Executive officers choose new cabinet members

When the appointed positions of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona were announced yesterday, the list contained a mix of both new and old faces.

Barring ASUA senate approval of all appointed positions tomorrow, 11 of the 13 positions in President J.P. Benedict's cabinet could be returning ASUA members.

Benedict said he is excited to work with all his cabinet members, new and old, adding that he had a hard time making decisions regarding the appointments. [Read article]

Student who lost his eye in riots gets favorable ruling

Cheers were heard as the champagne flowed at Carl Piccaretta's office yesterday in celebration of Jeff Knepper's $765,000 victory.

Knepper was awarded the amount, less than one-third of the original claim, as compensation after being shot in eye with a beanbag bullet during the Fourth Avenue riots on April 2, 2001.

The jury, which took more than eight hours to deliberate, found Knepper 49 percent responsible for his injury. Awarding him only 51 percent of the $1.5.million the jury had originally decided on. [Read article]

Policy aims to restrict threatening behavior

A final decision will have to wait until the fall on how to punish students who exhibit threatening behavior toward teachers.

Yesterday, for the second straight meeting, the Faculty Senate debated details of a policy that would create a central database tracking complaints against students.

The policy, which is already in effect on an interim basis, also allows for the expulsion of students who have twice threatened teachers. It was prompted by the Oct. 28, 2002 shooting of three nursing professors by a disgruntled student who had exhibited threatening behavior in the past, but never been disciplined. [Read article]

A group of UA students will soon be paying to drive intoxicated students around.

CatsRIDE, Cats Realizing the Importance of a Designated Driving Escort is a non-profit, student run organization designed to protect the lives of students by providing them safe and reliable transportation home when intoxicated. The service will replace another transportation program offered by ASUA earlier this year. [Read article]

Former UA football player found guilty of criminal damage

Senior defensive end Andre Torrey was acquitted of disorderly conduct over the weekend, along with former member Danny Perry.

However, former team member Javier Martinez was found guilty on one count of criminal damage.

The charges stemmed from a fight July 28 outside of Che's Lounge at North Fourth Avenue and East Seventh Street. [Read article]

Swim team members eat salads, don't smoke, and one takes part in an event that sounds like a cell phone

WILDCAT: Undecided? Why?

WILLIS: I think I want to do communications.

WILDCAT: What will you do with that?

WILLIS: I don't know. I kind of want to go to broadcasting, or something along those lines.

WILDCAT: Go into journalism, that's the best way to go for that stuff. OK, just out of curiosity, why the salads? I've been on this salad kick myself. I'm trying to lose some weight. [Read article]

· Oprah Winfrey was Miss Fire Prevention before landing her own talk show.

· India is the only country in the world that has a Bill of Rights for cows.

· In medieval France, the penalty for an unfaithful wife was to force her to pursue a chicken running through the village, while naked.

· Tom Selleck appeared twice on "The Dating Game" and was never picked. [Read article]

Men in heels

Spartan Daily
San Jose State University

Men sporting high-heeled women's shoes hoped to spike up a level of support to end sexual assault and violence in Saturday's Men's March Against Rape.

The walk, which was organized by the Santa Clara Valley YWCA and the Valley Trauma Center, attracted about 150 participants, including 70 men who were willing to complete the walk wearing women's shoes. [Read article]