Thirty-five years ago, 43 people were killed in a prison uprising in upstate New York, the bloodiest in United States history. Ironically, the upshot of the incident was an "assault on the idea that prisoners had civil liberties," Heather Thompson told a crowd of about 40 at Penn's Silverman Hall Monday.

Top colleges are increasingly pushing students to learn about foreign cultures, become religion connoisseurs and even study abroad. These changes mark efforts to revamp requirements to incorporate more diversity in curricula of top-tier universities, academic experts say.

Columbia boasts one of the better kickers of the Ivy League in Jon Rocholl. The sophomore, who doubles as the team's punter, had hit seven of eight attempts going into Saturday's game. This time, though, the Penn special teams unit was instrumental in preventing him from improving on that tally.

It's Monday night at 11, and a group of friends is taking a break from their books to grab a bite at Philly Diner. College and Wharton senior Varun Jalan says the group has been at the 3925 Walnut St. restaurant many times in the last four years, even when their studies kept them up until 3 or 4 a.

A tale of two teams will be on display tonight at UMBC Stadium. Storming through an impressive three-game win streak, the Penn field hockey team rolls into a non-conference bout with the slumping University of Maryland-Baltimore County. The formerly goal-starved Quakers (6-7, 2-2 Ivy) have been lighting up the scoreboard recently, scoring eight times in their past three contests.

After walking 24 miles in the cold rain, Stouffer College House Dean Michele Grab rested for the night on the floor of a local high school, only to wake up and walk 19.5 more miles the next day. But she did it for a cause - as part of the Breast Cancer 3-Day walk, sponsored by the Susan G.

One team's captain and starting quarterback were suspended for various misconducts over the summer. During the season, a wide receiver was kicked off the team for apparently making fun of the school on team skit night. Another team has had its starting QB ruled academically ineligible, while yet another school's starting guard (of the basketball variety) was kicked out of school for academic reasons.

Amira Fawcett is a College sophomore from Houston. Her e-mail address is fawcett@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Because fans can't grab a bite to eat, attendance at Penn soccer and baseball games lags behind other schools.

Irene Queju was trying to make sense of the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Stan when duty called. Among the ruins of her village in Guatemala, Queju, who is a doctor, noticed a woman going into labor and was able to deliver the child. The mother "named him Moses because that means 'saved by the water,'" Queju said.

Provost Ron Daniels may have just completed his first year at Penn, but his projects reach as far away as Botswana. The initiative in the landlocked south African nation was part of what Daniels hopes will become a much larger presence for the University on the international stage.

Negative campaigning is rampant in U.S. politics, and Joe Klein blames pollsters and consultants. "The consultant class believes the essence of politics is taking a two-by-four and whacking your opponent with it," he said. Klein, a columnist for Time magazine and the formerly anonymous author of the novel Primary Colors, came to Penn yesterday to talk to professor John DiIulio's American politics class about his new book, Politics Lost, which laments the rise of the consultant-pollster complex.

Two decades ago, a Penn report showed widespread assault, but today, students still fear coming forward.

For Wangari Maathai, trees and peace go hand in hand, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner told an audience that filled Irvine Auditorium Monday night. "Peace is not an abstract concept," Maathai said. "It is impossible to enjoy peace in a world where limited resources on our planet are not managed responsibly and shared equitably.

Smack in the middle of midterms and job recruitment season, School of Arts and Sciences Webmail crashed yesterday. Webmail went down in the late afternoon and appeared to have come back online in the early morning hours today. Officials have not yet disclosed the problem that led to the downtime.

Hold that cab fare - fine dining for the next generation of Penn students is about to move a whole lot closer to campus.

Although the field may belong to the Eagles, the Quakers today will find themselves descending into a lion's den.