As soon as sophomore midfielder Natalie Capuano's feet left the ground, it was clear that this game was going to be a little bit different.

Increasing competitiveness about the college process means that more applicants these days are eschewing the traditional SAT exam in favor of another test - the ACT. Experts says the ACT has grown in popularity over the past decade, including in areas where taking the SAT used to be an unrivaled rite of college preparation.

Poet and screenwriter Cristin Aptowicz returned to her home city of Philadelphia yesterday to commemorate the emotions and events of Sept. 11th on its five-year anniversary. After the attacks, Aptowicz said, Manhattan's Lower East Side poetry community came together to serve as a haven for those affected by the terrorist attacks.

Social networking site Facebook.com - long accessible only to college and high school students - will soon open its doors to everyone.

You can add Indian food to range of cuisine that a PennCard will get you. Cafe Spice Express - the Penn meal-plan version of the upscale Cafe Spice restaurant in Old City - opened for lunch in the lower level of 1920 Commons and in Houston Market last week.

I began Sept. 11, 2001, doing what I do best: eating - I had breakfast in the West Wing.

For Wharton senior Laura Forton, it's all about shaking hands, making eye contact and knowing a thing or two about sports. Having spent her summer working as a technical analyst at Smith Barney, a subsidiary of Citigroup Inc., Forton said that being the only girl in a sea of ties and suits motivated her to work even harder in an initially "intimidating" environment.

The Quakers football team lost its last four games in 2005, and the offense was a big part of the problem.

Philadelphia high-schooler Priscilla Clinkscales remembers clearly a pivotal moment in her life: the day her uncle was sentenced to jail for a crime she is convinced he did not commit. Clinkscales was just seven years old at the time, but it changed her. She started watching Court TV and soon had big dreams of becoming a lawyer.

Simply being relevant to students tops the to-do list for this year's Undergraduate Assembly. With its first meeting yesterday, the UA rolled out an ambitious plan to revamp both its tasks and direction for the year. Its members are looking to increase the number of tangible projects they work on this year.

By Samuel Dangremond The Daily Pennsylvanian The back-to-school crunch will result in at least $36.6 billion spent by college students, but forget long lines at Target as you put the finishing touches on your dorm room. College students are spending their money online.

Penn Medicine alumna Dana Beyer could make history tomorrow by becoming the first openly transgender person to run on a party ticket for state legislature. However, Beyer, 54, faces tough competition as one of eight Democrats campaigning for three seats in the 18th district of the Maryland House of Delegates in the primary tomorrow.

Upon arriving in Charlotte, N.C., last weekend, the womens' volleyball team met southern hospitality with a special song mix entitled "The Dixie Chick Quakers Come to UNC," made by parents of team members. Despite the warm welcome, the Quakers fell in all three tournament matches.

School of Medicine students are about to get hands-on experience helping patients who can't bleed or die but can yell back. A grant from the Measey Foundation has lead to the creation of an 800-square-foot simulation center that includes two interactive mannequins that can take the place of patients during advanced training.

In a two-day tournament that consisted of 578 team shots, only two strokes stood in the way of a Quakers win. The Penn men's golf team took second place at this weekend's Navy Invitational in Annapolis, Md. The team score of 10-over par tied them with Winthrop as Loyola (Md.

A sea of red marched up and down Columbus Boulevard yesterday flashing signs and sounding off on local politicians. And all that the protestors want is some peace and quiet in their neighborhood. In an effort to halt the proposed construction of a casino located on the waterfront between Tasker Avenue and Reed Street, over 100 Southeast Philadelphia residents lined Columbus Boulevard yesterday, protesting the traffic congestion, crime and other quality-of-life issues that they feel a casino may bring to the area.

A perverse theorem keeps proving itself true in my relatively brief time as a teacher at Penn: the students give back to me far more than I can ever impart to them. They help me to get through things, instead of it being the other way around. A year ago, in the early afternoon of Sept.