Looking for a new laptop? Forget those fancy gizmos at Computer Connection. Just north of Market Street, I spotted a hole-in-the-wall electronics store called the Super Computer Center, hosting a sidewalk sale at Depression-era rates. Old-school computers for $100.

Luis Yanez and Kimdo Bethel are pictures in contrast. Yanez is a 5-foot-3, 106-pound 19-year-old, who, at first glance, looks about as threatening as a lapdog. Bethel, a thick 200-some pounds, has biceps as large as logs and cuts an imposing figure even when sitting down.

Next year, Penn should be a little bit greener with the recent announcement that Dan Garofalo will be the University's first-ever sustainability coordinator. Garofalo - currently senior facilities planner at the Office of the University Architect - will be responsible for forming Penn's strategy to minimize waste, make transportation more environmentally friendly and conserve energy throughout campus.

Sometimes a goal is worth more than one point and a save is worth more than one off the board. That was the case Sunday, when the now top-ranked Penn women's lacrosse team used a late first-half goal by Allison Ambrozy and a crucial save by Sarah Waxman to stay within two goals of then-No.

A new software program is on the market to try to help universities increase the diversity of their admitted classes while avoiding discrimination litigation. The program, Applications Quest, sorts students whom admissions officers have already deemed as qualified for admission into clusters of similar applicants based on a number of factors, such as hometown, major, GPA, race and legacy status.

Can't use up all your meals? You're not alone. Penn's meal plan system has long been a source of dissatisfaction among students, whose complaints range from the high price of plans to dining halls' limited hours of operation. And as the semester comes to a close, students are often left with dozens of unused meals.

College students socialize 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and one Penn student wants to create a Web site to make interacting with peers even easier. DormNoise.com - which will launch this June - is a college exclusive social-networking Web site created by Wharton freshman Jay Rodrigues.

As Delta Sigma Theta's "Devastating Divas" stomped into the spotlight of Irvine Auditorium's stage Saturday night, they were greeted by the screams and cheers of a sold-out audience. The Devastating Divas were a part of "Stomping On the Yard," a national step show and scholarship competition that involves over a million students belonging to nine fraternal organizations called "The Divine Nine.

The Undergraduate Assembly elected College sophomore Claire Choi as its new secretary for the 2008-2009 executive board last night. Choi won in a vote of nine to eight against College sophomore Benny Laitman. "I hope we can reach out and make more in-person efforts for publicity," said Choi, who added that she was looking forward to forming both a communications and a social committee as well as issuing UA press releases.

The American health-care system is under-equipped to serve the rapidly aging generation of baby boomers, according to a recent report from the Institute of Medicine, and medical schools must step up. While some schools, like Penn, have developed programs to improve training in geriatric medicine, it's still a challenge to get students to specialize in the field.

Five years ago, Mylan Marvelous opened his store to address what he saw as a glaring lack of places to buy music and comics in West Philadelphia. Now, music has become the sole priority for The Marvelous, his store located below Smokey Joe's near 40th and Walnut streets.

The last four times the women's lacrosse team faced Northwestern, the scores were 13-6, 17-8, 13-4 and 12-2 all in favor of the Wildcats. But yesterday the No. 5 Quakers reversed three years of futility against Northwestern, earning a huge upset 11-7 over the Wildcats at Franklin Field.

In getting two wins over Columbia this weekend, freshman Jessie Lupardus did not just shatter the program mark for victories and strikeouts in a single season: She also won more games (19) than any Penn softball team did from 1974-2006. It was all part of a record-setting weekend for the Quakers.

The last thing the Quakers wanted to do was count themselves out. Then, just like that, they were forced to. After dropping the first of its four-game set with Columbia, 5-4 on Saturday, Penn's faint hopes of forcing a playoff with the Gehrig Division-leading Lions were dashed, to be replaced with the inevitability of a season that was more of a learning experience than a winning one. The Quakers had needed a sweep (and then some) to prolong their season.

With gas prices sitting at $3.51 a gallon nationwide, many people are finding it harder to get around. These same prices are making it more expensive for institutions like Penn to fund construction projects. Recent economic troubles - especially rising fuel prices - are driving up construction costs, forcing universities and developers to plan ahead and take steps aimed at saving money.

Penn senior Tim Kaijala remembers track coach Charlie Powell sending him out on the last day of the Penn Relays four years ago. Kaijala was to be the anchor of the Quakers' 4x800-meter team. "It was the most nervous I've been in my whole life," he recalled after this year's Relays.