The two sure signs of spring have arrived on campus. Not red robins and baseball, but that horse-farm smell on Locust Walk and students participating in the annual game of real-or-fake known as "Name That Tan." And it's always been my opinion that while football and basketball seasons get all the glory, there's no better time for a sports enthusiast than April.

2Percent of eggs from "cage free" farms that Burger King plans to use in its restaurants. Source: The New York Times

With so many unhappy, ticket-less students, SPEC should get creative.

Penn has done a good job making sure employees have homes in the area; these programs should be expanded to the community at large.

Peyton Manning is used to performing in front of a hostile crowd, so last night in Irvine Auditorium the Super Bowl MVP felt out of his element when he received a standing ovation before saying a word.

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.