New president Benedict looks to increase spirit on campus, has high aspirations for ASUA next year

Amidst tears and smiles, former ASUA student body President Doug Hartz presented newly elected president J.P. Benedict with the keys to his office yesterday, during the inauguration of ASUA elected officials.

"It's been an amazing ride," Hartz said of the past year.

Hartz spoke highly of Benedict, adding that Benedict has many late nights in his office ahead of him. In addition to presenting Benedict with the keys, Hartz gave him the ASUA field hockey stick, the ASUA spirit stick and a bit of advice. [Read article]

An unidentified person or persons spray-painted various phrases on UA buildings and possibly an underpass yesterday, but some students reported seeing the graffiti Wednesday.

A student called UAPD yesterday from an emergency call box located on the southwest corner of the Music building. The student said he saw a man in a black hooded sweatshirt spray-painting a wall of the Mines building, 1235 E. North Campus Drive. [Read article]

Editor's note: This is the second in a two-part series on UA research in biosciences.

On a recent trip to Washington, D.C., Dr. Ray Woosley had a conversation with a person he described as a prominent national scientist.

When the discussion turned to biosciences research, the scientist asked Woosley, UA's vice

president for health sciences, about the state's decision to step up its research in the life sciences. [Read article]

92 UA professors have applied for promotions, while others work to upgrade to a permanent status

Many professors will keep a close eye on their mailboxes this month, as they wait for letters that could determine whether they become permanent UA fixtures or seek employment elsewhere.

This year, 92 professors submitted requests for promotion, and many are vying for the upgrade to tenure. [Read article]

Sex may be common on college campuses, but some UA students still blush at the content of classes that aren't shy when it comes to discussing the original sin.

Laura Celmins, an astronomy sophomore, took a class taught by professor Albrecht Classen last semester entitled "Eroticism in the Middle Ages." She said that although the class content was less risquŽ than the name might imply, many students were there for one thing and one thing only. [Read article]

They won't argue with the importance of biosciences research, but analysts at a conservative think tank in Arizona think private industry, not the state, should be footing the bill.

Later this month, the Goldwater Institute will release a study that the institute's president said shows university spending doesn't drive economic growth.

In fact, said Darcy Olsen, the opposite is true.

"Some of the fastest growing states, like Arizona, have been giving less and less to the universities but doing better and better," Olsen said. In the study, which will be released May 12, analysts found that though Arizona ranked 46th in economic spending through the 1990s, its economy was the 16th fastest growing. [Read article]

Green Valley: It's all about bingo nights, boozing it up at Walgreen's

WILDCAT:So are you guys both from Tucson?

VOORHEES: No, Green Valley.

WILDCAT:So you guys aren't exactly missing too much; there's not much going on down there.

HENRY: No, I'm from Phoenix.

VOORHEES: Phoenix is hotter than hell.

HENRY: Well at least it's more exciting than Green Valley. [Read article]

· The Nile Catfish swims upside down and, therefore, has developed a light back and a dark belly, the reverse of the usual fish color scheme.

· Nearly 85 percent of women use five cosmetic products every morning.

· Every day in the United States, about 100 people commit suicide.

· Eighteen percent of Americans twist their Oreos apart before eating them. [Read article]

"The Information Commons is like a woman's purse: The bigger it gets, the more it holds."

Vicki Mills, undergraduate services librarian

"Ninety-nine percent of fraternity men and sorority women are upstanding people. So these people that are into hazing and partying should just get out."

Clint Walls, IFC vice president of public relations, after Sigma Chi fraternity lost university recognition [Read article]