On the Spot column insensitive

It was with both pleasure and pain that I read the July 9 issue of the Summer Wildcat. As an employee of the Arizona State Museum and a graduate of the UA Department of Anthropology, I enjoyed the terrific coverage and photos of ASM's summer archaeological excavations at Chevelon. That article, however, made the contents of the On The Spot column ironic in a way that I doubt Wildcat readers realize. I refer interested readers to an archived copy of the Nov. 7, 1995, Wildcat, which describes the 66-year career of Doc Emil Haury of the eponymous Haury Building. Doc was a major force in the creation of the modern field of anthropological archaeology in the Southwest and simultaneously chair of the Department of Anthropology, director of the ASM, and distinguished professor. [Read article]

I have to admit, if there's one reason I picked up the Wildcat prior to working here, it was to read who got busted in Police Beat.

And I'll admit again, I was furious when Editor in Chief Maggie Burnett decided to take all names out of one of the most popular sections in the paper. However, I got to experience why she did this during my short term as captain.

I had just received keys to the place when I saw a note pasted on the heralded EIC computer. Waiting for me was my first official duty: a recently graduated student called. Her name came up on Google search during a job interview. She wants it removed, or else. [Read article]

MADRID - Thanks to Ernest Hemingway, Americans are probably more familiar with Pamplona's running of the bulls than any other aspect of Spanish culture.

So when I left America three weeks ago for a study abroad program in Madrid, Spain's capital, I was expecting I'd make it to Pamplona for the running of the bulls, an event made famous by Ernest Hemingway in "The Sun Also Rises." I was expecting a huge party, lots of music and dancing, and little sleep. And I knew that the people who run through the town's streets every morning for eight days alongside 10 bulls are putting their lives at risk. But I wasn't expecting that, right in front of me, I'd witness something that would remind me so powerfully of how fragile life can be. [Read article]