This past weekend, I was fortunate enough to watch three different Penn teams - football, men's soccer and women's soccer - compete against rival Princeton. And in New Jersey, no less. I was able to accomplish this Quakers trifecta because of one of the more under-appreciated quirks of the Ivy League, something called "jamboree weekends.

With the effects of climate change, the most sought-after resource in the future might not be oil, but water. Best-selling author and Anthropology professor at University of California, Santa Barbara Brian Fagan spoke last night at the Penn Museum, urging an audience to heed the warnings of past struggles with climate change and the dangers of drought.

Thirty-seven years ago, Disney World had just opened and Richard Nixon's approval ratings were over 50 percent. But 1971 was also the last time that the Penn men's soccer team hosted an all-or-nothing game for the Ivy League title. Fast forward: Coach Rudy Fuller and the Quakers (10-2-4, 4-1-1 Ivy) are trying to win the program's first conference title since 2002 this Saturday at 7:30 p.

Students wanting to try their hand at firearm simulation training or learning how to defend themselves are in luck. Today the Division of Public Safety will hold an open house from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. as a way for Penn students to meet Penn Police and learn more about what the Division of Public Safety does.

Business has been anything but usual for Tom Block lately. Block opened the Naked Chocolate Cafe near 34th and Walnut streets a little more than a week ago - but he hadn't expected that he would be almost overrun with business in such a short time. "We're having a lot of trouble keeping up," Block said.

Keiffer Garton may have arrived, but Robert Irvin is going nowhere. The senior has been plagued by a sore shoulder and a groin injury he picked up against Brown. But he's taking on a light workload in practice this week in the hopes of playing Saturday against Harvard.

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We've seen many politicians try to prevent sunlight from reaching City Hall. But we never thought Mayor Michael Nutter would be one of them. Last week, city authorities prevented reporters from entering a budget-related meeting between Nutter and City Council members.

The science of sleep suggests that sheep are best left to the barnyard. Three panelists spoke last night in a seminar entitled "Sleep 101," a forum that addressed the mechanics of sleep and the impact its loss can have on the mind and body. The lecture, held at the Annenberg School for Communications and sponsored by both the Trustees' Council of Penn Women and the Penn Women's Center, featured speakers from Penn's faculty who covered a wide variety of topics pertaining to sleep and its implications on health.

It's not easy being green, but Penn seems to be doing a pretty good job. While officials say there is always more to be done, compared with the way most U.S. institutions combat today's environmental challenges - from the high price of energy to the excessive waste produced in campus buildings - Penn is definitely at the higher end of the spectrum.

Kelly Scott's teammates have no problem with her horsing around - off the court, that is. Scott, a senior on the women's basketball team, picked up horseback riding as a youngster on a weekend excursion with her mom and continued competitively into high school.

After last week's election, both Washington and Penn politicos are in a transition period. In Washington, President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to take office. At Penn, with the presidential campaign out of the way, on-campus political groups are focusing on their internal elections.

Provost Ron Daniels will leave Penn to become the next president of Johns Hopkins University, officials announced yesterday. Daniels, who came to Penn just three and a half years ago after serving as the dean of the University of Toronto Law School, will assume his new post in early March.

Read a free copy of The New York Times every day? Download music from Ruckus? You've got Provost Ron Daniels to thank for that. Daniels, who was named Johns Hopkins University's next president yesterday, was embraced by student leaders for the enthusiasm he brought to projects devoted to improving student life.

Let's make one thing clear - Jill Ottinger doesn't throw like a girl. There's nothing too conspicuous about the 30-year-old Abington, Pa., native and professional chemist. That is, until she lofts a football and hits her receiver in stride. Last Sunday, her venue was Drexel's Buckley Field, at tryouts for the Philadelphia Firebirds, a professional women's football team that competes in the Independent Women's Football League.

With bike theft up this year and the South Street Bridge about to close for reconstruction, the Division of Public Safety is trying to increase awareness about bicycle safety. DPS is distributing brochures and attaching flyers with bicycle-security reminders to improperly secured bicycles.