"If I was to die tomorrow, do I really want to be studying for my operating systems test tonight?"

÷ Stephen Thrush, computer science senior, who has decided to put off graduate school in order to travel to England.

"It seems we could do no less for the children of those slain in battle than we could for the sons and daughters of slain peace officers."

÷ UA spokeswoman Sharon Kha, on offering tuition waivers to slain soldiers' kin.

"Engineering course lectures are usually kind of dry."

÷ John Kemeny, mining and geological engineering professor, who was selected as an Outstanding General Education faculty member last week.

"Music makes people smile."

÷ Clay Adams, a performer, who simultaneously played a slide whistle in his mouth and two recorders in his nose, one in each nostril, during Tucson's Earth Day celebration.

"Preventing needless animal suffering and deaths is reason enough for universities to stop teaching animal agriculture."

÷ A letter from the executive director of responsible policies for animals, David Cantor, on reasons for UA to eliminate its animal sciences program.

"I think that it's behind us now. It was definitely there. There was definitely a surge there where it was like, ÎHoly shit,' and it was almost surreal."

÷ Cursive's Tim Kasher on the fame he's been experiencing.

"We want a happy outcome. We've tried to keep our spirits up. But this is not a happy day."

÷ Tom Kovach, German studies department head, after finding out that administrators would stick with plans to merge his department with Russian and Slavic studies.

"She is a quality person, number one, and I have been most impressed with her people skills."

÷ UA women's basketball coach Joan Bonvicini, on the hiring of ex-Washington assistant Yeshimbra "Shimmy" Grey yesterday as the program's assistant head coach.

"We're working very closely with the universities on this. We're working with them and not against them."

÷ House Speaker Jake Flake (R-Snowflake), on the state's request for UA to cut $3.7 million more from the budget.