Penn students generally don't agree on much, but one thing they seem united in is their distaste for Penn's online technology. And for good reason. Penn Course Review is poorly configured and needlessly time consuming. As for PennPortal, it may have been cutting edge when it was introduced in the mid-1990s, but now your average computer-science major could draw up a far superior, more intuitive design.

Unlike the last two seasons, both the secondary and the defensive line return a good number of starters. With a balance of experience across each, the defense looks to be stronger than in the past few years..

Yale is not used to being in this position, at least not its current roster. A surprise co-champion last year, the Bulldogs find themselves as this year's favorite. In the preseason media poll Yale took a resounding 14 of 16 first-place votes, the first time the team has been picked to win since 2000.

Last season, the Princeton football team shared the rights to its first Ivy League title since 1995. They beat the co-champs, Yale, in New Haven. Now they have 14 returning starters and snuck into the preseason Coaches Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) at No.

Gas leaks, transformer malfunctions, electrical fires, oh my! While not exactly a trip through Oz, students living off-campus have recently had to deal with a different type of problem - a recent deluge of fires and power outages. After incidents on the 3900 block of Delancey Street and at 41st and Walnut streets, among others, gas, electrical and Division of Public Safety officials say they have solved the immediate problems surrounding those incidents.

At first glance, Penn freshmen offensive linemen Joe D'Orazio and Joe McKendry have little in common beyond a first name. They look as different as two offensive linemen could be expected to look. Standing at 6-foot-6 and weighing 275 pounds, the red-haired McKendry dwarfs his fellow linemates.

It has been over a week and electrical fires continue to crop up around campus. Residents have been displaced, put in harm's way, and forced to guess when their power will go out next. The first fire at 41st and Walnut streets last Monday could have been forgiven as a malfunction - that is, if PECO hadn't taken 30 minutes to arrive on the scene.

Officially, Penn is a school where student and faculty loyalties lie with the Red and Blue. But for University administrators, going green is increasingly becoming an appealing alternative.

Theft Sept. 5 - Three student laptops were taken an unsecured room in the New Chemistry building, located at 231 S. 34th St., at about 1:45 p.m. Sept. 5 - A male student reported that his secured vehicle had been broken into and his GPS system taken from Garage 40 at about 2:45 p.

The Penn field hockey team has already made history in its 2007 campaign. Too bad it's negative history. This year's 0-4 loss start, including a 3-1 loss to Harvard in its only Ivy League game, is tied for the worst start for the Quakers since they opened with five losses in 2001.

With on-campus recruiting right around the corner, Nursing students may have an easier time than other seniors in the job hunt. There is currently a national shortage of about 150,000 nurses in the country, and, by 2015, that figure is expected to reach about 700,000 as today's nurses reach retirement age.

A lot has changed about U.S. News & World Report's college rankings since their simple beginning in 1983. But looking at today's top four schools, you wouldn't realize it. The very first ranking began with a single survey sent to university presidents asking them to pick what were, in their opinions, the five best schools in the country.

Ted Rosenbaum isn't one for celebratory dances or flashy play-making. The senior has made his stance on glory very clear. "I didn't get into it to get noticed," he said of his football career. "I'd rather not be in the spotlight." An atypical response for the average football player, maybe, but not such a strange philosophy when you consider that Rosenbaum occupies the most thankless position in football: the long snapper.

I left Heathrow airport wearing old jeans, a light jumper - Americans: read sweater - and a suede jacket. One flight later, I stumbled for a cab at Philadelphia airport in sizzling heat with a giant wedgie, dripping like a chicken on a spit roast. My first sartorial error: dressing like an Eskimo in heat high enough to induce nuclear fusion.

20Millions of dollars which need to be cut this year from Philadelphia schools' operating budget. Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer Here

After last year's craze over Spring Fling performer Ben Folds, Penn has decided to bring yet another Ben to campus. Ben Kweller is scheduled to headline the Social Planning and Events Committee's fall concert, officials announced today.

The kicking game cost the Quakers four conference games last year, right? Not quite. Place-kicker Derek Zoch began his epic slump by banging a field-goal try off the post in overtime at Yale. But that kick came after a three-and-out that gained just six yards and forced Zoch to take a 37-yard attempt.