National crime patterns suggest that Penn is reporting many burglaries as larcenies, a much less worrisome crime.

When he first took the court with his new team, Glen Miller had so many options, he didn't know who to play. Maybe that explains why he put in several freshmen for significant minutes in Penn's season-opening loss against Texas-El Paso. In last night's game against Monmouth, Miller got closer to the right track, restricting his liberal bench-playing tendencies.

The Quakers used an 8-0 run - including back-to-back layups by Zoller - to open a double-digit lead with 8:52 to play.

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.

Fashionable Philadelphia restaurant Deux Cheminees is shutting its doors, to the disappointment of epicures all over. But the retiring owner, Fritz Blank, hasn't decided on a closing date yet. The reason? He's trying to unload thousands of books that now occupy his restaurant onto Van Pelt Library.

By David bernstein Staff Writer davidkb@sas.upenn.edu Monmouth's game plan was clear: Milk the shot clock, move the ball around and get shooters open. But Penn showed the Hawks that the Princeton offense doesn't work when the game becomes a track meet.

Sweet-potato casserole. Cream-of-mushroom soup. Asian-sesame pasta. The missing ingredient from these culinary masterpieces available at Penn? Meat. And that food group's absence from many Penn dining-hall dishes has earned the University a spot on a recent list released by the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Penn is losing a tenth of its city funding for programs run with two West Philadelphia elementary schools.

The Division of Public Safety decided earlier this semester to stop releasing the specific University affiliations of crime victims to the public and media. When the DP found out, we called on DPS to change its ways. Not specifying whether a victim was a student, staff or faculty member made it difficult to track crime trends.

Undecided major? Too many career options to choose from and not enough time to decide? Sometimes, a little help from an alumnus is all you need. At least, that's the premise of the Alumni Mentoring Program at the School of Arts and Sciences. As the program's first semester draws to a close, officials say they are pleased with how it's going so far - but hope even more students decide to participate.

It's not quite midterm season in Ivy League basketball, but it is time for a high school classic - the mid-semester progress report. We'll start from the bottom up and see who might be giving Penn a run for its money come conference play. (All stats are before last night's games).

With a rash of recent robberies on and around campus, use caution outside.

A select few members of the Class of 2011 will have the chance to earn extra honors for their community-service work. The University will announce today the creation of the Civic Scholars Program, an academically based service program that will begin with the Class of 2011.

Eleven members of the Granny Peace Brigade/Philadelphia are set to go on trial on Dec. 1.

If a team is trying to gauge its role in the national picture, then facing the No. 12 squad in the nation can help in finding an answer. When the team also takes on the No. 1 in the nation on the same day, the question changes from 'where do we fit in?' to 'how can we fit in?' Saturday at the Journeyman/Brute Northeast Collegiate Duals, the Penn wrestling team fought to a 2-2 record.

It's every Penn girl's dream. Jonathan Safran Foer peers out from behind trendy square-rimmed glasses, smiles and serves you delicious Jewish food. Wake up, and head over to 38th and Spruce streets. Nissim Agiv does wear Dolce & Gabbana glasses; he does serve dishes like shish kebob and matzo ball soup.

Wharton MBA students Himanshu Agarwal and Pranjal Shah are members of a team selected as a finalist for JPMorgan's Good Venture competition. The Good Venture competition asks participating undergraduate and graduate teams of up to four members to choose an existing philanthropic non-profit organization to champion.