Get it while it's hot: Starting today, 665 copies of The New York Times will be available for free around campus. The distribution is part of an Undergraduate Assembly initiative to bring the newspaper to University students, free of charge. The Times approached the UA in January to see if it was interested in implementing the Pilot Readership Program, said College junior Jason Karsh, the UA's vice chairman of external affairs.

More and more, universities are putting materials from their courses online for public access.

Most gay students would probably agree that coming out is hard. But at Penn, LGBT officials hope to make it a bit easier. This evening, the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center will kick off Qspace, an online chat room open twice a week to the entire Penn community.

For fifteen and a half innings, Penn's doubleheader at Georgetown went exactly as baseball coach John Cole scripted. The Quakers won the seven-inning opener 8-0 behind the arm of freshman stud Todd Roth, and, up 2-1 in the ninth inning of game two, Cole signaled for ace reliever Doug Brown.

Don't even ask David Cornbrooks what he thinks of Yale. "This is our first Saturday home game, our Ivy opener, and we don't really like Yale, so everyone is excited," said the senior captain Cornbrooks. No one is arguing that the men's lacrosse team is excited about getting the Ivy League season underway.

As a slow, synchronized clap transformed into a raucous chorus of hoots and hollers in the moments before tip-off, Cavanaugh's morphed from a sports bar into section 115 of the Palestra.

Most people rely on nurses to draw blood, give shots and take temperatures at the doctor's office. But for how much longer? In his fiscal year 2008 budget, released last month, President George W. Bush called for a $44 million decrease in funding for Nursing Workforce Development Programs, which provide financial support for nursing schools nationwide- including Penn's.

Administrators wrongly assume that fewer requirements for freshmen mean less interesting classes should be offered.

Admissions officers nationwide have officially entered the blogosphere -but don't expect to read posts from Dean of Admissions Lee Stetson anytime soon . Schools like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Johns Hopkins University, the University of Virginia and the University of Chicago have all recently started blogs aimed at assisting prospective students in the admissions process.

It was a game Texas A&M; was supposed to win easily. Thirteen-and-a-half point underdogs, the Quakers were so outmatched that some probably thought they shouldn't have even made the trip. So why should Penn fans who are unaffiliated with the basketball team make the trek all the way down to Lexington, Ky.

LEXINGTON, Ky., March 15 - Penn was shooting itself in the foot offensively, but the 14-seed took a 39-37 lead by scoring 21 points in the first seven minutes of the second half. From there, the Aggies decided to take things into their own hands. In the first half the Quakers were bricking open threes, throwing ill-advised passes along the perimeter and missing more than their share of open layups.

Matt Valenti was once again crowned champion at 133 pounds last night at the NCAA Championships held at the Palace in Auburn Hills, Mich. Valenti defeated Coleman Scott of Oklahoma State, 4-2, to take home his second title in four tournament appearances. The first points of the match went to Scott, as he rode Valenti for a takedown in the middle of the first.

Pennsylvania's 'Right to Know' laws are badly in need of revisions.

Abdi Farah is a College sophomore from Owings Mills, Md. His e-mail address is abdm@sas.upenn.edu.

Daylight saving time's early appearance this year hopefully made students realize just how precious their time is.

So far this season, Penn lacrosse has given up just 35 goals. Yale's Lauren Taylor already has 26 on her own. When the two teams clash at Franklin Field on Saturday, something's gotta give. Penn will take on the Elis in its first Ivy League contest of the season, with each team coming into the match ranked in the top 20 in the latest IWLCA poll - Penn (4-1) at No.

The University has recently undertaken a critical examination of current background disclosure requirements for new hires and graduate-student applicants, but other institutions have demonstrated a rising interest in keeping their eye on the criminal background of student applicants, as well.