Admissions policies are stacked against Asian applicants.

At yesterday's NWCA All-Star Classic, fans witnessed a tale of two Matts. The invitational, which hosts nationally top-ranked wrestlers in each weight class annually, featured two Quakers for the first time. Matt Valenti, last year's NCAA national champion and top-ranked wrestler in the country at 133 pounds, faced Oklahoma State's No.

Two members of the suspended Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity were convicted of harassment and simple assault yesterday.

Ivy League universities are about to get a whole lot larger. Physically, for one. Penn will acquire the postal lands, a 42-acre swath of land directly east of campus, next year; construction will span the next few decades.

College senior Aaron Weissman won't be on the Undergraduate Assembly any more.

When the Penn swimming teams take on La Salle tonight, the women's team (3-2, 1-2 Ivy) will expect a win while the men's team (2-3, 0-3) will look forward to a close meet.

An official Penn wall calendar says students get an additional day off during Thanksgiving break. Courses resume, the calendar reads, on Tuesday Nov. 28. Unfortunately for students who booked flights based on the wall calendar, this is not the case. According to the official University-wide calendar available on Penn's Web site, classes actually resume 8 a.

Sometimes, a little competition can go a long way. The College House Cup Fall Fest, held yesterday afternoon in the Quadrangle, gave students the opportunity to compete against residents of other dorms to gain points toward becoming House Cup Champions.

The 2007 Rhodes scholars were announced on Friday - and Penn students are conspicuously absent from the list.

There was no need for dramatics this time around. Monica Naltner posted a double-double, Joey Rhoads led the way with 25 points, and the Penn women's basketball team rolled to a 77-65 triumph over Rider yesterday.

Members of some Christian sects have been known to utter a meaningless language of sounds that they say are divinely inspired. According to some Penn researchers, these people really do experience an altered consciousness.

A runner competes in the 2006 Philadelphia Marathon before a crowd of onlookers. More than 7,000 people took part in the run, which wound around the city. Hosea Kimutai of Kenya won the race, coming within 22 seconds of matching the course record.

Shuttle to the airport is completely unwarranted - SEPTA will take you there, and it needs the money.

Sophomore Maggie Burgess took only one shot during last night's 54-53 victory over Lehigh, but that one basket was the most critical of the game. With 15 seconds remaining and the Quakers trailing 53-52, senior Lauren Pears hit Burgess from the baseline. And Burgess sunk her jumper from off the left block, putting Penn (1-0, 0-0 Ivy) up by one.

Penn ranked second last year among universities for hosting international scholars, according to an Institute for International Education report released Nov. 13.

Missing the core of its starting roster, the Penn wrestling team still managed to secure a hard-fought second place yesterday at the Palestra in the Keystone Classic. Led by 125-pound champion senior Matt Eveleth and 157-pound winner sophomore Matt Dragon, the Quakers finished 13 points behind tournament champion Columbia.

President Bush's frequent use of so-called signing statements is "unlawful" and "inappropriate," according to Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.).