There are some 700 golf courses on the continent of Australia, all of which golftoday.com deems "prestigious" and "picturesque." Meg Bender didn't want to see even one of them. "I've been playing golf since I was five or six," the women's golf team senior said.

Plans are underway for major renovations to the music building near 34th and Walnut streets. The renovations will include the demolition of the building annex, which was built in the 1960s as an addition to the historic 19th century structure. In its place, the School of Arts and Sciences plans to construct a silver-level LEED-certified building.

With Cornell returning nearly every player from this year's undefeated squad, you would have to be crazy not to pick the Big Red to repeat as champions. Call me crazy, or call me partial, but Penn will win the Ivy League next season. The Quakers finished the season with six Ivy League losses; to contend for the title next year, that number will probably have to fall to no more than one.

In the shadow of Independence Hall, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) sought yesterday to free himself from lingering questions over the "complexities of race" in the United States and in his presidential campaign. Obama gave a speech, entitled "A More Perfect Union," at Philadelphia's National Constitution Center on identity politics and racial divisions in America - issues he said "must be addressed.

While some college kids jetted off to Florida or Cancun for spring break, one group of Penn students spent time gutting houses and discussing religion in New Orleans. Last week, 22 students and three facilitators travelled to the site of Hurricane Katrina to be a part of Penn's first-ever student-run interfaith service trip.

It has been a painful month for the men's tennis team - in more ways than one. Not only have the Quakers lost six consecutive matches, they have also suffered a litany of injuries to several top players. The Quakers (7-7), who are hoping to reverse their fortunes and get their season back on track, will travel to Annapolis, Md.

At the U.S. Amateur Championship this past summer, a very familiar face was there to support senior men's golf captain Dean Merrill. And if onlookers couldn't tell golfer from caddy, they couldn't be blamed. That's because Dean's younger brother Ross, a freshman and Penn golf teammate, was the one lugging his bags.

Two weeks ago, Chelsea Clinton came to Penn; when she walked out of the front doors of Houston Hall, hundreds of students and dozens of journalists stood to see her kick off her mom's Pennsylvania campaign. There was tangible energy in the air. Chelsea's event was not a campaign rally but the beginning of a conversation.

Deep within the intimate confines of Kings Court English Dining Hall, chef Deborah Day is busy cooking what may be your next lunch. From chicken pot pie to orzo with red peppers, Day, known as Deb to her friends, loves to cook. And nothing makes her happier than a satisfied student with a full stomach.

At 8:50 p.m. at Au Bon Pain in Huntsman Hall on March 5, the cafe's last customers watched workers empty full baskets of leftover bagels, croissants, muffins and pastries into the trash. The waste at the cafe two weeks ago was hardly a one-time event. Nursing sophomore Emily Wallhauser said she was "astounded" when she observed the routine for the first time last semester.

Some Facebook users make it a priority to update their profiles constantly. But soon, the social-networking site will make some profile changes of its own. This spring, Facebook is launching a redesigned profile page that will resemble the iPhone-friendly version of the site created last year.

Logan Hall will be renamed Claudia Cohen Hall this summer in memory of 1972 College of Women graduate Claudia Cohen, who died in June 2007. Cohen, a journalist who also served as an overseer of the School of Arts and Sciences, died of ovarian cancer at the age of 56.

Democratic presidential candidate and New York Sen. Hillary Clinton came to City Hall yesterday to talk about the war in Iraq. But members of the press were more interested in her response to Barack Obama's high-profile speech on race, also delivered yesterday in Philadelphia.

After perennial student demands for a more diverse yet mainstream Spring Fling lineup, this year's show will feature rapper Ludacris, indie hip-hop band Gym Class Heroes and a rock act that will be announced within the next two weeks. Social Planning and Events Committee President and College senior Max Cancre said the bill reflects students' desire for variation - and response has been overwhelmingly positive thus far.

After requesting information regarding finances and endowment spending from 136 colleges and universities, the Senate Finance Committee is currently reviewing the information it has received before deciding which step to take next. The Finance Committee, led by Sens.

This year's men's golf team has an opportunity to do something that it has only had a chance to do once before: defend the Ivy League title. But the 2008 Quakers squad will have to find its own way to win because only two of the five starters from last year's championship lineup return.

The art of wine tasting is something many Penn students may be eager to participate in, but when funding for such an expensive activity comes from students' own tuitions - that's where the debate kicks in. The Wine Tasting Preceptorial has been at the heart of an ongoing debate about the annual funding it receives from the Undergraduate Assembly.