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Vacant pads still have Union seeking tenants
Union still negotiating with bank, hair salons to rent empty spaces
New retail tenants for the recently vacated Union Bank and Fantastic Sams locations in the Student Union Memorial Center could be coming soon despite a previous warnings that a bank trying to start up in the union at this point in the academic year could be dead in the water.
Managers of Arizona Student Unions are talking to a "particular bank," about Union Bank's former space and with a number of different hair salons, to see who wants the spaces, said Dan Adams, Director of Arizona Student Unions.
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Grads can retake courses to bump up their GPAs
The Grade Replacement Opportunity, normally reserved for undergraduates, became available to graduate students who want to boost their GPA this year.
Graduate students can now retake a course in which they received a grade of C or lower after getting approval from the instructor, major professor and department head.
"It will give the students, the administration and the faculty advisors an additional option when a student does poorly in a class," said Gary Pivo, the dean of the Graduate College.
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Professor reveals secret to improving relationships
Communication, responsibility key to making each relationship safe, healthy, fulfilling
Sue, a UA student, met Greg, a really hot guy, during a study group for one of her classes.
Bragging to all her friends that he winked at her, her friends convinced her to ask him out.
Greg said yes, and after a short date on which they grabbed some ice cream, they rented a movie and headed back to his place where they sealed the deal on their first date.
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Student senate OKs more freshman colloquia classes
Freshman colloquia supporters lobbied to double the number of colloquia courses offered at UA and improve funding for colloquia at last night's student government meeting.
Two UA staffers want to increase the number of colloquia classes offered to help students explore majors and give students interdisciplinary options that are not offered in the current general education format.
The student government approved of the plans of Chris Impey, a distinguished professor of astronomy, and Celia Sepulveda, director of education and outreach for the Office of the Dean of Students.
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On the Spot
Kampus Kuts owner on keeping up with trends and what gets him out of bed in the morning
WILDCAT: How long has Kampus Kuts been here?
LIMON: Oh, we've been here for 12 years.
WILDCAT: It seems that you really get to know your customers very well.
LIMON: Yeah, we're really tight with the kids, you know.
WILDCAT: Do people come in here and gossip to you, tell you their problems?
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Fast facts:
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Oxford University requires all members upon admission to the Bodleian Library to read aloud a pledge that includes an agreement to not "kindle therein any fire or flame." Regulations also prohibit readers from bringing sheep into the library.
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Tickets to attend an 1896 Olympic competition cost about 16 cents. One hundred years later, the average ticket price for a 1996 Olympic sports competition was $39.72.
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One in ten Dalmatians is born deaf, and the breed lacks the ability to process urine completely, so they need a special diet low in flesh protein.
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In the blockbuster hit "E.T., the Extra Terrestrial," Harrison Ford was cast as the school principal, but his only scene was cut. Director Steven Spielberg decided his presence in the film would be too distracting.
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Kickers score more points than anyone else in professional football. George Blanda, who began his 26-year career in 1949 and ended it as a kicker in 1975, scored 2,002 points ÷ more points than any other player.
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In 1981, a tornado lifted a baby from its pram in the Italian city of Ancona. The baby was carried 50 feet into the air and set down safely 300 feet away ÷ without waking.
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In 1777, during the Revolutionary War, American soldiers won the first Battle of Saratoga.
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In 1893, New Zealand became the first country to grant all of its women the right to vote.
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In 1951, screenwriter Martin Berkeley, testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee, listed over 100 alleged Communists he had known in Hollywood, including writers Lillian Hellman, Ring Lardner, Dalton Trumbo and John Howard Lawson. The testimony led to the blacklisting of many entertainment writers, some of whom continued to write screenplays under assumed names.
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In 1957, the United States conducted its first underground nuclear test in the Nevada desert.
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In 1959, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev reacted angrily during a visit to Los Angeles upon being told that, for security reasons, he wouldn't be allowed to visit Disneyland.
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Quotable...
"All I can say is hooray. The only thing I could see was the deterioration of the town if the company was sold,"
÷ Shirley Reale, a citizen of Hershey, Pa., on news that the trust that controls the chocolate factory decided not to sell.
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