With the shooting at the Koko Bongo over the weekend, nobody needs to be reminded that we live on an urban campus that is far from immune to crime. Fortunately, Penn has a number of security measures in place to protect its students: 898-WALK, 898-RIDE and the fourth-largest private police force in the country.

Van Pelt Library: A resource for studying, researching -and theft? The Division of Public Safety revealed last week that it is currently conducting an investigation into a rising tide of unattended theft, with a focus on crimes occurring in Van Pelt, the main library on campus.

Even after 109 minutes of disappointing play, no one on the Penn women's soccer team could have expected the 110th and final minute to turn into such a nightmare. The Quakers' perfect Ivy season and six-match winning streak came to an end with the sweep of Kerrilynn Carney's foot yesterday afternoon in Providence, R.

Daniel Schwartz is a College sophomore from Decatur, Ga. His e-mail address is schwartz@dailypennsylvanian.com.

After a brutal 56-7 loss, sprint football coach Bill Wagner called out Navy for what he construed to be unsportsmanlike play. "They're a good team, but I think they're a cheap-shot team, I think their cut-blocking is certainly of question and, in my opinion, a deficit to the game," Wagner said.

PROVIDENCE, R.I., Oct. 27 - From the very first minute of Saturday night's matchup, Brown was able to assert itself and impose its game on the Quakers. The Bears controlled possession, but more importantly, they controlled the run of play and pace of the game.

On Saturday, they were everywhere: sexy referees, sexy gladiators, sexy cats. It's Halloween, and that means discovering that just about any occupation and any animal can be made into tight, cleavage-baring, upper-thigh-revealing ensemble that oozes sexuality.

Jury deliberations in the murder trial of Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya came to a halt Friday morning after officials realized a serious court error had occurred. Proceedings were delayed for four and a half hours early Friday morning when it was discovered that jurors had been erroneously given court clerk's files from the past two trials, both of which ended in mistrials.

This fall will feature a concert by a group that doesn't include a Ben or the musical stylings of college rock. The Roots, a Philadelphia-based hip-hop band, will be headlining the SPEC-TRUM fall concert at Irvine Auditorium on Nov. 6.

The typical criteria for a business-school ranking include job placement, graduates' salaries and academic quality. But the Aspen Institute Center for Business Education set out to judge schools on a less conventional set of standards. The organization, which aims to create future business leaders who embrace social responsibilities, recently released its biannual "Beyond Grey Pinstripes" report.

While students gain knowledge and skills from their professors in the classroom, they rarely have the opportunity to interact with them in a social setting. Last night, campus Greek organizations provided one such opportunity, hosting the second biannual Faculty Tea as part of Greek Week.

Freshman Anguel Tolev, running in today's Heptagonal championships in New York, has come a long way since immigrating to the United States in 1998. Tolev's family immigrated to Denver from Bulgaria when he was nine. He didn't know a word of English. No biggie.

This week, the Penn College Republicans are hosting Terrorism Awareness Week on campus. Penn is one of hundreds of campuses across the nation that is playing host to Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, as it is called everywhere else, and its purpose, as defined by the conservative David Horowitz Freedom Center's Web site for the project (www.

Avery Lawrence is a College senior from Charlottesville, Va. His e-mail address is lawrence@dailypennsylvanian.com.

At this stage in the Penn football team's season, the potential turning point has come and gone. A victory against heavy favorite Yale last week could have been the last opportunity for an Ivy title run, but after the last drive in triple-overtime stalled, it's time for the Quakers (2-4, 1-2 Ivy) to shift gears.

City officials seem to be giving the yellow light to development along the Schuylkill. Traffic congestion along and near the expressway is a major concern for the city, the Philadelphia Planning Commission said in a meeting last Tuesday in discussing the planned $400 million Cira Centre South development.

How's this for a must-win game? A contest at No. 6 Brown, against a team that has only lost once this year and has won four straight since then. The men's soccer team faces this situation as it fights to keep its hopes for a league title alive. Tomorrow, the Quakers (5-6-2, 2-1-0 Ivy) will make the trip out to Providence, R.