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Arizona Daily Wildcat
Friday, February 27, 2004

"Affirmative action is bringing people in. Reverse discrimination is excluding people."
÷ Carol Shegog Parker, second-year law student, on the importance of affirmative action and the nature of reverse discrimination

"It's an accurate portrayal of the Gospel. It's not going to be politically correct."
÷ Matt Rubach, first-year medical student, on Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ"

"At first we didn't know what had happened, but it was obvious that he didn't have any weapons. It soon became a source of amusement."
÷ Cole Mitchell, philosophy graduate student, on former UA student Matthew Kramer's attendance in class sans clothes

"He could have knocked half my teeth out, and I still would have gone in and tried to play."
÷ Channing Frye, Wildcats center, after having a tooth knocked loose by Oregon's Ian Crosswhite during the second half of Arizona's 100-87 win over Oregon

"It's not a Democratic bill; it's a health bill."
÷ Rep. Linda Lopez, D-Tucson, on the proposed Arizona smoking ban bill

"Well, we can sum it up in a few words, I think. The team that played the hardest won."
÷ Men's basketball head coach Lute Olson on Arizona's 90-84 loss to Oregon State Saturday night