Most people wouldn't mention "ag school" and "Ivy League" in the same breath. This is probably because along with Penn, everyone forgets about that school up in Ithaca. Nonetheless, I was surprised to learn recently that Yale did, indeed, have an ag program of sorts - a food-and-agriculture concentration within their environmental-studies department.

It wasn't a smooth transition from the field to the sidelines.Former Penn wide receiver Matt Carre's first season as a coach was rough. But even after starting the season 0-9, Carre tried to stay positive as he took the field as King's College intern assistant coach for the team's final game of the year last Saturday.

Nearly a dozen Drexel University students have been robbed just north of the school's campus over the last month, though Philadelphia Police arrested one juvenile male Friday who is linked to some of the muggings. There have been a total of 11 robberies between Market and Spring Garden streets and between 31st and 36th streets since October, Philadelphia Police Sgt.

Don't be surprised if you see some extra bodies in the stands at Penn sporting events next semester. And don't be surprised if those bodies look athletic enough to be in the game, themselves. The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee plans to kick off Quaker Days, an initiative to strengthen attendance at sporting events by drawing other athletes to games.

Philadelphia Police released a detailed account yesterday of the sexual assault of a female student on the 4000 block of Spruce Street. Philadelphia Police Special Victims Unit Capt. John Darby said that, after going to sleep shortly after 3:30 a.m. Monday, the victim, 20, was awoken by a male lying on top of her holding a sharp object to her neck.

The University's review of hiring and admissions practices, originally slated to be finalized this fall, has been delayed indefinitely because of Faculty Senate concerns about requiring faculty hires to disclose criminal backgrounds. A Faculty Senate committee is in the midst of discussing the possible ramifications of a self-disclosure question, which would potentially be posed to all prospective faculty members.

Amira Fawcett is an Engineering junior from Houston. Her e-mail address is fawcett@dailypennsylvanian.com.

One team stands in the way of Princeton going undefeated in Ivy League play this season: the Quakers. Although the League title is out of its reach, Penn's volleyball team (17-8, 10-3) still has plenty to play for tonight when it hosts Princeton in its season finale at 7 p.m. at the Palestra.

An AlliedBarton security guard exposed himself to a female student after he escorted her home Monday night, Division of Public Safety officials said yesterday. The guard offered to escort the student from 38th and Sansom streets to her house, near 41st and Locust streets, at about 9:00 p.

By 2010, a new fitness center, three full-length fields, Palestra Green, 12 additional tennis courts and a new softball stadium will invigorate the eastern edge of Penn's campus. That's only the beginning of Penn's three-phase facilities campaign, though.

Last week, the Roots gave Penn students a fantastic show. The concert was sponsored by SPEC-TRUM, a branch of the Social Planning and Events Committee that organizes events geared toward the minority community on campus. SPEC-TRUM sold over 1,000 tickets to students, despite announcing the show barely a week before it occurred.

Four days until Caturday. That's Saturday for those who haven't yet caught on to the latest phenomenon to dominate the Internet and student lexicon - LOLcats. That's LOL for "laugh out loud." LOLcats are funny pictures of cats with captions attributed to them.

I landed here in a flying machine over a year ago. Officially, I'm a resident alien. Life as an alien can be hard. Imagine trying to learn the language of aliens that inhabit a distant planet very dissimilar to our own. A tough task. Philosophers call it "radical translation" and few believe it possible.

Pizza was a little different yesterday at Kings Court/English College House. On the standard college staple, the cheese, pepperoni and sausage were replaced with non-dairy products like soy cheese, soy meat and layers of vegetables. That dish was part of the dining hall's bi-annual entirely vegan dinner last night, in celebration of College Veg Pledge Day.

A female Temple University student was physically and sexually assaulted earlier this month inside one of Temple's main academic buildings, raising questions about the role of camera surveillance and open access in university buildings. Between 6 and 7 p.

Montgomery County prosecutors say the controversial testimony from two mental-health experts in the murder case of Economics professor Rafael Robb should not be subjected to a hearing about its admissibility. But legal experts say a Frye hearing - which is used to determine if novel scientific evidence is reliable enough to be permitted in court - can apply to testimony from psychologists and psychiatrists.

I am not ashamed to say that, as a female at Penn, I fit quite neatly into several aspects of the "Penn girl" stereotype: I drink coffee from Bucks, eat salads from Gia, work out exclusively indoors and rely heavily on these luxuries to make it neatly and efficiently through the rush of my daily life.