"Trading Spaces" to hit the UA campus

Two female and two male UA students will get down and dirty and do some redecorating Saturday night on "Trading Spaces."

Two of the show's designers, Genevieve Gorder and Edward Wilson, will help the students redecorate each other's rooms.

Gorder will add some Egyptian flair to the womens' living room, and Wilson will give the mens' living room a nightclub feel in red and purple.

Carpenter Ty Pennington will construct both a "Bizarre Bar" and breakfast bar for the rooms.

The episode airs at 9 p.m. Aug. 9 on TLC.

Flandrau marks Mars' near miss

Flandrau Science Center is seeing red ÷ Martian red ÷ and celebrating.

In honor of the Red Planet's closest approach to Earth in 60,000 years, the center will host special exhibits, planetarium presentations, telescope viewing and the "MarsQuest" planetarium show. The events will begin Aug. 16 and many will last until the end of September.

The public is welcome to view the planet through a telescope at Flandrau for free on the nights of Aug. 27-30.

Admission to the planetarium show is $5.50 for adults and $4 for children 13 and under. To view center exhibits only, admission is $3 for adults and $2 for children 13 and under.

For more information, call 621-STAR or look online at www.flandrau.org.

Search ends for top minority recruiter

After more than a month of searching, the Office of Admissions and New Student Enrollment has filled the position of assistant director for minority student recruitment and high school relations.

Marita Gomez, former assistant director for education counseling and associate director for high school recruitment and educational counseling, was appointed last week to the position. She is returning to the UA after a two-year leave.

Gomez has also worked as a counselor and teacher, and she has devoted much of her time to working with various groups from underrepresented populations.

Funding for faculty grant program cut

The Faculty Small Grants Program has lost 50 percent of its funding due to a loss of matching funds from the University of Arizona Foundation.

Now the program will only fund junior faculty members in tenure-track positions, and faculty can only apply for awards in the fall. In the past, there were two competitions per year.

In deciding who will receive awards, priority will now be given to assistant professors and to proposals with the potential to attract extramural support.

Spirited students sought for TV spot

TBS Superstation will be filming on campus this afternoon and is looking for students sporting UA clothing.

Anyone who is interested in being filmed can meet at 11:45 a.m. in the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership on the fourth floor of the Student Union Memorial Center.

Participants must wear UA clothing.

Veteran students needed for move-in

UA officials are still looking for volunteers to help out at Wildcat Welcome Week, Aug. 20-26.

Event organizers are trying beat last year's records and obtain more than 530 volunteers who can help students move into the dorms and help run "Ask Me" booths, offering directions and answers to new and returning student questions.

Volunteer training sessions will be held Aug. 12 from 2:30 ÷ 4:30 p.m. and Aug. 14 from 8:30 ÷ 10:30 a.m. in the Kiva Room of the Student Union Memorial Center.