David Cornbrooks wants his ring back. It's the one he should have had last year. A little less than a month into its season, the Penn lacrosse team is off to a fast start, with an early leg up in the Ivy League standings and a weak Harvard team looming just ahead.

Being a Quaker just got more expensive. As of this coming academic year, tuition, fees and room and board for Penn undergraduate students will add up to $46,124, up from $43,960 this year. This new figure, announced yesterday at the Board of Trustees Budget and Finance Committee, marks a 4.

An incident Wednesday night has sparked outrage among campus minority groups, who allege that Penn Police and security guards used racial profiling in detaining a black male College student. The United Minorities Council issued a statement yesterday demanding that the University address several of the organization's concerns relating to the "institutional discrimination" that "persists within our university.

The snow and hail that plagued the area last weekend may likely be the last evidence of winter, but warmer spring weather might bring some unpleasant side effects of its own. Division of Public Safety officials and criminology experts say they expect crime rates to increase as warmer weather hits the area and more people head outdoors.

Penn could certainly use a quick pick-me-up after Wednesday's disappointing extra-inning 2-1 loss to Lafayette: Columbia.

For students and professors struggling with e-mail etiquette, keeping it formal is the safest choice.

Voting seems a lot less tedious when it comes with cotton candy. This afternoon, the Nominations and Elections Committee held its annual "Get Out the Vote" event, an afternoon of free food and music to remind students to vote for the 66 candidates running for spots in the Undergraduate Assembly and all four class boards.

Steve Capus, president of NBC News, has come a long way from his days as a Temple University undergraduate working at local television station WCAU. As Gail Shister said to her television criticism class in her introduction of Capus, "19 years later . the [Temple] owl is running the peacock.

Alternative viewpoints To the Editor: It's not surprising that when Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz spoke at Annenberg, University of Pennsylvania on March 14, he seized his opportunity to grandstand in polemics against renowned political scientist Norman Finkelstein.

Complaining to friends and family is a good way to blow off steam, but it shouldn't get in the way of real communication.

After losing a close game to Lafeyette 6-5 in the first half of its doubleheader, the Penn softball team had the last word, rallying to take the second game 5-0. Penn's first game was plagued by defensive miscues. The Quakers (8-6) committed a total of four errors that cost them five unearned runs.

Penn coach Karin Brower and the women's lacrosse team have employed a simple formula: play at home and win. So when Cornell comes to town on Saturday, the red-hot Quakers - who have yet to lose in Philadelphia this season - will try to take full advantage of Franklin Field's comforts while they still can.

At a Philadelphia Zoning Board meeting yesterday, it was the prospect of alcohol that caused emotions to run high. About 80 West Philadelphia residents, mainly local Muslims affiliated with the Masjid Al-Jamia mosque, filled the zoning hearing to capacity, standing in firm opposition to the relocation of the liquor store on 41st and Market streets to 4237 Walnut St.

The Penn softball team is ready to resume play after being idle for over a week - and, as a surprising treat, will do so in its own backyard. Following a weekend full of snow, sleet and several cancelled games, including one against St. Joseph's, the players will get to stretch their legs today against Lafayette (5-5), a team whose number they've regularly had in the past.

To fully appreciate Baker's speech, graduating seniors have a responsibility to research the facts and tune out the spin.

Another fencing season is drawing to a close. For Michael Galligan, it will be his final one at Penn. Although the team's qualifiers were having fun and joking during the car ride over to Madison, N.J., to participate in the four-day NCAA Championships starting today, the Quakers still had mixed emotions about the seniors' final hurrah.

Key points from the Undergraduate Assembly's meeting on Monday night: n The UA passed a proposal to work with Housing and Conference Services and Facilities and Real Estate Services to implement a number of short-term renovations to all college houses excluding the Quadrangle and the three high rises.