After his first losing season in a decade, coach Al Bagnoli knew some changes were in line for Penn's storied football program. He brought in nutritionists and fitness gurus, and his players reported to Penn on their own three weeks before training camp. But more than anything, his role as team psychologist has a markedly different tone.

The fate of the Penn field hockey seaons rests with seven upperclassmen. Rachel Eng, Christina Ferrier, Meredith Moran, Stephanie Ragg (who also writes for The Daily Pennsylvanian), Kathryn Rose, Kelsey Tahan and Sarah Warner have combined for just seven career goals and 13 assists.

For the second straight season, Robert Irvin is battling back from severe shoulder surgery. And once again, the quarterback - who started all 10 games as a sophomore in 2006 - must vie for his old job. Gone is Bryan Walker, who as a senior lost last fall's preseason competition only to step up when Irvin suffered a torn right labrum against Villanova in the second game of the year.

View Larger Map Burglary: Aug. 20 - A male student, 21, reported that an unknown suspect entered his secured apartment on the 4000 block of Baltimore Avenue through a rear door and removed his laptop at 9:56 a.m. Aug. 22 - A male student, 25, reported that someone attempted to enter his residence on the 200 block of 42nd Street through an open window at 12:09 p.

Federal prosecutors announced last week that they are indicting former Marketing professor Scott Ward on two additional child pornography charges. The United States Attorneys' office has added two counts of inducing a minor to engage in sex to create photos or videos to the three other charges Ward is facing in Pennsylvania.

Former Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya pleaded no contest on June 5 to manslaughter charges in the death of Temple student Irina Zlotnikov, her ex-boyfriend's then-girlfriend. She was sentenced to five years in jail with credit for time served by Delaware Superior Court President Judge James Vaughn, according to The Associated Press.

Penn's pre-professional environment can be extremely competitive, but when students return to campus in September, summer internships become a memory. According to an annual Career Services survey of the senior class' summers, over two-thirds of students entering their final year at Penn had internships.

To most Penn students, a summer abroad in Spain means sprinkling a few classes in between siestas and fiestas. But senior Johnny Elicker - who spent a month in Alicante - also got a taste of the offseason workouts in La Liga, Spain's premier soccer league.

Engineering sophomore Michael Sheahan - whom friends remember as intelligent and understanding - was killed in a car crash on Monday night. Sheahan, 20, who is from Madison, Wis., died when his car collided with a dump truck in Caledonia, Ill., after Sheahan ran through a stop sign, according to the Boone Count

As a graduate of the Class of 2008, here's a toast (or several pieces of it) to my batch-mates and all our wondrous experiences at Penn. While most of us have left the University in body, many remain connected as mentors to our underclassman friends, assistants to our professors and participants in programs and causes that we have pursued from our NSO days.

Students who use embarrassingly large amounts of toilet paper, garbage bags or red Solo cups have a new Web site that might make their lives easier. PennTen.com is a student-founded online retailer that stocks, sells and delivers 10 popular dorm supplies in bulk.

About 2,430 new students from all 50 states and every continent except Antarctica will arrive at Penn in the next several days, bearing New Student Orientation wristbands and an anticipation of their next four years on campus.

When the Ivy League provided an extra week of practice before the season, the Penn volleyball team didn't use the time to hit the gym for two-a-days and fitness training. Instead, the women scaled the rockclimbing wall at Pottruck and struggled to get through "the spider web" at a ropes course.

What's in a name? For the Penn chapter of Campus Crusade for Christ, a lot. After 25 years on campus, the faith-based student group - often called "CRU" - has decided to change its name to Penn Students for Christ after many members objected to the negative connotation the word "crusade" has t

The incoming freshmen from the class of 2012 are not just moving into their dorms today, they are also moving into a battleground state in the height of the general election season. The Penn Democrats and College Republicans are planning enthusiastic welcomes for this new group of potential voters.

As students return to campus this week, they will find less cereal and more chocolate. Chef Jose Garces, of the downtown restaurants Amada and Tinto, opened the doors to Distrito, his newest restaurant. The Mexican tapas restaurant opened on July 21 in the University City Hub, located at 3945 Chestnut St.

With the largest gift to the "Making History" fund-raising campaign, Anne and Jerome Fisher announced a $50 million donation to the University on June 30 for the establishment of the Anne and Jerome Fisher Translational Research Center. Scheduled to open in 2010, the new center will be designed with the intent to facilitate collaboration between disciplines.