College of Education offers short master's program
	The UA College of Education is offering a fast-track master's degree program with teaching certificate training for prospective Tucson teachers. In conjunction with seven local school districts, anyone with a bachelor's degree can participate in Teach for Tucson - where all classes and training would be in secondary schools.    [More]

New coach brings new attitude
	When was the last time you were running at six in the morning? If you happen to be a member of the UA women's soccer team, the answer would be today. With the arrival of Cathy Klein as the new head coach of the Wildcats soccer program, the UA players have learned the advantages of going to bed early.    [More]

The case for aching, bleeding feet
	Chief among the advantages of being Barbie is wearing Stiletto heels all day, every day without feeling any pain. Would that cocktail waitresses on the Las Vegas strip had the same, unfeeling rubber legs and feet so as to not feel the pain of working long hours in three-inch heels. Since the nature of their legs can't be changed, the nature of their shoes should be; this is the hard-line of a coalition of Las Vegas activist groups who want to force casinos to drop requirements that waitresses wear high heels when working. This is an issue directly affecting the health and well-being of these women, and so they should have a choice in the matter.    [More]

Twisted metal, monster machines
	Matt Bevel's one-man performances jolt audiences with surreal, delusional images, replacing rational and aesthetic expectations with bizarre imagination. His current show, "Atomic Honey" - running on Feb. 18, 19 and 20 at the Matt Bevel Institute, 530 N. Stone Ave. - combines music, poetry and a cast of sculptural machines in a circus-like show that borrows from pop game show formats.    [More]

Quotable: "I hope it was just a robbery. I've had way more than enough of this. This stuff needs to stop." -J.J. Hodack, a Subway employee on the two Columbine High students that were found dead inside of the Subway sandwich shop.

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