Health officials have started preparing for the upcoming flu season - but they're not making any predictions about its severity. Predictions for upcoming seasons are difficult to make, as many factors change from one year to the next. Besides ordering vaccinations, making sure students have all the resources for immunization and being vigilant, little else can be done in anticipation of the season.

A number of new stores and restaurants around University City are preparing for their grand openings, some as soon as the end of the month. Naked Chocolate Cafe opens later this month near 34th and Walnut streets, with Capogiro Gelato Artisans, Jimmy John's sandwich shop, CVS pharmacy and Chipotle Mexican Grill scheduled to open soon after.

If there is a line between success and gimmickry, Norries Wilson is trying to wash it away with a splash of Diet Coke. On Saturday's evidence, the Columbia coach is succeeding. Columbia deserved better from this game. Penn's offense did nothing. None of the Quakers' three scoring drives were longer than 10 yards: They simply took advantage of slapstick, Benny Hill-esque mistakes Columbia made deep in its own territory.

Even though track is an individual sport, the impact of a runner's teammates and competitors can make or break a race. While staying as a pack can help push a team to victory, focusing on opposing runners can disrupt a team's race plan. On Saturday, at the Pre-National meet in Terra Haute Ind.

The Mormon Church is planning to build a multi-level temple on North Broad Street, where churchgoers from the region will be able to perform the faith's sacred rituals. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Philadelphia and at Penn praised the announcement, which they said came as somewhat of a surprise.

Freshmen usually don't get a chance to compete in rowing's varsity championship races. But at yesterday's Head of the Charles Race in Boston, the men's freshman four was given a chance to shine on the water and finished ninth out of 21 teams with a time of 17:11.

DuBois College House received $1 million worth of updates over the summer. Residents hope to see more done in a larger-scale renovation administrators say is on the horizon. This summer's renovation included updates to common spaces like the TV lounge, fitness room and laundry areas, Facilities Director of Design and Construction Management Mariette Buchman said.

In a break from its usual Sunday routine, the Penn field hockey team started the day with a team breakfast and film-watching session. The pregame warm-up at Franklin Field featured mini-games, allowing each player to work out individual skills. And coach Val Cloud decided to switch around her lineup to add a fourth player to the midfield line in order give her squad an offensive edge.

Coming into Saturday's game with Dartmouth, the women's soccer team had gone undefeated in its past seven matches and, at 2-0-1, controlled its Ivy destiny. Dartmouth, meanwhile, was the league's doormat, searching for its first conference win in four tries.

When Columbia's final gasp ended with a fifth and final turnover on Saturday, when the score had finally settled, 15-10 in Penn's favor, after a seemingly endless series of three-and-outs, both sides struggled to decide what the result meant for them.

The men's soccer team logged 15 hours of driving time on its Saturday trip to Dartmouth. More importantly, it logged win No. 8 on the season, a 1-0 edging of the Big Green to remove the taste of two straight losses and put Penn back into Ivy title contention.

Columbia quarterback Shane Kelly sat in the post-game press conference after Penn's 15-10 win over the Lions with a blank stare on his face. His defense had just put up a huge performance, holding Penn to 204 yards and just 10 first downs. But Kelly thanked every big stop the defense made with an interception or some other miscue.

Alicia Puglionesi is a College senior from Havertown, Pa. Her e-mail address is puglionesi@dailypennsylvanian.com.

For some Philadelphia residents, Primate Liberation Week is about giving Penn students an education - and a reality check. This past Saturday, a group of some eight residents gathered at the corner of 34th and Walnut streets to protest animal cruelty as the week designated to aiding primates used for scientific research came to a close.

Two shootings occurred Friday night at 40th and Ludlow streets, killing one man and seriously injuring another. Terrence Davis, 18, was shot once in the back and was pronounced dead at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania at 2:10 a.m. Saturday, according to Officer Jill Russell, a Philadelphia Police spokeswoman.

Walking into Steinberg-Dietrich Hall last night, political analyst and Fox News commentator Dick Morris made it a point to introduce himself by shaking every attendee's hand, whether liberal or conservative. The College Republicans hosted Morris to speak to students about the upcoming presidential election and the looming fascist Islamic threat.

Goalkeeper Sara Rose has posted four shutouts for the women's soccer team this season, including blank slates over Harvard and Cornell - and there is nothing to stop her from thinking that Dartmouth will struggle to put one past her tomorrow in Hanover, N.