State needs more than $50M for biotech center

State assembling final proposal for biomedical consortium; decision expected soon

PHOENIX - While Arizona could find out in as soon as two weeks if it will become a bio-industry leader, the state only has half the funds needed to build a cancer research center. [Read article]

Basketball season report card

One year and six players removed from the NCAA National Championship game, Arizona still managed an appearance in the Sweet 16.

After preseason talk of Arizona's possibility of making the NIT tournament, UA head coach Lute Olson again proved why he is one of the best coaches in the country. [Read article]

Letters to the Editor

Senseless violence takes best friend's life

Dear staff and students: Randy Turner died on Friday morning at 1 a.m.

So? Who is he? He's my best friend. You may have heard a blurb on the news or read a snippet in the newspaper about him. "Tucson's 20th homicide victim for the year," says KGUN 9. [Read article]

Out with the old, in with the new

Centennial undergoes renovations to accomodate 'phantom'

When an event that has earned more than $1.5 billion nationwide heads to your town, whatever changes needed to accommodate it are made. That is exactly what Centennial Hall has done for the April 10 Tucson arrival of the smash Broadway hit "Phantom of the Opera." [Read article]