You pass it every day on your way to class. You sit on it during lunch break. You may hang your coat on it, and if you're like most students, you stare at it and wonder what the heck it is.

It's campus art, and there are more than 30 pieces located across the university grounds.

Prices of these art pieces range from $2,000 to nearly $100,000.

Some works are more traditional, like the bust in front of McKale Center of John Button Salmon, the player who coined the phrase "Bear Down." Others take on a more abstract look like "Curving Arcades," the giant red and blue steel arches dotting the entrance to the university off of North Campbell Avenue. [Read article]

Intercollegiate Athletics (ICA) might soon be financially self-sufficient, under a proposal laid out by UA President Pete Likins and Provost George Davis in a financial planning bulletin released Thursday.

The proposal would allow for the athletics department to gain its financial independence by the fiscal year 2004-2005, but Athletics Director Jim Livengood believes the transition can be accomplished much sooner. [Read article]

PHOENIX ÷ State legislators said Friday that it's unlikely they will try to sell and lease back UA residence halls to help solve a $1.3 billion state deficit.

Legislators are considering selling and leasing back state assets, like prisons and dorms, to pay for state-based programs like health care and education this year.

But selling UA residence halls would be problematic because they wouldn't be worth enough, would raise legal questions and aren't paid off, according to legal council for the Board of Regents and the universities. [Read article]

Administrators have decided to request the biggest tuition increase in UA history.

Late last night President Pete Likins confirmed that he will request a $1,000 tuition increase for in-state undergraduates, a $1,250 increase for out-of-state undergraduates and in-state graduate students, and a $1,500 increase for out-of-state graduate students.

The announcement will come out this morning, with few surprises, Likins said. [Read article]

UA researchers among handful using Îantibody libraries' to find and treat breast cancer tumors

Every year, an expected 40,000 women will die of breast cancer, but some UA researchers and students might be on the way to finding a better treatment for the disease.

Leah Tatum, a biochemistry senior, is working with breast cancer cells and naturally-produced antibodies to develop a new treatment. [Read article]

Sophomore from Zambia talks about the Tucson weather, Dr. Phil and why she wants to grow fins

WILDCAT: Where are you from? You have such a fun accent.

CHIRWA: Oh really? I'm from Zambia.

WILDCAT: Wow. When did you move here?

CHIRWA: About two years ago.

WILDCAT: That's so cool. I totally want an accent. I may just start talking with one and hope it sticks. [Read article]

DJ on Mall
· DJ on the Mall, Noon ÷ 1 p.m., UA Mall stage area

Seminar
· Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series, 1:30 p.m. ÷ 2:30 p.m., Arizona Health Sciences Center, Room 5403
· Free Your Back! Awareness Through Movement, 5 p.m. ÷ 5:45 p.m., Arizona Health Sciences Center Room 2823, Wellness Center

Faculty Senate
· Faculty Senate, 3 p.m. ÷ 5 p.m., James E. Rogers College of Law, Room 146

Presentation
· University of Arizona Library and Center for Creative Photography Presentation by Doug Nickel, 4 p.m., Center for Creative Photography auditorium

Workshop
· Weekly Writing Workshop, 5 p.m. ÷ 6 p.m., Modern Languages building, Room 413

Weekly Wellness
· Weekly Wellness Warriors, An Educational Workshop on Fitness and Weight Loss, 5:30 p.m. ÷ 7 p.m., University Medical Center, DuVal Auditorium

Studying down

U. California-Los Angeles ÷ This year's freshmen class studied less in high school than any class in at least 37 years, a new UCLA study says. According to a survey conducted by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, a record-high number of students spent fewer than six hours doing homework their senior year of high school, with 15.9 percent of students reporting they studied less than one hour per week.

÷ Charlotte Hsu

Birth control

Stanford University ÷ By the end of the year, the Food and Drug Administration may approve a new birth control pill, commonly called Seasonale, which may have a dramatic impact not only on contraceptive methods but also on female lifestyles.

When Seasonale is used correctly, it can reduce the number of periods a woman has each year from 13 to four. While this aspect of the pill has some women and medical professionals at Stanford anxiously awaiting its release, many others remain skeptical.

÷ Camille Ricketts

Hawaii protests

Hawaii University ÷ In Washington, D.C., President George W. Bush and his administration are giving their reasons for why the nation should invade Iraq.

Meanwhile, almost halfway around the world, students and faculty from the University of Hawaii have collected more than 200 letters of opposition to show the Bush administration that many of its citizens are opposed to the war with Iraq.

A total of 300 letters are expected to be collected.