Quotes from around campus and around the world

He was the best loved, most admired and most successful entertainer in all of history. He is, quite simply, irreplaceable.

Johnny Carson, longtime "Tonight Show" host, on Bob Hope's passing late last Sunday just two months after his 100th birthday, in an Associated Press article

I want to put the government of Mexico on notice that it must be a full partner in the effort to stem the tide of illegal immigrants into the United States. [Read article]

Call a spade a spade. It's not the Red Cross; it's for fun

Greek life. You either love it or you hate it. And unless you're talking to someone in the system, you wouldn't think much of this college lifestyle.

And it doesn't look like campus leaders think much of it either, as they attempt to transform greek life's image from reckless to regal through strict codes of conduct.

The perception, it seems, is that greeks at the UA are one step short of Reese Witherspoon in "Legally Blonde": rich spoiled kids from Southern California who drive Beemers with pretentious customized license plates about their daddies, their days filled with tanning appointments and Pilate lessons, their nights with drink specials at Dirtbag's and Gentle Ben's. [Read article]

It does not take getting blasted by an ominous monsoon storm to realize why we love to be stuck in Tucson for the summer.

Well, all right. I'll be frank. Being left behind by most of the student body and faculty during the three most miserable months of Arizona sucks. Well, maybe we just think it does.

If you are like me, you are probably receiving postcards from friends off lollygagging about Europe or roadtripping across the country because they, like most others, have a three-month block with nothing on the calendar. Emails from friends and family back home give you reason to get up in the morning and face another blazing 100+ degree day. [Read article]