Ryan Houston

Who do Senator John McCain's advisors want him to face in November's presidential election? According to Elisabeth Bumiller, a political affairs reporter for The New York Times, the answer is Illinois Senator Barack Obama. "They feel they have a better case against Obama," said Bumiller, who has covered McCain's campaign ever since he won the New Hampshire primary in January.

From Ludacris to Gym Class Hereos, the musical acts on campus this past week have been anything but "ordinary." But yesterday's campus visit from five-time Grammy winner and 1999 College graduate John Legend had a political touch to it. Coming just before next Tuesday's Democratic primary in Pennsylvania, Legend was on campus to help rally for Senator Barack Obama Looking to strike the right chord with newly registered voters, Legend performed seven songs, including his signature hit "Ordinary People," at the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

Shortly after the 2004 presidential election, Republican political strategist Karl Rove found himself on the list of Barbara Walters' Top 10 Most Fascinating People. It has been a few years, but at Irvine Auditorium last night, Rove proved people are still fascinated by what he has to say.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his new supermodel wife have received a great deal of media attention in the past few months. However, yesterday in Huntsman Hall, it was Pierre Vimont, French ambassador to the U.S., who found himself in the spotlight.

Carbon Trading 101. It isn't listed in the spring course timetable - yet. In a few years, however, that may be a different story. In a speech yesterday presented by Penn's Institute for Environmental Studies, adjunct professor Andrew Huemmler discussed what he believes to be the next frontier in U.