ÎEmpty Spaces' comic guilty of promoting racial stereotyping

This is in response to Jeff Henley's "Empty Spaces" comic strip in Monday's Wildcat. The comic depicts a person made of tires stating, "Why · am I white instead of black · well, mister, maybe it's because I can't dance."

I find this to be very offensive both to Caucasians and African Americans, blatantly implying that white people can't dance and black people can. I feel like this should not define members of a certain ethnicity. [Read article]

Editor's Note: This is the third in a three-part editorial series on the new "Changing Directions" and "Focused Excellence" plans set forth by the Arizona Board of Regents and UA administration.

If the "Changing Directions" and "Focused Excellence" plans move forward and the university makes its admissions process more personal and rigorous, campus culture, student morale and school spirit will stride on in positive directions not seen before at the UA. [Read article]

With UA's new "Focused Excellence" plan ready to roll, many students are worried that their major's department will suffer the same fate as the Arizona International College. President Peter Likins has some tough decisions to make. But what if you were in control? What would you cut? Liberal arts? Political science? Or would you slash a department totally unrelated to academics? Hard choices are coming ÷ and someone's going to be left out in the cold. Who will ÷ or who should ÷ it be? [Read article]