Nov. 21, 10:45 p.m. FAIRFAX, Va. -- One goal, and the men's soccer team's season was over. The Quakers fell, 1-0, to George Mason in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Patriots will move on to face Maryland on Tuesday, while the loss marks the final game for Penn's twelve seniors.

Alex Jacobson is a College junior from Los Angeles. His e-mail address is jacobson@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Nov. 23, 9 p.m. Penn wrestlers won four of 10 weightclasses and the Quakers recorded a first-place finish in the Keystone Classic tournament today at the Palestra. All four winners from Penn were the top seeds in their respective weightclasses: Rollie Peterkin at 125 pounds, Cesar Grajales at 149 and senior captains Matt Dragon and Zack Shanaman at 157 and 165, respectively.

By ALEX MELAMED Staff Writer amelamed@dailypennsylvanian.com Philadelphia's Mural Arts Program, which uses art to improve local communities and collaborates with Penn's Fine Arts Department, will lose $500,000 in funding with the city's recent budget cuts.

Paying attention to community needs To the Editor: Despite a witty column by Jim Saksa and objective reporting by Katie Karas, the DP's editorials have regularly supported the Campus Inn project, poo-pooing the concerns of neighborhood associations and immediate residents.

With the bulkhead that divides Sheerr Pool broken and stuck underwater for at least a month, members of the men's swimming team will be forced to practice in a tiring long-course style: good for the long run, bad for the near future. "They'll kick butt, but right now, they will be a little tired," coach Mike Schnur said.

The votes are counted. There are no candidates to canvass for and no campaign calls to be made. But that doesn't mean Penn students plan to step out of the political world for good. For political junkies, the fun is just beginning - President-elect Barack Obama's transition to power, his first few months in office and the future of the Republican Party hold the potential for excitement.

In the wild buildup before the Penn men's soccer team's historic 1-0 win over Harvard last Sunday, senior midfielder Kevin Unger said to "interview me on Monday after we win." Unger's guarantee was bold, but ultimately correct. So what did soccer's resident psychic have to say about this evening's first round NCAA matchup against George Mason? "I think we're the better team," Unger said.

The Quakers know exactly what's in store at Ringe Courts on Saturday. "Cornell's going to be a really, really tough match," senior Joey Raho said. "Middlebury should be very, very easy." The Big Red arrive in Philadelphia on the heels of an impressive preseason, barely losing to perennial powerhouse Yale, 5-4, and downing Harvard and Penn.

When College sophomore Cris Barrios and Wharton sophomore Wendy De La Rosa take over as the new chairman and vice chairwoman of the Latino Coalition next year, they hope to promote unity among the various Latino groups at Penn.

Experts say it is common for someone to receive a relatively light sentence following a guilty or no-contest plea, as the cases of several Penn students and professors have shown over the past few months. Most recently, former Economics professor Rafael Robb was sentenced Wednesday to five to 10 years in prison for killing his wife following a guilty plea of voluntary manslaughter.

The next battle over union rights is being fought on college campuses. That fight extends to Penn, which appears to be invested in HEI Hotels and Resorts, a company that buys and manages hotels and is being accused of creating poor conditions for workers.

When the Penn women's squash team opens its season at home against Cornell, Middlebury and Stanford this weekend, it'll be without its captain, senior Emily Goodwin. But she won't be far from the court: Goodwin will be watching her teammates and "cheering her brains out.

Nov. 22 2:35 p.m. Junior 125-pounder Rollie Peterkin started off the action with a 15-0 technical fall over Princeton's Robert Benitez, and the Penn wrestling team won all 10 weightclasses en route to a 47-0 romp over the visiting Tigers. Highlights of the match included a first period pin by Penn 133-pound sophomore Bryan Ortenzio and a 20-5 technical fall by senior captain Cesar Grajales at 149.

The Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools has awarded Nursing Dean Afaf Meleis with its 2008 International Distinguished Leadership Award. Meleis is being recognized for her international, professional and personal achievements in global health, a subject on which she has published six books and over 150 journal articles.

Nov. 22, 6:45 p.m. Al Bagnoli finally got career win No. 200. The football coach became the fifth man in Football Championship Series history to reach that plateau as the Quakers bested Cornell, 23-6, on a freezing day in Ithaca, N.Y. But Penn's hope of a four-way split for the Ivy crown went out the window once Harvard beat Yale in the 125th rendition of The Game.

When the women's basketball team travels to Duquesne on Saturday, most of the Quakers will be squaring off against the Dukes for the first time. But junior guard Sarah Bucar, a Pittsburgh native, will be more than familiar with her next opponents. "I played with those girls all summer," Bucar said.