Experts say it is common for someone to receive a relatively light sentence following a guilty or no-contest plea, as the cases of several Penn students and professors have shown over the past few months. Most recently, former Economics professor Rafael Robb was sentenced Wednesday to five to 10 years in prison for killing his wife following a guilty plea of voluntary manslaughter.

The next battle over union rights is being fought on college campuses. That fight extends to Penn, which appears to be invested in HEI Hotels and Resorts, a company that buys and manages hotels and is being accused of creating poor conditions for workers.

When the Penn women's squash team opens its season at home against Cornell, Middlebury and Stanford this weekend, it'll be without its captain, senior Emily Goodwin. But she won't be far from the court: Goodwin will be watching her teammates and "cheering her brains out.

Nov. 22 2:35 p.m. Junior 125-pounder Rollie Peterkin started off the action with a 15-0 technical fall over Princeton's Robert Benitez, and the Penn wrestling team won all 10 weightclasses en route to a 47-0 romp over the visiting Tigers. Highlights of the match included a first period pin by Penn 133-pound sophomore Bryan Ortenzio and a 20-5 technical fall by senior captain Cesar Grajales at 149.

The Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools has awarded Nursing Dean Afaf Meleis with its 2008 International Distinguished Leadership Award. Meleis is being recognized for her international, professional and personal achievements in global health, a subject on which she has published six books and over 150 journal articles.

Nov. 22, 6:45 p.m. Al Bagnoli finally got career win No. 200. The football coach became the fifth man in Football Championship Series history to reach that plateau as the Quakers bested Cornell, 23-6, on a freezing day in Ithaca, N.Y. But Penn's hope of a four-way split for the Ivy crown went out the window once Harvard beat Yale in the 125th rendition of The Game.

When the women's basketball team travels to Duquesne on Saturday, most of the Quakers will be squaring off against the Dukes for the first time. But junior guard Sarah Bucar, a Pittsburgh native, will be more than familiar with her next opponents. "I played with those girls all summer," Bucar said.

What exactly is it like to run a multi-billion dollar, Fortune 100 corporation? That's something Muhtar Kent knows quite a bit about. Kent, the Chief Executive Officer of the Coca-Cola Company, spoke yesterday to a packed auditorium of Wharton students about leadership in these challenging economic times.

Philadelphia's Mural Arts Program, which uses art to improve local communities and collaborates with Penn's Fine Arts Department, will lose $500,000 in funding with the city's recent budget cuts. The cuts will have an immediate impact on MAP, which plans to turn to philanthropists and other organizations in order to continue projects affected by the cuts.

At last night's State of the School, heads of the six branches of student government recounted the past semester's progress, outlined future plans and fielded questions from students in attendance. To increase interaction between the student body and leaders, the annual update on student government activities featured a question-and-answer period for the first time.

Former Economics professor Rafael Robb is "remorseful" for killing his wife, Ellen, Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Paul Tressler said yesterday, and Robb is not likely to commit another similar crime. But Tressler also said he wanted to ensure that Robb would not interfere too much in the life of his tee

For a University that prides itself on research, Penn sure likes making it hard for students to do their due diligence. Last week, administrators said that the Online Syllabi Initiative won't happen until at least 2010. Unfortunately, we weren't entirely surprised.

DP Staff Photographer Katie Rubin recently traveled to Makuleke, South Africa where she lived with and documented the life of the villagers. Penn men's soccer team, who won the 2008 Ivy League title recently committed to donate used equipment and supplies.

Down by two points with 10 seconds left - and with a chance to pull off a huge upset against Villanova on the line -women's basketball coach Pat Knapp called on a surprising source to take the final shot. Freshman Tyler Cumbo, in only her second collegiate game, missed a short running jumper with six seconds left, as the Wildcats came from behind in the final minute to eke out a 45-43 victory.

When senior co-captain Kathryn Turner entered Princeton's Dillon Gym for her last career match, she sensed an unfamiliar atmosphere. "It was quieter than that gym has been in my biggest games there, which I was a little bit shocked by," she said. Turner capitalized on the calm, putting together one of her best matches of the season.

Government officials are considering steps to make applying for financial aid a little easier in 2010. Proposals are being drafted to simplify the Federal Application for Federal Student Aid, which students seeking financial aid must fill out. Today, the FAFSA is five pages long with about 100 questions.

The four Class Board presidents came together Tuesday night for the first time this year to discuss their new constitution and collaboration for the upcoming year. The new constitution - which codified several rules about attendance and meetings between the presidents - will be key in ensuring the boards work together closely this year.