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Wednesday October 3, 2001

ILC fate up in the air

UA budget cuts could significantly trim center's staff and equipment

The Integrated Learning Center - which was scheduled to open in January - will face hurdles as a result of state budget cuts, which could slice $14 million or more from the University of Arizona's 2002 budget.

Lynne Tronsdal, vice president for undergraduate administration, said no definite decisions have been made about the ILC, but officials are laying several possibilities on the table.

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    On this date:

  • In 1863, Turkey Day got its start when U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation designating the last Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day.
  • In 1893, housekeeping got a little easier when J.S. Thurman of St. Louis, Mo., patented the motor-driven vacuum cleaner.
  • In 1906, global lingo was established when SOS was recognized as an international distress signal at the Berlin Radio Conference.
  • In 1922, politics changed when Georgia Governor Thomas Hardwick appointed Rebecca L. Felton to the U.S. Senate. She was the first female senator in the United States.
  • In 1955, children everywhere turned their televisions on when "The Mickey Mouse Club" debuted on ABC. The half-hour TV show was filmed on a daily basis.
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    "I rested but I didn't sleep because it all just kept playing in my head. It will be with me forever."
    - Tucsonan William Lowell McCracken about fighting off an intruder in his garage, then shooting the man with his own gun.


     

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