During New Student Orientation, Kunal Kandimalla wanted to party. But he said he didn't know his way around the frat scene, and nobody bothered advertising their parties in his dorm, Kings Couty/English House. So Kandimalla made friends in the Quadrangle, and made them fast.

PITTSBURGH - Before a sparse crowd in a half-empty ballroom, Lynn Swann conceded the Pennsylvania governor's race to incumbent Ed Rendell last night. Swann took the stage at about 11:20 p.m. after being introduced by his running mate, Jim Matthews. He spoke to his crowd of supporters, admitting that "we lost the battle," and that he is "not accustomed to losing.

PITTSBURGH - Incumbent Republican Sen. Rick Santorum was gracious in conceding to Pennsylvania Treasurer Bob Casey Jr. last night, despite their bitterly fought contest. "I wish him the very best," Santorum said in his concession speech. "His is a fine man.

Income would seem to have a lot to do with poverty, but according to Penn professor Andrew Lamas, the key is actually wealth - and it makes a difference. In a workshop hosted by Civic House yesterday, Lamas discussed the causes of national wealth inequality and proposed solutions before a crowd of about 30 students.

Engineering senior Saad Saadi may have offended a lot of people with his suicide-bomber costume last week- but that's his prerogative, free speech experts say. Saadi, a Daily Pennsylvanian photographer, wore the costume to Penn President Amy Gutmann's annual Halloween party last Tuesday.

Penn's got big ambitions. It's already got $1 billion in the bag - but that's merely to jumpstart what officials say will be the biggest University-wide fundraising campaign in Penn history. And they think they have some pretty compelling reasons why donors would want to give.

The mood among the Penn Democrats only improved last night as time passed. The Penn College Republicans were somewhat more sour. The Democrats met last night at Huntsman Hall to watch the election returns roll in. The mood the was initially cautious and subdued, but people became more jubilant as reports of wins started to arrive.

University President Amy Gutmann emerges from the booth after voting in the midterm elections. She cast her ballot in Steinberg-Dietrich Hall yesterday morning.

Former Penn professor Tracy McIntosh may be headed to prison after all. The Pennsylvania Superior Court ordered on Monday that McIntosh be resentenced for his sexual-assault conviction.. The decision to resentence was in response to an appeal by the district attorney's office that McIntosh's sentence had been excessively lenient.

Organizers called Election Day at Penn a success as students and community members alike turned out in large numbers across campus to vote. Despite some lines, the voting experience this November was widely reported to be a smooth one. "It was uneventful, and uneventful is good," Wharton sophomore and Judge of Elections Greg Kaplan said as he was preparing to close the polls at David Rittenhouse Laboratory.

SCRANTON - After nearly two years locked in a bitter and relentless campaign, Bob Casey Jr. finally reached the stage last night a winner. As predicted by numerous polls, Casey defeated Republican incumbent Rick Santorum last night to become Pennsylvania's first Democratic senator since 1995.

Democratic incumbent Gov. Ed Rendell easily secured a second term in office last night, the conclusion of what he has said is his last campaign.

Government officials issue study on pregaming - and students say, 'Duh'

A play performed on campus last night delivered the same line to the audience again and again: "White people have insatiable, unquenchable, unlimited appetites for black stereotypes." Put on before an audience of about 30 in the Houston Hall's Hall of Flags as a part of the United Minorities Council's Unity Week 2006, David Lamb's play, From Auction Block to Hip Hop, addressed the glorification of "pimps" and "whores" in hip hop music today.

The Associated Press has declared incumbent Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell the victor in his race for a second term. His opponent was Republican Lynn Swann, a political novice and pro football Hall of Famer. Rendell had been heavily favored in recent polls. The AP called the race based on "a statistical analysis of the vote from voter interviews conducted for The Associated Press by Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International.

What's bad publicity for Penn could turn out to be blogger Winfield Myers' big break. On Thursday evening, Myers posted a photograph of Penn President Amy Gutmann posing with Engineering senior Saad Saadi - who dressed as a suicide bomber for Halloween - and criticized Gutmann over it.

Today's the day he worked for. After months of putting up posters, stumping door to door and passing out registration cards, Election Day is finally here. Penn Leads the Vote President and College senior Bren Darrow is passionate about something a lot of people his age won't take a few minutes a year to do: voting.