Here's the link you're here for:
FREE New York Times select for .edu email addresses!
Here's a tinyurl of the same link:
http://tinyurl.com/...
Just sign up at the above link and you'll get access to New York Times Select service (the bad idea of making people pay for access to Op-Ed pieces along with some other content that's hardly worth it).
Basically any student or staff with a university ".edu" address can sign up. I'm a graduate student and it worked fine.
Go Bears!