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UA slips to 50th in latest ranking
U.S. News and World Report drops UA by 11 slots from last year
The UA barely made it into U.S. News and World Report's top 50 public doctoral universities this year, dropping 11 spots from last year's number 39.
The university has been named one of the top public doctoral institutions in the nation for the past three years. Its rank had increased from 48 in 1999 to 44 in 2000 to 39 in 2001, before it dropped down to the bottom of the list this year.
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Employee held on cruelty charge
A UA employee arrested two years ago on felony charges for shooting a neighbor's dog and putting its decapitated head in the neighbor's yard was arrested Monday for cruelty to animals after police said he beat his dog with his fists and a garden hoe.
Yanik Staley, 29, a mechanic in the Facilities Management Garage, 411 N. Fifth Ave., spent Monday night in Pima County Jail.
Staley's neighbor told police that she observed Staley in his backyard striking his small white dog "Cooter" repeatedly with a garden hoe.
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Alumnus off to outer space
NASA schedules '83 graduate Donald Pettit for 4-month stay on international space station
UA alumnus Donald Pettit is close to fulfilling a life-long dream: to become one of few humans who have visited space.
Pettit, who received his doctorate in chemical engineering from the UA in 1983, was named to join the Expedition 6 crew of the international space station in late July, after being slotted on the back-up crew.
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Critical languages teaches rare tongues
Two students sit around a table learning simple sentences from a tutor like "Mary and John are friends."
They're speaking in Swahili, and the tutor, Teles Machibya, is a native Swahili speaker.
Across campus, 175 students are learning 14 different languages, from Vietnamese to Polish, all as part of the critical languages program at the UA.
The program, which began 11 years ago, offers some of the traditionally less-popular languages for a U.S. university, like Hindi, Scots-Gaelic and Tagalog.
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On the Spot
Music sophmore offers views on good hangover remedies, cheeseburger science, vomit
WILDCAT: So, I turned 21 last night and I don't feel exactly 100 percent, but we won't get into that. Do you have any good cures for hangovers?
ESPINOSA: Hangovers? I've heard that a big greasy cheeseburger is just what you need, first thing in the morning. The greasier the better.
WILDCAT: Hmm. How does that work?
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U-Wire: Nationwide poll asks Americans what they call their soft drinks
MADISON, Wis. ÷ "Bubble jerk," "Swigula" and "that fizzy bubbly sugary yummy floofy stuff" are a few of the responses in a recent survey that asked what people call their soft drinks. Whatever you dub your drink, you had better call it pop in Wisconsin to avoid mockery. If you are coming from the East Coast where you call it soda or the South where a Pepsi is a Coke, then you too may face belittlement.
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U-Wire: Cornell junior takes 60 credits; hopes to maintain GPA of 3.99
ITHACA, N.Y. ÷ Two years ago, Peter Clark Ī04, a Cornell University freshman from Flemington, N.J., enrolled in Cornell for what many would consider a healthy 19 credits.
This number swelled to 24 for his second semester, mushroomed to 42 credits by the end of his sophomore year. Now, Clark enters his junior year enrolled for 60 credits.
"The secretaries definitely give me funny looks when I add and drop courses," Clark said. While his adviser is, "flabbergasted and concerned but supportive" Clark has handled his course load well so far, averaging 3.99.
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U-Wire: Some students at Duke taking Ritalin without a prescription
DURHAM, N.C. ÷ Faced with all-nighters, some Duke University students are bypassing Red Bull, lattˇs and caffeine pills for something that works much more effectively ÷ Ritalin.
While some students take this prescription drug for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, studies show that the abuse of the drug has increased across the country. The Drug Enforcement Administration has listed methylphenidate, the generic name for Ritalin, as one of its Schedule II drugs, those with the highest potential for addiction and abuse.
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Fast facts:
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Boiling water absorbs over six times more energy in changing to steam than is needed to heat the water from freezing to boiling.
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The first film shot and edited with intercutting for a more complex narrative ÷ rather than telling a story as if it were a filmed stage play ÷ was Edwin S. Porter's innovative "The Life of an American Fireman" in 1902. It was the first film to use editing to tell a story from two points of view, and to intercut between two places and courses of action.
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According to experts, squirrels don't like to head straight for anything. For safety, they may run past and sweep around from the side.
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The country with the most post offices is India, with over 152,792 ÷ compared with just over 38,000 in the United States.
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The weasel and the ermine are the same animal. This mammal's coat changes with the season ÷ in its white winter coat, it is known as an ermine; in its brown coat, it is a weasel.
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In 1519, Ferdinand Magellan sailed from Seville, Spain, with a fleet of five ships in an attempt to circumnavigate the world. Only one, the Victoria, completed the trip. Magellan was killed in a skirmish in the Philippines.
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In 1884, the Equal Rights Party was formed in San Francisco. They would nominate Belva Lockwood as their U.S. presidential candidate and Marietta Snow as her running mate.
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In 1973, composer and musician Jim Croce was killed at age 30 in a plane crash near the Natchitoches Municipal Airport in Louisiana. Three months later, he posthumously had a No. 1 hit song in the Billboard record charts with his single, "Time In a Bottle."
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In 1981, Belize achieved independence from Britain.
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In 1984, "The Cosby Show" debuted on NBC-TV. The first episode was the most-watched show of the week. During its eight-year run, the show went on to be an Emmy Award-winner and one of the most popular on television.
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In 1990, the East German parliament and the West German lower house approved the treaty unifying the two countries.
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Quotable...
"I do have to watch out. A bad semester with 12 credits is not terrible but a bad semester with 60 credits could be a disaster."
öPeter Clark, a Cornell University junior triple majoring in biology, economics and math, on taking 60 units this semester.
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