PHOENIX ÷ UA will get funding to build four research facilities worth $182 million, but could face more budget cuts, state lawmakers said yesterday.

House Speaker Jake Flake, R-Snowflake, said yesterday the university will be receiving funds to construct a building for biomedical science and biotechnology and a southern expansion on the Chemistry building that will provide more lab and office space. It will also include a Phoenix Health Sciences Center campus where students can take classes near the International Genomics Consortium in downtown Phoenix and a medical research building near University Medical Center. Similar bills have received bipartisan approval in the House and Senate. [Read article]

A local media report that stated that the UAPD officer who had a scuffle with a professor was suspended for 30 hours without pay is incorrect, according to a department spokesman.

"They tried to make a determination based on the information they were given," said UAPD Cmdr. Kevin Haywood. "But their determination is incorrect."

The information detailing the suspension, which appeared in The Arizona Daily Star, was obtained from a section of an internal investigation report done by the department into Officer Robb Fountain's actions in October. [Read article]

The student who reported Sunday that she was sexually assaulted at a residence hall had reportedly passed out under the influence of alcohol before the incident occurred, reports stated.

The assault occurred April 6 after a night of drinking with friends at Corleone Apartments, 1330 N. Park Ave., reports stated.

The woman told police she passed out at a friend's apartment, and fell asleep in a top bunk. She woke up around 6 a.m. next to a man she did not know, reports stated. [Read article]

Students buying food at McDonald's in the Student Union Memorial Center say they are angry about the super-sized prices they pay compared to the McDonald's just a few blocks away.

The cost of a Big Mac meal at the union is $4.58. The same meal costs $3.64 at the McDonald's at 1711 E. Speedway Blvd. On average, value meals at the union location cost nearly $1 more than other area McDonald's. [Read article]

PHOENIX ÷ Students and employees in some colleges could start their weekends on Thursday night next summer if deans and other administrators agree to close down some campus buildings on Fridays to save on air conditioning costs.

The plan is just an idea at this point, said Facilities Management Director Al Tarcola, who would like to put some faculty and staff on four 10-hour workdays next summer. [Read article]

Bella Vivante's students have spent some time in the dark.

But she only turns the lights out so that her students can get a better picture of ancient art.

Vivante, who has been teaching at UA for 16 years, often uses picture slides in her Oral and Spiritual Roots of Traditional Cultures (TRAD 104) class so that her students can actually have the chance to see what she is teaching.

Vivante, a professor of humanities, has recently been selected by the University-Wide General Education Committee as an outstanding faculty member for her learner-centered teaching. [Read article]

WILDCAT: How come you're not eating too?

MURPHY: Ummm ·

WILDCAT: Are you just here for moral support?

MURPHY: No, I'm getting ice cream later.

WILDCAT: Oh, because I'm like a girl. I'll get like, cookie dough and all that when I'm upset. Are you sure you're OK?

PARSEY: As far as I know I'm OK. It could be an internal thing, like subconscious. [Read article]

· A male goat that has been neutered is called a wether.

· The TV show "Dallas" was originally named "Houston."

· After a severe car accident in 1961, Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, did all of his work laying flat on his back, with a microphone over his bed.

· The human brain is 74 percent water.

· The fingernails on the hand you favor will grow faster than the other hand. Your middle fingernail will always grow quickest. [Read article]

Panty thief

University of Montana
Montana Kaimin

A man was arrested early Saturday morning for allegedly breaking into two dorm rooms at the University of Montana and stealing panties from the female residents, said Jim Lemcke, assistant director of Public Safety.

Patrick Gone, 25, was charged Monday with two counts of felony burglary and two counts of misdemeanor theft in Missoula County Justice Court. At the first appearance, Gone pleaded innocent to both of the charges. [Read article]