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Wednesday June 26, 2002   |   wildcat.arizona.edu   |   Online since 1994  
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If administrators and an array of committees charged with increasing diversity get their way, minority instructors and researchers will be more represented on a faculty that is 80 percent white.
Beyond the rhetoric

Committees discuss increasing diversity; minority leaders remain skeptical

In the Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Center, the walls are covered with native African art and the shelves hold books about the civil rights movement.

But for the students in the center, the representation of their culture at UA may not extend much deeper.

Less than 2 percent of UA faculty are black, making it rare for them to have an instructor of their race if their degree extends beyond African American Studies.

That realization has caught the eye of university administrators, who claim that the discrepancies stretch outside the black community and into all other racial minority groups, as well as women. [Read article]

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Arizona Student Media says goodbye to Joyce Heffelfinger
Police investigate attempted assault near UA
Regents give Likins expected pay raise
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Arizona Student Media says goodbye to Joyce Heffelfinger

Family, friends and coworkers said goodbye Monday to Joyce Heffelfinger, an administrative assistant at Arizona Student Media known for lending an ear and giving guidance to Arizona Daily Wildcat staffers.

Heffelfinger died Thursday after a long fight with cancer. [Read article]

UA star performs well at U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships

Brianna Glenn wins womenâs long jump

In the biggest meet of his life, Mike Kenyon put up his best result. [Read article]

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Likins well worth his raise

The Summer Wildcat on June 19 posed the simple question in reference to Dr. Peter Likins. [Read article]

Eat, drink, and be scary

Unusual and bizarre bars create new experience for patrons

Some bars use cheap drink specials to lure in customers. Some use big screen TVs and sexy bartenders. Still other bars use a memorable appearance and word-of-mouth to attract the curious. Two such bars here in Tucson ÷ the Shelter, a playboy-grotto-style cocktail lounge, and the Meet Rack, a dive bar ÷ strive to become experiences for their patrons, not just places to grab a beer. After all, lots of college drinking stories start out with, ăI got totally drunk last night!ä but not many end with, ă·and then I got branded!ä [Read article]

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