Although he served as the opposition in the Palestra for the first time in his coaching career, Fran Dunphy couldn't help but smile as he took his seat on the visitor's bench.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy extends far beyond the 1960s civil-rights movement and a national day off from work. King forever changed the face of social justice, explained Penn History professor Mary Frances Berry, in a speech on King's impact on the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender community at the LGBT Center last night.

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

Members of the Penn community stand to gain from Pennsylvania Governer Ed Rendell's health insurance proposal.

12,887Digits of pi local man Marc Umile calculated in three hours and 40 minutes, setting a record. Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer

Eduardo Glandt is the right choice to oversee search for Wharton's next dean.

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.

By Josh Hirsch Senior Staff Writer jjhirsch@sas.upenn.edu Fran Dunphy has been the head coach of 206 games at the Palestra. Number 207 will be a little different. After 17 years as the head coach at Penn, Dunphy will make his first appearance as a visiting boss when his Temple squad visits the Quakers tonight.

As soon as the Penn and Temple schedules were released last fall, everyone circled tonight on their calendars. That is because it marks the return of former Penn coach Fran Dunphy, who left to become Temple's head coach after 17 years leading the Quakers.

As a freshman last year, the only recognition Dionte Christmas got was talk of his potential. The freshman guard made appearances in all of the Owls' 32 games, averaging 3.5 points in only 11.3 minutes per appearance. But when Temple hosted Akron in the final game of the 2005-06 season, former Temple coach John Chaney gave Christmas a new type of recognition.

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.