Monday August 27, 2001 - The Arizona Daily Wildcat Online

Though officials say more than 75 percent of the UA student body relies on financial aid to make ends meet, some of those students still have not received their checks.

Jennifer Roth, a student employee at the Student Financial Aid office, listed a number of reasons why students might not yet have received their checks, including filling out the application too late, not registering for enough units or not claiming their loans online.

Fast facts:

The animal responsible for the most human deaths worldwide is the mosquito.

The ant has the largest brain in the animal kingdom, in proportion to its size.

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

The common male housefly completes its entire life cycle in just 17 days.

The fastest snail is the ordinary garden snail, which can move up to 0.03 mph.

On this date: Monday August 27th, 2001

In 1859, retired railroad conductor Edwin L. Drake struck oil near Titusville, Pa., becoming the first person to successfully drill oil from the earth.

Charles G. Conn of Elkhart, Ind. patented the metal clarinet in 1889.

Tarzan came to life in 1912 when writer Edgar Rice Burroughs published "Tarzan of the Apes."

In 1928, the Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed in Paris, outlawing war and providing for the peaceful settlement of disputes.

Quotable...

"She was like one of my daughters, she was one of the sweetest girls in the world."
- Grammy-winning producer, arranger and composer Quincy Jones on R&B singer Aaliyah, following her death in Saturday's Bahamas plane crash.