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Tuesday, April 6, 2004
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Students lobbying for fee run polls
As voting began yesterday on a student fee referendum, some of the people managing polling booths on campus were the same students who have spent recent weeks lobbying for the fee's passage.
However, of about 10 voters questioned during a half hour near student union polling places, only two said the fee supporters' presence unnerved them, and student government officials defended the poll workers' objectivity.
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Minority groups upset by fee plan
ASUA claims funding allocation reflects will of the student body
Leaders of minority groups say they are worried about the distribution of activity fee revenue because most of the money will go toward mainstream entertainment.
Eighty percent of the money generated from the proposed $30 fee would go toward entertainment on campus, but minority club leaders said more should be used for cultural programming and other events.
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Tree-ring lab to be uprooted
Lab's new home opens in 2006
The largest tree-ring research lab in the country will be uprooted from its home in Arizona Stadium and transplanted to a new location by 2006.
The UA's Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, which has called the stadium home for the past 67 years, will move to the Environment and Natural Resources building two, which will be situated beside the Dennis DeConcini Environmental and Natural Resources building on North Park Avenue near East Sixth Street.
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Likins defends future tuition hikes
Future tuition hikes likely won't outpace the nation's tuition inflation rate, but shouldn't be compared to the consumer price index or other measures that reflect a broader set of industries, President Peter Likins said yesterday.
That statement wasn't a direct rebuke of Gov. Janet Napolitano, who said last month that she hoped future tuition hikes would take the form of "small inflationary adjustments."
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Pima leads recycle contest
Residence halls vie for $500 grand prize
Pima House holds a commanding lead over its closest competition in a campus-wide residence hall contest to collect recyclables.
According to the latest tallies, which are dated March 7, Pima House has collected 6.64 pounds of recyclables per resident.
Gila Residence Hall is in second place with 5.28 pounds per resident and Yavapai Residence Hall is in third with 3.42 pounds per student in the inaugural Recycle Mania contest, which organizers hope will become an annual event.
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On the spot
Freshman likes the taste of chicken, and has a friend who passed out in hallway of dorm
Wildcat: Hi, my name's Nathan and you're on the spot. I was just noticing the Delta triangles on your butt. How do you like being in a sorority?
Rabinowitz: I love being in a sorority. I think the camaraderie is really nice. I think it's good to have in a school so big.
Wildcat: That's cool. What are you eating?
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Fast facts
Things you always never wanted to know
St. Patrick (385-461 A.D.) was not Irish. He was British, probably Welsh, and never saw Ireland until Irish raiders kidnapped him. After his escape, he became a priest and a bishop and returned to Ireland as a missionary. His success made him the patron saint of Ireland.
Peter the Great had his wife's lover executed and his head put into a jar of alcohol. Peter's wife had to keep the head in her bedroom.
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From the Archives
Tuesday, April 5, 1966
"There's One!"
"David Parker and Michael Dunn, both liberal arts freshmen, search for eggs during the Student Union Activities Board's Easter egg hunt. Three hundred eggs can be redeemed for prizes."
Hunters could expect to redeem their numbered eggs for several prizes, ranging from a cup of coffee to dibs on a transistor radio.
Dr. James A. Ward, however, recommends putting the kibosh on eating the eggs.
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