When the College Republicans put up yellow ribbons last week to show support for U.S. troops abroad, they didn't anticipate having to monitor the UA Mall with video cameras.

The group hung 200 ribbons Thursday night, only a few days after 150 ribbons were removed from the Mall. According to Pete Seat, the club's president, members of the club patrolled the area throughout the night, with one member setting up a Web cam. [Read article]

Graduate Student Council seeking to remedy problem

University childcare resources are in high demand and short supply, according to the results of a survey that will be announced today in a press conference.

The Graduate Student Dependent and Child Care Survey revealed that 23 percent of UA's 8,000 graduate students have dependents less than 18 years old, while 22 percent of those surveyed indicated they plan to have their first or an additional child while still in school. Furthermore, one-fourth of those surveyed had incomes below the Federal Poverty Guidelines. [Read article]

A power outage on campus interrupted classes and work for hundreds on the UA campus yesterday afternoon.

The outage, which began at about 2:15 p.m., spread from the Integrated Learning Center to the Life Sciences South building, and included the Student Union Memorial Center and Campus Health Center, among other buildings.

John Brown, spokesman for Tucson Electric Power Co., said the outage resulted from a communication failure between the university's system and TEP. [Read article]

Experts advise students to avoid dehydration, skin cancer by drinking plenty of water, wearing sunscreen

With summer almost here, students are ditching their winter wardrobes and heading outside. But for many, the great outdoors might not be so great.

In Tucson's desert climate, the temperature can easily reach 90 degrees in the spring months, but with the lack of humidity it is often difficult to feel the heat's intensity, which can cause dehydration and severe sunburns. [Read article]

Two UA undergraduates recently became the recipients of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, giving each winner substantial funding to pursue their chosen areas of research.

Benjamin Armbruster, a senior in mathematics and engineering, and David M. Brown, a math senior, were chosen over thousands of applicants nationwide to be two of 300 Goldwater scholars, according to Dr. Karna Walter, UA assistant director of international studies and scholarship, and faculty adviser for the scholarship foundation. [Read article]

Junior from Santa Fe would freak out in a power outage, hates using candles for light

WILDCAT: What would you do if all of a sudden, this entire place lost power and went black?

WORCESTER: (silent).

WILDCAT: Would you freak out, like run out, grab the purse and your sandwich and be all, "Oh my God, it's the second coming?"

WORCESTER: I would probably walk out. [Read article]

· After his death in 896, the body of Pope Formosus was dug up and tried for several crimes.

· During the Constitutional Convention, many of the delegates enjoyed drinking alcohol together. One surviving document is a bill held for a party on Sept. 15, 1787, two days before the Constitution was signed. It included the following: 54 bottles of Madeira, 60 bottles of claret, eight bottles of whiskey, 22 bottles of cider, 12 bottles of beer and seven bowls of alcoholic punch. All of this served 55 people. [Read article]

Cuffed runner

Daily Mississippian
University of Mississippi

A handcuffed black male student who escaped a University of Mississippi Police Department officer was last seen running through the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house Thursday.

UPD Chief of Investigations Bobby Black said Lt. Mike Collins was on the third-shift foot patrol. Collins was arresting the student for disorderly conduct and disturbance of the peace. [Read article]