A student was the victim of an attempted kidnapping Monday night, police said.

The 23-year-old student was riding her bike near North Euclid Avenue and East Elm Street at about 9:30 p.m. when the incident occurred. As she rode her bicycle, a man with blond hair driving a red sport utility vehicle stepped out of his car and tried to grab the student, said University of Arizona Police Department Commander Brain Seastone. [Read article]

Students, staff and faculty who pick up one of the cards being passed out this week can get a cab ride home, to a hospital, shelter or police station for free this year. Student Lifeline ÷ the company that supplied the cards largely by selling advertisements for them ÷ provides cardholders with a toll free number to request a taxi ride. The cab fare and a tip is covered by the card, which has no limit. [Read article]

UA, Tucson beef up police presence to handle any possible Sept. 11 emergencies

Security is being increased in Tucson and at the UA due to a heightened national threat level warning that came amidst planned remembrance ceremonies for the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.

The Tucson Police Department and University of Arizona Police Departments will put more officers on duty today than had been patrolling in past weeks. [Read article]

Career Services moved to a new system for tracking and posting jobs last month to make career and prospective employee searches less expensive and protect students' private resume information from being sold onto email lists.

Today is the last day CatTracks is available to students and staff who want to copy and paste their resume to the new employment database, said Avi Kamrat, information technology coordinator for Career Services. [Read article]

Instead of the six alumni UA believed had perished during the Sept. 11 attacks, there were five.

UA alumnus Michael E. Calhoun died on Sept. 11, 2001, at his home in Texas and not during the attacks.

The Dean of Students Office ÷ which had been planning to toll a bell recovered from the USS Arizona six times in a remembrance ceremony ÷ changed their plans yesterday after an inquiry from the Arizona Daily Wildcat. Now, the bell will ring five times. [Read article]

Only one year has passed since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Time has settled some of the sentiment, but like the seemingly placid waters of an ocean after a storm, there still lies permanent devastation beneath.

Appropriately, the Arizona State Museum has us recall our immediate emotional response in the aftershock. In a commemorative exhibit, "Looking Back: Sept. 11 Across America," they ask us to recall our first statement while watching the second tower get hit, the primary friends or family members we waited through busy circuits to get a hold of, the people we directly looked to for answers. They ask us to remember our initial gasp for a reality we were used to breathing, but could no longer surface for air. In an acoustic compilation from over 500 hours of recording, we can hear a national response from very personal testimonies like our own. [Read article]

Pre-business sophomore won't dress like Uncle Sam, but loves U.S. flag, multi-colored parrots

WILDCAT: Do you think you are a very patriotic person?

THOMPSON: For the most part, yeah.

WILDCAT: What's your favorite patriotic song?

THOMPSON: The national anthem.

WILDCAT: Want to sing it for me?

THOMPSON: No, thanks.

WILDCAT: Do you have an uncle named Sam? [Read article]

"There are no words, really, that anyone can say, that would heal the heart, that would change the moment, so silence is probably best."

÷ Barbara Minervino, a woman who lost her husband during the Sept. 11 attacks, on observing silence by keeping speeches out of remembrance ceremonies.