After this semester, running out of ink to record grades in bubble charts will no longer be a problem for Penn professors. For the first time at Penn, professors were able to submit final grades online. College faculty were made aware of the switch over the course of the spring semester through e-mails from their respective departments and the College of Arts and Sciences.

Joanne Tong is a Wharton junior from Manila, Philippines. Her e-mail address is tong@dailypennsylvanian.com.

With an 11-game winning streak, a No. 2 national ranking, and only one loss this year - to No. 1 Northwestern - women's lacrosse coach Karin Brower hoped for a top-three seed in the NCAA Tournament. She didn't get it.

Graduate students in the School of Arts and Sciences will receive stipends next year of $18,300 - an increase from the current $18,000, but the lowest figure in the Ivy League. And graduate student groups are none too happy.

Former Wharton professor Scott Ward was sentenced to 15 years in prison yesterday and was also levied a $17, 500 fine. Held without bail since an Aug. 27 arrest, Ward pled guilty on February 20 to producing child pornography for importation into the United States.

When I was looking at colleges, a big factor in my 17-year-old head was sports. I saw one school's chancellor talk about how excited he is that his school no longer focuses on athletics. On a tour at another, I scoffed when the guide explained how while the school's teams are horrible, some students still cheer for them.

Coach John Cole is proud of how far he has brought his young Penn team. "[The media] didn't give us a chance, . counted us out early," Cole said. "And we won our first [division] title in 12 years." But with the Ivy League crown and a trip to the NCAA Tournament on the line, the Quakers' magic ran out against Brown.

I sat staring at the computer in my guidance counselor's office.

Throughout the year, we constantly get asked the questions: "What does the UA do?" or "Why should I care about student government?" These questions, while seemingly simple, cannot be answered in this limited guest column. We hope, however, to explain some of our accomplishments from this past year and give you a preview of what to expect in the coming year.

Playing under a new league format, the Penn softball team had a chance to take the first-ever Ivy League championship series. But Harvard's Shelly Madick wouldn't have it, as she limited the Penn bats to one hit in over nine innings. The Quakers fell 4-0 in game one, and the Crimson completed the sweep with a 4-2 victory in the second contest to earn the Ivy League title.

Don't stress - graduation is not the deadline for discovering a passion or finding a career that you love.

Usually, it's the antics of players like Ron Artest that draw the ire of the National Basketball Association. This time, however, the NBA has a slightly less athletic target: a Wharton professor. Business and Public Policy professor Justin Wolfers recently completed a paper with Cornell University graduate student Joseph Price that suggests implicit racial bias exists on the basketball court.

Here is an anecdote I am not proud to tell. As a freshman I vigorously debated with my roommate, Ben Kowitt, the value of admitting athletes to Penn, and I was the one who stubbornly believed that athletes did not have special or worthwhile role at Penn. However, something changed that year.

When mom and dad ask us "What are going to do with your life?" they ask with a lot of worried expectation.

Wharton Vice Dean and Undergraduate Division Director Barbara Kahn will be the third dean to leave Wharton for another position this year.

Recently hired University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban will earn $4 million for every year he spends on the field. But for those spending time in the classroom, the checks aren't as big. The average full-time professor at NCAA Division 1-A schools in the United States earns $101,774 per year, according to the American Association of University Professors.

Total crime in the Penn Police patrol zone this semester was up 1 percent compared to last year's spring semester, Division of Public Safety officials said. This spring, 256 crimes occurred, three more than last year's 253. Total crime for the month of April is down slightly, with 74 crimes last month compared to 75 during April 2006.