What's a good program to record college lectures?

This may not be the right board for this, but I feel like the people here can help me the most.
I want to record the lectures in my college instead of typing. I've tried doing it with garageband, but after 3 hours the file becomes REALLY large. I need something that can make it a mp3 as it records.

Try audacity (free) or even a portable recorder.
JG

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