WILMINGTON, Del. - A crowded courtroom watched yesterday as an intense exchange unfolded between Irina Malinovskaya and the state prosecutor conducting her cross-examination.

Penn wants to build bridges to Center City, but Philadelphia will have to destroy one first. At a conference held at World Cafe Live last week, University President Amy Gutmann said that part of Penn's east campus plan includes making the Walnut and South Street bridges "more attractive and functional.

The Class of 2007 is working hard to leave its mark on the University. And if you've seen seniors walking around campus with bright green T-shirts, then you know how they're planning to do it. The shirts are part of an advertising campaign for the Senior Class Gift Drive, a campaign to get every senior to donate money to Penn.

Molly Weir's goals were all the Quakers needed in a dominating 3-0 win against Lafayette last night at Rhodes Field.

Danny Panzer is coming clean in exchange for what he hopes will be a ticket to fame - and ultimately fortune - from publicity in as many as 350 newspapers around the globe.

Assault Sept. 30 - An assault at the McDonald's located 3935 Walnut St. resulted in one arrest after a fight between a customer and worker. The customer allegedly went behind the counter and punched the McDonald's employee in the face. Robbery Sept. 25 - Three men were arrested for allegedly attempting to take a cell phone from a person unaffiliated with the University at 3400 Market St.

The Ivy League-leading wide receiver from Week 1 may not be back in Penn's lineup for Saturday's game at Bucknell as originally expected. Penn wideout Dan Coleman sat out the Dartmouth game with a moderate ankle sprain, but afterward, head coach Al Bagnoli said he believed the junior would be ready to play the following week.

For certain AlliedBarton security guards, the stench of garbage and the sight of rats marked the start of every work day for the past several months.

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

During warm-ups, the Penn volleyball team was all smiles and visibly loose heading into its match against La Salle. As it turned out, the Explorers couldn't wipe the smile off their opponent's faces, as Penn cruised to a 3-0 win last night at the Palestra.

A proposed federal database for tracking college students could ease the application process and make institutions more accountable - but some say it will come at the cost of student privacy. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings announced the creation of such a database as one of her priorities last week.

After three weeks of Ivy League football, the dust has begun to settle a little. The standings have become more orderly, and already there is some separation between the good teams and the not-so-good teams. The first intra-league games seemed to validate the non-conference records, especially with the luck of three teams with .

Online degrees usually don't carry much weight in the business world, but one new program promises to be different. At least, its creators are. Newsweek magazine and test-preparation company Kaplan are teaming up to create what the organizations believe is the first Internet-based business program run by a magazine.

As students returned to campus this fall, many got their first glance inside Skirkanich Hall - and just about everyone was impressed.

Tickets are selling out fast for this week's fall concert featuring alternative pop artist Rufus Wainwright. So far, 900 of the available 1,100 tickets to Friday's concert in Irvine Auditorium have been sold.

MySpace.com wants you to "Declare Yourself." The social-networking Web site, which boasts more than 114 million users, joined its competitor Facebook.com in trying to increase voter awareness by setting up its own voter-registration page last week. The new feature of MySpace allows users to enter their zip code and personal information, after which they receive a registration form to print and send to local election officials.

Since blogging began, outrageous claims and personal dramas have made their way onto the Internet for all to read. But when university faculty members are the bloggers, they're sometimes finding themselves in hot water. At a number of schools around the country, personal Web logs are getting professors - and the administrators they write about - into trouble, raising questions of exactly how much freedom of speech the Internet allows.