It costs almost $50,000 a year to attend Penn, but tuition revenue doesn't come close to supplying the amount of money it takes to run this university. Penn relies on endowment profit to pay for financial aid, new facilities, academic programming and much of the rest of the operating budget.

What should have been a dramatic day in the trial of Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya became a mundane affair as the testimony of her ex-boyfriend, Robert Bondar, was pushed back to next week. After grilling Bondar through Monday's session, the defense called him to the stand yesterday, but his testimony was cut short.

Last Thursday, the Senate Finance Committee heard testimony from a panel of experts who recommended forcing universities to spend at least 5 percent of their endowments, with the intention of making college more affordable. At first glance, it seems like a fantastic idea.

Most of us have no desire to see the inside of a computer. But if you do decide to crack one open, you'll find Doug Carmean's digital fingerprints everywhere. Carmean, a chief designer at Intel who helped develop the acclaimed Pentium 4 processor, spoke yesterday afternoon at the Wu and Chen Auditorium in Levine Hall.

Three abductions and robberies involving taxi cabs occurred this weekend across Philadelphia, leaving Division of Public Safety officials convinced that a pattern has developed in the area.

Weekly crime log with an interactive map.

When reporters wanted to know more about a mysterious drop in SAT scores or a growing trend of deferred college acceptances, there was one person they could call year in and year out for admissions insight: Lee Stetson.

Hell hath no fury like a cyclist doored. Last week, that cyclist was me. And that door was attached to the body of a black Chevy pick-up, which collided with my right knee. For campus cyclists, the sound of a car door popping open is a lot like the sound of a cocked gun.

A new bus shuttle service is bringing Center City a little closer to Penn - and many graduate students a little closer to home. With promised funding from the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly, Penn Transit began operating a trial shuttle Monday evening.

What happens when Muhammad meets Mona? The Philomathean Society led a debate over art and politics about that very question last evening at College Hall. Philo, the oldest continuously existing literary society in the country, hosted Penn's own Jamal Elias, chairman of the Religious Studies Department for the discussion.

Last year, third-year Engineering graduate student Darren Brey was tired of having a car in the city. Now, he has over 400. Frustrated by the high insurance costs and lack of parking, Brey traded car ownership for car sharing and now saves about $700 per year.

The Penn coaching staff has one of its toughest decisions of the year: start junior Robert Irvin or senior Bryan Walker at quarterback? But health, not coach Al Bagnoli, might have to make that decision for them. Irvin aggravated his throwing shoulder during the Villanova game on Sept.

With Friday's Ben Kweller concert just 72 hours away, ticket sales may reveal a general student sentiment: Another Ben may be too much. With only three days left, the Social Planning and Events Committee has only sold 500 out of 1,100 total tickets for the event.

At 5-foot-5, two inches shorter than her next-smallest teammate and half a foot shorter than most of the Quakers, Madison Wojciechowski has an atypical frame for a quarterback. She stands out even more on the floor of the Palestra, when she sports a multi-colored getup that contrasts sharply with her teammates' plain uniforms.

Sunday's match against Rider marked the third game out of four that women's soccer captain Natalie Capuano sat out due to a concussion. Coach Darren Ambrose said "she's been feeling the repercussions of it for about two weeks now." Capuano was cleared to play in the middle of last week by neurologists at Student Health Services, but didn't take the field in last weekend's games.

Stephen Egee is no stranger to Penn - his brother Kevin is a junior on the hoops team - and might like to make the Palestra his home for the next four years. The younger Egee says his brother has not tried to convince him to attend Penn, but that through Kevin, he has gotten a firsthand opinion on the coaches and team.

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.