There wasn't a beer can in sight last night when more than 350 UA students gathered at Sky View Apartments to learn about the consequences of drinking and driving.

Root beer, not Keystone Light, was the only beverage served from a keg at the third annual Sky View Happy Hour, an event aimed at educating students about the dangers of driving under the influence.

Mark Loewenthal, the resident assistant in charge of the event, said it was an opportunity for students to witness the risks of drinking and driving. [Read article]

ASUA VP, student object to activity fee election process

The legitimacy of the special election for the $30 per year student activity fee came under fire yesterday from an elected ASUA official and a student who said he plans to appeal the election.

Student leaders are divided over whether the special election for the fee should adhere to the same rules that governed last month's Associated Students of the University of Arizona general election. [Read article]

In four months, Don Bourque will close the door to his research lab, pack up his violin and string bass and leave for Washington, D.C., to help combat biological terrorism.

A biochemistry and molecular biophysics professor and string bass player in the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, Bourque will be a scientific adviser at the Office of Proliferation Threat Reduction in the State Department's Bureau of Nonproliferation. [Read article]

PHOENIX ÷ A stroke of the governor's pen is all that's left to push bar closing times back to 2:30 a.m.

Legislation sponsored by Rep. Michelle Reagan, R-Scottsdale, which would change last call from 1 a.m. to 2 a.m. and extend the time patrons can remain on bar premises, was passed by a vote of 19-11 in the Senate yesterday.

Gov. Janet Napolitano is expected to sign the bill into law.

Lawmakers explaining their votes echoed sentiments expressed in last week's Committee of the Whole, where the bill gained initial approval. [Read article]

Fliers for the $30 per year student activity fee advertising that funding would support Greek Week, an exclusively greek event, are misleading, officials in Greek Life said yesterday.

Eighty percent of the estimated $1.2 million to $1.4 million generated by the fee would be used to bring concerts and speakers to campus, while 15 percent would go toward general distribution to campus organizations. The remaining 5 percent is expected to be refunded. [Read article]

Students with questions and complaints about campus parking will have a chance to address Parking and Transportation Services today at an open forum presented by ASUA.

Patrick Kass, director of Parking and Transportation Services, said he will speak for 30-40 minutes about what Parking and Transportation Services does before turning the forum over to students, who he said have complained about the proximity, price and availability of campus parking. [Read article]

Freshman has taupe brain, uses cigarettes, crutches as his weapons

Wildcat: I'm Claire from the Arizona Daily Wildcat and you're on the spot. Judging by the wrap you have around your wrist and the crutch, it looks pretty safe to say that somebody beat the crap out of you.

Malkiewicz: Actually, believe it or not, it's from volleyball. There was a sliding incident at the net and that injured the toe. And then I popped the tendon in my wrist, hitting the ball up. [Read article]

Things you always never wanted to know

Law college ranked as Îtop tier' school in magazine

The James E. Rogers College of Law has again been ranked among the country's "top tier" law schools, according to a survey conducted by and published in U.S. News and World Report this week.

The college ranks 43rd in a field of 177 accredited law schools across the country and 20th among public law schools. Last year, the college was ranked 44th. The college is one of eight law schools in the western United States named in the top tier. [Read article]