Former Marketing professor Scott Ward pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to five child pornography-related charges, and he faces a possible sentence of life in prison. Ward, 66, admitted guilt to two counts of inducing a minor to engage in sex to create photos or videos, two counts of trafficking child pornography and one count of lying to State Department officials.

If you're out early enough this morning, you may just spot Tyler Bernardini walking down 33rd street, scarfing down a pregame meal. "Maybe a McGriddle," the sophomore guard said. It will be breakfast on the run as he makes his way to the Daskalakis Center for Penn's 10 a.

This past weekend, Fagin Hall was crowded with 80 extra nurses in the form of Girl Scouts, marking the second event this year that brought local troops to campus. The occasion, Girls Understanding Technology and Science, featured keynote speakers, merit badge workshops and breakout sessions with Penn student and faculty volunteers.

Most schools would consider sending eight wrestlers to the NCAA tournament a success. Not Penn. The Quakers did that last year, but because none of the eight became All-Americans, they wrote off the 2007-08 campaign as something of a disappointment. "We had a great [regular] season, but it didn't culminate in the success that we wanted," said first-year head coach Rob Eiter, who was a Penn assistant last year under current USA National coach Zeke Jones.

Amira Fawcett is an Engineering senior from Houston, Texas. Her e-mail address is fawcett@dailypennsylvanian.com.

In the penultimate Undergraduate Assembly meeting of the year, held on Sunday evening, sustainability was a main focus. During the open forum, no outside student groups brought forth issues, but several internal issues were discussed. College sophomore Alec Webley confirmed that renovations on DuBois College House will happen this summer and also announced the recent purchase of a new Web site domain name for the UA - a budget request that was approved at last week's meeting.

When crafting his offense this preseason, Penn coach Al Bagnoli conceived of a backfield that utilized the shifty Bradford Blackmon in tandem with the powerful Mike DiMaggio. "I think we've got a really nice one-two that hopefully are gonna cause people some problems," Bagnoli said in early September.

There's no tying in politics. Last week, the Undergraduate Assembly and Dartmouth's Student Assembly announced that the voter turnout competition between the two schools ended in a tie. Soon after the election, both groups realized they had no way to accurately determine which school had the highest number of students turning out to vote.

Retail options have greatly expanded in University City over the past decade - but not necessarily with just Penn students in mind. The stores and restaurants opening under the Radian this fall are representative of the area's growth in recent years, but some students still long for a wider range of retail offerings.

If you have time, head to Chinatown with your friends for dinner some time soon. Take a good look around over the next 12 months, because by December 2009, you'll see something very different: a casino in the Gallery. And once the casino shows up, it won't be long before crime and decay set in.

Zack Rosen had his chance to prove his mettle in Red and Blue. With under four seconds remaining and Penn trailing Drexel by three, the freshman guard drew a foul on one-handed prayer from beyond the arc. But his first free throw clanked off the rim. A visibly dejected Rosen made the second, but he was forced to intentionally miss the third.

Bienvenidos a Penn. Or at least that's the message the University hopes to convey with a new initiative to produce admissions materials in Spanish. The materials will be intended for Penn parents who speak little or no English. The Latino Coalition, Undergraduate Assembly, International Student Council and Office of Undergraduate Admissions are working together on the initiative.

The grapple doesn't fall far from the tree. That might be a slight misspelling of the true maxim, but for Penn wrestlers and Holland, Pa., natives Rick and Mark Rappo and their three brothers, it's quite accurate. "It's just kind of a thing that's really part of our family," Rick said.

With the opening of the new CVS at 3925 Walnut St., beer pong just got a little more convenient. The new location under the Radian - which opened yesterday - is one of the only CVS branches in the area to stock ping pong balls, along with the 25,000 other items usually found in the convenience stores, manager Jim Esmond said.

By ASHLEY HUMIENNY Staff Writer humienny@dailypennsylvanian.com When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote of being a "big man on campus" in his novels, the famed author's idealization certainly did not include 7 a.m. practices, iffy dining hall food and a pre-season prognosis of failure.

The highlight of Wharton junior Ashley Gunn's summer was spending an hour talking to President Bush. "He answered questions off-the-record and was completely candid and honest," she said. Gunn - who was one of only 100 summer interns to volunteer at the White House - earned this conversation while working with the National Economic Counsel, mostly researching renewable energy and the housing bill.

Two weeks ago, Massachusetts residents voted strongly in favor of Question 2, also known as the Sensible Marijuana Policy Initiative, a measure that eliminates criminal penalties for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana. Similarly, Michigan voters passed Proposal 1, an initiative eliminating state penalties for registered use of medicinal marijuana.