When the United States government heightened its terrorist threat level last week, the University of Arizona was ready for the higher level, as procedures had already been put in place to deal with any campus emergency.

The Campus Emergency Response Team is responsible for dealing with most campus emergencies and establishing procedures and protocol for the university to follow during an emergency. [Read article]

Proposed changes to rules regarding canceling and registering for classes could open up seats and eliminate confusion in many classes, but some students claim the changes will only add to their growing financial burden.

The Sub-Committee for Enrollment Management is discussing two major changes for the fall semester.

The first would eliminate refunds for students who withdraw after the drop deadline, which usually falls about three weeks into the semester. [Read article]

Many students get sick because of lack of sleep, excessive drinking

Students returning from Spring Break aren't complaining of the normal aches and pains Campus Health is used to. In fact, the number of students coming into the clinic yesterday was about average for normal Monday traffic.

Rather than common injuries or illnesses related to spring break, more students visited the clinic yesterday to treat a respiratory virus that began sweeping the campus more than one month ago. [Read article]

The future of surgery has four arms and 3-D vision, and University Medical Center hopes to bring it to UA by May.

The $1 million da Vinci surgical robot, on campus last Wednesday for a promotional demonstration, was hailed as a major benchmark in modern surgery's continual progression toward minimally invasive procedures.

"Robotic tools are to the future of surgery what antibiotics were in the '50s and what computers were in the '80s," said Dr. Allan Hamilton, chair of the department of surgery at UMC. [Read article]

Several members of Kappa Sigma fraternity set out last night on a mission to restore the "A" on "A" Mountain to its original color after it was painted black during spring break.

However, the plans of the 17 men were interrupted when the Tucson Police Department arrived at the scene just before 11:00 p.m.

"The cops paid us a little visit," said member Charlie Hall, who helped organize the event. [Read article]

CHUPA: Yeah. Well, we actually brought some questions for you.

WILDCAT: For me? Really?

WILDCAT PHOTOGRAPHER: It doesn't matter, no one reads it anyway.

WILDCAT: You shut it. Plenty of people read it. Although some have said that it would serve better as a space for doodling.

SHAWSTANK: That's what you do. You doodle with words.

WILDCAT: Yes, my vocabulary is very doodle-y. [Read article]

· "Soldier's disease" is a term for morphine addiction. The Civil War produced over 400,000 morphine addicts.

· Austria was the first country to use postcards.

· Wrigley's promoted its new Spearmint chewing gum in 1915 by mailing four sample sticks to each of the 1.5 million names listed in U.S. telephone books.

· The big toe is the foot reflexology pressure point for the head. [Read article]

Halted healthcare

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Iowa State University

Iowa State Residence Life policy could have caused serious injury last week when paramedics could not reach a student with heart attack symptoms.

Keith Twombley was experiencing heart-attack symptoms Tuesday night and residents on the floor called for an ambulance. The Iowa State University Police confirmed a call was received at 10:05 Tuesday night. [Read article]