Tuesday September 4, 2001 - The Arizona Daily Wildcat Online

As of last Wednesday, more than 2,000 students had not paid, and $8 million in expected revenue was still outstanding, said Randy Richardson, interim vice president for undergraduate education.

Students who miss today's deadline will have until Sept. 10 to reschedule their classes and pay their fees, and will also be assessed a $50 late fee. Part-time students will have to pay one-and-a-half times their tuition, up to the full-time rate.

Fast facts:

There is one slot machine in Las Vegas for every eight residents.

The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows. It was the fashion for women in Renaissance Florence to shave them off.

Tablecloths were originally meant to be used as towels for dinner guests to wipe their hands and faces after eating.

The most requested photo from the National Archives is a picture of Elvis Presley offering to help the country by being a drug enforcement agent under former President Nixon.

The Nobel Peace Prize medal displays three naked men with their hands on one another's shoulders.

On this date: Tuesday, September 4th, 2001

In 1781, Los Angeles, Calif. was founded by Spanish settlers and named "El Pueblo de Nuestra Se�ora La Reina de Los Angeles," meaning "The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels."

Thomas Edison demonstrated the first practical electrical lighting system in 1882 when he turned on the lights for a one-square-mile area of New York City.

Legendary Apache leader Geronimo surrendered to Gen. Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon, Ariz., ending the last major U.S.-Indian conflict in 1886.

WCBS Radio in New York City banned the song "Mack the Knife" in 1959 as a result of an increase of teen-age stabbings in the city.

Quotable...

"I thought I had done something wrong, but I was confused when they handed me this certificate telling me I had won a million dollars,"
- Patrick Collier, 35, on being approached by a Florida McDonald's manager after winning the random drawing.