After being in New York on Sept. 11, 2001, a lot of things changed. I started reading the newspaper. I figured out that both America and my beloved home city weren't indestructible. And to this day, I give a second look to every plane that flies over Manhattan.

By Leanne Ta The Daily Pennsylvanian High schools and small laboratories can now access a piece of world-class equipment they once could only dream of, thanks to graduate student Brian Edwards. That device is a pair of tweezers. Well, sort of. Edwards, an Electrical and Systems Engineering doctoral candidate, has created "electric tweezers" that allow researchers to manipulate microscopic particles simply by moving a joystick.

The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with University President Amy Gutmann about Scott Ward's time as a Wharton Marketing professor. DP: Why was Ward allowed to remain on the faculty after two arrests? AG: The most important fact is that Mr. Ward is no longer at Penn.

When you think of the few nationally publicized sports at Penn, men's basketball and football are the first ones to come to mind.

College freshman Douglas Halperin got in to Penn during the most competitive admissions season in the University's history.

No one would ever accuse the Ivy League of being a powerhouse conference in football or basketball. In this day and age, Penn and its counterparts are simply never contenders for a bowl game, let alone a national championship. To many, it is comical that the sports in which the Ivy League tends to excel are ones like squash, fencing, lacrosse and crew.

Although their tastes in music might be very different, there is one thing many Penn students can have in common: a sleek software called iTunes that sells millions of digital songs. But a new program is trying to compete. Having dominated the digital music industry - and the laptops of Penn students - for the past several years, iTunes may soon be challenged by the social-networking Web site MySpace.

One team is going to walk out of Franklin Field tomorrow excited and breathing a sigh of relief, while the other will be left with yet another mark in the loss column.

Ex-Wharton professor emeritus Scott Ward likely won't be going home anytime soon, despite his option to post $2 million bail, legal experts say. Even if he is willing to pay, experts say the decision to grant bail could be overturned, and there is still the matter of the separate charges that he faces in Pennsylvania.

Barbaro coverage To the Editor: Thank you for the continual coverage of Barbaro ("Barbaro recovering under Penn vets' care," DP, 8/31/06). I'm not involved with horse racing at all, but I was really touched by the courage of this horse, the wisdom of his jockey and the dedication of Dean Richardson.

If you're like me, your annual fantasy draft is Christmas in July, but there are probably still some gifts out there to snag in free agency at the beginning of the season.

On the third floor of the Stouffer College House Annex live 13 students interested in public service. But the first floor of the building - with a pool table, TV area and large lounge room - resembles a fraternity house more than a dorm. And next year, a fraternity may actually return to claim the house as its own.

The Penn women's soccer team hasn't exactly been afforded the chance to ease into its schedule after a short preseason.

Amira Fawcett is a College senior from Houston.

By Meagan Steiner The Daily Pennsylvanian Trade in crowded frat parties for some classy schmoozing along the banks of the Schuylkill River this weekend. Although, like frat parties, the "Rockin' on the River" concert series on the Schuylkill River banks features dancing, alcohol and free admission.

Council President Anna Verna's announcement of a Nov. 7 special election for the three vacant City Council seats seemed like good news for Florence Cohen. The 88-year-old widow of late Councilman David Cohen would have a chance to finish the term of her husband, who died in office last fall at the age of 90.

New Student Orientation is over, which means a whole new class of freshmen is about to learn that college is not only about partying - unless you're an upperclassmen crashing NSO again. Those same freshman are about to learn that their peer advisors, those beacons of maturity during orientation, will most likely show up to Thursday-morning class quite hung over from Wednesday-night sink-or-swim at Smokey Joe's.