UA to close Arizona International College

Students currently enrolled in AIC programs will be allowed to finish

Arizona International College will close and its faculty and staff will lose their jobs as their contracts expire, UA officials said yesterday.

No new students will be admitted into AIC programs next fall, while those students already in AIC have four years to complete their current programs, said University of Arizona Provost George Davis.

Feature Photo AMY WINKLER/Arizona Daily Wildcat

Associate dance professor Nina Janik, right, helps business freshman Chezaray Teaford with her ballet technique during a beginning pointe class in the Ina E. Gittings building. Dancers wearing pointe shoes use the bar for assistance while forming correct ballet techniques.

Student-teacher ratio in comm department dwindles

Officials say department looking to set stiffer standards, hire more faculty

With a student-faculty ratio of more than 100-to-1, the communication department is setting stiffer standards for majors and enlarging faculty size.

Michael Dues, department head of communication, said University of Arizona Provost George Davis is allowing the communication department to hire more professors for next fall despite the 60-day hiring freeze imposed by UA President Peter Likins.

Stumbling out of the blocks

UA, Oregon St. look for first Pac-10 win tommorrow

Some say few original plot lines remain in sports these days. Tomorrow at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Ore., two teams that have shared similar fates will meet.

SPORTS

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Stumbling out of the blocks

A Washing-tastic weekend for the Wildcats

Ochoa wins in rainy weather as women's golf falls to Cal

Wildcats enter wild weekend

PERSPECTIVES

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Letters to the Editor

"Wall of Expression" must serve as a reminder of chaos, community

It's time to sell out like we mean it

Letters to the Editor

Freedom different for everyone

OK, my problem with the word "freedom" used by Americans is that it means something different to everyone who uses it. The white, heterosexual male will have a vastly different view of freedom than will a non-straight, non-Christian Arab woman like me. People toss the word "freedom" around like it's a universal experience, and I don't think it is.

UA grad turns ideas into reality, gives future moviemakers advice

Most people agree that all the schooling and money in the world don't make a man. Dreams and determination are still the driving force for successful individuals.

Anyone questioning the validity of those statements needs look no further than University of Arizona media arts 2001 graduate Geoffrey Gardner.

ARTS

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UA grad turns ideas into reality, gives future moviemakers advice

At least it isn't an 'SNL' skit ...

Superman and Robin Hood got nothing on 'Iron Monkey'