The most urban of Ivy League universities has been overrun with coyotes! Well, three coyotes were spotted on the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University on Sunday morning. An NYPD officer confirmed the sighting.

Barnard’s Director of Public Safety, Dianna Pennetti, sent a campus-wide email requesting students to report further sightings. She wrote, “All members of the community are advised not to approach these animals” although coyotes typically don’t attack humans.

Though it seems surreal that there’s wildlife wandering around an urban jungle, coyotes have been known to adapt to urban environments. Coyotes survive in cities by foraging in garbage and going after rats or squirrels. New York has had its share of coyotes: one made its way to Central Park in 2006.

Until the coyotes are captured, it looks like Columbia students will have to watch out for wild animals in addition to urban crime.

— Goda Thangada

Brown defeated Columbia in the last game of last year's football season to secure a share of the Ivy championship.

Yes, believe it or not, Brown does have varsity sports teams — and a handful of fall teams have been nationally ranked and competitive in recent years. Sports editor Andrew Braca gives a run-down of games to watch this season in Tuesday’s Herald.

The football team is ranked third in the Ivy league for the season, behind Harvard and Penn, after coming off a co-championship season last year. (And they beat co-champs Harvard head-to-head, so the Crimson’s championship rings don’t shine quite so brightly as Bruno’s.) The Bears will be preparing to face off against intrastate rival URI in their homecoming game this season:

Football, Oct. 3:
Homecoming games are often exciting, but last year’s 24-22, rain-soaked triumph over Harvard will be hard to top. This year, the Bears will square off against the University of Rhode Island in the battle for the 94th Governors Cup, seeking to avenge a 37-13 loss to the Rams last year.

Six All-Ivy selections return from last year, but Bruno will be breaking in a new quarterback.

Are the third-ranked Bears underrated or past their prime? We’ll have to wait and find out.