Abdi Farah is a College sophomore from Olney, Md. His e-mail address is farah@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Penn's AlliedBarton security guards should expect better working conditions for next semester - if the Undergraduate Assembly has its way. The UA is currently working with Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli, Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush and Allied Security District Manager Sidney Toombs to discuss the implementation of the assembly's Workers' Rights Proposal, which offers suggestions to improve the treatment of AlliedBarton security guards.

Thanks to a change in LSAT policy, aspiring law students may be able to breathe easier on test day. After a shift in American Bar Association protocol last June, 74 percent of law schools currently or will soon evaluate applicants based on their highest LSAT scores, according to a recently released survey by Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions.

Ben Kowitt is a College senior from Bala Cynwyd, Pa. His e-mail address is kowittb@sas.upenn.edu.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-Penn coach Glen Miller knew two important things before his team played No. 2 North Carolina Wednesday night. First, his team would have to play 40 minutes of good basketball to have a shot; and second, the Quakers would need to play excellent transition defense against the Tar Heels' explosive attack.

Revenge is a dish best served in cold pool water, as the Penn women's swim team found out Friday. The Quakers avenged last year's five-point loss to chief rival Columbia with a 187.5-112.5 victory in their home opener at Sheerr Pool. Last year's meet came down to the final event, the 200-yard freestyle relay, with Columbia winning by three-hundreths of a second.

With a Gospel choir in full force and surrounded by legions of supporters chanting his name, state Rep. Dwight Evans finally declared his mayoral candidacy last night. Evans, who had long been consided a contender in this year's Philadelphia mayoral race, officially announced his intentions to run before the largest crowd of any candidacy announcement thus far.

Most recent failure of SAS Webmail is the last straw - the University must make the switch now.

Because researchers often receive public dollars and results can affect public policy, falsifying data is a very serious crime.

Before Dirk Nowitzki took the NBA by storm, basketball was barely on Germany's radar screen. Fortunately for the Fordham hoops team, one young German with American roots wasn't content with just playing soccer.

With flailing arms and short quick jabs, avid gamers are embracing Nintendo's newest video-game console. Although the Wii, released Nov. 19, is trailing behind market-leader Sony's Playstation 3 in terms of sales, it has still been highly sought after by Penn students.

At 11:50 yesterday morning, Communication professor Joseph Turow's Mass Media and Society class broke into applause. Such claps - in this case, marking the last Mass Media and Society class of the semester - are often a way for students to show appreciation to their professors.

School of Arts and Sciences Webmail crashed again yesterday at about 6:30 p.m. The server was down for 18 hours on Wednesday and has had several related problems throughout the semester. SAS is currently in the midst of finding a replacement server - either Microsoft or Google - but officials have yet to announce which they will choose.

Week in photos for week of December 4, 2006

Monica Naltner keeps on getting better. For the third time this season, Naltner set a new scoring high. Last night, she scored 37 points - 30 in the second half - to propel the Quakers to a comeback victory over Lafayette, 78-74. The win snapped a three-game losing streak for Penn (3-3), while Lafayette (2-6) lost its fifth in a row.

24Philadelphia police facilities found in states of physical decay by the City Controller's office.Source: Philadelphia Inquirer