Alternative spring break plans offered to students

Many students think that Spring Break is all about beaches and parties, but this year, the Center for Student Leadership and Involvement is offering several alternative spring break packages to UA students.

Students can choose from one of six different spring break destinations in the U.S. and Mexico, each dealing with a different social issue. This years' destinations and respective causes are: Los Angeles, HIV/Aids; Imuris, Mexico, community building; Las Vegas, youth homelessness; Catalina Island, Calif., environmental issues; Navajo Nation, Ariz., community building; and San Francisco, urban homelessness.

Each alternative spring break package costs $60. The fee will cover travel expenses and lodging.

Applications are available at the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership, in the Student Union Memorial Center, room 404. Applications are also available online at http://clubs.asua.arizona.edu./~altbreak. All UA students are eligible to apply.

Campus clubs paticipate in annual Club Fair on UA Mall

Over 75 campus clubs and organizations participated in the annual Club Fair on the UA mall yesterday.

A wide range of groups, from the Society of Auto Engineering to the Arizona Israeli Alliance, women's rugby team, and Amnesty International attended the fair.

Local radio stations Hot 98.3 and 93.6 KRQ also joined the mix and were accepting internship applications, while KAMP Student Radio played music for the crowd.

Some student organizations felt that attendance was down compared to last year, this year's participants said, while other clubs, such as the Soil and Water environmental science club, saw more people express interest in their group by signing up.

About 25 more clubs participated in this year's fair than last year, said Bonnie Arriaga, a supervisor for the center for student involvement and leadership. One possible reason for the increased club participation this year was the large space available for the fair.

Last year the mall was under construction at the time of the club fair. The construction caused ASUA to place the tables in a much smaller area of the mall.

Pascoe to present lecture on Mexican ÷ Cuban relations

Ricardo Pascoe, Mexico's former ambassador to Cuba, will present a lecture entitled "Changes in Mexican-Cuban Relations under the Administration of President Vicente Fox."

The UA's Center for Latin American Studies, Fundaci—n Mˇxico and Sunbelt World Trade Association are sponsoring the event.

The lecture is free and open to the public.

Pascoe is currently a professor of Mexican politics at Universidad Iberoamericana in the federal district of Mexico. He was Mexico's ambassador to Cuba from 2000 to 2002. From 1997 to 2000, Pascoe also served as a cabinet member during the Cuauhtˇmoc C‡rdenas administration. Additionally, Pascoe is the former secretary of international relations for the Partido de la Revolucion Democratica.