A championship is a championship, right? The Penn field hockey team (8-8, 4-2 Ivy) faces Princeton (12-4, 5-1 Ivy) this Friday for a share of the Ivy League title - a potentially small share. Penn, Cornell, Harvard and Columbia all enter their final Ivy game with a 4-2 league record.

Even if Penn runs north-south tomorrow against Princeton, the hits will definitely be coming from the east - the Far East. Senior Doori Song, the first in his South Korean family to be born in the United States, is one of Princeton's best run-stoppers at inside linebacker.

Glamour readers will see a familiar face in next month's issue: Amy Gutmann. The December issue of Glamour, to be released on Nov. 13, will include a photo portfolio of women like Jennifer Garner, Donna Karan, Elizabeth Edwards and Toni Morrison. Honoring them in its Women of the Year Tribute, the magazine - whose circulation reaches over two million - is also launching the Glamour Women of the Year Fund to raise funds for charities that will support the women and their causes.

Noticing a pattern with these Yale games? No. 15 Yale (7-0, 4-0) at Brown (3-4, 2-2) Once again, it'll come back to Mike McLeod. There's been no mystery this year - Yale has relied heavily on its junior tailback in its 7-0 start to the season. At 3-4, Brown can't be labeled the Bulldogs' toughest test; that distinction belongs to Harvard, whom they'll meet in two weeks' time.

The Greek scene at Penn just became a little larger. Sigma Pi, a fraternity that left campus in 2005 due to dwindling membership, colonized last night with 13 new members. Colonization is the first step on the way to becoming a University-recognized chartered fraternity.

Kiss, Soundgarden and David Bowie were rocking out in front of the Penn Bookstore yesterday in a big purple bus. Granted, they were animated and on a screen. The promotional tour for Rock Band, a new MTV video game similar to the popular Guitar Hero, stopped at Penn, where about 100 students tried to be the world's next hit rock band yesterday afternoon.

WILMINGTON, DEL. - After a total of six days of deliberations, the jury still has yet to decide the fate of alleged murderer Irina Malinovskaya. Malinovskaya, a Wharton undergraduate, is accused by prosecutors of bludgeoning to death her ex-lover Robert Bondar's then-girlfriend, Irina Zlotnikov, in December 2004.

A team of students and faculty from Penn and Lehigh University will compete in California this weekend for the title of a national engineering vehicle contest as one of 11 finalists. "Little Ben," an autonomous vehicle created by the team, will have to drive safely through a 60-mile course in less than six hours and negotiate traffic without human aid to win the 2007 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Union Challenge.

Even 12 months after last year's double-overtime battle that ended with Princeton ahead by one, Penn captain Joe Anastasio still remembers the defeat like it was yesterday. "It definitely burns us," the senior linebacker said. "We wanted it a lot emotionally and it's definitely sticking out in our minds going into this weekend.

Students across the country are falling victim to skin infections, physical injuries and viral diseases, all without even leaving the classroom. At Texas A&M;, for example, lab accidents in which students were exposed to biological weapons terminated research at the school's biodefense labs.

The Philadelphia Police officer who was shot during a North Philadelphia robbery died early yesterday morning, and police have increased efforts to hunt down the killer. Chuck Cassidy, who was shot at point-blank range once in the head after walking into a robbery in progress at a Dunkin' Donuts at 6620 N.

Coming off a disappointing road loss and facing its most pivotal match of the year, one thing is clear to the Penn women's soccer team: There's no place like home. The Quakers (11-3-1, 4-1 Ivy) hope to feed off of the Rhodes Field crowd Saturday night with Princeton (8-6-1, 4-1) coming to town.

Investing with a conscience To The Editor: We agree: Penn's endowment campaign could help make President Gutmann a hero of higher education (10/25/2007 "Looking Ahead"). The funds raised will let Penn uphold its commitment to principled research and study for the benefit of our local and global community.

After losing so many close games despite playing great football, the Penn defense was fed up. But after a grueling battle with both offenses struggling to find their rhythm, the Quakers' defense finally took control and delivered a win, shutting out Princeton, 7-0, at Franklin Field on Saturday.

'Penn is an urban college campus, well-integrated into a vibrant University City community, which offers students, staff and faculty access to a wonderfully diverse cultural, arts and restaurant scene." Thus proclaims the Division of Public Safety's Web site.

Amy Gutmann was a "casual Penn President" at her Halloween party Wednesday night. Gutmann, who has dressed up as Glinda the Good Witch, Willy Wonka and the Statue of Liberty in previous years, noticeably stood out this year dressed in Penn winter apparel.

Missed opportunities. Penn men's soccer coach Rudy Fuller chose to describe the Quakers' performance this season in less than flattering terms. And, with too many missed opportunities, it appears that an Ivy League title and playoff berth are out of reach.