Best of Tucson

Itās time for the annual look at the best that Tucson has to offer sports fans. The list isnāt exhaustive, but itās a good start. If you disagree with any of the selections, go somewhere else. But we can assure you that all the selections are perfect. [Read article]

Entertainment, shuttles, free ice cream at Wildcat Welcome 2002

Students can get help moving in, get directions to class and be welcomed to the UA during the opening week celebration

Campus is set to come alive again this fall during Wildcat Welcome 2002 ÷ or more than a week of food, fun and fiestas planned to help UA freshman get acquainted with their new alma mater.

Need help lifting that suitcase?

University faculty, staff, administrators and student club leaders will be on hand Aug. 21 and Aug. 22, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. to provide assistance to students moving into the halls. If some of those boxes are too heavy to carry, or if you need any other sort of moving assistance, flag down one of the people in the ćArizona Redä shirts.

Need Directions? Should you get lost mid-day on the first day of class, donāt worry. Volunteers will be situated at various locations across campus to provide directions, maps or answers to general questions. The volunteers will be out from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 21 to Aug. 23, and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Aug. 24, and 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 26 and Aug. 27. [Read article]

Arizona athletics from A to Z

Are you new to Arizona or just want to catch-up on your UA ABCs? This is required knowledge for all UA sports fans and could help you sometime during your four, five or six years in Tucson.

A ö ĪAā Mountain

Every fall, freshmen trek up the mountain to whitewash the ćAä. Arizona State has an ćAä Mountain, too. Every year before the two schools play, people try to paint the other schoolās ćA.ä UA students always seem to succeed. ASU students donāt. What does that tell you? [Read article]

Everyone has a story ÷ itās time to start writing yours

The first days of college will likely be among the most disorienting of your life. Here you are, in many cases hundreds or even thousands of miles from home, surrounded by a community of 50,000 busy students, staff and faculty. Very few of them know you ÷ and frankly, most of them donāt care about you.

Itās an intimidating feeling. Itās especially so the first time you walk alone along the Mall at lunchtime, as thousands of people race in thousands of different directions to get to classes, meetings, work, meals and the myriad other places busy university-folk need to go. [Read article]

Best of Tucson

New to the UA and Tucson? We here at the Wildcat Arts desk have compiled a list of the best the Old Pueblo has to offer. These picks, which are indisputable, represent the opinions of the Arts staff. [Read article]