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Recycling returns to residence halls
Recycling is returning to residence halls.
Although details are yet to be worked out, UA Facilities Management ÷ whose recycling office does most of the recycling on campus ÷ will handle the residence halls' recycling, officials decided Friday.
Facilities Management will take the place of the Department of Residence Life, which handled recycling in residence halls until this year.
Details of the recycling set up will be worked out in a meeting between Facilities Management, director of Residence Life Jim Van Arsdel and the Residence Hall Association later this week, Tarcola said.
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ResLife to remove Hopi's Îsubstance free' tag
Residence Life administrators are taking the "substance free," out of Hopi Lodge Residence Hall's rules by student demand.
Students who move into the hall next year won't have to sign contracts agreeing not to use substances in the hall. Fewer students have been interested in living in Hopi Lodge recently.
Only 30 out of Hopi's 119 residents requested to live in the hall this year, said Patrick Call, associate director for Residence Life. However, he is uncertain whether these 30 residents requested the hall for its substance-free policy. Other contributing factors may have been the cost or location, he said.
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Field for governor narrows after tomorrow's primary
Editor's Note: This is article is part of the Wildcat's continuous coverage of the 2002 Arizona Election.
For the first time in President Peter Likins' recent memory, every candidate for governor is expressing an interest in higher education.
"What I listen for is: How are they going to pay for this," Likins said, noting that the state is expected to be $1 billion in the red next year.
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Meet the Candidates
Alfredo Gutierrez (D)
ðProfession:
Retired state senator, former CEO of consulting firm and union organizer.
ðEducation:
Three years at ASU, Ph.D. (honorary degree) in humane letters from ASU.
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Gutierrez said he wants to restore funding for the state universities to it's level before last year's budget cuts.
He also wants to create a statewide system of four-year colleges with NAU as its head, to bring higher education to rural areas of the state, said Dave Wagner, communications director for Gutierrez's campaign.
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Light can save lives
Cancerous tissues could be identified more quickly during surgery, and anthrax or other types of pollutants in drinking water and soil could be detected more easily with scientists' use of infrared light and the right kind of fiber optics.
Pierre Lucas, UA assistant professor of material science and engineering, has been testing the capabilities of a machine ÷ the FT-IR spectrometer, or Fourier Transform Infrared spectrometer ÷ to identify contaminants and more.
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On the Spot: Deirdre O'Neill
English, creative writing senior has time for honors class and "Buffy," but shuns paper chain countdown
WILDCAT: What do you think is going to be your hardest class so far this semester?
O'NEILL: Probably, my honors seminar.
WILDCAT: Have you been in the honors program all four years?
O'NEILL: Yep.
WILDCAT: That's awesome. And you haven't tried to kill yourself yet?
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Fast facts:
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Sterling silver is not pure silver. Because pure silver is too soft to be used in most tableware, it is mixed with copper in the proportion of 92.5 percent silver to 7.5 percent copper.
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Aprosexia is the abnormal inability to concentrate.
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In 1974, Lauren Hutton earned $100,000 as the first model to sign an exclusive contract with the Revlon cosmetic company.
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The Tom Thumb golf course was the first miniature golf course in the United States. It was built it 1929 in Chattanooga, Tenn., by John Garnet Carter.
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Words that contain the same root, such as the words "wise" and "wisdom," are said to be paronymous.
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Proxima Centauri is the closest star to Earth (outside our solar system), but it is too small to be seen without a telescope.
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In 490 B.C., The Battle of Marathon took place between the invading Persian army and the Athenian Army. The marathon race was derived from the events that occurred surrounding this battle.
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In 1776, The Second Continental Congress officially adopted the term "United States" replacing "United Colonies."
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In 1850, California joined the United States as the 31st state, only two years after the population boom of the California Gold Rush. As part of the North-South Compromise of 1850, California was admitted as a free state.
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In 1850, California joined the United States as the 31st state, only two years after the population boom of the California Gold Rush. As part of the North-South Compromise of 1850, California was admitted as a free state.
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In 1926, NBC, The National Broadcasting Company, was organized as a Radio Corporation of America broadcasting service.
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In 1971, Apple Records released John Lennon's Imagine album in the United States.
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Quotable...
"This man is a man who said he was going to get rid of weapons of mass destruction and for 11 long years he has not fulfilled his promise,"
÷ George Bush on Saddam Hussein, during a press conference with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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