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2 students killed in Saturday car crash
Two UA students, at least one of whom was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, were killed in a car accident early Saturday morning.
Alcohol and speed were factors in the crash, police reported.
The students, one of whom has been identified by police as Erik S. Baumgartner, a 21-year-old economics junior from Lakeside Calif., were both pronounced dead at University Medical Center Saturday.
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To the mountaintop and back
A UA assistant dean conquered Africa's highest peak in an effort to raise money for a scholarship honoring his late son.
Ray Umashankar, assistant dean of industrial relations for the College of Engineering and Mines, returned last week from his climb to the 19,340 foot summit of Kilimanjaro.
The climb was in the name of his son, Naren, who took his own life more than a decade ago.
Umashankar began his climb on Sept. 23, and the whole trek took six days.
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UA may land nation's largest private library
The personal library of the late Heiko Oberman, a former Regents' professor of history, will be donated to the UA Special Collections Library, if UA can raise $2 million to sustain a faculty position for the Late Medieval and Reformation Studies Division that Oberman founded.
The collection, worth approximately $1.2 million, is comprised of over 10,000 15th-Century volumes relating to the medieval and reformation period, most of which are one-of-a-kind works.
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Delta Chi frat lost recognition for severe hazing
Paddling, mocking of UA policy among revelations in report
Pledges were paddled until their "asses were black," at Delta Chi last fall, according to a detailed report recently released from the Dean of Students Office.
The report described instances of drunken chapter members shouting obscenities at pledges, mocking the university's anti-hazing message and forcing pledges to perform "Roman Chair" calisthenics ö in which pledges were made to squat in the position of chairs for extended periods of time.
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Some say hazing continues despite no recent reports
There were no reports of hazing on the university campus so far this semester as of the end of last week, though some members of the Greek community said the practice continues.
The Dean of Students' office has not had any reports of hazing this year, said associate dean Veda Kowalski.
Sean Harding, Delta Chi president, said hazing continues within the greek system.
"I think it still goes on, and it will until someone gets caught," Harding said. "That's what happened to us."
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On the Spot
Former head basketball coach talks of handball, taking on Lute Olson and sugar cookies
WILDCAT: How long did you coach at UA?
LARSON: Well, let's see, 1959 to · 12 years I guess.
WILDCAT: So what have you been doing since then?
LARSON: I did TV commentary for football, basketball and baseball for 15 years. I retired a year ago.
WILDCAT: Are you enjoying your retirement?
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Campus Briefs
Law prof's book outlines threats to the nation's ground water
In the United States, and possibly only in this country, can a common thread be found between a trout stream in Wisconsin, an army base in Arizona and french fries in Minnesota, says Robert Glennon.
The unlikely connection, Glennon says, is ground water. More specifically, it is about how pumping water out of underground aquifers is reshaping both the physical and the economic landscape of the United States.
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Fast facts:
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The wife of Babar the Elephant is named Celeste.
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In 1889, Aunt Jemima pancake flour, invented in St. Joseph, Mo., became the first self-rising flour for pancakes and the first ready-mix food ever to be introduced commercially.
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A female pharaoh was unknown in Egypt before Hatshepsut, who portrayed herself in male costume, with a beard and without breasts.
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Pine, spruce or other evergreen wood should never be used in barbecues. These woods, when burning or smoking, can add harmful tar and resins to the food. Only hardwoods should be used for smoking and grilling, such as oak, pecan, hickory, maple, cherry, alder, apple or mesquite, depending on the type of meat being cooked.
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"The Muppet Show" was banned from TV in Saudi Arabia because one of its stars was a pig.
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The Colgate company started out making starch, soap and candles.
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Four million tons of hydrogen dust are destroyed on the sun every second.
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In 1912, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was shot by a would-be assassin in Milwaukee. He was saved by his thick coat and a bundle of manuscript paper in his breast pocket.
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In 1933, Nazi Germany announced it would withdraw from the League of Nations and would take no further part in the Geneva Disarmament Conference.
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In 1939, as competition for the American Society of Composers and Publishers, Broadcast Music, Inc. was organized. The goal of two music licensing organizations is to ensure composers, artists and publishers are properly paid for use of their works.
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In 1947, flying in an army rocket-powered research plane, United States Air Force Capt. Charles Yeager became the first man to break the sound barrier.
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Quotable...
"I wish we could give you a name, a mug shot and an address but we're not at that point."
÷ Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose on the search for the Maryland-area sniper.
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