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UA defends Page Ranch containment system
	University and state environmental officials last week expressed confidence in the stability and safety of the Page Ranch landfill's hazardous waste containment system. A report written by an Oracle research/writer team recently accused the University of Arizona of putting economic concerns ahead of public safety in its management of the closed hazardous waste storage site.

Back on track
	All season long the UA football team has been living in the shadow of the 1998 squad. Living up to a team which went a school-best 12-1 seemed to be too difficult for the 1999 Wildcats, who stumbled to a 3-2 start. But after Saturday's 31-24 win over USC, a game that wasn't as close as the score indicated, Arizona (4-2 overall, 2-1 Pacific 10 Conference) now has something else to point to as an example of what the team needs to do to win.

Editorial: Students, faculty needed on Hull's task force
	There must be a strange virus running through Phoenix. It's a disease that spread to select members of the state Legislature, and has now hit the governor's office. The key symptom -a complete negation of students' viewpoints on issues that directly impact students. Rep. Jean McGrath, R-Glendale, has fallen victim. In a speech last month to the Arizona Board of Regents, she blasted the University of Arizona's Women's Studies department and called co-ed dorms immoral because they promote welfare dependence and pregnancy.

Chills and thrills abound at Nightfall VIII
	Hearing some screams from the Tucson desert? Gates Pass is the last chance to turn back. After that it's just a straight drive down East Speedway Boulevard to Old Tucson Studios, where any of Nightfall's spooky creatures may be lurking around.

Quotable: "Will you let me speak? Iām the president of the republic. If you talk again Iāll make you pay. Shut up already." -Mexico President Ernesto Zedillo, surveying the areas damaged by floods where he was hounded for aid everywhere he went. Zedillo was speaking to rescue workers while victims yelled at him repeatedly.

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