Fraternity rush may have ended last week, but several chapter houses will continue to pay for their grand-scale events for the rest of the semester. Some chapter heads have blown up to a third of their semester budget on making sure they lure in prospective brothers during this year's rush.

Report says Palestra tourney to start in '07 The Thanksgiving-weekend exempt tournament to be played at the Palestra will begin next year - and Penn is a participant - according to senior ESPN.com reporter Andy Katz. Katz's blog quoted Saint Joseph's head coach Phil Martelli yesterday as saying that the tournament would begin next year and that Penn, Drexel, Rutgers, Virginia, Loyola (Md.

Despite revelations that a graduate student and two current University employees are registered sex offenders, University officials say that a criminal conviction will still not prohibit admission or employment at Penn.

For college students and faculty in Iraq, daily life in academia has become a life-or-death situation.

By Eric Karlan Staff Writer karlan@sas.upenn.edu While the Penn women's basketball squad remains winless in Big 5 play this season, Saint Joseph's (10-8, 2-1 Big 5) is seeking to snatch the coveted city title away from reigning champion Temple by week's end.

Larry Maltz graduated from Penn two decades ago as a pre-med biology major. Now, he runs an on-campus used bookstore.

Pretty soon, the time you whittle away on computer games could help you whittle your way into a career. University of Wisconsin professor David Shaffer is working on computer games that he says will teach players to succeed in today's job world by simulating real-life careers in urban development, political campaigning and journalism.

Robbery Jan. 12 - Daryl Thomas, 40, was arrested after he allegedly demanded money from complainants unaffiliated with the University while threatening them with a knife. The incident occurred at 40th and Locust streets at about 8 p.m. Jan. 12 - A complainant unaffiliated with the University reported that, after picking up a woman in a cab and allowing her to use a cell phone, she fled after while refusing to pay and without returning the cell phone.

Students looking for a second helping of College Pizza near campus may be in for a long wait. The student eatery relocated to the upstairs of Strikes bowling alley this semester and originally planned to open a new, independent restaurant at the intersection of 42nd and Chestnut streets.

Dr. McDreamy is only a click away. And with him are all three seasons of Grey's Anatomy - along with enough TV shows and movies to fill your entire Saturday night. Ruckus, the free online music-downloading program, will soon allow registered users, such as Penn students, to view television shows and movies, in addition to songs, for free later this year.

A year ago, seven names were in the mix for Philadelphia's next mayor. Now, it's down to the "Fab Five." Union leader John Dougherty bowed out of the race yesterday, while U.S. Rep. Bob Brady (D-Pa.) said he will officially declare his candidacy tomorrow.

It's annoying, it's always in your inbox - and it's getting worse. According to new reports by two anti-spam companies, the number of spam messages has doubled this year - up to 62 billion every day - and Penn students are beginning to feel the impact. "In the past few months, spam has increased in volume greatly," said Duncan Findlay, a member of the Project Management Committee for SpamAssassin, the filter Penn uses.

Former Penn coach Fran Dunphy may be roaming the sidelines across the Schuylkill nowadays, but when he returns to the Palestra tonight with his Temple squad, it's unlikely his former players will have forgotten about him - or his famous mustache.

In 1874, Harvard hosted, and defeated, McGill University in the first known rugby match in the United States. Now, 133 years later, English football could some day be returning to the Ivy League -- as a women's varsity sport. While developments are in the extreme preliminary stages, the Penn women's club rugby team is one of many following the lead of USA Rugby - the sport's governing body - by looking into NCAA varsity status.

The messages proclaimed by two versions of anti-Penn posters currently plastered across West Philadelphia are anything but passive or forgotten.

Eduardo Glandt will chair the 14-person consultative committee that is charged with replacing Wharton Dean Patrick Harker, University President Amy Gutmann announced in a press statement yesterday.

For some Philadelphia residents, fighting injustice is a daily routine. Last night, before a group of 15 students seated in comfy couches and chairs at the Greenfield Intercultural Center, local Asian Americans spoke about dedicating their lives to remedying social injustices in their community.