As College junior Lindsay Docto handed out flyers for a United Minorities Council forum on diversity, most students said Penn was already diverse enough - after all, look at all the people of different ethnicities walking down Locust Walk. "Yes, but are they walking together?" Docto asked to start the student-led "Divided Diversity" discussion last night at Greenfield Intercultural Center.

Apple's Mac OS X Leopard operating system is the newest toy for early technology adopters, but users will have to do some extra tinkering in order to use it on Penn's wireless network. While Leopard, officially released on Oct. 26, lacks the "must-have" cachet of some Apple products like the iPhone, certain tech-savvy students have been quick to upgrade.

Winning the election may have been the easy part. Michael Nutter was victorious in the mayor's race Tuesday by a record-setting 4-1 margin, but experts say that within months of his January inauguration, Nutter will have to face a looming pension crisis, rising crime rates and union-contract negotiations, among other problems.

WILMINGTON, Del. - Jurors debating the fate of accused murderer and Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya communicated for the first time in 10 days yesterday, when they released a note seeking clarification on case evidence.

College senior Artina Sheikh, a Muslim who wears a head scarf, sat in the LGBT center Tuesday night fielding questions from students about Islam and homosexuality. Sheikh, along with other members of the Muslim Student Association, were invited by Queer People of Color, a branch of the LAMBDA Alliance, to discuss the interplay of religion and sexuality.

Three schools in the Ivy League have set their sights on bold campus-expansion plans. But while Penn is sitting pretty with a blueprint to expand into the Postal Lands directly east of campus, plans at Columbia and Harvard Universities to extend into non-adjacent neighborhoods have created a host of issues.

Yusef Anthony thought participating in a Penn-conducted study on Johnson & Johnson bubble bath would be a safe way to earn easy money. And so during his first week as an inmate in Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison, Anthony was led into a cellblock-turned-laboratory.

The accused murderer of Philadelphia Police Officer Chuck Cassidy was tracked down and arrested in Miami yesterday, ending a weeklong manhunt that involved hundreds of local and federal law enforcement officials. John Lewis, a 21-year-old with a record of drug offenses, was caught after a staff member at a Miami homeless shelter recognized him from his wanted picture.

Though officials are advertising far and wide for a new dean of admissions, Penn probably knows exactly the type of person it's looking for. After former Dean of Admissions Lee Stetson's controversial resignation in August, the University now has to fill the shoes of one of the most respected figures in the admissions world.

Total crime for October climbed slightly compared to the same month last year, though rates for violent crime decreased. Crime for the entire year is also up, with an increase of 4.5 percent, from 660 last year to 690 in 2007. After a slight dip in September, total crime for October increased by 9.

Aspiring business professionals packed into the University City Sheraton yesterday evening for Wharton Women's Annual Dinner, which featured Macy's, Inc. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Karen Hoguet as the keynote speaker. Participants had an opportunity to network with representatives from over 25 financial-services, consulting and marketing companies, which distributed business cards and accepted resumes.

As the postal-lands purchase neared closing and University officials began to construct their plans for the PennConnects eastward expansion projects, student and faculty groups were eager to have their say in the future of the campus.

Is hip hop dead? If so, The Roots sure made it seem otherwise. With a set list ranging from new songs to covers, the Grammy Award-nominated, Philadelphia-based hip-hop band played to a sold-out crowd of students and area residents last night at the fall SPEC-TRUM concert in Irvine Auditorium.

Once in last place in the polls for the Democratic primary, Michael Nutter was officially voted Philadelphia's next mayor yesterday, garnering a record-breaking 83 percent of the vote with 97 percent of precincts reporting.

Students will soon get to put their names on a new slew of listservs - and maybe get more involved on campus, too. Next semester, the Student Activities Council will put on the first-ever Spring Activities Fair, where representatives from at least 180 groups will recruit members and advertise upcoming events.

For aspiring entrepreneurs, the tips that Andrew McKelvey, ex-CEO of Monster.com, offered last evening covered everything from the sacrifices an innovator must make to succeed to how to make success a reality. About 80 students attend McKelvey's lecture yesterday evening in Houston Hall.

Summary of crime in the Penn patrol area.