UA fans: Continue Îgood-natured rivalry' with ASU

On Sunday, the UA men's basketball team will play its final home game of the season. It is nice to know that UA fans will continue a tradition of good-natured rivalry with the ASU Sun Devils. Good sportsmanship and class are hallmarks of UA teams, students and fans.

Janet Bingham
University Advancement vice president

Proceeds from parking tickets put to good use [Read article]

I have a confession to make, and it's sort of embarrassing. No, I can't possibly · OK. I have a drinking problem ÷ a coffee-drinking problem, that is. I am a caffeine addict.

I've been late to work and class on numerous occasions in order to get my fix.

I sometimes know halfway through the line that I can't possibly make it in time to where I'm going, but I reason that after already advancing so far to the counter, I cannot turn back. [Read article]

Last week, the Arizona Senate Education Committee took a step into the 21st century by supporting a bill that aims to make sexual education in Arizona "medically accurate."

SB 1096 defines "medically accurate" as "supported by research, and recognized as accurate and objective by leading or organizations with relative expertise in the field."

Using sound information to educate students hardly seems like a radical idea. Yet the term "medically accurate" is extremely vague. Researchers frequently investigate the same issue, only to come to completely different conclusions. [Read article]

This week's winners and losers

A bomb ÷ moving graduation outside. We don't even know if Bush is coming to the UA yet, and we don't think changing the ceremony around is going to sway whether he comes to Arizona. If he does decide to come here, great; but already, grandmothers are forced to sit out in the sun for three hours and bake for maybe no other reason than to "experiment."

The bomb ÷ to the ASUA president-elect, Alistair Chapman. It was a long, tough campaign thanks to surprise presidential contender Josh Shapiro. He put up a commendable fight that deserves to be praised. However strong a candidate he was, Shapiro panicked too soon in making a deal that was the wrong move to make this late in the game when the proper research couldn't be done. [Read article]