Graduate Employees Together-University of Pennsylvania's Bill Herman suggests ("A Year Later, NYU TAs Back in Class," DP, 9/12/06) that the reason his group hasn't repeated strike action since the two-day protest in spring 2004 is because "things are pretty stable here right now."

Penn has been ranked second in the nation among 25 "Best Neighbor" urban schools recognized for their contributions to their local communities. Created by New England Board of Higher Education president Evan Dobelle, the rankings take into account the length of involvement with the community, the amount of money invested, faculty and students in community service, K-12 school partnerships and resources donated by alumni, among other categories.

If a season simulation on "Dynasty Mode" of EA Sports' NCAA Football 2007 is in any way a harbinger for Penn's upcoming season, then the Quakers are in deep trouble.

As senior wide receiver Matt Carre prepares to take the field for the Quakers' season opener tomorrow, he will be focused on helping his team reverse the downward spiral of last season.

Anyone who has eaten a meal at 1920 Commons in the past four years cannot have missed the colorful display of hands in various gestures of expression.

If Ivy League teams are going to beat Penn this year, they'll have to do it through the air.

After trips to rural Pennsylvania and upstate New York, the men's soccer team is finally ready to play at Rhodes Field.

Tabard and Owls not secret enough for you? Check out an ancient enclave of the famous Freemasons at the Grand Masonic Lodge Temple in Philadelphia. Located across the street from City Hall at 1 North Broad St., the temple is one of three of its size in the world, said Andrew Zellers-Frederick, executive director of the Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania

WILMINGTON, Del. - State prosecutors worked to recreate the scene of the crime for jurors yesterday in opening their first-degree murder case against Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya.

It started when former Penn student and current Harvard University junior Dhruv Singh wanted a classmate's opinion on his Penn econ homework. Frustrated because he couldn't find an online group where he could complain and solicit his classmates for help, Singh decided to do something about it: He created his own.

After a less-than-stellar 2005 season, Penn has been picked to finish second this year in last month's media poll.

Here's a new spin on university rankings: Apparently, the best schools are the ones with champion ultimate-frisbee teams.

Perhaps the defining moment in the 2005 season came in Penn-Princeton Homecoming game.

In their last meeting, the Penn football team defeated Lafayette soundly by a 30-point margin. That year, the Quakers went on to an undefeated Ivy League record to win the conference title.

Facebook.com is feeling some growing pains. The site will soon be open to anyone with an e-mail address, and college students have mixed feelings.

The second-ranked Quakers may be opening the 2006 season with an entirely new defensive secondary, but defensive coordinator Ray Priore, who enters his 20th year with the team, isn't fretting.

The Quakers women's soccer team is taking its undefeated act on the road this weekend. Leaving Rhodes Field for the first time this fall, Penn (2-0-1) will travel south to North Carolina to challenge UNC-Greensboro and East Carolina. Even after tying Rice Sept.