Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro is now stable and comfortable despite a setback in his recovery last week, doctors announced yesterday. Doctors discovered last Tuesday that the horse had a bad reaction to a cast put on his left hind foot on Jan. 3, according to a press release from Penn's School of Veterinary Medicine.

Soon after one plan for graduate-student government drew heavy debate, a new plan is bringing the issue back to the forefront. At a Graduate and Professional Student Assembly general-body meeting last night, Graduate Student Associations Council representative Roger Turner - a fourth-year School of Arts and Sciences graduate student - presented a proposal for graduate-student-government reform.

Some Engineering students will get the chance to extend their expertise to a far-flung locale - but which locale is still being contested. The Penn chapter of Engineers Without Borders - an organization devoted to developmental projects across the globe - is in the final stages of a competition that will determine the group's next international project.

In a city in which 406 homicides took place last year, crime is shaping up to be the number-one issue in the Philadelphia mayoral race. Consequently, the election's four declared contenders - former Councilman Michael Nutter, state Rep. Dwight Evans (D-Phila.

Retired nurse Elizabeth Kendall has donated $1 million to her former employer, the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine officials announced yesterday. The donation will establish the John C. and Elizabeth Kendall Fellowship Fund in Radiation Oncology at Penn.

In a city in which 406 homicides took place last year, crime is shaping up to be the number-one issue in the Philadelphia mayoral race. Consequently, the election's four declared contenders - former Councilman Michael Nutter, state Rep. Dwight Evans (D-Phila.

While most late-night Philly Diner recollections may be a little hazy, memories of the former location are bound to fade as construction on the 3900 block of Walnut Street progresses this spring. Interior demolition began last week at the former homes of Philly Diner, College Pizza and other campus establishments, marking the official start to construction of housing and retail space that officials say could alleviate many of the housing problems students face today.

One issue in the SAS Webmail switch is often overlooked: Can either Google or Microsoft be trusted to handle important student information?

The results are in: A recent Undergraduate Assembly survey on condoms shows that, when it comes to that special moment, Penn students reach for "America's Most Trusted Condom." The findings of the survey, released Sunday night, reveal that Trojan-brand condoms - and not the Lifestyle condoms that the University freely distributes - are Penn students' protection of choice.

Dec. 22 At 1:45 p.m. on Dec. 22, Penn Economics professor Rafael Robb had a phone call to make. Ten punches into his cell phone later, he had dialed the non-emergency number of the Upper Merion Police Department. "I just came home and found my wife murdered on the kitchen floor," he told the police dispatcher.

Penn The record-breaking 40 inches of snow that hit Philadelphia in January 1996 did more than close roads and cancel flights - it shut down an entire University for two days. John Fry, Penn's Executive Vice President at the time, closed the campus on Jan.

Wild fraternity parties may be commonplace on most weekends, but, during rush, they can spell nasty consequences. On Thursday, Sigma Alpha Mu threw a rush party during which attendants say alcohol was served, and, on Saturday, another SAM rush party was broken up due to noise complaints.

News of Penn Economics professor Rafael Robb's arrest for his wife's murder has thrust him under a spotlight both in Philadelphia and around the globe.

A jam-packed day of mural painting, book-on-tape recording and candlelight vigils took place yesterday to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

The number of students planning to rush sororities this year has stayed about the same as last year, but is still substantially higher than two years ago. Approximately 500 women registered for rush this year, up from about 480 last year, said Stacy Kraus, associate director for programming at Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs.

He's using YouTube, he's taking Facebook by storm. This alumnus wants to fix the high rise elevators.

If you haven't tried the foie gras torchon at the Striped Bass or foie gras and fig empanadas at Alma de Cuba, your window of opportunity has just closed. Stephen Starr, owner of 11 of the city's premiere restaurants, has removed the French delicacy, a fattened duck or goose liver, from his Philadelphia menus due to what he has called "incredible amount of protest.