Ted Rosenbaum isn't one for celebratory dances or flashy play-making. The senior has made his stance on glory very clear. "I didn't get into it to get noticed," he said of his football career. "I'd rather not be in the spotlight." An atypical response for the average football player, maybe, but not such a strange philosophy when you consider that Rosenbaum occupies the most thankless position in football: the long snapper.

I left Heathrow airport wearing old jeans, a light jumper - Americans: read sweater - and a suede jacket. One flight later, I stumbled for a cab at Philadelphia airport in sizzling heat with a giant wedgie, dripping like a chicken on a spit roast. My first sartorial error: dressing like an Eskimo in heat high enough to induce nuclear fusion.

20Millions of dollars which need to be cut this year from Philadelphia schools' operating budget. Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer Here

After last year's craze over Spring Fling performer Ben Folds, Penn has decided to bring yet another Ben to campus. Ben Kweller is scheduled to headline the Social Planning and Events Committee's fall concert, officials announced today.

The kicking game cost the Quakers four conference games last year, right? Not quite. Place-kicker Derek Zoch began his epic slump by banging a field-goal try off the post in overtime at Yale. But that kick came after a three-and-out that gained just six yards and forced Zoch to take a 37-yard attempt.

Amira Fawcett is an Engineering junior from Houston, TX. Her e-mail address is fawcett@dailypennsylvanian.com.

High illegal downloading rates and a whole network of young, powerless culprits to put the pressure on - for the Recording Industry Association of America, it seems that college students are the perfect criminals. The RIAA has pushed yet another onslaught of lawsuits against students over the last six months, with over 3,000 pre-litigation letters sent out to college campuses across the country.

Freshman year includes many collective rites of passage: NSO Convocation, taking a writing seminar, the meal plan. But some people miss NSO events; many people ditched last year's convocation due to the pouring rain; and some people don't take a writing seminar until sophomore year.

The Quadrangle is undergoing minor external renovations, highlighted by the replacement of the original wraught-iron fence that was erected in 1954. The $1.2 million project is scheduled for completion in mid-December and includes the complete replacement of the fence and its brick and sandstone foundations.

For Janne Taskinen, the chance to study at Penn meant a year away from his home university in Finland, but also a year away from hockey. Or so he thought. Taskinen packed his pads in his bag anyway, hoping to find an opportunity to play the sport he's been at for 14 years.

The Undergraduate Assembly held its first meeting on Sunday night, taking care of internal business and implementing new ways of reaching out to the undergraduate community, especially freshmen. n Members passed a proposal to allow any member of the student body to speak to any issue or concern during a 10-minute Open Forum at every UA meeting.

After growing up in a family of Hawkeyes fans in Ames, Iowa and with a brother that played tailback at Iowa, Nate Greving knew he would join the ranks of Big 10 athletics. "He's always liked the Hawkeyes, even as a younger kid," Nate's father, Steve Greving, said.

University officials are continuing to help the Penn community cope with the death of College sophomore Anne Ryan. At a Penn community gathering yesterday afternoon, about 15 administrators milled around Houston Hall's Bodek Lounge, nibbling at trays of fruit and cookies and waiting to help any students that needed them.

Members of the College Republicans, joined by other student volunteers, planted 2,977 flags out on College Green last night - one for each life lost in the attacks.

Despite goalkeeper Drew Healy's solid play during the Quakers' weekend road trip to California, coach Rudy Fuller is not completely set on who will start against Hartwick on Friday. Kevin Sweetland was originally penned in at No. 1 on the chart for the two-game set out west.

A fire occurred on the 3900 block of Delancey Street at about 12:30 a.m. yesterday, forcing residents of four houses on the block to be temporarily displaced and injuring one student.

Penn is one of just five schools nationwide to sport a sprint squad. It differs in only one way from what Penn coach Bill Wagner calls the "fat boy team": all players must weigh 172 pounds or fewer.