An everyday nuisance for Penn students turned fatal last month at Ohio State University. On Oct. 20, OSU freshman Andrew Polakowski of Erie, Pa., was killed when he tried to pile into an overcrowded elevator in a dorm on campus. The packed elevator - which had exceeded its maximum weight limit - began to move with the doors still open, and Polakowski was crushed between the elevator and the floor.

By Zachary Levine The Daily Pennsylvanian With all-Ivy swingman Lenny Collins gone, the Cornell basketball team was pinning most of its hopes on Adam Gore, last year's Ivy League Rookie of the Year. Now, the Big Red will have to find another option. Gore will miss the rest of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament.

Previous UA proposals a Palestra park, a massive new student center and many other ideas worth embracing.

We are just four days from tip-off for the first home basketball game. With that, here are some rules all fans should consider when attending a game at the Palestra. 1. Go to the games. None of the other rules matter if you do not follow this one. There are so many reasons to attend, and just listening on the radio isn't a substitute.

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

Incidents of racist and homophobic behavior "are not hard to find on Penn Athletic teams," according to an Undergraduate Assembly proposal passed Sunday night.

Abbie Feinberg (white shirt) and other members of the Amorphous Jugglers practice their fire- juggling techniques on College Green near Van Pelt Library on Saturday.

University President Amy Gutmann put her money where her mouth is last night.

Rising to the challenge of doing something seemingly impossible can be an unbeatable experience.

Whether it means leaving early or staying late, graduating in December comes with many advantages.

Philadelphia officials must think the city is too classy for the average Porta-Potty.

Administrators promised to have new system in place by mid-November.

Clifton Dawson stopped and started. He zigged and zagged. He rumbled and stumbled. After 55 yards, he had rewritten the Ivy League record book.

Lots of free condoms and bars may be more important than low acceptance rates and high SAT scores when it comes to being a top school - at least when CollegeHumor.com is doing the ranking.

On a cold December morning last year, The New York Times Washington Bureau chief, Philip Taubman, was personally asked by the president not to publish a story revealing the existence of a secret domestic eavesdropping program.

Former Penn professor Tracy McIntosh may appeal a judge's decision that he be resentenced for his sexual-assault conviction.

Forget standardized test scores and alumni giving rates: In a recent survey by the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, the only number that mattered to Penn's ranking was 8.8.