His team down two points with 4.4 seconds left in regulation, Penn's Mike Kach stepped to the foul line for one critical shot. All eyes weren't on him. A few were on coach Glen Miller, who had ventured on to the court waving his arms and yelling "MISS IT!" Penn needed two points.

The judge in the murder case against Economics professor Rafael Robb is considering whether to hold a hearing about the admissibility of testimony from two mental-health experts.

A new Engineering program is trying to get more women involved in labs, experiments and science-based careers. The Advancing Women in Engineering program, which took off last month, is the School of Engineering and Applied Science's newest recruitment tool, aimed at increasing the number of women interested in engineering at Penn and elsewhere.

BOSTON, Nov. 10 - There is only one game left in the football season, but the pieces have yet to come together for Penn's offense. The Quakers went a staggering 0-for-14 on third down in the second half of its 23-7 loss at Harvard on Saturday, and struggled to find the end zone despite fantastic field position.

The Division of Public Safety issued an alert late Monday night after a female student was sexually assaulted Monday morning inside an apartment on the 4000 block of Spruce Street. Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said police believe the assault was a stranger-rape, but could not immediately provide any more details.

BALTIMORE, Nov. 11 - Penn coach Glen Miller was expecting some growing pains. But these really hurt. There's no doubt the Quakers are especially sore after yesterday's loss 89-68 to Loyola Maryland. "It was just a disappointing effort from our standpoint," Miller said.

Wrestling produces 2 champs at tourney Penn's wrestling team initiated the season with some promising performances. The Binghamton Open held Saturday in Johnson City, N.Y. was the first trial for the relatively young and inexperienced No. 23 Penn team. Andrew Gold and Cesar Grajales highlighted Penn's performance with a pair of championships.

In taming the Princeton Tigers last Saturday at Rhodes Field, the Penn women's soccer team secured an automatic bid to the NCAA College Cup and clinched a share of the Ivy crown. For this year's squad, that wasn't quite enough. The Quakers overcame what their coach deemed an early week "celebratory hangover" to outlast the Crimson 1-0 Saturday afternoon in Cambridge, Mass.

How's this to cap off a career day? Carrie Biemer hit a turnaround jumper at the last seconds of the Quakers' game against Elon Friday, securing a 56-54 victory. Biemer put up a career-high 28 points in the game and was named most valuable player of the contest.

'Everyone's a little bit racist," according to a song from the Broadway musical Avenue Q. The recently terminated Whole New World diversity training program at the University of Delaware told 7,000 dorm residents otherwise. The program came under scrutiny after students complained that they were pressured into accepting politically slanted views on sensitive topics including race.

Last Monday, the DP hosted its final Open Forum of the semester. A number of you mentioned that you followed our extensive coverage of the University's announcement of its $3.5 billion capital campaign, as well as its plans for eastward expansion. After Thanksgiving break, we'll begin coverage of the trial of Rafael Robb.

Already out of Ivy League title contention, the Quakers traveled to No. 15 Harvard on its Senior Day trying to come out with something positive to build on. After 90 minutes of rough play, all they had to lean on was another loss - this time, by 2 goals to 1.

All whites are racist. At least that's the message that a recently discontinued University of Delaware residential-hall program had disseminated to over 7,000 of its students. As part of a "diversity training" program that students participated in during orientation, freshmen attended training sessions, floor meetings and one-on-one meetings with their Resident Assistants.

In the season opener for both the women's and men's swimming teams on Saturday, the freshman women stole the show. The combination of youth and experience proved successful, as the Penn women defeated Lehigh 227-66 and Rider 195-104, while the men beat Lehigh 182-111 and Rider 166-133.

There's a "celebrity whore." A would-be "gangsta." A father. Pinocchio . And they're all part of the University. The Pan-Asian American Community House has embarked on a campaign to give Penn community members the chance to express themselves anonymously, with blank postcards as canvas.

It's not every day a rising basketball phenom hands back a full scholarship to one of the top college teams in the nation. For Tamir Goodman, the decision came without hesitation. At a Jewish Shabbat dinner held on campus last Friday, Goodman spoke to students of the inseparable roles basketball and religion have played in his life.

Penn students walk past the Richards Laboratories every day on Hamilton Walk. Few realize, however, that the building between the Quad and the biopond is a potential national historic landmark. Historical preservation organization Save Our Sites sponsored a tour of the building complex yesterday.