Win streak snapped against Gauchos

UC Santa Barbara gets first win over Bonvicini, 'Cats streak ends at 2

In the 11 years head coach Joan Bonvicini has been in control, the Arizona women's basketball team had never lost to UC Santa Barbara - until last night. [Read article]

Coffee Plantation is set to close tomorrow

Students say they will miss casual atmosphere

A popular UA hangout is closing its doors tomorrow after a five-year stint on East University Drive.

The Coffee Plantation, 845 E. University Drive, was the last remaining Coffee Plantation store. The chain once operated several stores throughout Phoenix and Tucson, but its parent company, Diedrich Coffee, has shut all of them down. [Read article]

Mental errors doom Arizona

Wildcats slip before critical road trip

Just when it appeared the Arizona women's basketball team was about to chalk up a third straight win, UC Santa Barbara went on a 19-7 run to turn a 71-71 tie with 6:20 remaining into a runaway victory for Gauchos. [Read article]

Letters to the Editor

Arizona does support MLK Day

Just when I thought it had died of natural causes, Ms. Winsky resurrects the specter of establishing Arizona's Martin Luther King Day holiday and dresses it up in a new sheet of ignorance. Perhaps Ms. Winsky, like many of your readers, could use a history lesson. [Read article]

'Spiderwoman' proclaims love; hope and compassion prevail in the most desolate of circumstances

A South American prison cell seems a bleak and unlikely locale for a story whose major themes include love, compassion and the bonds between humanity. Yet, unlikely as it is, this is the setting of the play "The Kiss of the Spiderwoman," presented by Tucson's Borderlands Theater. [Read article]