The Quakers' opening tournament witnessed the resurfacing of proven stars and the emergence of fresh new faces. Quakers All-American Matt Herrington captured the 174-pound title at Michigan State Open yesterday, while Matt Valenti, last year's national champion at 133 pounds, recorded a second-place finish for the Red and Blue.

Wharton students will have the chance this fall to show off their business skills at the largest global-development organization in the world - the United Nations. But the students will be the ones doing the grading. As part of Management 353 - also known as the Wharton Field Challenge, a course started by professor Keith Weigelt - the U.

Even with the Platt center, the growth of performing-arts groups at Penn has been stymied by a lack of facilities and resources.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Coming to upstate New York for the Black Coaches Association Invitational, the Quakers knew they would be seeing some zone defense. After all, they would be playing one of the three games against Syracuse, a team famous for its 2-3 zone, one that Penn forward Mark Zoller referred to as the best in the country.

The Penn rowing teams ended their fall seasons by giving the rookies some experience. All three of the Quakers rowing squads were in action Sunday afternoon in the Belly of the Carnegie at Princeton, N.J., a race that is different from most because only freshmen compete.

While Saturday's NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional marked the end of the cross country season for most of the men's and women's teams, junior Stacy Kim has one more race on her schedule. Her time of 20:56.6 was good enough for sixth place and a berth in the NCAA National Championship taking place Nov.

Harvard football coach Tim Murphy has seen Penn's last three games. He saw the missed kicks, the botched snaps and the porous defense. He wasn't fooled. "They're just a couple of plays away from being in the position that Yale's in," undefeated in the Ivies, Murphy said.

University officials still haven't decided which company, Microsoft Corp. or Google Inc., will replace Penn's current Webmail service. Officials said earlier this year that they would select a company to host all undergraduate e-mail accounts by about this time, at the latest.

Jay Wright's Villanova squad made the rest of the Big 5 look like weaklings last year, earning a 1-seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time ever and sweeping the City Series. And though there may not be any more parity among the Philadelphia teams this year, coaches say that the Wildcats should have some company at the top.

Whether it's going to college or getting a job, high-school graduation usually means more freedom. But for Engineering exchange student Weijie Poh and College sophomore Shijie Lu, the end of high school was the beginning of a grueling stint in the Singapore Armed Forces.

For a Columbia team that struggled to win four Ivy League games last year, a season opener at Cameron Indoor might seem like a cruel joke. But no matter how lopsided the matchup seems, the Lions are in fact scheduled to play the No. 12 Blue Devils in the first round of Duke's College Basketball Experience tournament.

Former U.S. Army Chaplain James Yee was told he was being given a two-week break from working at Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. naval base in Cuba where war on terror detainees are held. When he arrived in Florida, his bags were searched and he became a prisoner like those he had preached to, held at a super-maximum security prison in Charleston, N.

Somebody's going to set a record this weekend, and it ain't gonna be Penn. With the Quakers getting their third straight overtime loss last week, that weight is lifted from their shoulders. The one making the history this week will be Harvard running back Clifton Dawson.

When Fran Dunphy left Penn, he left his legacy, a talented team and three recruits hanging in the air. All three decided to keep their commitments to Penn, despite the legendary coach's departure.

The Undergraduate Assembly prides itself on representing the concerns of Penn students. But the survey data that help them do so may only represent students with a specific agenda, experts say. The UA distributes several online surveys each semester - there have been two this fall - to the entire undergraduate population via e-mail and the UA's own Web site.

"He's got everything." Coach Bagnoli was almost correct. If senior running back Clifton Dawson rushes for 54 yards Saturday, Dawson will then own the Ivy League rushing record and truly have everything. Dawson is a half-football field short of tying Ed Marinaro's 35-year-old record of 4,715 career rushing yards.

Whether you want to make your own sushi or play out your Antiques Roadshow dreams, head to Old City near the Delaware River this weekend. The Old City Business Association will offer family-oriented activities, promotions and how-to workshops sponsored by Old City restaurants, galleries and retailers as part of the area's fall festival, from 11 a.