Arizona Daily Wildcat advertising info
UA news
world news
sports
arts
perspectives
comics
crossword
cat calls
police beat
photo features
special reports
classifieds
archives
search
advertising

UA Basketball
Housing Guide - Spring 2002
restaurant, bar and party guide
FEEDBACK
Write a letter to the Editor

Contact the Daily Wildcat staff

Send feedback to the web designers


AZ STUDENT MEDIA
Arizona Student Media info...

Daily Wildcat staff alumni...

TV3 - student tv...

KAMP - student radio...

Wildcat Online Banner
Articles
Friday Mar. 29, 2002

No keynote speaker for commencement

Students will be a larger focus of this year's ceremony

This year's graduation commencement will not feature a keynote speaker, and the ceremony will focus more on the graduating students than in past years, administrative officials say.

UA President Peter Likins said the change is an experiment to make the commencement more interesting for the graduates and their families. [Read article]

 

Fast facts:

  • The average adult has between 40 and 50 billion fat cells.
  • A survey conducted at Iowa State College in 1969 suggests that a parent's stress at the time of conception plays a major role in determining a baby's sex. The child tends to be of the same sex as the parent who is under less stress.
  • A United Parcel Service delivery person typically makes up to 300 pickups or deliveries a day. That compares to someone doing 600 sets of step aerobics a day.
  • About 75 percent of Americans will have foot problems of one sort or another at some time in their lives.
  • According to a survey, women prefer blue bedrooms more than other colors; men are happier with white bedrooms.
  • If the skin of a 150-pound person were spread out flat, it would cover approximately 20 square feet.
  • An adult sitting in a relaxed position inhales approximately one pint of air with every breath.
  •  

    On this date:

  • In 1798, the Republic of Switzerland formed.
  • In 1827, 20,000 people attended Ludwig von Beethoven's burial in Vienna, Austria.
  • In 1852, Ohio made it illegal for children under 18 and women to work more than 10 hours a day.
  • In 1867, Congress approved the Lincoln Memorial.
  • In 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of espionage against the United States.
  • In 1984, the NFL's Baltimore Colts moved to Indianapolis under the cover of night.
  •  

    Quotable...

    "I was sure. My son is a scapegoat. They can't find the people who are truly responsible for this crime."
    - Aicha Moussaoui, about her son, Zacarias Moussaoui, and the expectation he would face capital punishment.expectation he would face capital punishment.


     

    UA NEWS | WORLD NEWS | SPORTS | ARTS | PERSPECTIVES | COMICS
    CLASSIFIEDS | ARCHIVES | CONTACT US | SEARCH

    advertising info

    Webmaster - webmaster@wildcat.arizona.edu
    © Copyright 2001 - The Arizona Daily Wildcat - Arizona Student Media