Mackovic brings in the beef

UA signs 29 players to National Letters of Intent

The 2002 Arizona football recruiting class can be labeled Texas-sized for two reasons - 11 of the 29 players hail from the Lone Star state, and some of the players are nearly as large as the nation's second-largest state. [Read article]

Likins: fewer classes, more jobs to be cut

Likins calls his previous estimates of 128 UA jobs and classes cut inaccurate

Sixty-nine UA employees were laid off and 115 courses canceled as a result of budget cuts, not the numbers UA President Peter Likins released last week.

Likins said in a campuswide e-mail released yesterday afternoon that the numbers he released at last week's Arizona Board of Regents meeting were inaccurate. [Read article]

Washington Huskies no pushover

Wildcats face 'athletic' UW team tonight at home

Now that No. 11 Arizona is back to its winning ways, the Wildcats will look to pick up a little momentum heading into the home stretch against Washington tonight at 6:30 in McKale Center.

On paper, Washington (8-13 overall, 2-9 Pacific 10 Conference) seems overmatched, but the Huskies have assumed the role of spoiler and are eyeing the eighth and final spot in the Pac-10 tournament next month. [Read article]

Letters to Editor

Tucson police at Star Ranch push students away

Being a resident of Star Ranch has been an interesting experience, but Thursday night I finally decided I was not going to return there next year. [Read article]

The Art of Late Night Dining... The late-night bite sites

The dining services in the union close at 11 p.m. The bars toss patrons to the street at 1 a.m. An empty stomach is painful to ignore, but fortunately, Tucson offers an oasis of greasy delicacies for the starving student. The pilgrimage starts every night (morning actually) at 1. [Read article]