We've all been told to stop and smell the roses - but this is Penn. We don't stop for anything. I get annoyed if someone breaks to tie his shoes on a busy Locust walk. I don't even know what I would do if I saw a student stopping to sniff the daffodils in front of Huntsman Hall.

Penn softball is anxious. Anxious to notch a few more marks in its win column. After suffering two disappointing defeats to Harvard on Monday, the Quakers (5-17-1, 1-3 Ivy) will look to rebound when they make the short trip to La Salle (3-13) today for an afternoon doubleheader beginning at 3 p.

Black emergency-room patients are likely to wait about an hour longer than other patients to be transferred to a regular hospital bed, according to a recent study by researchers in the School of Medicine. The study, which drew from data from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey - a nationwide sample of emergency-room visits across the country - also found that critically ill black patients waited approximately an hour longer than other patients to be transferred out of intensive-care units.

Wharton Dean Tom Robertson announced the appointments of three key positions to Wharton's Executive Boards on March 25: Scott Wieler, '87 Wharton Graduate alumnus, William Lawrence, '83 Wharton alumnus and Sebastian Escarrer Jaume, '93 Wharton Graduate alumnus.

In Geoffrey Chaucer's The Wife of Bath's Tale, a knight has to atone for his crime by traveling across medieval England to discover what it is that women want most. But what answers will he get when he encounters a host of modern characters, from Virginia Woolf to Sigmund Freud? Their responses will be revealed in the comic opera The Loathly Lady, premiering at 7:30 p.

As builders working on the new Music Building yesterday were ready to add the final beam to the roof, University officials hosted a traditional "topping-off" ceremony to honor their work over the past eight months. The newly renovated building, which is on schedule for completion by the end of 2009, will include 15 offices and three classrooms in addition to two recording studios, practice rooms and a computer lab.

Penn began the seventh inning trailing the Delaware Blue Hens 4-3, with Delaware's bottom three hitters coming to the plate. Freshman pitcher Chris McNulty walked the seventh-place hitter, gave up a double to the eighth, walked the ninth and the first, and then gave up a grand slam to Delaware's Ryan Cuneo.

The Undergraduate Assembly looked to implement tangible change this past Sunday as many members are currently up for re-election by their peers. Most notably, the UA passed their New Student Orientation Night-Time Activities Proposal, an initiative the assembly has pursued since passing the "NSO Fraternity Safety Proposal" last fall.

Tradition is the name of the game here at Penn, but we should realize that the best traditions are those that maintain their heritage while being relevant in the present. This year, more than ever, it was clear to us that Hey Day had to be carried out with an openness to change.

Joan Didion's National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Year of Magical Thinking, speaks of the difficulties of coming to terms with the death of one's loved ones. As part of the yearly Fellows program at the Kelly Writers House, Didion read excerpts from her latest nonfiction novel, which details an account of the year following her husband's death.

Although interest in Arabic language programs is increasing around the country, the number of U.S. students opting to study in Arab countries still remains relatively low, according to a report issued by the Institute of International Education. The challenges that prevent U.

Opponents to the proposed Philadelphia casinos are up in arms about Mayor Michael Nutter's recent statement that the City will create "no barriers" to their development. But the Mayor's Office maintains that legally, there is no other choice.

The ever-looming danger of phoning an ex, a boss or any of the several people in their phone books most people would not call sober only increases with their level of intoxication. The release of two iPhone applications that allow users to block themselves from calling certain contacts for a set amount of time will help remove the potential repercussions of drunk dialing.

This afternoon, 3,926 high-school seniors will receive exciting news as they read their Penn acceptance letters online. Penn accepted the nearly 4,000 students out of a pool of 22,939 applicants --- an overall admit rate of 17.11 percent for the class of 2013.

Heading into the top of the ninth inning with an 11-8 lead in the second game of a doubleheader against Harvard yesterday afternoon, it looked like the Quakers were finally ready to put a close on their first Ivy League win. But their fortune changed quickly as the Crimson's Matt Rogers homered to left center to pull Harvard within one.

After a heartbreaking loss to rival Princeton, the men's tennis team was able to bounce back for a convincing 6-1 win against Army at Levy Tennis Pavilion yesterday - but suffered a casualty in the process. Junior Alex Vasin - who has had a turbulent history with coach Nik DeVore that included a leave of absence for two months last season - confirmed that he has quit the team.

Spring Fling concert tickets went on sale yesterday - did you line up to throw down $30? From my own casual observation yesterday morning, there was no line in sight at the Social Planning and Event Committee's table on Locust (aside from the line of Dzine2Show models posing on trash cans).