As Penn begins the public stage of its largest-ever capital campaign, donors have more questions on their minds than how much to give. At a brunch Saturday for Benjamin Franklin Society donors - those who donate $2,500 or more annually to the University - many expressed concern and curiosity over the departure of former Dean of Admissions Lee Stetson, who suddenly resigned in late August.

The School of Nursing community came together last Friday to hear about the school's current conditions. Nursing Dean Afaf Meleis delivered the annual state-of-the-school lecture, speaking about the school's progress over the last year, recalling its achievements and outlining its goals for the future.

It's good to be healthy, and for the first time in a couple of weeks, the Penn men's soccer team is near 100 percent. Last week's games against Dartmouth and Rutgers saw a few key players either out or stuck with limited minutes because of injuries.

Trailing Dartmouth 35-28 with just over a minute to go, Columbia quarterback Craig Hormann thought he still had a chance. On third and 18 from his own 25, Hormann went into the shotgun formation. While he was yelling instructions to his teammates, center Mike Partain snapped the ball over his quarterback's shoulder.

During its first meeting after fall break, the Undergraduate Assembly had a full plate of issues to discuss last Sunday night. Among other issues, the UA discussed the College Republicans' and Muslim Student Association's awareness weeks, the student-unfriendly rates for the Radian apartments and potentially free printing for students.

One more locked up for the Class of 2012. The heavily sought-after Garvin Hunt, a 6-foot-10 center from the Sagemont Upper School in Weston, Fla. committed to Penn yesterday. Originally from the Bahamas, Hunt has only been playing basketball and going to school in America for three years.

Sometimes it seems as if the Harvard-Princeton-Yale triumvirate is taking over the Ivy League. And now it might actually happen - in a huge online war strategy game where teams of Ivy League students attempt to conquer the entire geographic region of the Ancient Eight on behalf of their schools.

The time was Oct. 20, 2007 and the place was College Green. Attendees of the campus-wide fiesta queued up for some promising opening remarks from President Amy Gutmann, an array of scrumptious food, gratis booze and ear-splitting hip-hop beats. Just like that, Penn's much-anticipated capital campaign was officially set into motion.

Former Neurosurgery professor Tracy McIntosh's lawyer has filed a petition to halt McIntosh's Dec. 21 court-ordered resentencing for a 2002 sexual assault.

Penn certainly puts on a good show. The capital-campaign kickoff party this weekend pulled out all the stops. Free food, free beer, lots of red and blue. It was a party worthy of an ambitious $3.5 billion fundraising goal, the amount the University hopes to raise by 2012.

What was supposed to be a dialogue among three national experts on terrorism yesterday turned into a fractured, and at times raucous, event. However, it still offered the audience a diverse set of views on issues surrounding terrorism, with Ian Lustick, Stephen Gale and Daniel Pipes speaking about "What Today's College Students Need to Know About Terrorism.

I want to take this moment to thank the entire University community for the overwhelming outpouring of support that has accompanied the launch of our $3.5 billion campaign for Penn, which we have named Making History. Whether measured in financial terms - we already have $1.

Philadelphia has become increasingly well-known for its murals, and for their effects on the community. And with mural culture an established part of Philadelphia, Penn has increasingly seen itself joining in.

So far, Pennsylvania legislators have kept gays off the altar, but the Philadelphia Gryphons Rugby Football Club is showing that you can't keep them off the pitch. As members of the International Gay Rugby Association and Board (IGRAB), the Gryphons are the first gay-friendly team in Philadelphia, and have only one straight player on the roster.

After this past weekend's Celebration on the Green there's no denying the increased visibility of the Capital Campaign. It's amazing to see how the weekend really brought together all members of the Penn community from students to alumni, faculty to staff and even the occasional passersby who happened to stumble upon our festivities.

Loukas Tasigianis, King of Rhodes? That moniker may be a little premature - but if he keeps playing as well as he did against Yale on Saturday night, he'll earn it. The sensational-of-late freshman netted two goals, including the extra-time gamewinner, as Penn edged out Yale 2-1 in a key Ivy matchup.

Al Bagnoli must be a masochist if he has any fondness left at all for overtime. If he does, he is doing a good job of concealing it. Head bowed, the Penn coach walked into the postgame press conference after a 26-20 loss to Yale in three overtimes and began an eerily familiar refrain.