In the coming weeks, selected members of the Penn faculty will help shape the next presidential administration by serving on President-elect Barack Obama's transition team. Laurie Robinson, director of the Criminology Department's Master of Science Program, was named to the Justice Department agency review team last week.

When a team adds another notch to the loss column, the coach isn't usually smiling. But after the Penn men's swimming team went 1-1 in its dual meet against Princeton and Cornell in New Jersey on Saturday, coach Mike Schnur could not have been more excited.

Dzine2Show's first fashion show of the year was held at Vance Hall in the Hoover Lounge on Friday. At the show, called "The Art of Fashion," student designers showcased their creations.

By MAX WEISS Staff Writer weissmax@dailypennsylvanian.com Britt Hebden and Katie Corelli both know what it's like to play squash for the Quakers - they were teammates on the Quakers of Penn Charter, and were on their 2006 national runner-up squad. Hebden and Corelli are still playing squash together, but now as opponents.

Of the higher-education initiatives proposed by President-elect Barack Obama during his campaign, college accessibility and affordability rank highest on the priority list, education experts say. Additional financial aid will most likely come in the form of an American Opportunity Tax Credit, a fully refundable credit program that would cover students' tuition costs in exchange for community service.

With Penn struggling to find an offensive rhythm early in the first half on Saturday against Monmouth, Tyler Bernardini put the team on his back, scoring all but two of the Quakers' first 14 points. But a young and weaker Monmouth squad crept back anyway, refusing to be silenced by a single player.

College senior Abigail Seldin - who co-curated an exhibit at the Penn Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology - was among the 32 American students awarded a Rhodes Scholarship yesterday. Seldin plans to study anthropology at Oxford University. "I'm really happy that this will bring more attention to my work with the Penn Museum," Seldin said.

Forget about the election. Students all over campus are engaging in a new battle: iPhones versus BlackBerrys. While choosing a candidate was simple for most students, , the debate over which phone to buy is not as clear-cut. Engineering sophomore Samantha Collins, who had a red BlackBerry Pearl before switching to an iPhone, said the iPhone's colorful features appeal to the younger generation more than the BlackBerry's professional look.

By ELI COHEN Staff Writer coheneli@dailypennsylvanian.com In sports, 'back-to-back-to-back' is usually a good thing. Except when the three events are two dual meets and an all-day tournament over just two days. In return for making it through grueling preseason practices and weight lifting sessions, Penn wrestling coach Rob Eiter rewarded his team with a smorgasbord of competition on which to feast.

ITHACA, N.Y. - So this is how it ends, with a sober and shivering postgame celebration and no Ivy League trophy to hoist. But the Quakers closed out their 2008 campaign with a win to be proud of on Saturday, 23-6 over Cornell in 10-degree weather and swirling wind.

The proposed building of a casino in Center City was a point of contentious debate at Sunday's Undergraduate Assembly meeting Almost 40 representatives from several of Penn's minority and religious groups on campus came to support the Casino Development Proposal.

The next viral video on YouTube just might come from dear old Penn. The University now has multiple YouTube channels dedicated to sharing Penn-related video content on the Internet. There are about 15 individual video channels, and each is controlled by separate schools and institutions affiliated with the University.

Alicia Puglionesi is a College senior from Havertown, Pa. Her e-mail address is puglionesi@dailypennsylvanian.com.

After six years of litigation, former Neurology professor Tracy McIntosh's sentence for sexual assault is still up in the air. The Philadelphia District Attorney's office and McIntosh's attorney both filed briefs earlier this month regarding McIntosh's appeal of his three-and-a-half to seven-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting his college roommate's niece in 2002.

A little friendly competition never hurt anyone. In fact, it may even have helped the Penn women's swimming team this past weekend. In the 200-yard freestyle relay of the Quakers' tri-meet on Friday against Cornell and Princeton, coach Mike Schnur initiated a competition between the freshman class and their upperclassman teammates.

ITHACA, N.Y. - To the names Irvin, Olson and Garton, add McNally. The Penn quarterback position seems to have an injury hex on it, but Brendan McNally stepped into the role on Saturday and avoided disaster. McNally spelled the injured sophomore starter Keiffer Garton in the first quarter of Penn's 23-6 victory over Cornell and hardly missed a beat, even if he did resemble a tailback more than a signal caller.

The time has come when I've begun to think about my post-collegiate future. I'm not talking about a career. Instead, I'm wondering about what to do with all the extra knowledge we've acquired over the last four years. In my case at least, as an Urban Studies major, I'm writing a thesis because I have to.