This week's Ivy League slate includes three games that feature several compelling storylines. One of the two league powers of the decade meets a program looking for its first title in over a decade. A starting quarterback returns from a five-game suspension to find himself in the backup spot.

You may not be able to buy alcohol - or congregate in large groups - in certain areas of the city if one city politician has his way. Mayoral candidate Michael Nutter is urging Philadelphia Mayor John Street to declare a state of emergency in the parts of the city that have been hit by the greatest amount of violent crime.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Keith Vereb played an hour and a half of soccer here on Saturday, but he really only needed three minutes. They came at the opening of Penn's must-win match at Yale, when the Quakers came out firing and earned a free kick from upwards of 30 yards out.

Those ratty T-shirts stuffed in the bottom of the dresser can be used for more than just dust rags, one author says. Megan Nicolay, the author of the do-it-yourself book Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-shirt, spoke and gave a demonstration yesterday evening at the Penn Bookstore.

With an Ivy League title no longer a possibility, the Penn women's soccer team hits the road again this weekend hoping to knock off defending champion Yale. Despite an impressive 7-4-1 overall record, Penn enters tomorrow's contest just 1-3 in conference play.

Former Bush Administration official Richard Clarke will headline this year's Integrity Week, student leaders announced this week. A 1972 College graduate, Clarke was serving as an anti-terrorism expert in the federal government on Sept. 11, 2001. He is widely known for his public criticism of how the Bush administration handled surveillance information about al Qaeda.

At about 9:15 p.m., Penn Athletics announced that The Line, the annual event where the most devoted Quakers basketball fans race to a secret location for the best seats in Palestra, is taking place now. Go to World Cafe Live for a chance at first pick of seats, and go to Pennathletics.

Arlen Specter To the Editor: Albert Sun's article on Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.)'s address at College Hall ("Pa. senator slams detainee bill," DP, 10/13/06) conspicuously omitted a key point: Sen. Specter ultimately voted for the bill he so harshly criticized.

Penn is gearing up for a season of tough congressional lobbying after planting its flag in D.C. this past summer.

A rigorous stretch of seven games in 22 days is taking its toll on the Penn men's soccer team with the most important part of the schedule fast approaching. The last of those seven games is a pivotal clash tomorrow at Yale, and Penn will have to go at it with at least one of its defenders relegated to the sidelines by injury.

When my Staph infection began to spread, Student Health sat idly by while more students contracted the virus.

Parts of the Delaware riverfront are "the densest, most historic, least planned" areas in Philadelphia, Harris Steinberg says. Now, his group at Penn has a shot at making them better. Steinberg is director of Penn Praxis, an arm of the School of Design, which is set to play a big role in developing the riverfront.

Penn's sprint football captain Dave Lopez hopes last year's loss to Cornell will not be reprised this year. Having beaten Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y., at the beginning of last season, the Quakers were upended at home by a revitalized Big Red squad, 24-17 later in the year.

Not every Penn student gets to go out drinking with Steven Colbert, chat it up with Diane Sawyer or hobnob with Russell Crowe. But for Puneet Singh, it's just another day at work. On a day-to-day basis, the Wharton junior deals with complaints about the future of Hey Day - he is the junior class president - and accounting homework.

Students staying on campus this fall break can help to ensure that the red and yellow autumn foliage gives way to a whole lot of green next spring. This Saturday, UC Green - a local, non-profit group dedicated to forestry - will be sponsoring a large-scale tree planting effort in the West Powelton and Saunders Park neighborhoods of West Philadelphia.

Yale kicker Alan Kimball sent a 35-yard field goal through the uprights in overtime on Saturday to send the Quakers to a 17-14 loss on Saturday, dropping Penn into a tie for third place in the Ivy League. The game-ending kick followed a missed 37-yard attempt from Penn's Derek Zoch.

Franklin Field isn't the only place where Penn's athletes are being watched. A few blocks north, the Admissions Office does some checking up of its own via a numerical measure called the Academic Index. The index - "a combination of testing scores and performance in high school," according to Dean of Admissions Lee Stetson - is calculated for recruits across the entire Ivy League.