Friday September 14, 2001 - The Arizona Daily Wildcat Online

Reports of attacks against Islamic students on the UA campus are still unfounded rumors, said Omar Shahin, Imam and director of the Islamic Center of Tucson.

Shahin said that the center has received 10 "minor" threatening phone calls and two letters, but that there have been no substantiated reports of attacks against Muslims on the University of Arizona campus. Still, police said no reports will be taken lightly.

"We take all reports seriously because they are criminal in nature," said Sgt. Marco Balboa of the Tucson Police Department. "We review all cases to see if there is a potential follow up."

Fast facts:

The animal with the largest brain in proportion to its size is the ant.

A bumblebee flaps its wings 160 beats per second.

A cricket an inch long has a chirp that is audible for nearly a mile.

The biggest butterfly in the world is the Queen Alexandra's Birdwing. It lives in Papua New Guinea, and has a wingspan greater than 11 inches.

The bite of a brown recluse spider can result in a wound so severe that it may require two months to heal.

On this date: Thursday, September 14, 2001

Britain and its colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1752. The discrepancy between it and the Julian calendar was rectified by eliminating 11 days.

Moscow was set on fire by Russians after Napoleon Bonaparte's troops invaded in 1812.

The first hole-in-one in golf was recorded in 1868 by Tom Morris at Prestwick in Scotland.

George K. Anderson of Memphis, Tenn., patented the typewriter ribbon in 1886.

The first successful helicopter, Igor Sikorsky's VS-300, made its first flight in 1939.

Quotable...

"It is very disturbing. They are saying things like, 'You will be held responsible' and 'We'll get you.'"
- Australian Islamic Council chairman Sultan Deen on the nature of threatening calls received by Mosques around the world.