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Great vision? Think again

People who think they have perfect vision should think again. From blind spots to smearing of images, human sight is flawed to a great extent, according to research presented at the fourth "Toward a Science of Consciousness" conference Sunday. J. Kevin O'Regan, director of research for the National Center of Scientific Research in France, said sight has been researched for about 2,300 years - since the time of Plato. "Plato once said that vision was not as reliable as the sense of touch," O'Regan said. While Plato could not have foreseen discoveries in human sight defects, it appears he was correct.    [More]
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Risk Management concedes to extensive Page Ranch tests
[news] After years of protest from Oracle residents about the safety of the UA-owned Page Ranch, Risk Management officials have conceded to a more extensive - and expensive - testing of the land's groundwater later this month. "We're going to test for what they want," said Steve Holland, Risk Management director. "It's not something worth arguing about."    [More]

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In academic years, Ortege Jenkins is a junior. In quarterback years, he might as well be a grizzled veteran. After three seasons of toiling alongside departed senior Keith Smith, Jenkins is getting his last and best chance to make a name for himself in the world of college football. As the team's top returning senior, Jenkins will also be looked to as one of the team's leaders.    [More]

Editorial - Students, regents take high ground over legislator
[news] Arizona university students jarred ABOR into easing this year's tuition hike with bold testimony and pleas for compromise. But in reaction to the $84 increase for in-state students at Thursday's Flagstaff regent's meeting, a notorious legislator took a different approach to keeping tuition low. Rep. Jean McGrath, R-Glendale, first demanded that the Arizona Board of Regents not raise tuition, then threatened lawsuit against the board for violating the constitution.    [More]

Sculptures challenge human isolation from nature
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John Davis' "New Works" addresses society's segregation of manufactured and natural worlds, combining materials from the urban structural world with found woods from nature. In these large sculptures, on display at Dinnerware Artists Co-Operative Gallery, 135 E. Congress St., concrete and steel damage and invade dead fragments of trees, implicating the urban intrusion on nature through expansion while exploring the human relation to both worlds.    [More]

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'He dragged my son away, and when I looked my son was in his mouth.'

-Jose dos Santos Fonseca whose 6-year-old son was killed by a caged circus lion.

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