UA College of Law ranks first in nation in publications
	The UA's James E. Rogers College of Law is ranked first in the nation in law book publications, but college officials say that without better financial opportunities, it could lose its competitive edge. Although the annual U.S. News and World Report ranks UA's law school 19th in overall academic distinction in the United States, a new model will take a different approach to ranking educational institutions.    [More]

McCorkle leaves UA for Georgia
	Todd McCorkle's stint as Arizona's women's golf head coach ended almost as quickly as it began. Fresh off a national championship - the second in the program's history - the second-year coach surprised UA's athletic community last Tuesday when, citing an opportunity to return closer to his hometown of Charlotte, N.C., he accepted a similar position at the University of Georgia.    [More]

Student-athletes need alternative to agents' bad money
	Tucson sports fans have long been deprived of professional teams they can call their own. There are of course Phoenix's Suns, Diamondbacks and Cardinals, but in most sports-related senses of the word, Phoenix is our innate rival. So it is no surprise that Tucsonans, even those not directly connected to the University of Arizona, fall at the ankles of Wildcat sports stars - especially those who have helped bring the university, and the city, NCAA Championship titles.    [More]

Robin Hood III
	The second reincarnation of Robin Hood has arrived in "The Patriot." The success of Mel Gibson digging up the cliched character once and calling him a Scottish rebel has warranted an encore in the guise of a colonial war hero. In fact, the only rule that apparently need be applied when resurrecting an archetypal hero of this sort is that he must fight the English.    [More]

Quotable: "Petrol bombs, fireworks, ball bearings and acid squirted at the police: Those are not the weapons of democrats or legitimate protest. They are the weapons of the bully, and the bully will not have his way." -Britain's minister for Northern Ireland, Peter Mandelson.