Some friends are coming over to watch the football game in a couple hours. Only one thing is on your mind - we're going to need beer.

Penn's Engineering School has a new motto: There is no such thing as too much publicity. Especially when it arrives as rave reviews of a project initially met with skepticism. This month, architecture critics will flock to University City to review Penn's new bioengineering building, Skirkanich Hall.

It would be hard to imagine England without tea, Italy without tomato sauce or Egypt without cotton. But without human intervention, these and other domesticated crops may never have reached the cultures with which they are now associated, according to Paul Gepts.

Veronica Medina knew for many years that she was a lesbian, but was still married with three children until her mid-30s.

Determining what makes a person a Native American is harder than you might think, according to Bethany Schneider. Schneider, a professor who teaches a graduate-level Native American literature class at Penn, discussed Indian identity at a meeting of Six Directions, a student-run group focusing on Native American issues, yesterday.

Two students have been charged with aggravated assault for allegedly smashing a beer bottle into another student's ear last week.

In 1904, a French renaissance manor was constructed at 42nd and Pine streets. Over 100 years later, the mansion is re-opening its doors to residents - this time, to anyone who wants to live there. This January, residents will begin moving into the space, which has been transformed into 28 luxury condominiums as part of a project initiated by Penn.

Ruckus sure has taken off fast. The free online music service, furnished by the Undergraduate Assembly, has 4,100 Penn subscribers not two weeks after its debut, though it has been unofficially available to students for over a month. But it has detractors as well as supporters, and other schools' experiences indicate it risks losing momentum.

Three School of Medicine professors were honored on Tuesday when they were named to the national Institute of Medicine. The institute is part of the National Academy of Sciences, and is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that analyzes and consults on issues related to medicine and health.

When the birthday cake gets sliced with a sword, you know it's the Navy's special day. The U.S. Navy turns 231 on Friday, and the midshipmen in Penn's Naval ROTC gathered yesterday afternoon in Houston Hall to commemorate the occasion. The flags were presented, anthems were played and a sword was used to do the honors.

WILMINGTON - After deliberating for more than 24 hours over the past week, jurors left court with no verdict once again yesterday in the case of Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya. Malinovskaya is charged with the Dec. 23, 2004, first-degree murder of Temple University student Irina Zlotnikov.

Yesterday's National Coming Out Day march down Locust Walk gave students a chance to wear their pride on their sleeves - literally. Participants donned pink attire and held hands with members of the same sex as they marched down the Walk

Ever wonder why you see the same faces year after year in student government? It may be because after freshman year, few people run who aren't already in office. Last year, the presidential candidates for the classes of 2007 and 2008 ran unopposed. Several positions, such as treasurer for the Class of 2007 and College representative for the Class of 2009 even remained vacant, with no contenders vying for their spots.

Talk-show host Maury Povich stopped by campus yesterday, but no paternity tests were administered. Povich, a Penn alumnus, and his wife, TV journalist Connie Chung, visited the Kelly Writers House yesterday evening to inaugurate the first Povich Writer-in-Residence at the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing.

Old Original Bookbinder's hardly needs an introduction.

Three years, three restaurants. If you go by the numbers, the retail spot at 3716 Spruce St. seems doomed to cater to a never-ending parade of eateries, each incapable of attracting a sizeable following. But what is it really like inside the new Aramark-run freshman hub now known as Savory? Is three times the charm? Being the hard-hitting reporter I am, I decided to brave the hordes of Quadrangle residents and find out for myself.

If you like Italian food, and your wallet is $20 light, Ecco Qui is one of the best Italian spots in Philadelphia. The restaurant at 32nd and Chestnut is tailored to a college student's lifestyle, as it boasts a bar, outside seating, numerous entrees under $10 and iron cast Dragons to show that it is in the heart of Drexel's campus.