ĪPeace rally' actually anti-Israel

On Wednesday, the Wildcat published a letter from Noah Haiduc-Dale, a graduate student and co-founder of the ASUA-approved club Alliance for Peace and Justice in the Middle East ("Pro-peace events deserve more prominent coverage"). Mr. Haiduc-Dale added to his letter that a peace rally sponsored by his club would take place yesterday at noon. I attended this event with fellow members of the pro-Israel group on campus, the Arizona Israel Alliance, and I was disheartened with what I saw. [Read article]

I've been troubled lately. I've been thinking a lot about UA-related issues to write about, and to be honest, there are a lot of them out there to talk about: the budget crisis, construction, brain drain, parking, tuition rates, admissions standards, you name it. These are the problems that get a lot of attention and press at the UA. But I think the UA community has some other issues these days that deserve some consideration. [Read article]

Proposition 303 would double Arizona's tobacco tax; those taxes would then be used to further fund state health care. How should Arizonans vote on this initiative?

Time for smokers to pay for Arizona's healthcare

Tobacco taxes are not only a great way to deter people from smoking, but they are one of the easiest, fairest ways to pay for health services in our state. Prop. 303 would double tobacco taxes in Arizona in order to pay for a variety of health care services, including keeping trauma centers open at hospitals in Tucson and Phoenix. [Read article]