Actor Mark Wahlberg rides in his Suburban on the set of 'Shooter,' a movie that filmed just off campus yesterday. Wahlberg stars in the film, about an exiled marksman, along with Danny Glover.

Engineering School sophomore Kristen Ying says she didn't study for her finals last year, and she did fine. At least for her College courses, anyway. Her Engineering courses were a whole different story. "During reading days, I studied for my Engineering finals whenever I was awake," she said.

On Friday night, the members of the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society gathered in the Rotunda to hear fantasy novelist and folklorist Josepha Sherman speak, but Sherman herself was no where to be found. The group sent delegates to meet her at the train station, but she never got off the train.

Outsourcing school e-mail can be a great move, but be careful how you do it, say students and officials at schools that have made the switch. Penn has announced that in January it will begin a switch to an e-mail system managed by Google or Microsoft. Officials say the goal is to avoid the cost of performing in-house upgrades, and any outside service would be free to Penn.

Ever wonder why most of your professors in science and engineering are men?

Tomorrow, Penn students will have an opportunity to listen to live music, visit museums and see motorcycle racers launch tricks - all at the perfect price for any college student. In other words - free. From 2 to 7 p.m., the Ben Franklin Parkway will be closed to traffic for the Campus Philly Kick-Off concert and festival.

After almost six months of searching, Penn has chosen the person who will lead the greatest campus expansion project of the last century. Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli announced landscape architect Anne Papageorge as the next vice president for Facilities and Real Estate.

Before his arrest on child-pornography charges, ex-Wharton professor Scott Ward had extensively researched children as a consumer group. According to his resume, Ward's research interests include the effects of television advertising on children and family patterns of consumer behavior.

April Jones is not in a good mood. She has come in to see her doctor for a routine visit, but her work as an auditor for the Internal Revenue Service has been causing her a lot of stress, which would explain her annoyed, angry demeanor. But April Jones is not a real person - she's a character being portrayed by a local actress.

Jen Morrison, a senior in the School of Nursing, has gotten great career advice at Penn - from her peers. When she was a freshman and needed help choosing classes and buying books, these nurses were there with advice. When she became a junior and needed to get CPR-certified, they were once again there to help.

Mayor John Street may have signed a citywide smoking ban into law this month, but the issue is far from extinguished.

Penn's No. 7 spot on the 2007 U.S. News & World Report college rankings may not be an indicator of the University's ability to educate students, according to a new report from an education think tank. The report from the Washington-based Education Sector criticizes the popular U.

This country is dropping the ball when it comes to teaching teachers, an expert said yesterday. Arthur Levine, the former president of Teachers College at Columbia University, spoke yesterday afternoon at Irvine Auditorium about his report on the state of teacher education in America.

What do you get when you combine the Wharton School, rampant corruption and the Chinese Communist Party? A purging, of course. Last Sunday, Chinese security forces removed Chen Liangyu, a graduate of the first Wharton senior executive training program run in Shanghai in 1990, from his post as Shanghai's Communist Party boss and placed him under house arrest.

Sex under the Button may just be the stuff of Penn mythology, but the University is giving hopeful students 50,000 chances to make sure they do it safely. The Office of Health Education purchases 50,000 Lifestyle condoms per year, according to Director Susan Villari.

Most professors probably wouldn't question the worth of a disabled baby's life. Peter Singer, however, is not your average professor. In his book Practical Ethics, Singer wrote that "killing a disabled infant is not morally equivalent to killing a person.

Arthur Gardner Smith had some stiff competition running for freshman class president. But he still managed to get 40 percent more votes than his closest competitor, and the new leader of the Class of 2010 is eager to get started. Freshman class representatives were finally announced last night after a race that featured a historic number of candidates, high voter turnout and allegations of tampering with election materials.