Exhibition game not included in students' Zona Zoo season

Angry students waited anxiously outside Hillenbrand Stadium Friday afternoon hoping to score tickets after discovering that their Zona Zoo passes would not be honored at the UA vs. Team USA softball game.

The game was labeled an "exhibition game" and did not qualify as a regular season game, one that is usually free for Zona Zoo members. A sign taped up near the stadium entrance read "Zona Zoo and Wildcard Sports Passes Not Accepted." [Read article]

The Sabino Canyon mountain lions simply can't be the life of the party.

For that reason, the sixth annual Telescopes for Telethon, a star-gazing party usually held at Sabino Canyon, had to relocate Saturday night to the UA Mall.

Fifty telescopes were scattered across the Mall Saturday night for planet, star and galaxy viewing.

The Arizona Game and Fish Department closed Sabino Canyon to the public March 9 in order to capture mountain lions they feared were a threat to canyon visitors. [Read article]

Famous powwow drumming, colorful costumes, and American Indian dance performances drew people from across the country to campus Friday and Saturday to participate in the second annual UA Wildcat Powwow.

"For a lot of Native American students, it's a way of getting together and celebrating being native," said Shawn Bitsuie, a pre-veterinary science senior who has been singing and drumming with Panther Creek, the gourd drum group at the powwow for two years. [Read article]

Campus Health officials are targeting fraternities with a survey on binge drinking as part of an effort to stop alcohol abuse among college students.

Greek Life Coordinator Chris Bullins said binge drinking is common with all college students, especially among members of fraternities.

Binge drinking is defined as having five or more drinks in a row at least once in the last two weeks.

Officials are surveying new members of fraternities on campus to evaluate their alcohol habits. [Read article]

It's 9 a.m. on the Friday before spring break and seats for late students are hard to come by in Ana Perches' Spanish-American theater class.

Students lean forward in their chairs, watching Perches as she moves about the room. The students laugh with Perches as she makes faces throughout her discussion.

"I get very excited about what I teach, and I don't hide it," said Perches, a senior lecturer in Spanish and Portuguese. [Read article]

The plans of newly elected ASUA officers to eliminate certain positions within student government were denounced by current ASUA senators Wednesday.

But after holding a special Associated Students of the University of Arizona Senate meeting, eight of the 10 current senators approved all of the changes.

Alistair Chapman, president-elect, called for the removal of one of the two academic affairs directors, a change recommended by this year's directors. [Read article]

Freshman is 'rooting' for Duke, has a fear of trees and plays with brow ring in class

Wildcat: Hi, I'm Claire from the Daily Wildcat and you're on the spot.

Hilliard: Aww, man. OK ... I guess.

Wildcat: It looks like you have a nice little dinner consisting of nutter butters and fruity runts ...

Hilliard: This really isn't dinner, this is a post-NCAA Tournament, pre-dinner snack. [Read article]

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