When College junior Cameron Clark looks back on this fall semester, he will fondly remember fine dinners paired with appropriate wines in the company of friends. But these memories aren't from Philadelphia, where the minimum legal drinking age is 21. Instead, they are souvenirs he is accumulating during his semester abroad at the Universite Lumiere Lyon in France.

While some Hillary Clinton enthusiasts are still deciding whom to vote for in November's general election, Penn for Hillary has thrown its support behind Barack Obama. "We decided over the summer that we would try to fold into Penn Dems and Penn for Obama," said Penn for Hillary co-chairwoman and College senior Julie Siegel, who is the former Spin editor for The Daily Pennsylvanian.

With new crime-mapping Web sites, students and Philadelphia residents can keep track of area crimes, all without leaving their computers. One such site - ucrime.com - was launched about a month and a half ago. Ucrime.com provides crime maps, data and alert for more than 100 colleges across the country.

Penn's six branches of undergraduate student government and six minority and cultural coalitions recently began a collaboration to diversify student government. The effort was prompted by a decline in minority participation that leaders of different organizations have noticed.

The cost of energy is spiraling beyond the reach of many Pennsylvanians. Forty-three percent of residents and 59 percent of businesses are having trouble keeping up with recent energy-cost increases, according to the statewide environmental advocacy group PennFuture.

The doctor is in, and she wants you to vote for Barack Obama. On Saturday night, actress Kate Walsh - best known for playing Dr. Addison Montgomery on ABC's Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice - stepped out of her Hollywood role to voice her support for Democratic presidential nominee Sen.

Along with four other colleges and universities around the country, Penn President Amy Gutmann pledged Friday to create an additional 400 civic-service opportunities for Penn students. The new opportunities will help prepare students for service in a variety of fields, expand the reach of Penn's service programs and enhance the intellectual impact that civic engagement already provides, she said.

From the birthday cake to the African violets, the 90th anniversary celebration of the Gamma chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority was truly "a glorious affair." That was the name of the celebration of DST's "90 years of excellence" that took place last Saturday in the Bodek Lounge.

Penn spent $980,038 on activities in Washington and Harrisburg for the fiscal year that ended in May 2007, an increase from $218,199 the year before. Much of that money was spent on lobbying expenses. However, according to Jeffrey Cooper, the vice president for government and community affairs, the increase was simply the result of a new law mandating that the University health system's expenses be included in the general report.

As the first undergraduate student to curate a major exhibit at Penn's Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology, College senior and graduate sub-matriculate student in Anthropology Abby Seldin is in a league of her own. Along with Chief Bob Redhawk Ruth and Shelley DePaul, Seldin is co-curator of "Fulfilling a Prophecy: The Past and Present of the Lenape in Pennsylvania.

The six branches of student government have begun efforts to increase minority representation by collaborating with six of Penn's cultural and minority coalitions. The initiative is meant to address a noticeable decline in the presence of minority and female undergraduates in student government in recent years.

Hearing about emergencies on campus is about to take on a new meaning. DPS is planning an audible-alert system, which will include audible sirens and a public-address system spanning the area from 33rd to 40th Streets. Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush explained that the system would benefit University visitors and nearby residents -- people not included in UPennAlert, Penn's emergency-notification system that alerts students and faculty through e-mail and text messages.

Sometimes you can't leave something dead and buried. That was apparent in many of Edgar Allan Poe's stories, and it now seems to be true in an ongoing debate over the author's remains. Last October, local writer Edward Pettit began arguing that Poe's body should be moved from Baltimore to Philadelphia.

On Friday, Wharton officials released a statement revealing that three current and past students' scores for the Graduate Management Admissions Test were cancelled last week because of cheating. "We are in the process of investigating the matter and, after we have completed our review of the facts, appropriate action will be taken in accordance with our policies," said Anjani Jain, vice dean of Wharton Graduate Division.

Despite a new dean, Penn's major undergraduate admissions policies and initiatives have remained intact. Early decision enrollment and Exploring College Options have become standard admissions programs at Penn, and according to Dean of Admissions Eric Furda - who took over the position in July - both are here to stay.

Information Systems and Computing has reconfigured Penn's wireless settings. ISC has remodeled the available wireless networks on campus, consolidating older networks and creating new ones to provide better access and support. Prior to this summer, AirPennNet, AirSAS, AirSEAS and Wireless-PennNet were all wireless networks available in specific areas around campus.

Some students and University officials are praising a move to discourage tray use in campus dining halls, but others are finding it difficult to adjust. In an effort to reduce food waste and conserve energy, trays in the dining halls are no longer easily accessible, though officials say they are still available.