One of the biggest parties UA has ever seen begins today.

And it's all in honor of a building.

Administrators will officially dedicate the largest student union in the nation without a hotel ÷ the new Student Union Memorial Center.

At 405,000 square feet and nearly 9.3 acres, it is double the size of the original student union.

It's not just a union, it's a small city, said Dan Adams, director of UA student unions. [Read article]

Students, Tucsonans link war on Iraq with gasoline

The possibility of a war with Iraq looms over America, and the Tucson Peace Action Coalition thinks that the U.S.' motivation for the war is simple ÷ gas.

On Saturday, about 100 protesters stood in front of gas stations across Tucson holding signs that said: "No Blood for Oil."

"I think that it's obvious this war is about oil," said Luis Herrera, a 19-year-old Pima student. "The United States has not put a bunch of troops next to North Korea but they're doing it in Iraq." [Read article]

Between 500 and 700 graduate students are considering dropping out if financial aid is eliminated under Focused Excellence, according to preliminary results of a survey still underway in the graduate college.

Financial woes increase as proposals add additional fees of $1,250 to $1,500 per year to tuition, as well as newly proposed program fees. In addition to worries that low remission will not help their pocket books, students also have concerns about the proposal's failure to include need-based financial aid for graduate students. [Read article]

Downloading pornography on campus has become easier for students in the past few years with the growth of online sharing networks, but some downloaded materials can get students into trouble, and can even lead to felony charges.

UAPD is investigating a student, whose name cannot be released because of the status of the investigation, who could face felony charges if found guilty of having pornographic pictures of people under the age of 18 on his personal computer. [Read article]

Sophomore hopes to discover and name a star, and wants to know who came up with cuss words

WILDCAT: So, are you one of the people that just found a new type of star?

PENA: No, I wasn't part of that. But I will be one day.

WILDCAT: Are you going to name a star after yourself?

PENA: No.

WILDCAT: OK, but what would you name a star? Because I think some of the names are pretty ridiculous. Like, well, I really don't know, but I know that they are not so cool. [Read article]

· The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.

· Until 1965, driving was done on the left-hand side of roads in Sweden. The conversion to right-hand was done on a weekday at 5 p.m. All traffic stopped as people switched sides. This time and day were chosen to prevent accidents where drivers would have gotten up in the morning and been too sleepy to realize that this was the day of the changeover. [Read article]

Today
· 1972: President Nixon left on his historic trip to China.

· 1978: "Star Wars" and "Saturday Night Fever" were playing in local theatres.

Tuesday
· 1516: Mary Tudor, the Queen of England popularly known as Î'Bloody Mary,'' was born in Greenwich Palace.

· 1990: Three men were arrested after they tried to seize the Administration building to protest Reagan's Star Wars research. [Read article]