To Serve And Protect (Part 2 of 4): Heads of safety share vision for safer campus

Ever had a police officer bring you chicken soup when you were sick? If Penn Police Chief Mark Dorsey and Vice President of the Division of Public Safety Maureen Rush had their way, you just might. Dorsey and Rush, who worked together for the City of Philadelphia before Dorsey became chief in November 2004, call themselves neighborhood people - and they want to do their part to bridge the gap between the Penn and West Philadelphia communities.

A $58 trillion call for British reparations

"People of the world, it's time to get paid." So reads the motto for the International Coalition for British Reparations, founded by Philadelphia advertising executive Steven Grasse. Claiming that Britain is responsible for all the world's troubles, the ICBR wants the British government to pay reparations equaling a total of $58 trillion to be distributed equally to every man, woman and child on earth - except, of course, the British.

Perspective Sidebar: The pressures and privileges of a Quaker family

For many legacy students, the benefits of having alumni connections extend beyond the reassurance gained during the application process. These connections also helped put Penn in their minds as they begun to consider various schools - even though some had doubts about following in their family's footsteps.

Perspective: Better fundraising through family freshmen? Legacy admits repay loyalties

Penn has a lot going for it. It boasts an all-star faculty, majestic buildings with the requisite ivy and its famous founder. But for many of its students, Penn also means family. College freshman Joseph Dubroff's first memory of Penn is of playing on the button as a three year old while visiting his oldest brother.

Malinovskaya awaits word on 2nd retrial

After two mistrials in Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya's murder case, there is still no indication whether she will be retried for a second time. Mary Burnell, a Malinovskaya defense lawyer, said the prosecutors in the case have not contacted them about a third trial, although immediately after the trial they had announced their intention to retry.

Congressman may get boost from dropout

Jonathan Saidel's surprise withdrawal from the mayoral race may be one potential candidate's gain. Saidel's decision not to run means that U.S. Rep. Bob Brady and union head John Dougherty are now left as the only two major white candidates in the May Democratic ballot race.

Convictions for frat members may affect jobs

Simple assault and harassment convictions may have two Penn students on nine months probation, but the repercussions likely won't end after that. The two Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity members convicted last Monday also face the possibility of having to list their crimes on job applications.

Students guilty of assault on pledge

Two members of the suspended Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity were convicted of harassment and simple assault yesterday.

News brief: Defense: No word on Malinovskaya retrial

Prosecutors' initially said they would retry Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya a third time for first-degree murder. But defense lawyers say they haven't heard anything else about a retrial. Meanwhile, Malinovskaya is still in jail in Delaware.

Pa. warrant waiting for Ward after first trial

Even if ex-Wharton professor Scott Ward is found innocent in his upcoming Virginia trial, an additional arrest warrant awaits him in Pennsylvania. Ward will head to court Feb. 26 in Alexandria, Va., on charges of importing, producing and possessing child pornography, but any charges he faces due to child pornography allegedly found in his Huntsman Hall office have yet to be addressed.

Students will settle hazing case in court

After alleging that he was beaten and branded during fraternity hazing activities last fall, College senior E. Martyn Griffen will face the people he is accusing in court a week from today. Griffen said two brothers of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, College senior Kelechi Okereke and Education graduate student Lionel Anderson-Perez, lacerated him with a rubber band and severely beat his legs during pledging.

Ex-prof pleads not guilty to all charges

Ex-Wharton professor Scott Ward pled not guilty yesterday to charges of producing, importing and possessing child pornography.

Ex-prof will face 3 counts for porn

Ex-Wharton professor Scott Ward was formally indicted on child-pornography charges in an Alexandria, Va., federal court yesterday. The indictment alleged that Ward "produced, imported and possessed visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct

New penalty for sex-felon ex-prof

Former Penn professor Tracy McIntosh may be headed to prison after all. The Pennsylvania Superior Court ordered on Monday that McIntosh be resentenced for his sexual-assault conviction.. The decision to resentence was in response to an appeal by the district attorney's office that McIntosh's sentence had been excessively lenient.

News brief: Ex-professor could be charged on Saturday

Ex-Wharton professor Scott Ward's arraignment date should be set by Saturday, according to the Clerk's Office at the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va. A judge had set Nov. 10 as the deadline. At the arraignment, Ward could be officially charged. Ward was arrested in August for allegedly importing child pornography.

This weekend: Run the Ben Franklin Bridge

Want to block traffic for a good cause this Sunday? Sign up for the AmeriHealth Ben Franklin Bridge Challenge and run or walk across the bridge, which spans the Delaware River. The event benefits the Larc School - a special education school in South Jersey for students with moderate to severe disabilities.

City's largest dailies may strike over contracts

Chanting "no contract, no peace" and "in unity: strength!" employees of The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News staged an informational picket line with labor representatives at noon yesterday. With contracts set to expire at midnight, the "Walk for a Fair Contract," headed by the Newspaper Guild of Greater Philadelphia, was a rallying cry to support the union's position in the ongoing negotiations with local investors' group Philadelphia Media Holdings, which bought the papers after an industry shakeup earlier this year.

In June, it'll be a brand new LSAT

Comparative literature students may find themselves in familiar territory if they take the LSAT in June. Effective June 2007, the LSAT - an exam students take prior to applying to law school - will add a comparative reading section as one of the four sets of reading comprehension on the test.

Third trial may not help prosecutors

Prosecutors can count on racking up more bills if they retry Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya for murder, but not on a better chance of a conviction, law experts say. Malinovskaya's first-degree murder trial was declared a mistrial for the second time last Thursday after the jury announced a 6-6 deadlock.

News Brief: No trial date set for ex-prof in porn case

Ex-Wharton professor Scott Ward still has no trial date, according to the Clerk's Office at the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va. Ward, who was arrested in August for importing child pornography, has remained in custody in Virginia while awaiting a formal indictment.