A sea of red marched up and down Columbus Boulevard yesterday flashing signs and sounding off on local politicians. And all that the protestors want is some peace and quiet in their neighborhood. In an effort to halt the proposed construction of a casino located on the waterfront between Tasker Avenue and Reed Street, over 100 Southeast Philadelphia residents lined Columbus Boulevard yesterday, protesting the traffic congestion, crime and other quality-of-life issues that they feel a casino may bring to the area.

Simply being relevant to students tops the to-do list for this year's Undergraduate Assembly. With its first meeting yesterday, the UA rolled out an ambitious plan to revamp both its tasks and direction for the year. Its members are looking to increase the number of tangible projects they work on this year.

Hindus, Christians, Jews and Muslims left their places of worship last night to remember together the events of Sept. 11, 2001. But they did more than remember. They sang, prayed, performed poetry and reflected, on this fifth anniversary of a day few Penn students will forget.

By Leanne Ta The Daily Pennsylvanian High schools and small laboratories can now access a piece of world-class equipment they once could only dream of, thanks to graduate student Brian Edwards. That device is a pair of tweezers. Well, sort of. Edwards, an Electrical and Systems Engineering doctoral candidate, has created "electric tweezers" that allow researchers to manipulate microscopic particles simply by moving a joystick.

Week of affordable dining in Center City This fall's Center City Restaurant Week began yesterday, but hurry to make your reservations - it only runs through Friday. The event, which occurs annually, allows patrons to dine for $30 at some of the city's most expensive restaurants.

The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with University President Amy Gutmann about Scott Ward's time as a Wharton Marketing professor. DP: Why was Ward allowed to remain on the faculty after two arrests? AG: The most important fact is that Mr. Ward is no longer at Penn.

By Leanne Ta The Daily Pennsylvanian Hundreds of protest groups, numerous online petitions, a public demonstration and an organized boycott: not the way Facebook.com officials expected users to respond to the site's recent makeover. "We really messed this one up," Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerburg wrote in an open letter to Facebook users Friday morning.

Ex-Wharton professor Scott Ward is stuck in jail - for now. A federal judge ruled on Friday that Ward, charged with importing child pornography, will remain in Virginia court custody until his trial. The judge overturned last Wednesday's ruling that Ward could return to his Massachusetts home if he posted bail set at $2 million and abided by strict regulations, which included wearing a GPS-tracking device and never accessing travel documents or a computer.

Come January, students will have the option to switch from Penn's traditional e-mail service to something that looks more like Gmail or Microsoft's Windows Live Mail. Officials are planning to replace the University's e-mail server with a new host from either Google Inc.

With 40 percent of its members being students of color, Penn's class of 2010 is its most diverse to date. But this triumph of diversity was not won without aggressive effort. As admissions officials nationwide, including Penn, fight for higher percentages of minorities at their schools, more and more are using a range of multicultural recruitment programs.

Student financial-aid records have been helping to fight the war on terror for the past five years - but without students' knowledge. The Department of Education acknowledged last week that one of its offices had been running a program, which was discontinued last June, that searched for evidence of terrorist activity via financial-aid records.

City Council President Anna Verna can order a special election to fill three vacant Council seats as early as today, but several local groups are calling the process undemocratic. Because Verna announced the election in August - therefore eliminating the possibility of a primary - ward leaders, not voters, will select the party nominees.

Council President Anna Verna's announcement of a Nov. 7 special election for the three vacant City Council seats seemed like good news for Florence Cohen. The 88-year-old widow of late Councilman David Cohen would have a chance to finish the term of her husband, who died in office last fall at the age of 90.

By Meagan Steiner The Daily Pennsylvanian Trade in crowded frat parties for some classy schmoozing along the banks of the Schuylkill River this weekend. Although, like frat parties, the "Rockin' on the River" concert series on the Schuylkill River banks features dancing, alcohol and free admission.

College freshman Douglas Halperin got in to Penn during the most competitive admissions season in the University's history.

Although their tastes in music might be very different, there is one thing many Penn students can have in common: a sleek software called iTunes that sells millions of digital songs. But a new program is trying to compete. Having dominated the digital music industry - and the laptops of Penn students - for the past several years, iTunes may soon be challenged by the social-networking Web site MySpace.

Ex-Wharton professor emeritus Scott Ward likely won't be going home anytime soon, despite his option to post $2 million bail, legal experts say. Even if he is willing to pay, experts say the decision to grant bail could be overturned, and there is still the matter of the separate charges that he faces in Pennsylvania.