Seven assaults occurred on or near campus in the last week, including attacks on two students and a University staff member, as well as an assault on a police officer by a student.

School of Arts and Sciences Grad Student Jonathan Fisher will make his debut at Carnegie Hall in New York on March 10. A pianist since the age of eight, Fisher will perform at 5:30 p.m. next Saturday in the facility's Weill Recital Hall - only two months before he expects to receive his doctorate in physics and astronomy from Penn.

Mayoral candidate Bob Brady's blog may be feeling a little lonely. It only contains one post, and there's no way for readers to add their comments, a crucial feature in a successful blog, says Toby Bloomberg, a blogger and advertising consultant on new media.

While Penn's campus may be more gay-friendly than other parts of the country, tolerance of public displays of affection between same-sex couples may be for the wrong reasons. A New York Times article published Sunday examined the taboo of same-sex intimacy in public, raising the question of how Penn students react to such situations.

'Innocent until proven guilty" isn't just the mantra of the United States legal system - it's also the way Penn oversees its tenured professors.

The Undergraduate Assembly passed its $1.62 million budget proposal Sunday night with little protest from the other branches of student government. The UA is responsible for allocating funds to other student government groups, including the Nominations and Elections Committee, the Student Committee on Undergraduate Education, the Social Planning and Events Committee and the Class Boards.

"Amy, don't you run away, listen to what we have to say!" This was just one of many chants that could be heard on Locust Walk yesterday as about 55 graduate student protesters, led by a ten-foot tall puppet of Amy Gutmann, converged on College Hall at 12:30 p.m. The protest was organized by Graduate Employees Together - University of Pennsylvania, a graduate-student group that advocates for graduate-student teachers and research assistants at Penn.

The Law School has established a professorship devoted to the study of civil rights and race relations. The Raymond Pace and Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander Professorship was made possible by a $1 million grant by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and a $100,000 contribution by Duane Morris, a Philadelphia law firm.

Most Whartonites can't wait to graduate and enter the world of business, but a few hope that earning graduate degrees will help keep them in the classroom even after graduation. The Executive Program in Work-Based Learning Leadership, an MBA program started at the end of last month, aims to "teach the teachers," said Liv Mansfield, associate director of Wharton Executive Education.

A male graduate student was the victim of an attempted robbery Thursday night on the 4000 block of Pine Street. Two males have been arrested in connection with the incident.

For Dennis Culhane, a student in India should be able to see every nook and cranny of Locust Walk, down to the very last uneven brick. A professor in the Urban Studies Department, Culhane is in the midst of developing a three-dimensional computer model of campus that will show see every detail on and around Penn's campus - both present and future.

Once again, the Rotunda is pursuing its stated goal of being a "catalyst for social change" by promoting arts and culture. Acoustic Philly - a group of Philadelphia-based professional musicians - performed this past Saturday night in front of a welcoming and intimate crowd, comprised mostly of friends and family members It was the second year the group had performed at the 4014 Walnut St.

It seems like the perfect life. In the movie Catch Me If You Can, Frank Abagnale, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, glides into Miami International Airport in a perfectly-pressed pilot's uniform with four girls on each arm and a wide grin on his face. After running away from home at the age of 16, Abagnale poses as a pilot, a doctor and a lawyer.

Penn's endowment is close to reaching $6 billion, officials announced Friday as the University's Board of Trustees wrapped up its winter meetings. The University's endowment as of Dec. 31 was $5.923 billion, up $610 million since June 2006. And financial updates were just one item on the agenda as trustees gathered to hear updates from top University officials and trustee committee chairmen at the board's full meeting on Friday.

Why can two men hold guns but not hands? This was the question of the day at the Law School last Friday, when colorful posters bearing that phrase and others plastered the building's walls.

For Penn's security guards, small steps of improvement may now be the best option. After a setback involving union support in September, campus groups are now focused on workers' rights, with the controversial prospect of unionization seen as a step in the distant future.

Gutmann aide gets married over weekend Leah Popowich, associate director at the Office of the University President, was married Saturday night to Penn alumnus Andrew Hohns, The New York Times reported yesterday. Popowich is the main contact between students and the president's office, on call 24 hours a day for 'DP' reporters' incessant questions.