ABOR expected to approve dorm rate increase
	Pending Arizona Board of Regents approval today, UA students living in the dorms next year may have to pay about $205 more for their rooms. University of Arizona Director of Residence Life James Van Arsdel said over the past few years, annual rate increases have been between two and three percent - however, he added next year's 7.6 percent jump is not a record high either.    [More]

A dual life
	Andy Contes' aluminum and titanium racing bicycle cost $3,000. His downhill bike cost $4,400. But he didn't pay a cent for either. The University of Arizona engineering senior made $50,000 as a professional BMX bicycle racer last year - and got all his top-of-the-line gear free. Contes, who is sponsored by GT Bicycles, races on the AA circuit, the sport's highest professional level.    [More]

Importance of rankings should not be overestimated
	Earlier this week, U.S. News and World Report announced its annual rankings of graduate schools in all fields. The University of Arizona's programs in Management Information Systems was ranked fifth, the programs in speech and language pathology, as well as that in audiology, was ranked sixth and the master's program in creative writing was ranked ninth.    [More]

International Film Festival to feature students' work
	Alongside more than 100 other contributors, some UA affiliated filmmakers will showcase their production talents during the Ninth Annual Arizona International Film Festival. Media arts senior Zach Keyworth and 1994 University of Arizona media arts graduate Troy LaFaye both have submissions in the festival, which will be screened at the "Movies at Midnite" this weekend and next.    [More]

Quotable: 'I did what I was trained to do...You don't just stand by when you see a child dying.' -Andrew Miller, Casa Grande firefigher who saved a 5-year-old boy after the child slipped into a coma during an airplane trip.

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