Thursday August 23, 2001 - The Arizona Daily Wildcat Online

Over two years after the UA adopted a policy requiring instructors to give their course book lists to the UofA Bookstore, some instructors are still not ordering through the bookstore.

University of Arizona policy states each instructor "must provide in a timely fashion the list of all books required for the course to the (UofA Bookstore)."

The policy does not state that instructors cannot place books orders through other stores, but it does say that they must always place them with the UA in addition to any other bookstores.

Fast facts:

The sale of chewing gum is outlawed in Singapore because it is a means of "tainting an environment free of dirt."

The state of New York instituted the nation's first mandatory seat belt law July 12, 1984.

A 1993 Florida law levies fines against anyone caught intentionally littering with plastic fishing gear or lines.

A law in Illinois prohibits barbers from using their fingers to apply shaving cream to a patron's face.

On this date: Thursday August 23, 2001

The first one-way streets were established in London in 1617.

In 1838, the first graduating class completed its education at Mt Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley, Mass.

The first Japanese commercial ship carrying bags of tea visited San Francisco, Calif. in 1872.

In 1958, Marie Ashton beat a world female record by continuously playing the piano for 133 hours.