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Soul Search
Religious Centers on Campus Focus on Outreach to Students
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Eric M. Jukelevics/Arizona Summer Wildcat
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On some days, it seems like they're everywhere. Whether it's a preacher sharing his Christian doctrine or a Hare Krishna playing a tambourine, it feels like religion often tries to nudge its way into UA students' everyday lives.
While it may appear that many students have grown weary of the constant bombardment of different dogmas, doctrines and beliefs while on the University of Arizona campus, three centers - The Hillel Foundation, The Islamic Center of Tucson and Campus Christian Center - exist in an attempt to help students adjust to campus life and answer questions about faith and the brooding personal questions that tend to plague college-aged students.
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Panel to review riot videos
Student body president says panel not blaming just UA students for riots
Panelists reviewing police actions from the April 2 riots agreed that the crowd on North Fourth Avenue was under control until an influx of people from other areas made their way to the popular midtown district.
"They're starting to realize it was a broader problem, not just blaming college students," said Associated Students president Ray Quintero.
The panelists, consisting of an independent police auditor and representatives from neighborhood associations, KOLD-TV Channel 13, Tucson fire and police departments, and the UA met in a public forum at the Tucson Convention Center Thursday night.
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Gardner plays it safe
Sophomore point guard decides to return for next season
Jason Gardner can't say he wasn't warned.
When the 5-foot-10 sophomore point guard made himself eligible for the NBA Draft in April, many analysts considered him to be a fringe second-round pick. The general consensus was that Gardner needed at least one more season of grooming before he was ready for the pros.
Yesterday, Gardner came to that same conclusion, opting to return to the UA for his junior season.
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Fourth Avenue riots should be left alone as a memory
It's been more than two months since a select few Tucsonans decided to take their frustrations out on Fourth Avenue-area bars, restaurants, street signs and shops following Arizona's loss to Duke. The memories of The Hut - the bar engulfed in flames after rioting citizens decided to turn over a family's RV, destroying everything inside - have begun to fade from everyone's minds.
Nearly 1,704 hours have passed since members of the Tucson Police Department handled - some say questionably - the uprisings that developed in the center of Tucson's nightlife center.
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ART production of 'Steel Magnolias' opens tonight
Tale of female camaraderie a 'wonderful way to spend a summer evening,' director says
The women are sitting in Truvy's beauty parlor, gossiping and giggling together as they have every Saturday morning for years.
But this is an extra special Saturday. It is young Shelby's wedding day, and soon she will come in to have her hair styled for the occasion. The tension among the women is tangible; excited electricity vibrates in the humid Louisiana air.
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Fast Facts: Tuesday June 13th, 2001
A snail breathes through its foot.
Baby giraffes can grow as much as one inch every two hours.
Termites eat wood twice as fast when listening to heavy metal music.
Shrimp can only swim backward.
Frogs can't swallow with their eyes open.
Cat urine glows under a black light.
The bullfrog is the only animal that never sleeps.
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