Wharton students will have the chance this fall to show off their business skills at the largest global-development organization in the world - the United Nations. But the students will be the ones doing the grading. As part of Management 353 - also known as the Wharton Field Challenge, a course started by professor Keith Weigelt - the U.

Students will now be informed by Penn InTouch if the course in which they are attempting to enroll requires a permit. This is a minor change that will address a long-standing complaint, according to University Registrar Ron Sanders. Previously, no notification was given and students' requests were occasionally deleted at the end of Advance Registration because they had not known to provide the required permit.

Meals in Philadelphia are getting pricey - and not just at Le Bec-Fin or Deux Cheminees. Experts say that, even at the city's modestly priced establishments, the cost of a meal is going up. Some restaurant owners say they're paying higher costs for the basics of running a business, costs that get passed on to the consumer.

Reports of aggravated assault on and around campus are way up from last year, and safety officials blame student-to-student violence.

As another Ivy League scandal comes to a close, Penn President Amy Gutmann is going to be just fine, experts say.

Engineering freshman Matt Berger won a treasure hunt last week, but rather than receiving a T-shirt or candy, he landed a $1,000 check. Berger, along with about 120 other students, participated in the Weiss Tech House's newest cash-giveaway competition - its week-long $1,000 Innovative Treasure Hunt.

A slice of the Ivy League's Latino community came together in Houston Hall over the weekend. Their purpose: to connect with other successful Latinos, both students and professionals. Friday though Sunday, Penn hosted the second annual Latino Ivy League Conference.

The vast majority of American adults want kids to learn about safe-sex practices - and abstinence, according to a recent report from Penn's Annenberg National Health Communication Survey. In an article in the November issue of the journal Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, researchers outlined survey results from over 1,000 people.

After alleging that he was beaten and branded during fraternity hazing activities last fall, College senior E. Martyn Griffen will face the people he is accusing in court a week from today. Griffen said two brothers of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, College senior Kelechi Okereke and Education graduate student Lionel Anderson-Perez, lacerated him with a rubber band and severely beat his legs during pledging.

Whether you want to make your own sushi or play out your Antiques Roadshow dreams, head to Old City near the Delaware River this weekend. The Old City Business Association will offer family-oriented activities, promotions and how-to workshops sponsored by Old City restaurants, galleries and retailers as part of the area's fall festival, from 11 a.

The Undergraduate Assembly prides itself on representing the concerns of Penn students. But the survey data that help them do so may only represent students with a specific agenda, experts say. The UA distributes several online surveys each semester - there have been two this fall - to the entire undergraduate population via e-mail and the UA's own Web site.

Former U.S. Army Chaplain James Yee was told he was being given a two-week break from working at Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. naval base in Cuba where war on terror detainees are held. When he arrived in Florida, his bags were searched and he became a prisoner like those he had preached to, held at a super-maximum security prison in Charleston, N.

Whether it's going to college or getting a job, high-school graduation usually means more freedom. But for Engineering exchange student Weijie Poh and College sophomore Shijie Lu, the end of high school was the beginning of a grueling stint in the Singapore Armed Forces.

University officials still haven't decided which company, Microsoft Corp. or Google Inc., will replace Penn's current Webmail service. Officials said earlier this year that they would select a company to host all undergraduate e-mail accounts by about this time, at the latest.

When Penn alumnus Marco Lentini first thought of developing a health-conscious cafe near campus, he says people thought he was crazy. "Philadelphia had just been ranked the fattest city in the world," Lentini said. "But it takes leadership to transcend boundaries and come up with new ideas.

Best-selling author Jonathan Safran Foer doesn't particularly enjoy the process of writing. "I don't love writing. I just don't," he said. "Writing is a little like pulling a tooth - out of your penis." Foer, author of Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, put in double-duty last night, attending a dinner organized by Fisher-Hassenfeld College House before making an appearance at the Penn Bookstore.

It might have seemed like early admissions was toast after the University of Virginia, a public school, followed Harvard and Princeton in abolishing the practice this fall.