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NEW HAVEN, Conn. Penn football coach Al Bagnoli seems to have the luxury of quite the selection when it comes to choosing who will be under center for the Quakers. Bagnoli employed a combination of both starting sophomore Robert Irvin and junior backup Bryan Walker in the game against Yale on Saturday, much like he has throughout this season.


The man some have credited with ending the Vietnam War is coming to Penn. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger - a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - will speak at Irvine Auditorium at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 14.

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Penn professor Richard Gelles was once hired by Philadelphia's Department of Health Services, but now he says he'll testify against city officials to help clean the department up. Gelles, dean of Penn's School of Social Policy and Practice, will likely be heavily involved with the fallout of a DHS scandal regarding neglect of children as government officials investigate the department in the coming months.

Imagine your girlfriend, your roommate, your class president, that kid sitting next to you in biology class. Imagine that only four years after you leave Penn, one of those students will be on the floor of Congress, teaming up with Nancy Pelosi and arguing against Dennis Hastert.

Lots of Penn students dream of big futures, but members of the Penn Nanotech Society are dreaming on a much, much smaller scale. Yesterday, the group joined with the Penn Nano/Bio Interface Center to host "Nano Day," a series of presentations designed to dispel myths and increase awareness of tiny technology.


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Lots of Penn students dream of big futures, but members of the Penn Nanotech Society are dreaming on a much, much smaller scale. Yesterday, the group joined with the Penn Nano/Bio Interface Center to host "Nano Day," a series of presentations designed to dispel myths and increase awareness of tiny technology.


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The man some have credited with ending the Vietnam War is coming to Penn. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger - a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - will speak at Irvine Auditorium at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 14.




Field Hockey: Win over Elis puts Penn over .500

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Neither the cold Connecticut breeze nor Yale could stop the red-hot Penn field hockey team. The Quakers continued their recent success with another offensive onslaught. Penn was able to get off 23 shots, 12 of which on goal, en route to a 3-2 victory.


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Bill Wagner has not coached a team that has finished below .500 in the last 10 years, but this year may break that streak. After a second loss to Cornell 21-7, for the Penn sprint football team, the goals have drastically changed from the beginning of the season.


The one that got away

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - In a game that came down to field goals, Penn's struggles continued when it mattered most. In overtime, Yale kicker Alan Kimball connected for the game-winning field goal from 35 yards out after Penn kicker Derek Zoch banged his 37-yard attempt off the right goal post during Penn's overtime drive.



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The Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology announced that he is stepping down to pursue other interests, effective Nov. 1. Richard Leventhal will stay on the School of Arts and Sciences faculty as a professor of anthropology and will remain a curator for the museum, he said.


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University trustees plan to discuss issues ranging from Student Health Services to faculty retention as they convene for their fall meetings today. Sixty current board members and 30 former ones plan to partake in the meetings, according to University Secretary Leslie Kruhly.


Artist says 'Good taste is the enemy of art'

In a lecture full of phallic images, guest speaker Anita Steckel discussed sexual art in the 1970s and the battles of censorship that ensued. "The whole concept of an artist is freedom," said Steckel. "And what is freedom? Being able to go all the way." Steckel is a feminist artist who has been dealing with sensitive issues such as race, sex and gender for over 40 years.


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This week's Ivy League slate includes three games that feature several compelling storylines. One of the two league powers of the decade meets a program looking for its first title in over a decade. A starting quarterback returns from a five-game suspension to find himself in the backup spot.


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You may not be able to buy alcohol - or congregate in large groups - in certain areas of the city if one city politician has his way. Mayoral candidate Michael Nutter is urging Philadelphia Mayor John Street to declare a state of emergency in the parts of the city that have been hit by the greatest amount of violent crime.



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Those ratty T-shirts stuffed in the bottom of the dresser can be used for more than just dust rags, one author says. Megan Nicolay, the author of the do-it-yourself book Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-shirt, spoke and gave a demonstration yesterday evening at the Penn Bookstore.


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With an Ivy League title no longer a possibility, the Penn women's soccer team hits the road again this weekend hoping to knock off defending champion Yale. Despite an impressive 7-4-1 overall record, Penn enters tomorrow's contest just 1-3 in conference play.


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Former Bush Administration official Richard Clarke will headline this year's Integrity Week, student leaders announced this week. A 1972 College graduate, Clarke was serving as an anti-terrorism expert in the federal government on Sept. 11, 2001. He is widely known for his public criticism of how the Bush administration handled surveillance information about al Qaeda.