The Penn softball team had dug itself into a little hole during the second game of its 7-2 and 8-6 doubleheader losses to Lehigh. Unable to chip away at a 5-1 third-inning deficit in the second game, the Quakers (12-8) badly needed an offensive spark. The bases were loaded as senior Kaelin Ainley stepped to the plate after a Teresa Leyden single up the middle, an error by Lehigh pitcher Tiffany Curtis left Stephanie Reichert safe on first and Julia Cheney walked.

Jarron Smith just needed a little tweak. The junior starts about every other game, but with a three-for-four day in Penn's 11-5 win over Saint Joseph's in the opening round of the Liberty Bell Classic, he has made his case for a full-time spot out in right field.

3Years engineers, geologists and archeologists expect it will take to find the Ithaca of Homer's Odyssey. Source: The Associated Press

Here's a revelation: It gets cold in Philadelphia over the winter. No, not Hanover, N.H. cold or Ithaca, N.Y. cold, but it can be pretty nippy out there. So when the weather heads south of the freezing point, athletic practices move indoors. This is where Penn's athletes get the short end, since the school lacks appropriate indoor facilities.

According to one prominent Harvard University professor, ethics are sorely needed in political campaigns often fraught with misinformation and manipulation. Dennis Thompson, the Alfred North Whitehead professor of political philosophy at Harvard, spoke about campaign ethics in his keynote address at the Philosophy, Politics and Economics department's seventh-annual Goldstone Forum before several dozen students and professors yesterday afternoon in the Hall of Flags in Houston Hall.

Candidates running for student government will have to hold their breaths for another day. Election results will not be announced until Thursday night, when the Nominations and Elections Committee will determine the legitimacy of two campaign violations that were filed last night.

Student minority groups are speaking out against the Division of Public Safety in response to an incident last week in which a black College student was detained, calling it part of a larger trend of bias-based profiling.

In four straight games before yesterday, Penn's relievers had conceded nine runs in 10 and two-thirds innings. So Quakers coach John Cole was probably not a pillar of confidence as he watched his starting pitcher concede a walk, a single, and a three-run homer to the first three Saint Joseph's hitters he faced yesterday.

Most Penn professors have Ph.D.'s; Kal Penn has a Teen Choice Award nomination. Officials announced over the weekend that Penn, an actor best-known for his role in the 2004 comedy Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, will teach two courses at the University next spring.

Placing a liquor store across the street from the mosque will not improve the area.

Tickets for this year's Spring Fling concert sold out early yesterday afternoon, only two days after they were made available.

By Albert Sun Staff Writer asun@sas.upenn.edu No Penn students have been named as defendants in the latest wave of lawsuits from the Recording Industry Association of America, but activity from the RIAA indicates that litigation may be on the way. The RIAA recently began targeting college students as part of a continued effort to stem music piracy that has gone on for almost four years.

Now the hard part begins. After cruising through its first seven games with only a single hitch - a road loss to Northwestern - the Penn women's lacrosse team will begin the most difficult part of its schedule tonight when it travels to Baltimore to face dangerous No.

As ready as high-school seniors may feel for college, taking a year off can ease the transition and help narrow interests.

A report from the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Postal Service reveals that the Postal Service did not act in compliance with several regulations in selling the Postal Lands to the University, but Penn and Postal Service officials say the report will not affect the deal's closing.

Aretha Franklin is well-known for wanting some respect. And this year, she's going to get it. The University has amassed a diverse group of honorary degrees recipients for May's Commencement, including Franklin. These recipients, who are not necessarily affiliated with Penn, tend to have made long strides in their respective fields.

Alicia Puglionesi is an College junior from Haverton, Pa. Her e-mail address is puglionesi@dailypennsylvanian.com.