Organizers called Election Day at Penn a success as students and community members alike turned out in large numbers across campus to vote. Despite some lines, the voting experience this November was widely reported to be a smooth one. "It was uneventful, and uneventful is good," Wharton sophomore and Judge of Elections Greg Kaplan said as he was preparing to close the polls at David Rittenhouse Laboratory.

SCRANTON - After nearly two years locked in a bitter and relentless campaign, Bob Casey Jr. finally reached the stage last night a winner. As predicted by numerous polls, Casey defeated Republican incumbent Rick Santorum last night to become Pennsylvania's first Democratic senator since 1995.

Democratic incumbent Gov. Ed Rendell easily secured a second term in office last night, the conclusion of what he has said is his last campaign.

Government officials issue study on pregaming - and students say, 'Duh'

A play performed on campus last night delivered the same line to the audience again and again: "White people have insatiable, unquenchable, unlimited appetites for black stereotypes." Put on before an audience of about 30 in the Houston Hall's Hall of Flags as a part of the United Minorities Council's Unity Week 2006, David Lamb's play, From Auction Block to Hip Hop, addressed the glorification of "pimps" and "whores" in hip hop music today.

The Associated Press has declared incumbent Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell the victor in his race for a second term. His opponent was Republican Lynn Swann, a political novice and pro football Hall of Famer. Rendell had been heavily favored in recent polls. The AP called the race based on "a statistical analysis of the vote from voter interviews conducted for The Associated Press by Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International.

What's bad publicity for Penn could turn out to be blogger Winfield Myers' big break. On Thursday evening, Myers posted a photograph of Penn President Amy Gutmann posing with Engineering senior Saad Saadi - who dressed as a suicide bomber for Halloween - and criticized Gutmann over it.

Today's the day he worked for. After months of putting up posters, stumping door to door and passing out registration cards, Election Day is finally here. Penn Leads the Vote President and College senior Bren Darrow is passionate about something a lot of people his age won't take a few minutes a year to do: voting.

By Lauren Textor The Daily Pennsylvanian Muslim Americans should serve more actively as leaders for social justice in their communities, Islam Awareness Week speaker Intisar Rabb said last night. Rabb, a Princeton graduate student, said the events and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina are an example of a time when the Muslim community could have helped more.

The Associated Press has called Pennsylvania's Senate race in favor of the challenger, state Treasurer Bob Casey Jr. Casey's opponent, Sen. Rick Santorum, has been in the seat since 1994 and is the No. 3 Republican in the Senate leadership. The Pennsylvania seat is one of those the Democrats counted on taking in order to win control of the Senate.

Her name will not be on today's ballot for Pennsylvania senator, but Solange Chadda still hopes a brief she submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court will have an impact on election law. Yesterday morning, Chadda traveled to Washington D.C. to file "an emergency application for stay" - a brief requesting that the Pennsylvania Senate election be delayed by 60 days so that she could run against Republican incumbent Rick Santorum and Democratic challenger Bob Casey.

Since 2003, Penn's FactCheck.org has become a top political site.

If poll numbers are correct, 32 percent of voters ages 18 to 24 will cast a ballot.

Richard Clarke called on students last night to enter government to fight corruption. Addressing a crowd of 700 to 800 students and community members in the Annenberg Center's Zellerbach Theatre, Clarke, a former counterterrorism czar and 1972 Penn alumnus, spoke about ethical issues currently affecting the U.

The perennial debate between Trojans and Lifestyles came home to Penn last weekend. The Undergraduate Assembly pledged on Sunday to create a survey to "gauge current student sentiment regarding condoms and to determine the condom of choice" on campus. The University gives out free condoms - the Lifestyles brand - at multiple places around campus, from the high rise dorms to Student Health Services.

Disorderly Conduct Oct. 28 - Jason Ho - 22 and a 2006 Penn grad - was arrested for disorderly conduct at 40th and Pine Streets at about 11:50 p.m. Police say he was involved in a physical altercation with an unknown man on the street. Oct. 31 - Daniel Styles - who is 38 years old and unaffiliated with the University - was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after he allegedly acted in a threatening manner near a food truck on 34th Street at about 5:45 p.