The UA Athletic Department responds to claims that it doesn't spend enough money on women's sports. In the politically charged climate of major collegiate athletics, perhaps the most important issue faced by athletic departments around the country is ensuring gender equity. This seemed to be a balancing act the University of Arizona athletic department managed well, considering that it finished 8th in this year in the Sears Cup, the annual award given to the most successful athletic department in the nation. The award is based upon the aggregate success of all the sports programs on campus - both men's and women's. [Read More]

New Vice President of Health Sciences Center to start this fall Dr. Raymond Woosley replaces retired Dr. James Dalen Dr. Raymond Woosley will give up the alabaster walls and cherry blossomed lawns of Washington D.C. for dry heat and stately saguaros when he comes to Tucson in August. Woosley was offered the positions of Vice President for the Arizona Health Sciences Center and dean of the UA College of Medicine in early June. He has decided to accept. [Read More]

High schoolers, former Wildcats compete in tonight's NBA Draft Large pool of high school players expected to change Draft dynamic The future of the NBA is in limbo with the approach of tonight's NBA Draft. Due to the explosion of high school players entering the pool, this year's draft will prove itself different from those of the past [Read More]

UA a good model for coexistence of religious institutions The public school system, even in its branches of higher education as in universities such as our own, has endured a rocky history with religion. The governing principle of a separate church and state, depending on personal views, has proved to be less a a battlefield for debate as to where the line should be drawn. Yet a good model for the coexistence between these seemingly opposing institutions exists at UA. The major religious centers on campus - the Hillel Foundation, the Islamic Center of Tucson and Campus Christian Center - have successfully and admirably managed to foster an involved yet non-intrusive relationship with the university and its students... [Read More]

The Sound of UA Music UA Summer Chorus and Orchestra presents Hadyn, Mozart in first summer concert Whether it's between members of the community, ages of the performers or musical composers, the UA Summer Chorus and Orchestra has been busy bridging gaps. The UA Summer Chorus and Orchestra, along with members of the Tucson community, have come together to present Haydn's famous work "The Seasons" along with Mozart's "Piano Concerto No. 21" this Friday night. Once school is out for summer, the size of the chorus and orchestra reduces to nearly half its size, requiring the group's conductor, UA music professor Joseph Knott, to seek performers elsewhere in the [Read More]

Fast Facts: Tuesday June 27th, 2001 Farts make noise as a result of vibrations of the anal opening. One cow farts out over 100 pounds (48 kilograms) of methane each year. On average, a person produces about half a liter of fart gas per day, distributed over an average of about 14 daily farts. People still fart shortly after death. Beans contain sugars that humans cannot digest. Therefore, when these sugars reach our intestines, the bacteria go wild and make lots of gas. Farts can be ignited because they contain methane (usually) and hydrogen, both of which are flammable gases. Farts tend to burn with a blue or yellow flame. Turtles and snakes fart - and the smell has been said to be incredibly bad.