After beating 11 candidates with 239 votes, Wharton freshman Keith Williams landed the one of the most coveted roles among his freshman peers: class president. The new leader, whose term begins immediately, sat down with The Daily Pennsylvanian to share his to-do list for the year to come, a bit about his past and why he already thinks he can read your mind.

To those who weren't in Hanover, N.H., on Saturday, it's hard to fathom how Penn managed to score only 13 points, much less lose to Dartmouth. The Quakers had no turnovers, 406 yards of total offense, and on average, they started their drives from their own 44-yard line - tremendous field position, to say the least.

According to Fred Fransen, philanthropists need to be a little more selfish. Sometimes characterized as having a lot of money to throw around and little clue how to best use it, alumni and other university donors are being courted by Fransen's new Center for Excellence in Higher Education.

Thanks to SEPTA's latest fare hike, College sophomore Benjamin Brooke will have to shell out an extra $2.40 per month to get into and out of Center City. Starting today, the price of SEPTA tokens and paper transfers will each increase 15 cents, to $1.45 and 75 cents, respectively.

The saying goes, "If a tree falls down in the woods and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" A timelier question would be, "If an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 rally in Jena, Louisiana, in protest of a case of unequal justice ignored by the mainstream media, does it matter?" I'm no philosophy major, but the answer is a resounding yes.

The Quakers' defense played well enough to keep them in the game, but it was the Cornell defense that handed Penn a 1-0 victory on Friday. The only tally came on an own goal just under 10 minutes into Penn's Ivy League opener. Cornell defender Leslie Campbell inadvertently headed the ball into her own net.

It only took five minutes for the Penn field hockey team to shake off the rust accumulated during a two-week break. Dartmouth had the ball for the first five minutes of the game, but as soon as Penn got its first possession, the Quakers dominated, winning 5-1.

Does the name Kurt Mitman ring a bell? He's the former Econ grad student who was exposed last January for leading the kind of double life - ambitious Ivy Leaguer by day, jailed sex offender by night - that seemed more suited for HBO than for Penn's campus.

Five weeks after Roger Federer successfully defended his U.S. Open title at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York, the Penn men's tennis team failed to follow suit at the same venue. The Quakers' two-year reign at the ECAC Championships met its end on Saturday with a 6-1 loss to Harvard.

Lorenzo Williams and Rhea Gargullo are the biggest Asians on campus. At least according to students who attended last Friday night's Big Asian on Campus, a competition for Asian students to showcase their talents. Williams, a College sophomore, won the crowd over with his oral poetry, while Gargullo, a College senior performed a freestyle dance.

Now that it's On Campus Recruiting season, I think it is safe to say that most of the senior class is freaking out. Because one bad interview, one bombed brainteaser, and you know you've blown your chance at future happiness. But don't fret, dear senior, you haven't.

HANOVER, N.H., Sept. 29 - In what was a thoroughly confusing roller coaster of a football game on Saturday, it is fitting that the deciding play in the final moments would leave the Quakers with far more questions than answers.

The United Kingdom-based University and College Union announced Friday that it will not go through with its previously proposed boycott of Israeli academics because such a boycott could be illegal. A statement on UCU's Web site stated that a ban on academics and universities could infringe upon discrimination legislation.

The men's soccer team had an opportunity to vent out some frustration at its slow start to the season on Saturday at Saint Joseph's. Playing an overmatched and sliding St. Joe's squad, Penn dominated the entire game, winning 4-0. The win put Penn at 2-4-2, while St.

A month after former Dean of Admissions Lee Stetson abruptly resigned from Penn, those who had close contact with him still continue to refuse comment, having been told by the University not to discuss the situation. When visited at home and called at home telephone numbers over the past three weeks, every admissions officer has either been unreachable or has referred all inquiries regarding Stetson's departure to University spokeswoman Lori Doyle.

Daniel Schwartz is a College sophomore from Decatur, Ga. His e-mail address is schwartz@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Almost one month after College sophomore Anne Ryan died from meningitis, a lawyer is questioning her medical treatment in the days prior to her sudden death.