They just seemed too young. Too young to be pregnant, too young to be worrying about HIV, too young to be making the kinds of choices they were making. It sounds like a cliche, or a tool of the right wing to illustrate the decline of American morality. But, to me, they're just kids who are falling through the cracks of Philadelphia's inconsistent sex-education policy.

Last night, Wharton and College junior David Ashkenazi defeated two other candidates to become the new president of the InterFraternity Council. The election was held after College junior Matt Dwyer resigned the post last week due to personal reasons. The president of the IFC serves as the liaison between the fraternity community and the administration as well as an adviser to chapter presidents Ashkenazi is currently the president of Tau Epsilon Phi.

The Penn men's and women's swim team will face off against unfamiliar faces this weekend at the second annual Kenyon Invitational. A change from the usual Ivy competition, the Quakers will compete against powerhouses like Kenyon and Kansas. Because the Invitational is scheduled the same way as the Ivy League Championships, with the preliminary events in the morning and finals in the afternoon, it gives both teams a good opportunity to prepare for the championships at the end of the season.

No more afternoon practices. No more Saturday games. No more road trips, no more victories and no more losses. No more football. You likely won't see this year's graduating seniors in the NFL, so with the close of their Penn careers comes the close of their football careers.

Clinging to a three-point lead with 19 seconds left, there was no doubt which player Penn would lean on to put the game away. Junior forward Carrie Biemer calmly nailed a three-pointer from the top of the key to effectively end the game as the Quakers finished off a 66-58 victory over the Broncs (3-3).

The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences earned national recognition last week when a national index ranked four departments within the school among the top ten Engineering programs. Academic Analytics, a company that sells research on faculty productivity, released these rankings in its third annual Faculty Scholarly Productivity index.

EASTON, Pa., Nov. 28 - How quickly a lead can come and go in college basketball. After a hard-fought first half that saw the Quakers head into the locker room down five, they came out strong after the break. Penn clawed back and took a one-point advantage with 12:09 to go.

The calendar may read November, but the Penn wrestling team might think it's March when it sends its varsity squad to the Las Vegas Invitational, held tomorrow and Saturday. This 48-team national tournament includes No. 7 Missouri, No. 9 Wisconsin, No. 10 Michigan, No.

If you build it, they will come - at least, that's part of the rationale behind SEPTA's massive reconstruction of the Market-Frankford El. Improved public transit means more people can access nearby businesses, stimulating the local economy. That's the long-term goal.

Pay a little more for a bottle of water, help a thirsty child in the third world. Sounds great, right? The founder of Ethos Water was on campus two weeks ago to describe how this business model is going to save the planet. As far as bottled water goes, Ethos is all right - I mean, if I'm going to allow someone to commodify something essential to my survival, the profits might as well build a well in Bangladesh rather than a pool in an executive's backyard.

Amira Fawcett is an Engineering junior from Houston. Her e-mail address is fawcett@dailypennsylvanian.com.

Several Harnwell College House residents returning to school from Thanksgiving break discovered that their rooms had been burglarized, police officials said yesterday.

Penn senior Diexia Wang was arrested at Mayer Hall last week after he allegedly stalked female residents of the dorm and stole their property, including their undergarments.

Penn's newest journalists are working right in the classroom - and they are writing in French. Students in French lecturer Lisa Britton's French 140 often assume the role of journalists who travel the French-speaking world and report back to their fellow students.

Some think he is a missing person or the victim of a violent crime. Others suggest he's an American Apparel model or an undergrad running for student government. But the anonymous male whose photo currently hangs above Fisher-Bennett Hall is actually a Penn student who has become the latest subject of conceptual artist Braco Dimitrijevic's "Casual Passer-By" series.

Go ahead, pick a sword-fight with Penn's fencing team. They dare you. All jokes aside, this season should be another strong one for the men's and women's teams. Coach Dave Micahnik has never had a losing season in his 33 years coaching both teams, and his 34th season shouldn't be any different.

Thanksgiving is family time - maybe that's why it's a brief holiday. I like my family, but since we're divided by the Atlantic, I'm stuck with a surrogate family for most of the year - the Penn family. No, I haven't been hired by the administration to whip you into a frenzy of love for your peers.