Tenure-track professorships are among the most coveted jobs in academia, but that's not stopping a growing number of women from turning them down. At Harvard University, the percentage of women who accepted tenure-track positions during the 2005-06 academic year dropped drastically, according to a recently released Harvard report.

A documentary alleging that the American media is biased in favor of Israel sparked debate in Logan Hall last night. A discussion panel on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was held before an audience of about 10 by the Muslim Students Association. Moderator Arsalan Iftikhar, the legal director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, has appeared on talk shows on numerous news channels, including CNN, the BBC and Fox News.

Ex-Wharton professor Scott Ward was formally indicted on child-pornography charges in an Alexandria, Va., federal court yesterday. The indictment alleged that Ward "produced, imported and possessed visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct

During New Student Orientation, Kunal Kandimalla wanted to party. But he said he didn't know his way around the frat scene, and nobody bothered advertising their parties in his dorm, Kings Couty/English House. So Kandimalla made friends in the Quadrangle, and made them fast.

n Women's Rugby. The team emerged victorious during the Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union championship weekend. Defeating Bloomsburg University, Penn finished on top in the White Division and undefeated for the season. At the semifinal game on Saturday, Penn dominated Saint Joseph's for a final score of 29-5.

The mood among the Penn Democrats only improved last night as time passed. The Penn College Republicans were somewhat more sour. The Democrats met last night at Huntsman Hall to watch the election returns roll in. The mood the was initially cautious and subdued, but people became more jubilant as reports of wins started to arrive.

Former Penn professor Tracy McIntosh may be headed to prison after all. The Pennsylvania Superior Court ordered on Monday that McIntosh be resentenced for his sexual-assault conviction.. The decision to resentence was in response to an appeal by the district attorney's office that McIntosh's sentence had been excessively lenient.

Penn's ZBT fraternity has long had a history of good and bad; the two have finally split up permanently.

Organizers called Election Day at Penn a success as students and community members alike turned out in large numbers across campus to vote. Despite some lines, the voting experience this November was widely reported to be a smooth one. "It was uneventful, and uneventful is good," Wharton sophomore and Judge of Elections Greg Kaplan said as he was preparing to close the polls at David Rittenhouse Laboratory.

When most athletes tear their rotator cuff and spend six months avoiding heavy physical training, they don't usually return to garner the highest accolade in their sport. But Matt Valenti isn't most athletes. In March 2006, Valenti became the first Quakers wrestler since Brent Matter in 2000 to capture the NCAA title.

Downsizing Pennsylvania's Legislature should be the top priority of the newly elected body.

How smoothly will the transition from Fran Dunphy to Glen Miller transpire? Is this the year that the Quakers finally win an NCAA Tournament game?

When the Penn men's basketball team traveled to Cornell last season, all that Khaliq Gant could do was listen to the game from his bed in a spinal-rehabilitation center in Atlanta. But when the Quakers host Cornell this coming February, Gant will have a much better view of the action - he'll be sitting on the bench at the Palestra next to his teammates and coaches.

SCRANTON - After nearly two years locked in a bitter and relentless campaign, Bob Casey Jr. finally reached the stage last night a winner. As predicted by numerous polls, Casey defeated Republican incumbent Rick Santorum last night to become Pennsylvania's first Democratic senator since 1995.

To save money, teachers shouldn't give students the impression that they need to purchase supplemental books.

Democratic incumbent Gov. Ed Rendell easily secured a second term in office last night, the conclusion of what he has said is his last campaign.

University President Amy Gutmann emerges from the booth after voting in the midterm elections. She cast her ballot in Steinberg-Dietrich Hall yesterday morning.