We recently published two articles about student government's collaboration with Penn's minority communities to improve undergraduate minority representation in major campus institutions. The Daily Pennsylvanian is an active supporter of and a participant in these efforts.

When the Penn wrestling team got the news that its head coach was leaving, the man who will temporarily replace him clutched a notepad on which he had scribbled his thoughts. Rob Eiter wanted to address the team's concerns and make sure, he said, that "nothing got out of hand.

Brown snapped its eight-game losing streak against Harvard on Saturday, coming back and outlasting the Crimson, 24-22, in Providence, R.I. Despite jumping out to an early 13-0 lead by scoring touchdowns on its first two possessions (it missed an extra point), Harvard was soon plagued by costly fumbles, on which Brown capitalized.

Torrential rain and an ingrown toenail plagued the men's golf team at this weekend's Cornell Invitational. The final round of play was cancelled before results were made official, leaving the Quakers tied for seventh place with Bucknell. Fifteen teams competed at Robert Trent Jones Golf Course in Ithaca, N.

If everything goes according to plan, the University will erect the Weave Bridge this November - one in a series of projects underway as part of Penn's eastward expansion initiative. The move comes as the city is scheduled to close the South Street Bridge for an expected 18-month reconstruction, at which time Penn's recreational fields and Hollenback Hall will be severed from the campus by Amtrak's rail line.

It's been one month today since John McCain announced that Governor Sarah Palin would be his running mate. Does it seem like longer to you? We've already witnessed her rise, and it's safe to say that she's beginning to fall - or at least plateau. Palin's initial popularity had little to do with policy.

It's always about this time of year that I start to lose the middle ground between working hard and playing hard. At this point in the semester, I actually have to produce grade-able work and complete time-intensive reading assignments. From Sunday through Thursday I'm a human dynamo of nervous energy - constantly churning out papers and practice exams.

In a surprise move, Penn wrestling coach Zeke Jones announced his resignation on Saturday in order to become head coach of the United States freestyle national team. Assistant coach Rob Eiter has been appointed as the interim head coach. The announcement comes less than two months before the wrestling team begins its 2008-09 season on Nov.

With eight of 17 players on the Penn volleyball team hailing from California, the Quakers' slate in San Francisco and Moraga, Calif., was supposed to be like three home matches. Indeed, the Red and Blue had plenty of fans in attendance, but that didn't translate into wins.

Every morning at 4 a.m., College and Wharton senior Sakina Zaidi meets friends at Philly Diner for breakfast and then goes home to sleep, fasting for the rest of the day. Since the beginning of the semester, Zaidi and many practicing Muslims in the Penn community have been celebrating Ramadan.

Last season, sophomore forward Kristin Kaiser clinched Penn's Ivy League crown with an overtime goal against Princeton. On Saturday, Kaiser helped Penn take a strong first step toward defending its title with a 2-0 victory over Harvard at Rhodes Field. "Its funny, Kristin is a kid who we've talked a little bit about why she's not more confident in herself because she's such a tremendous player," Penn coach Darren Ambrose said.

Last week, Penn men's soccer coach Rudy Fuller guaranteed that his team would give up a goal at some point this season. It took the Quakers only three minutes and 25 seconds into yesterday's 2-2 tie with Temple to prove him right. Drew Healy's seven-game, 673-minute shutout streak came undone when defender James Suevo hit a header into the back of the net.

EASTON, Pa. - Robert Irvin dropped back and let it fly over the middle. Looking to extend the Quakers' furious second-half rally with a fourth-down conversion, Irvin fired a wayward pass to David Wurst on a slant, missing high and setting up Wurst for a crushing meeting with the Lafayette secondary.

A new report released last week by the National Association for College Admissions Counseling stated that college admissions offices should de-emphasize applicants' SAT and ACT scores when deciding whom to admit. Penn, however, has no plans to drop the tests from its admissions criteria.

At 1:15 p.m. Friday, the Division of Public Safety learned that a boxcar had caught fire on the railway above 31st and Walnut streets, and a tanker containing chlorine had fallen off the tracks - causing potential chlorine release and forcing the area's residents to shelter in-place.

Alicia Puglionesi is a College senior from Havertown, Pa. Her e-mail address is puglionesi@dailypennsylvanian.com.

To commemorate the bicentennial of the abolition of the slave trade in the United States, White Students Confronting Racism hosted a 2-day film festival last Thursday and Friday. The purpose of the film festival was to "remind people of this bicentennial and think about what it means for us today," said Ali Michael, student leader of WSCR, an organization of the Graduate School of Education.