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.

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

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

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.

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.

In Arizona, voters will decide today on a ballot measure that would reward one lucky voter with lottery funds.

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.

A list of recommendations from the Daily Pennsylvanian editorial pages.

I took a photo, too To the Editor: I am writing to acknowledge that the photo I took with a student at the annual Halloween Party ("Controversy erupts over student in terror garb," DP, 11/3/06) has caused a kind of wounding to some in the Penn community. I did not immediately associate what I saw of the student's costume with the kind of gear worn by a suicide bomber.

Let's play a little game. I'll give you two description of one of Penn's college houses, and you'll try to guess which one is more accurate. For the moment, let's call our test case "Gutmann College House." Gutmann is the complete college house. It is ideally located near major academic buildings, libraries, retail shops and athletic facilities.

Anyone would be tough-pressed to find a major incumbent in Pennsylvania more deserving of a second term that Ed Rendell. Especially if you're voting in Philadelphia; Rendell has been great for the city and the state. Before Rendell took office in 2002, Pennsylvania was ranked 42nd of all states for job growth.

PRINCETON, N.J. When Matt Reinert's desperate dash to the end zone in the second overtime period on Saturday fell just a couple yards short, the game-ending whistle also marked the end of the Quakers' slim - but until then still existent - hopes of an Ivy League title.

As the sun went down on Princeton, N.J., so it did on the collegiate soccer careers of Tracy Bienenfeld and Megan Boys. The Penn defenders laced their cleats for the last time on Saturday in a 2-0 loss to Princeton. Freshman goalie Sara Rose yielded a pair of unassisted goals to Princeton's Lauren Thomas in the game's only scores.

Not even the surging Quakers could take the Tigers, although they came very close. A late push from Penn (9-8, 4-3 Ivy) forced overtime, but Princeton (10-6, 7-0 Ivy) barely survived to win, 2-1, and finish undefeated in Ivy League play. With just 20 seconds left in regulation, the game appeared to be over.

America created the Atomic Energy Commission to oversee nuclear power; nation should take up similar effort stem cells.

Ex-Wharton professor Scott Ward's arraignment date should be set by Saturday, according to the Clerk's Office at the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va. A judge had set Nov. 10 as the deadline. At the arraignment, Ward could be officially charged. Ward was arrested in August for allegedly importing child pornography.