Latimore deserves more respect from sports writer

In response to yesterday's sports column, "A Slice of Bacon for Latimore": Mr. Bacon, I have little to say to you because you have little gratitude or character. You may think that you came across cordially because you qualified yourself as not being better than Dennis Latimore, but the fact is that you are much, much worse. Your column continually belittles Mr. Latimore's contributions to the basketball program and to our experience here at the University of Arizona. [Read article]

Dr. Merlin "Monte" DuVal, legendary founding dean of the College of Medicine, is pioneering what may be his most significant advancement for the state's medical profession: Arizona's long-overdue "Aid in Dying" bill.

At 8:30 this morning, Dr. DuVal was to lead fellow members of Arizonans for Death with Dignity, the state chapter of the Hemlock Society, in testifying before the House Health Committee in support of a bill allowing terminally ill patients to ask a willing physician to prescribe a lethal dose of medication. The debate set the stage for the bill, HB 2454, proposed by Tucson Democratic Rep. Linda Lopez and sponsored by the nonprofit group and Tucson Democratic Sen. Gabrielle Giffords, to be voted on next session. [Read article]