malinovskaya, who is charged with first-degree murder, tried to leave the scene without a trace.

The voting booths have opened. For the next week, the Class of 2010 will have the chance to pick their representatives to Penn's student government, the Undergraduate Assembly. From some of the campaign slogans and Facebook.com ads, the whole process may not appear serious at first.

On Oct. 6, 1965, one of the most famous events in Jewish sports history occurred, and nothing happened. Sandy Koufax chose not to pitch Game 1 of the World Series for the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Minnesota Twins because it fell on Yom Kippur. This coming weekend, Jews will be celebrating their new year, Rosh Hashanah.

Students see a useful tool, administrators see a potential problem, and some entrepreneurs think they've found a very profitable idea.