Offensive Wildcat comics of Îlowest common denominator'

It is a sad day in our education system when supposed intellectual advancement and freedom of speech mix to produce the gutter humor in Wildcat comics. I am personally saddened and offended that the caliber of comics the Wildcat has chosen seems to play to the lowest common denominator ÷ which continues to drop at UA. I personally challenge the staff to find humor material that requires thought and not a pelvic grind. Step up an echelon and bring your readers with you. [Read article]

"When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer." ÷Milton

The drama of George W. Bush, in military uniform, championing peace and freedom on the USS Abraham Lincoln was beautiful. I had to wipe a tear out of my eye.

From laughing so hard.

I know a Karl Rove special when I see one.

Meanwhile, our boys from the "Project For The New American Century" (PNAC) have staged the first war in transforming America into a planetary empire by way of military force. Who's next? Not Syria. That's postulation. [Read article]

Editorial Note: This guest column is the last segment in a series of commentaries highlighting the experiences of a UA student currently on an international exchange in Israel.

After four months in Tel Aviv, I've arrived at the conclusion that peace here is impossible · but cooperation is inevitable.

Let me explain: Put the road map aside for a moment. As long as there is a state of Israel, there will be radical extremists determined to throw the Jews into the sea, and as long as there is a Palestinian state, there will be radical extremists ready to throw the Palestinians across the Jordan River. [Read article]

Though its cookie-cutter strip malls and far-flung gated communities may not reflect it, Southeastern Arizona is imbued with a long history. More than 10,000 years ago, ancient big-game hunters pursued mammoth and bison along the San Pedro River, not far from where the wildcat subdivisions of Sierra Vista now rise.

Tucson itself is no slouch in the history department, either. The founding of the Tucson Presidio by the Spanish in 1776 is often regarded as the city's beginning, but the fertile floodplains of the Santa Cruz River had already been home to settled farmers for 3,000 years ago by the time the first European priests and explorers began to arrive. The story of human life in this particular corner of the Southwest is a long one indeed. [Read article]