Columbia coach Norries Wilson rarely hides his feelings. His Lions were shut out by Penn last year, prompting him to rail on the media, the Penn administration, the officials, the other Ivy League schools and even his own employer for six surreal minutes afterward.

What if you woke up one day with your OPIM professor's face staring down at you? If you decide that non-linear optimization problems are just too much in the morning, the offending academic could be exorcised from your dorm room by a simple touch on the wall.

Has anyone been paying attention to the women's soccer team lately? It's not like it's been hard - they've played each of their first four games in the friendly confines of Rhodes Field. And if you have managed to make the trek down to the home of Penn's soccer teams, chances are you witnessed some fireworks.

Penn goalkeeper Alanna Butera was flat on her back, the ball bouncing a few yards away from her, and the net was wide open. For the first time this season, it didn't matter. The whistle after the loose ball signalled that possession was going the other way, and with little time left on the clock, the Quakers coasted to a 1-0 win over Lafayette last night at Franklin Field, their first of the year.

Someone has to finish last in the league. This year, Dartmouth is bringing up the rear of the preseason Ivy football poll. But head coach Buddy Teevens isn't miffed by the lack of confidence in his squad. "The poll has never been accurate," he told reporters.

Joanne Tong is a Wharton senior from Manila, Philippines. Her e-mail address is tong@dailypennsylvanian.com

Harvard coach Tim Murphy described the reality of this season the best. "It's life after Clifton Dawson." Now with the Cincinnati Bengals, the All-Ivy tailback lead the team last year with 1,277 rushing yards on his way to breaking the league's all-time rushing record handily.

Chair and professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology Brian Strom has been appointed vice dean for institutional affairs in the School of Medicine and senior adviser to the provost for global health initiatives, according to a press release from the Office of the Provost.

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After graduating his starting quarterback Brad Maurer and All-Patriot League tailback Jonathan Hurt, Lafayette head coach Frank Tavani wasn't sure who would step up to lead the team's offense. But Shaun Adair might have changed that when he returned a punt 78 yards for a touchdown in the Leopards' blowout win over Marist to start the season.

Nursing senior Eric Bowles not only finished the race, but his record - 10 hours, 6 minutes - earned him first place in the 18 to 24 age group in the Louisville qualifying round.

Since the Ivy League was formed in 1954, Cornell hasn't won an outright title. And after last year's 3-4 Ivy record, it wouldn't seem that the Big Red were on the right track. But with almost every single statistical leader returning, optimism is running high in Ithaca, even if few others take notice.

Penn students generally don't agree on much, but one thing they seem united in is their distaste for Penn's online technology. And for good reason. Penn Course Review is poorly configured and needlessly time consuming. As for PennPortal, it may have been cutting edge when it was introduced in the mid-1990s, but now your average computer-science major could draw up a far superior, more intuitive design.

Unlike the last two seasons, both the secondary and the defensive line return a good number of starters. With a balance of experience across each, the defense looks to be stronger than in the past few years..

Yale is not used to being in this position, at least not its current roster. A surprise co-champion last year, the Bulldogs find themselves as this year's favorite. In the preseason media poll Yale took a resounding 14 of 16 first-place votes, the first time the team has been picked to win since 2000.

Last season, the Princeton football team shared the rights to its first Ivy League title since 1995. They beat the co-champs, Yale, in New Haven. Now they have 14 returning starters and snuck into the preseason Coaches Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) at No.