Arizona Summer Wildcat advertising info
UA news
world news
sports
arts
perspectives
comics
crossword
cat calls
police beat
classifieds
archives
search
advertising

Auto Guide - Spring 2002
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
Wednesday June 26, 2002

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. [Read article]

 

Fast facts:

  • The translated film title of Fargo in China is ăMysterious Murder in Snowy Cream.ä
  • The Vietnam scenes of ăForrest Gumpä were shot on what is now the Ocean Point Golf Course on Fripp Island, South Carolina.
  • The youngest performer to win an Oscar was Tatum OâNeal, who was 10 when she won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Paper Moon.
  • Tonto addressed the Lone Ranger using the words Kemo Sabe ÷ meaning Trusty Scout.
  • TVâs popular cartoon duo Rocky and Bullwinkle represented a number of General Mills cereals from 1959 to 1970: Cheerios, Cocoa Puffs, Jets, and Trix.
  • Twenty-four frames per second are projected in most animated films.
  •  

    Week in History

  • In 1894, Korea declared independence from China and asked for Japanese aid.
  • In 1900, Dr. Walter Reed began research for what became the cure for Yellow Fever.
  • In 1950, President Harry Truman ordered the Air Force and Navy into the Korean conflict.
  • In 1954, the first atomic power station opened at Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia.
  • In 1957, Hurricane Audrey struck Louisiana, claiming 500 lives.
  • In 1960 Zaire, then the Belgian Congo, gained independence from Belgium.
  • In 1988 Mike Tyson knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds in Atlantic City, N.J.
  •  

    Quotable...

    ăItâs like a tidal wave, itâs just amazing. Itâs fire like a lot of folks have never seen.ä
    ÷ Show Low fire information officer Ed Perault about the Rodeo-Chedeski ămonsterä fire that has consumed more than 300,000 acres ÷ larger than the area of Los Angeles ÷ and burned more than 390 homes.


     

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

    advertising info

    Webmaster - webmaster@wildcat.arizona.edu
    © Copyright 2002 - The Arizona Summer Wildcat - Arizona Student Media