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Arizona Daily Wildcat
Friday, February 20, 2004

"I do not recommend drinking urine ... but if you drink water straight from the river, you have a greater chance of getting an infection than you do if you drink urine."

- Howard Dean, former presidential hopeful, on health in an eighth-grade science class in La Crosse, Wis.

"Dave Matthews Band costs about $100,000 and it's not like we're having 14 Dave Matthews concerts."

- Josh Shapiro, presidential candidate and economics junior, on the estimated $1.4 million that would be raised by the proposed $15 to $20 activity fee.

"We lived in a dorm that closed at midnight, and you had to scale the iron fence to get in."

- Meredith Smith, international studies senior, on her study abroad experience in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

"The frosting could throw the event into bedlam; people would get their sticky fingers all over everything. But they could serve those Japanese treats with the edible rice paper. They would be filling and productive."

- Xavier Guerrero, engineering senior, on the lack of cupcakes and other treats at the UA career expo.

"He definitely had methamphetamine psychosis. There's no question about it."

- Dr. Paul Gahlinger, author of "Illegal Drugs: A Complete Guide to Their History, Chemistry, Use and Abuse," on "hard-core meth addict" Adolf Hitler.

"Most of the 45 minutes in discussion, he is trying to find the right English words, and it gets aggravating."

- Lindsay Lesser, psychology junior, on the communication gap between international teaching assistants and students.