Dear Class of 2013, When I wrote my goodbye column for these pages in May, I said I would pay you all the Icelandic krona in the world to switch places

After a summer of deliberation, Eze, a Wharton and College senior, resigned as UMC chairman. College junior Janice Dow, current UMC vice chairwoman and a former Daily Pennsylvanian opinion artist, will take his place.

This year, The Daily Pennsylvanian is following four freshmen through their first year of college. The occasional series will explore all aspects of the freshman journey, from moving in to cramming for finals - and everything in between.

This fall, the football team playing at Franklin Field will look retro. No, the players are not getting old school jerseys nor leather helmets.

According to Penn field hockey coach Val Cloud, it's "September or bust" this season. The Quakers hope to avenge their 6-11 record (4-3 Ivy) in 2009 in which they went 2-7 in the first month of play and at one point lost seven games in a row.

The endowment is expected to report a loss of 15.7 percent for fiscal year 2009, but Penn President Amy Gutmann expressed relief at this number - "the lowest of any drop among peer institutions."

While it's tempting to try and maintain those shiny 4.0 GPAs here, we hope that you don't. Penn is about so much more than bell curves and word counts. And we know that everyone's going to be offering you advice the next few days, but here are our quick hits for a great time at Penn.

Renovation, not recreation, seems to have been the keyword on campus this summer.

College sophomore Becca Elman will take over for Poe, a would-be College sophomore, representing the School of Arts and Sciences on the Undergraduate Assembly.

It seemed that nearly everyone at her memorial service yesterday, at Temple Beth Israel in Northfield, N.J., agreed on one point: Goldhagen knew how to live life to its fullest, and tried her hardest to impart her wisdom to others.

With each trip across campus, you are bombarded with flyers and information about every event on campus, every charity drive and every meeting that week. And each of these group represents only a small fraction of the student body.

Penn's urban location in West Philadelphia provides exciting opportunities, but also means that students need to be aware of their surroundings.

Penn prides itself on being a culturally diverse school, with an accepting campus climate. And with the following cultural and minority support groups, you're sure to find somewhere you can fit in.

The 2008 election may be over, but Pennsylvania is still the site of many interesting developments in the world of politics.