Philippe Bourgois has spent time with homeless communities and drug abusers, but soon he will take on a different sort of challenge - Penn students. Penn president Amy Gutmann tapped Bourgois to be the fifth Penn Integrates Knowledge professor in a press statement released yesterday.

Penn women's tennis is back, and it's reloaded. With a talented group of freshman accompanying the returning veterans, the team is positioned to improve on last year's finish - the Quakers lost out on the Ivy League title but still managed to make the NCAA Tournament and upset No.

$2.10Proposed increase in the national minimum wage, currently facing opposition from both parties. Source: The Washington Post

After feasting on falafel, 40-some audience members sat down with satiated stomachs and open minds to listen to a discussion entitled "Jerusalem: One City, Three Religions" last night at the Penn Newman Center. Panelists included visiting scholars David Johnston and Rehav Rubin, as well as Religious Studies professor Guy Stroumsa.

A grieving father and a life-sized coffin brought the stark reality of the Iraq War's death toll close to home. Draped in an American flag, the coffin - displayed on Locust Walk yesterday afternoon - was meant to represent the one that 20-year-old Lance Corporal Alexander Arredondo was buried in after being killed in Iraq on Aug. 25, 2004.

A review of Penn's hiring practices should avoid becoming a witch hunt.

When the year began, the Penn women's tennis team didn't know quite what to expect from its talented freshmen. Maria Anisimova knew even less about what to expect from the team. Then, all of a sudden, the rookie took the College Tennis Invitational by storm, plowing through a slew of experienced, high-profile athletes to win the "C" bracket.

They are two nights in Mark Zoller's great career, one ordinary and one extraordinary. And they are now forever tied to each other in history. The first night: Dec. 7, 2002, the previous time that Penn beat Temple, and just another evening at the gym in the life of Mark Zoller.

A judge will decide within the next week whether jailed sex offender and Penn student Kurt Mitman will be allowed to return to campus, though any release from prison will likely be accompanied by additional security.

Former Philadelphia Mayor Rev. Wilson Goode could easily rest on the laurels he has already attained, but this Philadelphia Inquirer 2006 Citizen of the Year says there is still a lot of work to be done. In light of the upcoming mayoral elections, Goode paid a visit to the Fels Institute of Government yesterday afternoon to speak about how far Philadelphia has come and where he sees the city going in the future.

Last night was the 32nd time that the women's basketball team faced Saint Joseph's. For the 31st time, Penn came up short. After losing to the Hawks 62-51 yesterday, the Quakers finished Big Five play winless for the second straight season.

Perhaps it is fitting that West Philadelphia's new International Studies High School, a Penn-affiliated institution with a focus on global education, has not yet found a permanent location in University City. After all, what site could ever be an appropriate campus for a school that uses the world as its classroom? The high school, slated to welcome its first freshman class this fall, is still exploring sites around University City and has not made its decision regarding its future campus.

Forty-seven fewer students have been invited to join fraternities, compared to last year. Since Bid Night earlier this week, 362 men have decided to join one of the many campus brotherhoods, and more may be on the way. Of the 514 bids that were offered earlier this week, 57 were declined, and 95 students have until noon on Friday to make a decision.

One Bryn Mawr student's harrowing experience serves as a reminder that Philadelphia's failing justice system is everyone's business.

Although he served as the opposition in the Palestra for the first time in his coaching career, Fran Dunphy couldn't help but smile as he took his seat on the visitor's bench.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy extends far beyond the 1960s civil-rights movement and a national day off from work. King forever changed the face of social justice, explained Penn History professor Mary Frances Berry, in a speech on King's impact on the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender community at the LGBT Center last night.

Alicia Puglionesi is an College junior from Haverton, Pa. Her e-mail address is puglionesi@dailypennsylvanian.com.