The presidential election isn't until tomorrow, but Penn students have already decided they want Barack Obama to be their beer-pong-champion-in-chief. Nearly 70 percent of students, according to a new poll conducted by The Daily Pennsylvanian, would rather have a beer with Democratic nominee Barack Obama than with Republican nominee John McCain.

LGBT POLICY McCain McCain defines marriage as being between a man and a woman, but he also believes individual states should decide whether to pass constitutional amendments affirming this definition of marriage. He does not support marriage benefits for same-sex couples.

Name and Title: Sen. John Sidney McCain III Party Affiliation: Republican Birthday: Aug. 29, 1936 Birthplace/Where he has lived: McCain was born on a military base in the Panama Canal Zone when it was under U.S. sovereignty. He grew up in Alexandria, Va.

This weekend, the eight on-campus sororities are holding Open Houses, a time for informal conversation between sisters and interested underclassmen. If you had asked me as a freshman whether I was attending this event, I would have responded with a look of disdain and an emphatic, "No.

Name and Title: Sen. Barack Hussein Obama Party Affiliation: Democratic Birthday: Aug. 4, 1961 Birthplace/Where he has lived: Obama was born and grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii but spent part of his childhood in Jakarta, Indonesia.

With its Ivy League title chances on the line on Senior Night, the women's soccer team had plenty of motivation in Saturday's matchup against Brown. But as Bears senior Lindsay Cunningham's third game-winning goal of the season soared into the far corner 5:54 into the first overtime, several Quakers could do nothing but sink to the Rhodes Field turf or hang their heads in dismay.

The Volleyball team won both of its matches this weekend, beating Columbia 3-1 yesterday before pulling out a 5-set thriller against Cornell. The Quakers dropped the first set to Columbia, 25-22, and then won three in a row. Julia Swanson had her best in a string of good games, amassing 21 kills on .

Five blocks from the Philadelphia Museum of Art is a different kind of intrigue, one worth checking out this Halloween. The Eastern State Penitentiary is the site of Terror Behind the Walls, now into its 18th Halloween season. The 11-acre, 179 year-old compound of decaying cellblocks and abandoned guard towers sets a suitably sinister tone for a Haunted House.

Wall Street's crisis, with all its influence, does not seem to be preventing students from going abroad. With rising flight prices - an 8.1-percent increase in the second quarter alone according to the Transportation Department - and the dollar's slide against currencies such as the euro and the pound, students have many things to consider before embarking on that four-month international trek.

Mice daunt the world. Several countries have nuclear weapons, but we're at a loss when it comes to fist-sized rodents invading our sacred human space. The good news for mice is that nobody understands the underlying issue. Complain to people (landlord, exterminator, loved ones, compassionate teddy bear) about your mouse problem, and they'll respond in the same way: Lay down mousetraps.

Don't expect any fireworks tomorrow at Rhodes Field. Penn (9-2-2, 3-1 Ivy) and Brown (9-4-1, 3-1) have combined for 16 shutouts this season - eight apiece - and are about as evenly matched as possible. In recent years, however, the Quakers have been dismal against their foe from Providence, R.

Penn Police recently arrested a man in connection with several burglaries in the area but is continuing to investigate other similar incidents on and near campus. Burglaries in the Penn patrol zone were up 94 percent for 2008 through the end of September.

Over 120 years of Penn history will soon be available at just the click of a button. The Daily Pennsylvanian and Penn Libraries' Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image are partnering to archive and digitize every edition of the paper, which has been published since 1885.

Alex Jacobson is a College junior from Los Angeles. His e-mail address is jacobson@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Tomorrow marks the early-decision deadline for high-school seniors applying to Penn, and for some applicants, the decision may come down to which campus felt 'right.' And when it comes to the people prospective students meet - like their Kite and Key tour guides - race and ethnicity may or may not be a deciding factor in what makes them feel like they belong at a certain school.

Tomorrow evening, the Penn women's soccer team will step onto Rhodes Field for the final time this season. For the team's seven seniors, it will be the last time ever. Handkerchief please. Indeed, when the Quakers (8-4-3, 2-1-2 Ivy) take on Brown (5-6-4, 1-3-1) at 5 p.

College senior Kaarina Romero loves watching television, but rarely turns on a TV. Still, she hasn't missed an episode of Grey's Anatomy this season. Confused? Instead, Romero catches Grey's, Top Model, Heroes and the multitude of other shows she is "obsessed with" on the Internet or on DVR, a digital video recorder.