When Craig Thompson was a student in Penn's School of Medicine in the '70s, he wanted to work as a military-base physician. More than 30 years later, however, Thompson is still at Penn, and he was recently appointed director of the Abramson Cancer Center.

Penn coach Al Bagnoli had an appropriate parallel for his team's performance in its 27-20 loss to Villanova Saturday - junior defensive back Greg Ambrogi. At first, all was well for Ambrogi, who is also the punt returner, but then things got worse and stayed that way.

A year ago, the Penn field hockey team shocked the Villanova Wildcats by scoring three straight goals in the second half to earn a 3-2 comeback victory.

WILMINGTON, Del. - Prosecutors presented evidence yesterday that Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya was planning to use a computer program to spy on someone.

As far as college football scandals go, this one wasn't too bad.

The drug commonly known as the "birth control patch" now carries yet another warning, Food and Drug Administration officials announced last week. A new study shows that the patch - known by its brand name Ortho Evra - doubles women's chances of blood clots.

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

An FBI shoeprint expert testified yesterday about two prints found on the murdered body of Irina Zlotnikov - one near her neck and one between her breasts. Zlotnikov was found dead in the apartment of Robert Bondar, her boyfriend at the time. Bondar had previously dated Wharton undergraduate Irina Malinovskaya, who is on trial for Zlotnikov's murder.

Never let it be said that the college-aged population is apathetic or self-absorbed.

A vaccine against the virus that is mainly responsible for cervical cancer is now available from Student Health, but it isn't cheap - at least for the time being.

Going into the 2006 football season, there were concerns about what would happen when an entirely new secondary took the field. The team's worst fears about the possibilities were realized during Saturday's 27-20 loss to Villanova. In the season opener against Lafayette, the secondary allowed quarterback Brad Maurer to accrue nearly 300 yards but didn't allow a touchdown in the air.

For months now, the future of one of the University's most enjoyable traditions has been in danger.

Concerns about the decisions of Harvard and Princeton universities to discontinue their respective early-admissions policies extend beyond the academic world - the recent changes have raised questions on the athletic scene as well.

Abdi Farah is a College sophomore from Owings Mills, Md. His e-mail address is farah@dailypennsylvanian.com.

If corporate ethics start in business school, the industry landscape of the future could be even more scandal-ridden than it is today. A recent study found that business students are more likely to cheat than any other graduate students, though some at Wharton doubt that the data apply to Penn's MBA students, saying that the school's emphasis on its Code of Academic Integrity tends to discourage cheaters.

After beating No. 22 Lafayette on the road in their season opener, the Quakers were satisfied - and understandably so. A victory over a ranked team could have signaled an end to the problems that plagued them during their season-ending slump the year before.

Bowing to pressure from student critics, student-government leaders will halt work on a program intended to track voter demographics in student elections. The program would have gathered such information as gender, race, college house, international student status and major.