As she let herself into her house late last Monday night after being walked home by an escort, a Penn student turned around and was confronted with the guard's penis in his hand. She reported the incident, and the Division of Public Safety and AlliedBarton have since fired the guard and instituted new policies to prevent this from happening again - a necessary step to protect student safety.

Police say they have no leads into the investigation of last Monday's sexual assault of a female student in her apartment on the 4000 block of Spruce Street. Philadelphia Police Special Victims Unit Capt. John Darby said detectives are still reviewing surveillance footage of the surrounding area to try to pinpoint a suspect.

After four minutes of basketball, both Penn and Navy had yet to sink a shot. But Brian Grandieri took matters into his own hands, adding a layup four minutes into the contest for the first points of the game. He would go on to lead the Quakers with 18 points and nine rebounds as Penn pulled out a 71-67 win over the Midshipmen Saturday night.

Saving the world and getting paid for it may only be a pinprick, x-ray or survey away. Whether you're strapped for cash this holiday season or simply looking to get on Santa's good list, go out and volunteer for a Penn research study. At first glance, the transformation from student to experimental subject may seem daunting.

Yet another round of pre-litigation letters from the Recording Industry Association of America hit Penn students last week. The RIAA, which represents the country's major music labels, continued its legal onslaught against college students last week, sending pre-litigation letters to 16 Penn students and 401 other students across the country.

College sophomore Jessica Fuccello and College junior Natalie Capuano used the locks on the bedroom doors in their off-campus house for the first time this week.

A Penn Police officer shot and killed a man accused of shooting a disc jockey inside a local strip club at 38th and Chestnut streets early this morning. Vice President for Public Safety Maureen Rush said two Penn police officers on routine patrol were flagged down by a group of people outside Club Wizzards shortly after midnight.

The wait is finally over. The Quakers are in the win column. Senior captain Brian Grandieri stabilized the offense and led the Quakers in scoring, as he has all season long, and the underclassmen that Grandieri had called out just a few days earlier finally showed up to help Penn right its ship with a 93-77 victory over The Citadel last night at the Palestra.

Webmail's gone. There are no more server crashes. And another company is handling e-mail at no charge. It's the saga of Penn e-mail, but it's now the story of hundreds of other schools across the country. Penn made the decision to outsource its e-mail to Microsoft last year.

The last time they played the Citadel, the Quakers breezed past the Bulldogs, 88-49. But that was back in the spring of 2006, when points -and wins came easily. Indeed, Penn has taken all four meetings between the schools by a combined score of 362-225.

The shuttle to Center City is back, but only for night owls. Recent safety concerns have prompted the University to create a new trial shuttle service that will provide door-service transportation as east as Broad Street. Despite the University's decision to shelve the Octobus shuttle service last week, officials believe that a late-night shuttle service to Center City is an important component of a comprehensive safety plan.

Coach Pat Knapp wants his basketball team to get back to the fundamentals. After Saturday's 66-44 debacle against Manhattan, Knapp has been stressing three aspects of the game - defensive execution, rebounding and offensive rhythm - in preparation for the Quakers' Big 5 showdown against Saint Joseph's (2-1) tonight at the Palestra.

A second teenager from a group thought to be responsible for at least six robberies of Drexel students was arrested this past weekend, police officals said. The 16-year-old male was arrested at his home Friday night after victims positively identified him, Philadelphia Police Lt.

Alicia Puglionesi is a College junior from Haverton, Pa. Her e-mail address is puglionesi@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Despite some political pundits dismissing Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) presidential campaign as "dead," he came out swinging last night before a packed audience of Penn students. McCain's "Straight Talk Express" pulled into Annenberg's Zellerbach Theater for a town-hall forum with a crowd of nearly 1,000.

Family, food, Black Friday and traffic jams are just some of the things commonly affiliated with Thanksgiving. Beyond that, though, the upcoming holiday has a long history dating back to the first American settlers. Attendees of "Thanksgiving 101," a lecture held at the Graduate Student Center yesterday, learned about the historical origins of Thanksgiving and the facts and fictions behind the holiday.

It's not every day that an Ivy League president operates a trackhoe. But Penn President Amy Gutmann used one yesterday before an audience of local business and political leaders, including Mayor-elect Michael Nutter and city Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, to officially began construction on the recently acquired postal lands.