Villanova great Porter dies after beating Howard Porter, one of the greatest players in Villanova basketball history, died Saturday. He was 58. He was found brutally beaten in an alleyway in Minneapolis 10 days ago, and was then hospitalized until he died.

Bob Pierson, the program director of Farm to City, will speak at noon Wednesday on College Green about the importance of supporting local Pennsylvania farmers. Farm to City is a Philadelphia-based organization that, according to its Web site, aims "to unite communities, families and farmers year-round through good locally grown food . and sees a region where the sustainable family farm is economically successful.

Recently, the yearly SEPTA budget has tended to fall in the red. But $129 million is a bit excessive. So goes the logic behind the recent "Plan A" proposal, which would increase fares by about 11 percent. Unfortunately, the two Philadelphia representatives on the SEPTA board vetoed this proposal, pushing back a final decision until late June.

Jesse Carlin is a fast learner. Many runners spend most of their careers training for a specific event. She picked one up in about two weeks. By placing third in the 800-meters at the NCAA Regionals in Gainesville, Fla., on Sunday with a time of 2:06.29, the rising senior extended Penn's four-year streak of sending at least one athlete to the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

This year the Penn women's lacrosse team earned its first Final Four berth, achieved its highest national ranking ever and went undefeated in the Ivy League for the first time. So it wasn't unexpected that the team would end the season on another historic note.

By Bianca Gonzalez The Summer Pennsylvanian biancag@nursing.upenn.edu You can wake up every morning to breakfast in bed with Joan Osborne's new CD that she promoted recently in Philadelphia. An acclaimed singer-songwriter, Osborne, made an appearance on May 22 at downtown music retailer F.

While Ben Franklin still is Philadelphia's most beloved founding father, excavators in Center City are uncovering some ground-breaking information about a few other patriotic men. The archeological dig at the President's House on 6th and Market streets in Center City that began on March 21 has yielded in recent weeks various artifacts that may give historians unprecedented information about this location.

Alicia Puglionesi is a College junior from Havertown, Pa. Her e-mail address is apuglionesi@sas.upenn.edu.

It was 9:00 on one of the last nights of finals week. I patted myself on the back for managing to get a seat among the crowd of Penn students cramming at the Bucks County cafe on the corner 40th and Locust streets, and I settled in for a few hours of reviewing for my last final of the semester, a cumulative exam for one of my English classes.

Positions are hardening and battle lines are being drawn in the ongoing struggle over SEPTA funding. At issue is a $130 million budget shortfall that is threatening the very existence of the transit agency, which is used by about 40,000 students and commuters each day.

Some people love college to death. And now a growing number of colleges and universities have found a never-ending way to return the love. A recent trend has hit higher education, with more and more institutions offering their alumni the opportunity to reside for eternity on campus grounds.

30BAdditional dollars President Bush requested from Congress yesterday to fight AIDS in Africa. Source: The Associated Press

As the dust from last week's decisive mayoral primary settles, some are questioning the scruples surrounding the use of community service workers to man a pre-election event supporting second-place candidate Tom Knox. Several Penn students among those completing court- or school-ordered community service hours at the time, said they were surprised when supervisors instructed them to set up food and amusements at a West Philadelphia park where Knox later gave a speech.

As usual, a small but strong Penn contingent will be competing in the men's and women's track and field NCAA Regionals. The teams are going to Gainesville, Fla., this weekend. But instead of taking in the sun, they're taking on some of the best athletes in the country.

"Freshman, get to the back of the bus," Penn golf's senior captain Sean Barrett ordered as the team prepared to head out for its final round at the NCAA West Regional in Tempe, Ariz., last weekend. With the Quakers in 23rd place (of 27), this was very likely Barrett's last ride to a course as captain.

In the race to expand eastward, Penn's Health System seems to be beating out the rest of the University. The Health System recently signed a lease for 263,000 square feet in the Centre Square building, located in Center City at 1500 Market Street. UPHS plans to move its ancillary services, like finance and communication operations, to the new location to free up more space in West Philadelphia for clinical services, said Susan Phillips, chief of staff for the Medical School dean's office.

The Penn students currently on campus probably have some idea of what this summer has in store. But for everyone else - those here on campus for the first time taking summer session courses, doing internships or working (and, of course, the eventual throngs of high schoolers who will crowd campus come late June) - the City of Brotherly Love could seem a little intimidating.