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...