Nine days ago, Penn field hockey coach Val Cloud said she was "at wit's end." Her players couldn't avoid slow starts, so she suggested putting a bomb under them. Since then, the Quakers have dropped two more games, managing just one goal in the process. So Cloud has a new idea.

Penn women's soccer coach Darren Ambrose knows the situation all too well. The Quakers have a lead late in the game, only to "hit the wall" and lose it near the end. "It's about playing for 90 minutes, scoring if we get our opportunities," Ambrose said. The Quakers (2-3-1) know what they need to do against University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) at Rhodes Field tonight at 5 p.

While the excitement surrounding the upcoming presidential election may distract some student's attention away from the local candidates on the ballot, this excitement may end up affecting the outcome of these races. "We are expecting a huge turnout and when this happens, a lot of funny things can happen," said Zachary Stalberg, president and CEO of the Committee of Seventy, a non-partisan organization for efficient and ethical politics around Philadelphia.

Penn goalkeeper Drew Healy posted his seventh-straight shutout and Alex Grendi, Andrew Ferry and Kevin Unger all scored as the men's soccer team rolled to a 3-0 victory over Penn State at Rhodes Field last night. The win is redemption for last season's bitter double-overtime loss at University Park, Pa.

With the recent appointment of Harbir Singh to the newly created position of Vice Dean for Global Initiatives, Wharton is moving toward the internationally focused school that Dean Thomas Robertson outlined last fall. This new appointment comes at a time when Wharton has been adding a more international perspective to its programs and needed someone to take the lead, officials said.

"Shoulders, shoulders, get your shoulders!" Penn strength and conditioning coach Jim Steel bellowed. Clipboard in hand, Steel marked down the members of the football team as they entered the weight room and began their lifting routine. Practice wasn't over when the team jogged off the Franklin Field turf.

The InterFraternity Council wants the University to allow registered parties during New Student Orientation, and the Undergraduate Assembly is backing its efforts. At its third meeting of the semester, the UA took up its first new item of business: the NSO Fraternity Safety Proposal, authored by IFC president and College senior David Ashkenazi and UA member and College sophomore Alec Webley.

After over a year of hard work and $1.1 million spent, the green roof renovation on Kings Court/English House is now officially complete. Dedication of the green roof occurred yesterday afternoon and featured speeches by the College House's Faculty Master Jorge Santiago and Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli.

With the recent appointment of Harbir Singh to the newly created position of Vice Dean for Global Initiatives, Wharton is moving toward the internationally-focused school that Dean Thomas Robertson outlined last fall. This new appointment comes at a time when Wharton has been adding a more international perspective to its programs and needed someone to take the lead, officials said.

College students may move frequently, but they don't move far - and that has the potential to complicate voter registration. Because students can move each year but stay within the same county, it can be easy to get around re-registering. But if students do not re-register with their cProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 rent addresses, a citywide audit could look suspicious and election-da

A freshman won his flight in the tournament. A transfer defeated a starter on a likely top-20 team. A doubles team sliced through the field.

Republican presidential nominee John McCain used a rally in Media, Pa. yesterday to discuss the economy and introduce the region to his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. While McCain has made several campaign appearances in the Philadelphia area, the rally, held on the steps of the Delaware County Courthouse, was Palin's first stop in the area since being tapped as McCain's vice-presidential pick in late August.

Mill Creek Farm is not much different from any other farm. Patches of okra, cherry tomatoes, eggplant and more than 50 other crops rotate with the season. The smell of basil permeates the air, chirping crickets are the closest thing to noise and the greenness of the crops can blind y

Come fall 2009, University City will likely see a more aesthetically pleasing, pedestrian-accessible Market Street. Several organizations in the area, including the PennPraxis-affiliated Friends of 40th Street , have developed a plan to revitalize the Market Street corridor from 34th to 41st streets.

Amira Fawcett is an Engineering senior from Houston, Texas. Her e-mail address is fawcett@dailypennsylvanian.com.

TFA helps develop leaders in education To the Editor: I am writing in response to David Kanter's column ("In Teaching, Experience Matters" 9/17/08). Five years ago, I was one of the seniors at Penn who decided to join Teach For America. In the fall of 2004, I walked into a classroom in Houston, full of third graders reading at a first-grade level.

The most tumultuous year in the financial markets in recent memory led Penn's endowment to shrink by 3.9 percent over the past year. As of June 30, the close of the fiscal year, the endowment was valued at $6.3 billion. And while the decline poses a setback to the University's endowment, officials are not terribly worried about the longterm prospects of financial growth.