After losing its first four games, the Penn field hockey team has finally started to gel, winning three in a row. Considering the Quakers' next opponent, it couldn't have come at a better time. Tonight Penn (3-4) will host No. 21 Villanova (8-2) in a game matching two hot teams.

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

The Center for Community Partnerships received a $10 million gift from alumnus Edward Netter, boosting to one of Penn's most acclaimed programs. The CCP has also been renamed the center the Barbara and Edward Netter Center for Community Partnerships after Edward, a 1953 College graduate, and his wife.

Yale tailback Mike McLeod continues his march to the top of the Ivy League record books. He had the biggest day of his career - and one of the biggest in Ivy history - on Saturday, picking apart Holy Cross's defense for a Yale-record 256 yards. McLeod tied a 76-year-old school record by rushing for five touchdowns.

Dartmouth quarterback Tom Bennewitz waited a long time for this one. As significant as Saturday's milestone 21-13 win over Penn was for his team and his program, that first win as a starter holds a special place.

Recently, the Senate Finance Committee heard a proposal that would force universities to spend five percent of their endowments on financial-aid and other student-related programs. Penn already spends four percent, so what's one percent going to do to my $110,000? $110,000 is about how much I expect to be in debt when I (hopefully) graduate this May (full disclosure: two years of the debt is from Villanova).

Seniors will be making some tough decisions this month that will affect the rest of their lives. For example: What color tie to wear? Which stockings best match my skin tone? And does a navy or black suit does a better job of saying "hire me!"

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

A lecture yesterday dispelled misconceptions about Mormonism, focusing on homosexuality and homosexual urges within the Mormon community. The lecture, "Understanding Mormon Sexuality," was led by Anthropology professor Melvyn Hammarberg at the University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

When it comes to getting a good teaching assistant at Penn, it's a crap-shoot. Some TAs will use creative ways to help a student solve a math problem or become a better writer, while others can't even speak basic English. This astonishing variety reflects the lack of uniformity in TA preparation at Penn.

Drexel University has been selected to host the next Democratic primary debate Oct. 30. The nationally televised event, fourth in a series of six debates sponsored by the Democratic National Committee, is expected to include all eight presidential candidates from the party, including frontrunners Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards.

How do you win a war? A new course taught by Michael Horowitz uses theories of war fighting and highlights factors that contribute to victory or defeat in an attempt to answer that question. Horowitz, who specializes in political theory, is one of three new hires in the Political Science department.

The Peace Corps holds a three-day "staging event" for new volunteers before they leave the country to give them an overview of Peace Corps' practices and what to expect once they arrive at their destination.

Despite dominating time of possession and outshooting Cornell 11-1 on Friday, the Penn women's soccer team had trouble finding the back of the net in its first Ivy League matchup of the season. The Quakers rely on precision passes to set up scoring opportunities, but their timing has been slightly off at times during the season.

Former Dean of Admissions Lee Stetson attended an annual admissions conference in Texas last weekend as questions swirled in the admissions community about his sudden departure.

A self-interested liar unmoved by his girlfriend's death and inconsistent in his testimony is the portrait defense lawyers attempted to paint yesterday of Robert Bondar, the ex-lover of accused murderer Irina Malinovskaya. Bondar's then-girlfriend Irina Zlotnikov was allegedly bludgeoned to death by Malinovskaya in his Delaware apartment in Dec.

There's something quintessentially awful about studying at Penn. It goes beyond the fact that you're actually expected to do well in an Ivy League school, and it also goes beyond the fact that the amount of work can, at times, be inordinate. Instead, it's about the cutthroat intensity students adopt to be "competitive," an intensity that is beginning to pollute our social environment.