Student Regent Meaker does not deserve leadership position

Worried about your future in the job market? Most definitely, if you aren't going to be able to afford the 40-50 percent increase in tuition approved by ABOR.

Worried about corrupt CEOs stealing from your retirement fund when you finally do get a good job? People like this don't just appear out of nowhere, and we have one of our very own here at the University of Arizona. I'm referring to student ABOR member Matthew Meaker. [Read article]

KAMP Student Radio, the University of Arizona's only student-powered radio station, needs your help.

Five years ago, the students voted in favor of adding a $1 per semester refundable student fee to fund the operation of KAMP Student Radio. The collection of the fee was slated to run for five years, and then be put back up for renewal by the student body. This year is when the students must decide whether or not they want to continue this fee for the next five years. I ask that you, the students of the University of Arizona, vote in favor of this referendum in the elections this week. [Read article]

At a time when U.S. citizens should be supporting their president and the troops that are deployed overseas, too many are cutting class, waving anti-American signs and professing their ignorance.

Lets look at some of the stupid reasons that people are giving for why we shouldn't go to war with Iraq in order to protect the citizens of this country.

Bombs, not books! This was a common one at the protest last Wednesday around our campus. So, are we to assume that the U.S. government is neglecting education in favor of war? Here's a lesson for you. In 1997, the government spent $37 billion on education, compared to $61 billion slotted for fiscal year 2004. That looks to be an increase of 65 percent. Just before the Sept. 11 attacks, just over 3 percent of our GDP went to the military. Now, just over 4 percent goes to the military. To put that into perspective, the U.S. dedicated 40 percent of the GDP in the buildup to WWII. [Read article]

In May of 1997, when Pima County voters went to the polls and supported a bond question to improve county parks, how many realized they would be sending nearly one million taxpayer dollars to build a shooting range near the Pima County Fairgrounds?

Many probably envisioned remodeling county swimming pools, improving trails in Tucson Mountain Park, adding basketball courts to south side parks, renovating the entrance to Colossal Cave or building a new senior center as the projects covered by the bond question. While some undoubtedly voted for it while fully aware, many voted in favor of this question without any idea that they were sending taxpayer dollars to subsidize a shooting range. [Read article]